Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-15
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

GLASGOW-Robert P. Olsen. IA o.
! Glasgow, drowned while swimming IL
an irrigation ditch % miles west OF
/ here.
HARLOWTON-Ndrs. Catherine Mid
dleton returned from a Miles CITY hos
pital, where she was a patient fol
several weeks. She viii return to the
hospital later for a major operation
SHELBY-H. Nyberg has begun con-
struction Of a l60-foot barn, adjoining
his dairy ON the north side. He plans
to install a hardwood floor and hold
weekly barn dances.
Observation-Disclosures carried 5000
pounds of food, materials and equip
ment for the Flathead forest service
to South fork and Middle fork To-
calities.
SHELBY-Frank Ryan is the new
state stock inspector for Toole and ad-
joining counties He is making his
home at Shelby, having moved here
from Chinook.
FROID-Froid and vicinity received
$50 inches of moisture in three rains
in four days. All grain crops are con-
Sidered the best in years. Pasture lands
are affording excellent feed and gar
dens are maturing rapidly.
FORT BENTON-The city council
hired Charles Ide, school music di-
rector. to supervise the Fort Benton
band during the summer The band
gives concerts Thursday evenings in
the city park,
KALISPELL-Ordina passed by
the city council establish arterial
highways on two of the city streets.
Second avenue was created a through
street, as was Seventh street west
from Main to the city limits.
LOUTTS-A new loading rack is be-
ing built in CouttS for the Sweet Grass
refinery and a pipeline is being laid
from the loading rack to the border so
the finished products can be sold IN
Canada.
KALISPELI-Work is expected to
start soon on the new 200-foot sus-
pension bridge over the South Fork
river at Black Bear, one mile south OF
Spotted Bear. Gables are being sent
IN by plane and other supplies will be
taken by pack train.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRNGS-Mrs.
Rande Herein, 81, pioneer resident of
this area, died at the home Of a, daugh-
Ter, Mrs. John Lucas, at Ringing MRS.
Herein came to this area IN 1892 and
had resided for many years ON ranch
1t Lennep.
SCOBEY-Harlan Foss, brother of
Rev. ". T. FoSs, arrived here to assume |
iuties as assistant pastor IN the Luz
,heran parish this summer. FoSS grad |
lated from st. Olaf college this spring /
md plans to enter Lutheran seminary |
n st. Paul In the fall.
HELENA-Remodelin of the old |
Federal Reserve bank building into a |
,us depot may be completed by July |
!, the architects, Hugentn & Dekay, |
aid. The general contract for remodel !
ng was let to the E. j. Decker Con-
tructton CO.
HELENA - Montana carloadings for
April increased 20.6 percent over those
or the same period In 1899, the state
abroad and public service commission
The carloadtngs for the
month were 81 1903 as compared with
1859 during April last year.
SHELBY-Roy Mitchell has moved
lis dancehall to an island in the Marias
liver. six miles south of Shelby, where
Ie is building cabins and lighthouses,
nd plans TO establish a pleasure re-
ort and picnic grounds. He has man
ged the PaStime dance pavilion for
he last six years.
HELENA-The first 1910 wool clip
rom the Helena area was loaded by
he Sieben Ranch Co. Clips in the
egion from Helena north are approx
lately 10 percent larger than last year
nd nearly half the total 1910 clip
as already been sold at prices av-
raging about % cents.
SHELBY - Shelbys proposed civic
enter project has been approved by
be national park planning board at
Washington, D. c., and Is now waiting
nal decision by the WPA, according
} communication received here from
2. p. Hedlund. state WPA supervisor
Great Falls.
HELENA - Montana's cash balance
lay 81 was more than 8 million and
half dollars greater than the cash
alance marked that date year ago,
tate Treasurer Ray N. Shannon re-
orted. shannon listed May SIS bal
nee at SIS, 942 y925 as compared with
I4,si4l76 May 81, 1888.
GREAT FALI.S-Great Falls school
strict No. has population OF SO $50, :
gafs1 OF ly625 since 1880, according I
] the 1870 preliminary census report
Homer n. Whitnore, district super
sor. Population figures for the city I
roger reveal 1t has q, TIA residents
lthin its corporate limits, q gain Of
o since the 1880 census.
MARLOwTON--A crew completed
aiding six miles Of the new county
ed TO the Lode community 20 miles ]
nth Of here. They began at the north
ia OF the road and are working this
W. The road taps rHnching section,
ne an acreage OF which Is served by
shell water conservation project
HARxlOwTON--A heavy fab OF rain
1sn@Ef ahoEk one fzen 0f pF0czpita-
N tn q 12-h0ur period Knosgh OF I