Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-05-17
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

HAvRE-The Montana diocesan con-
be held here May 10. 20 and 81.
HARDIN-Hardin post No. 8. Ameri-
can Legion, has completed plans for
the annual legion rodeo to be held at
/ the Big Horn county fairgrounds in
Hardin, Saturday and Sunday, June
! 22-23
WHITEFISH Miss Olivia Forcum,
who has served as a primary teacher
here since 1910. will retire at the end
of the school term. Some Of Miss For
GUMS first pupils now have children
in high school.
BILLINGS-Mrs H w. Peterson of
Billings, Montana commander of the
Woman's field army of the American
Society for the Control Of Cancer. has
been awarded the national society's dis
tnguished service award for outStand-
ing work done in 1889.
BOZEMAN-Struck by batted soft
ball during a game in which he was
pitching, Archie B. johnson, local
juvenile dancer. died a few moments
later while being carried to a nearby
hospital. The boy was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl johnson
HELENA There were 1897 patients
in the state hospital at Warm Springs
May as compared with 1892 a month
earlier, the state board Of examiners
reported May population of the state
penitentiary at Deer Lodge was 528 as
compared with SAL April l.
MILES CITY-C. c. wenholz of
Orinoco recently purchased registered
Holstein bull, son of King Bessie Plus
l4th. at the Hofstetter Holstein farm
here, This was the second herd sire
Wenholz has selected from the Hof-
stetter herd
ToWNsEND-First instance of
Rocky mountain spotted fever in
Meagher county this year was recorded
when, Raymond L. Barnham, 10. of
Lingshire, entered a hospital here.
Only one such case was reported in
the county during all of 1889
BUTTE-April building permits here
totaled S8l6,l39. calling for more con-
struction than during any entire year
IN the last decade, Frank R; curran,
housing authority's s774,774 project &C
counted for most Of the record-break-
ing total.
HELENA-The state of Montana had
cash in banks April 80 totaling SIS
460.762.99, State Treasurer Raw N.
Shannon reported. Cash in banks at
the same time a year ago, he said, was
ALOE, 1853. The balance on March
~, 3ofO, WdS Slf,o 1000 ID as compared
with S14,063,634.95 on March 81, 1889
HAvRE-The chamber of commerce
mas DESIGNATED May 10 as cleanup day
at the Beaver creek playground. All
service clubs. unions, Junior and senior
chambers of commerce and interested
citizens have been invited to aid in
the work. May 26 has been designated
as Havre day at the playground.
DILLON--A crew of Birch creek
CCC enrollees. under supervision OF
Beaverhead national forest officials,
recently began landscaping the grounds
OF the Union Pacific station here. The
project was sponsored by the local
chapter OF the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
BOZEMAN-More than s12650,Ooo
has been paid to Montana farmers
under the 1889 AAA programs. About
May. Farmers have received more
than $1,000 900 this year for acreage
control and utilization Of soil-building
and soil conservation practices.
BUTTE-Ed Marsh of Helena was
named district governor Of Montana
and Alberta Active clubs at the con-
GLIDING session of the two-day con-
vention held here. Marsh succeeds Ed
ward F. Lowell of Anaconda. Plans for
the International Active club conven-
ton at Glacier national park. June ~
to 20. were discussed.
RED LODGE-For law and order
awards Sheriff ]. r. McFate nomi-
mates Montana.s county Of Carbon. Two
gone without making an arrest, the
: longest period Of inactivity since NC