Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-06-28
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

SWEET GRASS The weatherman
favored the border area with a ct
hour soaking rain. There was a heavy
downpour at times. Over an inch fell
SWEET GRASS The Lutheran
church will either purchase a building
to be converted into church or erect
new house Of worship. A meeting
will be held to decide the matter
HARLOWTON-New officers of the
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine OF
st. JoSeph's church are: President,
Mrs Marine Schector; vice president,
Mrs John Darlington; secretary-treas-
urer, Mrs. John B. Rietz.
BUTTE-Montana' WPA rolls will
be reduced by 1880 on orders from
Washington, making the employment
load tota! 6,4l0 persons as OF June Is,
Joseph E. Parker, state WPA admin
, istrator, said.
WHITEFISH George Heathering-
ton, Junior naturalist in Glacier ma
tional park, suffered severe shock and
injuries in an automobile accident as
ne was on duty on highway No. 2 near
Coram.
| HARLOWTON-Clar Thibadeau
has moved here from Deer Lodge TO
replace Norris Mclean with the high
way patrol. The patrol has just COM
pIeLco d ltSI Ol dulOIQOElle ugnLS on
more than 200 cars here.
LIBBY-The American Legion here
reelected j. P. Campbell as president
Other Officers are w. c. collars, vice
president; Gust Adamson, sergeant at
arms: R. W. Smithberger, finance of
flcer: Ira c. Miller, historian. and j.
A. Krall, chaplain.
BILLINGS The Montana super
visor's office of the interstate COM
merce commission will be moved from
Helena to Billings, according to word
received from Bert l.. Penn district di-
rector with headquarters in Salt Lake
City.
BUTTE-The ranks of Butte pio-
neers was diminished by one with the
death of Miss Margaret Shea at her
home, 5O7 West Mercury street, fol-
lowing an illness. She came to Butte
from her native Hancock, Mich, as
a child SO years ago.
! SCOBEY-M Mod ernizing of the
schools athletic field is progressing
rapidly under the WPA The football
rounding quarter-mile track plotted.
Seeding and landscaping are being
DONE
RED LODGE-Alice Greenough,
World-famous cowgirl, daughter of
"Packsaddle" Ben Greenough, has ar
rived in Red Lodge. She and her rid
ing sister, Margie. will visit here in
their home town and both will appear
IN the Red Lodge rodeo July to 6.
LIBBY-L v. Anderson, game man
ager for the forest service in this area,
and Robert Cooney recently appointed
to a similar position by the state fish
from trip along the Kootenai river,
where they made an examination of
the condition of bighorn sheep.
LIBBY Charles Wallace Woodworth,
80, of Whittier, Calf, who came to
Libby to visit his son, E. p Wood
worth. and family, died here Wood
worth was born at Bridgeport, N. Y
He worked for the ]. Neils Lumber
Go. number of years as camp clerk
His wife died in 1905
BOZEMAN- Bozeman,s population
years since the 1890 census, from 6,ss5
to 8.707, according to preliminary fig
ures received here from Joseph II
Briney. supervisor of the census with
headquarters in Butte. He also an
nounced the Gallattn county popula-
ton increased from 1924 to 1914
ADMINISTRATION animal hunt
ers killed 921 coyotes and bobcats
IN Montana during May, the federal
purSdu OF biological survey reported
, During the same period, r. E. Bate.
man. district agent Of the bureau, SAID
coyotes killed 464 sheep, 8 calves, 8{
chickens, deer, 2 geese, / antelope
sage hens and pheasants.
RED LODGE-Red Lodge citizen.
have donned western attire for the
: summer season, following proclama.
ton by A. r. Richardson, Chairman
|, Of the regalia committee. Townspeopls
trodtttOnallv wear c0wi,ov clothes ~
create appropriate atmosphere durinS
: the tourist season.
HRLENA-Hslena made 4 population