Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-04
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

BUTTE-President Roosevelt viii bs
invited to visit Butte during his 2l-day
swing around the country in June
local democratic leaders said.
FAIRFIELD - Bob Askins, former
world champion cowboy, and one OF
the successful applicants for a home
stead east of Fairfield, is among new
arrivals here.
BUTTE-Gov. Roy E. Ayers win head
/ speakers for the 56th annual conven-
/ ton of the Montana StOckgrowers as
ISOLATION here May % TO 25. The meet
/ ing is expected TO attract about ESQ
persons
BOZEMAN-MiSs H. E. Cushman.
Montana extension service poultry
specialist. said the National Turkey
federation has advised her that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will proclaim Nov q
as Thanksgiving day.
LIVTNGSTON-Sale of the 1910 pool
of the Park County Woolgrowers as
ISOLATION to S. Silberman & Sons, Chi
cago, for 30 cents pound was an
nOunced by Walter Melin, association
president. The pool will contain In the
neighborhood Of 5000 pounds.
MISSOULA-L. C. Morrison, execu-
tive secretary of the Sheridan, Wyo.,
chamber of commerce will be one of
the chief speakers at the Second In
stitute for Commercial and Trade as
ISOLATION executives at Montana State
university June 81.
SCOBEY-Real financial aid is being
given by Daniels county to Norwegian
refugees in Sweden A bank draft for
S516 was forwarded to the Norwegian
legation in Washington, according to
Knud Knudson, local representative.
MILES CITY-The 1910 convention
of the Montana Bar association will
be held in Helena July 26 and ~. The
time and place we're set at meeting
of the associations executive commit
tee here, George w. Farr of Miles City,
president, announced.
HELENA-Formation of the Mon
tana Meat Dealers association, with
Matt Brown of Great Falls as preSi-
dent, has been completed E. S. Holmes
Chris Shaffer of Billings were named
vice presidents, and j. E. Larson of
Helena, Secretary-treasurer.
GREAT FALLS-Anong principal
speakers at the annual convention of 4
the Montana Municipal league in .
Falls May 10 and IL win be Richard
Graves Of Berkeley, president Of the
American Municipal association and
executive secretary of the League Of
California Cities.
HELENA-Montana's 1910 big game
season will open Oct. IS and close
Nov. 15-aS in past years. State Game
Warden James A. Weaver said no
major changes had been made for this
year in regulations that have gov
srned deer and elk hunters in the past.
WOLF PONT-Numerou Fort Peck
yacht club members are getting power
boats of various sizes built at the Wolf
Point boat works, and Harry Sheire,
designer and builder of boats, is pre-
pairing to move his shop to Fort Peck
soon to be near his customers.
HELENA-MapS and booklets to adj
vertiSe Montana vacation attractions
are being mailed by the thousands by
The state highway department. r. W.
plans and designs engineer,
said half of the $4,000 copies of the
new booklet, Montana, High, Wide
and Handsome" have been sent out
HELENA - Arrangements for CO.
operative work between the United
States public health service and the
Montana board Of health were dis
cuSSed here by v. B. Lamoureux, as
sistant sanitary engineer for the SAM
francisco office of the federal agency,
and H. B. Foote, state sanitary en-
yineer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was closed by
proclamation to imports
If potatoes from eight states and
Hawaii unless such shipments bear an
Inspectors certificate. The proclama-
ion calls attention to "a great danger"
# the introduction to Montana of the
ootato tuber moth. States under the
,an are California, Florida, the Caro-
mas, Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana
md Texas.
HINSDALE - william Clark Qke)
dcColly, IS, former Beaverton and
1inSdale resident, died at Macon, Mo,
rom heart attack, according to word