Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

HAvRE-There were 1873 marriage
Licenses issued here in 1899, "a divorce.
granted and 3 annulments
HELENA-Delegates to the annua
midwinter conference of the Montana
department, American Legion, adopted
a resolution asking construction Of q
150-bed addition to the Fort Harrison
Veterans hospital.
CASCADE-Gardner D. Catron, who
with two brothers established a large
ranch southeast of here in 1892, died
recently at Inglewood, Calf, according
TO word received here. He was SO years
old at the time OF his death.
HELENA-Five hundred eighty-four
men were employed by contractors on
Montana highways in the last half OF
December, D. A. McKinnon, state high
way engineer, reported. OF that total
544 were Montana men.
BILLINGS Hunters in Montana
killed ,435 predatory animals from
Oct. ! to Dec. 81, inclusive. R. E. Bate
man, district agent for the biological
survey, said the number included 400
coyotes, 80 bobcats and 2 bears.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of state banks
in Montana increased more than S4.-
100000 during 1889. w. A Brown, state
superintendent of banks, reported
ST. ,674 1857 on Dec. 80.
WHITEFISH-Mrs. Bernice Pap
worth. home economics teacher al
er at the Rotary club luncheon and
spoke on Japan, where she taught for
a number Of years.
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of the Midland Empire Legion Of the
Moose, advance order of the Loyal
Order of Moose. will be held in Lewis
town early in April, it was announced
here.
HELENA-AsSessed valuation of all
property in Helena amounts to $780,
124, BOB, City Treasurer H. j. Ruegg re-
ported. The taxable value, based on 30,
20 and z per cent ION real estate, i'm
provements and personal property Is
S5,603 ,416.
GREAT FALLS-Fifty young men
and women have applied for admission
to the civil aeronautics authority's
ground school classes here. Rudiments
OF flying will be taught in the classes
on three evenings each week for IL
weeks.
HELENA-Stream flow on Mon
tana's three major drainages-the Mis-
souri,. Yellowstone and the Clark,s Fork
of the Columba-is much smaller this
year than a year ago. according to
Frank Stermtiz, assistant engineer for
the U. S. geological survey.
GREAT FALLS - Cascade county
taxpayers whose names appear on the
1910 jury list will have about one
chance in l 500 in being called for Jury
duty. The list contains 1O,862 names A
year ago it had but 1928 The increase
is due to the fact that women are now
eligible for jury duty.
HELENA - Montana highway patrol
cars travelled 1,446,383 miles during the
six months ended Dec. 81 at an aver
age cost of about II cents a mile.
Patrol Supervisor Lou c. Boedecker
automobiles, including labor, was S22,-
709.51.
CUT BANK-Construction of a 800
mile pipeline to carry crude oil from
the Cut Bank field to Spokane re-
fmeries is assured. according to an an
nouncement made at Spokane by
Henry D. Moyle of Salt Lake City, vice
president of the Inland Empire Re-
finerieS. Inc.
HELENA-The Montana public serv-
ice commission has ordered the Mon
tana-Dakota Utilities Co. to reduce its
rate on natural gas for consumers at
Conrad. Choteau and Waller. Board
members said the reduction would mean
an annual saving Of S2.9O476 to resi-
dents OF the three towns.
Observation-Disclosures day will be
observed in Yellowstone park on Sum
day, Feb. II, when the Gardiner Com
merclal club will cooperate with the
park officials in sponsoring a game
display and sports program. Montana
day attracts residents Of the Treasure
state IN large numbers each year.
BUTTE-Allan Dinehart, stage and
screen actor and one-time resident of
Butte. passed through here one day re-
Gently with the cast of the stage COM
edy, Thanks for My Wife" en- route
from Hollywood to Fargo, N. D. Others
Farrell, Lyle Talbot and Sheila Brom-
ley.
HARLOWTON-As series of pictures
and articles on Wheatland county
ranching operations, compiled by c. A.
johnson, local banker and secretary of
the Upper Musselshell Wool Growers
association, is being published in the
Harlowton Times and distributed to
eastern livestock journals through the
Montana Wool Growers association.
tary-treasurer of the Power-Townsend
Co., and manager Of a Helena building
and realty firm, died at his home here
after heart attack. Power was born
at Fort Benton, Oct. "a, 1888, the son
of John w. Power, whose brother, T.
c. Power, was Montana's first United