Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-04
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

FORT BENTON-First wheat taken
to local elevators was from the Pete
Tope ranch. 1t was winter wheat which
averaged Is bushels an acre.
GREAT FALLS-Robert S. Harper,
81. steward of the Elks club for the
last five years, died suddenly at his
home from a heart attack.
BUTTE-Dr. John Alexander Dono-
van, 68, widely known eye and ear
specialist and civic leader, died at the
family home here following an illness
of month.
SWEET GRASS-James Baker, a
Sweet Grass farm resident, was advised
by wire that his son, Jack c. Baker,
%, was killed in an auto accident at
Goldendale, Wash. He left here two
years ago.
GLACIER PARK-Duncan McAllis-
ter, II, pioneer resident of Montana,
died in Glacier Park. McAllister spent
the Flathead valley 40 years ago. The
last 10 years of his life were spent in
Glacier Park.
SWEET -Sheepmen in this
region have contracted eve lambs for
fall delivery as high as $3.50 a head.
Shearing is completed with a good
clean, average weight clip. Wool is
moving to market at from 20h cents
to % cents a pound.
WHITEFISH-There is a general re-
joicing here over work being done on
the rebuilding Of the Whitefish; Co
lumbia Falls highway, which will be
the connecting link between the two
main highways, No. 2 and No. 90.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-Park rang
ers were more than somewhat surprised
when a second grizzly bear gave birth
to bankruptcies. They described it as
'once in a lifetime" occurrence when
mother grizzly appeared with four
cubs two years ago.
HAVRE-Sandy Creek and Sawmil
roads on the Rocky Boy Indian reser-
walton were closed by. Supt. E. E. NC
Nelly because of fire hazard. Careless
ness by campers is responsible for the
regulation, McNielly states.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS-The
state highway maintenance crew Is
constructing three new railroad cross
ingS between White Sulphur Springs
and Ringing. The old plank crossings
are being replaced by new type oil mat
crossings.
HELENA-The supreme court ruled
that 10-year statute of limitations
barred the state from recovering L.
cense tax from the Hart refineries of
Missoula. Written by Justice Albert H.
Angstman, the unanimous opinion re-
versed the district court of Missoula
county.
HELENA-During the last fiscal year
the Montana highway patrol realized
$180,387 from sale of licenses and
SIS, 624 from fines and forfeitures paid
by motorists convicted Of violating
state traffic laws.
MISSOULA-The works progress adj
ministration at Washington approved
an allotment of $29,5OO to clear the
West fork reservoir site in Ravalli
county near Darby for water conserva-
ton purposes, according to a message
received from Senator B. K. Wheeler.
HELENA-Marshall Buzz) Kelly, %,
local restaurant employe, died as re-
suit of injuries suffered in a collision
Of two automobiles near the edge of
the Helena city limits. Four others
were injured when cars driven by
Homer Phillips and Floyd Shepherd
crashed at an intersection.
HARLOWTON-Forest Ranger David
Lake reports graSshoppers and NOR
mon cricketS are scarce in the Little
Belt and Snowy mountains. A flight
Of graSshopperS from the DakotaS Is
doing little damage to grain. They are
giving their attention chiefly to weeds
and other vegetation.
EKALAKA-Mrs. Helen Costello of
Minneapolis was killed in a car &C
cident seven miles west Of Alzada. Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Costello and a hitch
hiker named Raymond Schultz, also Of