Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-01


. was elected president Of the Coutts
; Sweet Grass Lions club; II. M Well
vice president, and r. Prevol, secretar-
r HAMILTON - Bids for constructio
b of new postoffice here will be opene
: In Washington June IS. An a1lotmen
OF 100000 has been made for tn
building and site.
GREAT FALLS-Fred Traber q
Great Falls was elected a director 3
the American Dairy association a
that organizations annual meeting d
! Chicago recently.
LIVINGSTON Mrs. Martha Olsor
81, resident of Park county since 1885
died here. Mrs. Olson was the mothel
Of Chief Of Police Frank M Olson O.
this city.
LTBBY-The Great Northern RAN.
way will build a new passenger station
here, r r. Veldman, city clerk, ha,
been informed by B. S. Merritt, west
ern traffic manager Of the road.
LBBY-Glacier Silver Lead Co. re.
Gently shipped its first carload of con-
,centrates this year to the East Helena
smelter. The mill is running "a hours
a day with % men at work in the
mine and mill.
ROY-Rapid progress is being made
on a five-mile stretch of the Canada
to-Mexico highway between here and
Malta. When completed, the Malta-Ro
/ highway will form an important travel
artery between northeastern Montana
and Lewtstown and Billings.
GLENDIVE-Simon Edmunds. last
surviving veteran of the Civil war In
eastern Montana, died a few days be-
fore Memorial day at the home of his
son In CaShton, Wis. Edmunds' death
also came just a few days before his
oath birthday He had lived In Dawson
county since 1916.
LAUREL-Elroy Giles of Laurel left
here recently on a horseback trip to
the New York worlds fair. He hopes to
make the trip in los days, averaging 20
miles a day Only one major stop is
planned, in Wisconsin. GILES will sell
photographs of himself and horse along
the way to finance the trip.
WOLF POINT Sixty Longhorn
steers purchased by Jim Terry and
Fred Rathert IN Texas for use at the
goth Wolf Point stampede have been
placed in pastures here The large
number enables selection of animals
Of the best size for bulldogging con-
tests at the stampede July IL to IS.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. r. H. Straub
of Great Falls was elected president
Of the Montana Federation of Garden
clubs and Corvallis was selected as the
1941 convention site at the concluding
sessions Of the third annual conven-
ton here. Mrs. Daniel j. Mooney Of
Butte, retiring president, was elected
honorary president.
SHELBY-Lyle Kassel almost suf-
fnTnd ffn 1Ncc rNf M an rxr1. ~
ant flew through the windshield Of his
car while he was returning to Shelby
from a trip to TherTnopolis, Wyo The
accident occurred near White Sulphur
Springs where KaSsel was given medi-
cal attention. Flying glass had almost
severed his right ear.
BUTTE-Montana state softball
commissioners, in session here, set July
IL as official softball day in Montana.
On that day, every city will stage a
special game with all admission re-
ceipts or collections from fans to go
toward sending Montana AA cham
pionship team to the national tourna-
ment.
YELLOWSTONE PARK-Housekeep
ing cabins and cafeterias at Fishing
Bridge Canton and Mammoth are now
open to provide accommodations for
hotels will not be open until June
20, but many visitors are expected Me-
mortal day when the 1910 fishing sea-
son opens.
LIVINGSTON - Fabulous Yellow
stone" a 20-page story ON Yellowstone
park. written by Frederick @. VoS-
burgh, appears IN the June issue Of
the National Geographic magazine.
The writer points out that Yellowstone,
the nations largest park. Is nearly as
big as Delaware and Rhode Island
combined.
REISSOULA--The Montana Reserve
Officers association, in convention
here, selected Billings as the site Of
the 1871 convention John A Stage Of
Anaconda was elected president; Earl
T Vance, Missoula, vice president; Cor
don Eastman, Lewistown, second vice
president and Reed G Probst, Mis-
soula, chaplain :.
BUTTE-A joking remark about the
income tax resulted In an argument
Reed, and led to his arrest on a dis
tIrbance charge Police found 81
pounds Of silver coins in II bags at
tached to the beggar's clothing and In
his pockets, in addition to SIS In bills.
A bank coin counting machine showed
the silver to total $298.13.
-ATissoulas present pop
ulation Is 18,378-a gain Of more than
Is percent over the 1890 population
it was announced by Albert j. Parton,
census supervisor In this district. The
city's population In 1880 was 1857.
The 1888 figure Is for the incorporat-
ed limits OF the city and does not in
clude an estimated 5000 persons living
in adjacent areas south and west Of
town.
Charles Henry Lam
ius, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Henry
LaniuS, now a correspondent for the
London Daily Mail at Nice, France,
was heard recently by his parents and
friends here In broadcast from Rome.
Young Lanius was graduated from the
school Of journalism at Montana State
university, worked for q time on the
Helena Independent and later on the
Oakland Tribune. He was employed by
the Paris Herald when that newspaper
was suspended.