Glacier County chief., 1940-08-09
News Briefs
From the Treasure State


E. Ayers to the state board of phar-
macy for term expiring July l, 1913.
BROADUS-John Childress, who has
operated one of the best ranches in
this section for many years, has sold
his 1.6O0-acre establishment near Olive
to Mrs. Tom Jones of Miles City. She
assumes the management Aug. Is.
RED LODGE-An estimated 10000
to $4,000 bushels of grain, mostly wheat,
were destroyed by a hailstorm between
Roberts and Eos. Crops on five farms
were completely ruined and nine others
suffered serious losses.
WHITEFISH-Engin w. S. Con-
ner. driving the locomotive on mail
train No. 81, reported herd OF moose
COWS one-quarter mile from Vista,
Moose are not usually found so near
WhitefiSh.
SCOBEY-Sam Kerstein OF Scobey
harvested early this year when he
signed a IS 400 hail insurance check
covering damages on more than 9OC
acres of crop in the Four Buttes area.
1t was the first time kersteln had
taken out insurance.
BILLINGS-Mrs. Frank Mcdonnell
IA, pioneer Billings resident who ar
rived in this region by Yellowstone
river steamboat, died at the home OF a
daughter in Seattle few days ago.
Mrs. Mcdonnell was the wife of a
pioneer livestock man.
HELENA Three State university
law school graduates have been ad-
mitted to practice in the courts OF
the state. They are Wyman Zachary,
%, MisSoula; Richard Wilkinson, %.
Butte. and William Swanberg, %,
Great Falls.
HAMILTON-The L. J. Shelly Co of
Minneapolis has started extensive
placer mining operations in the Hughes
creek mining district at the head of
the West Fork valley. Dredging ma
chinery has been moved in from Idaho
and several leases have been taken on
placer mining ground.
HELENA - Yellowstone and Glacier
national parks both report tourist
travel up more than 10 percent above
1899, D. A. McKinnon, state highway
engineer, said. Mckinnon said the in
crease at Yellowstone park was l0.4
percent and II percent at Glacier.
LIVINGSTON-W. P. Hamilton, e..
prominent Park county rancher, was
almost instantly killed in a runaway
accident at his home II miles north OF
here. Hamilton was thrown from a hay
rack when the team rounded curve
in the road, the rack falling on top OF
him. He was native of Canada and
had lived in Park county for 43 years.
BELT-Thomas Watt, 38-year-
negro, who died at hospital in Great
Falls recently, and who was distant
relation of the late Mrs. John K. Cast
ner, was a slave child in the south and
carried the brand of his mother on his
back. He was born in Carolina and
Evad hara marty an wears He bllr-
led from the Methodist church here,
with the Rev. F. Agte officiating.
COLUMBIA FALLS -Infectio n
caused by the scratch of a pet rabbit
caused the death of Mrs. Hanna Fields,
SO, at the Montana soldiers home
here. Mrs. Fields was born in COW
cred wagon in 1854, while her parents
were enroute west from Ohio She was
the widow of John M. Fields, Civil
war veteran who died at the state
home in 1882.
BILLINGS-Lew Valentine, the Dr.
I. @. of the radio, was taken into the
Crow Indian tribe at ceremony broad
cast from Billings. DR.. I. @. whose In
Knows Answers" was indicted at cere-
monies conducted by Max Big Man,
John and Donald Deer Nose Otto Bear
Ground and Frank Shane, all members
of the Grow tribe. He was given a pair
of buckskin gloves.
FAIRFIELD-Gilbert Knox reports
finding one Of the largest rattlesnakes
reported here this year on his home
stead east Of Fairfield. After the snake
was killed 1t was opened and two
fun sized gophers were found in the
] have been reported on the project this