Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-13

pioneer Butte physician, who died
April 8, 1884 at San Francisco. A son,
DR.. j. W. Gum of San Francisco, and
a daughter, Mrs. A. G. Jones, wife Of
a Boise, Idaho physician, survive.
RED LODGE-Princeton university S
annual Big Horn Yellowstone geological
research camp, attended each summer
by doctors of science and their junior
assistants, will open its 1910 session
near here on July 1. DR.. w. T. Thorn,
professor of coal and oil geology at
Princeton, visited the campSite a few
days ago to make necessary prepara-
tons.
SWEET GRASS-Vincent Filchak of
Lethbridge left car standing on Main
street here opposite WebSter'S store
with a dog in it. The dog, in moving
about the machine, shifted the gear
lever from reverse to neutral and was
given a ride down hill in the runaway
car, which came to stop as 1t Swerved
into the curb In front of the telephone
office and struck telephone pole.
LIVINGSTONE o ert Ralph of
Great Falls was elected president Of
the Montana Musicians conference at
the organization meeting here. Other
officers are Dennis OBrien, Billings;
Leo Mcbride, Anaconda; George j.
Hoffman, Bozeman; Harvey Palmer,
Great Falls, and Cliff Carley, MisSoula
vice presidents, and James Gregg, Mis-
soula, secretary treasurer. The 1941
meeting viii be at Helena.
HARLOWTON-David Lake, project
manager Of the Upper MuSselshel
water conservation project, says the
two reservoirs are beginning to look
like lakes Water Is going into the
South Martinsdale reservoir In good
volume and a recent measurement
showed 1,500 acre-feet back of the dam.
It Is estimated the Durand reservoir,
on the North fork of the Musselshell,
has 300 acre-feet of water mpounded.
HELENA-Floyd Wiley, a junior
student from Missoula, won the ora
tory championship of Carroll college
with his address, Children and De-
mocracy." Bernard Sullivan, Butte
senior, and James Aylward, Butte
sophomore, ranked second and third
judges will represent Carroll In the
Montana intercollegiate contest in Bill
lings May 3.
MISSOULA-The local school district
found bond buyers eager to acquire
two issues, one for $137, 900 and the
second for $4,000 Low bidders offered
premiums and interest rates Of IL
and is percent. The county high
school bond issue of $122, 1886 went at
is percent, compared to as percent
paid on an original 100000 issue in
1880 sold to erect the south wing of
the county high school.
SHELBY-H H Nyberg, local dairy
man, recently purchased his first pure
bred Holsteins from the HofStetter
Holstein farm at Miles City Nyberg
purchased. a son of the famous COW,
Hofstetter De Kol Seigs Beets, which
represented Montana at the Dairy
world of Tomorrow at the New York
worlds fair, and several daughters Of
King Pietertje Ormsby Piebe AID, and
two daughters Of King Bessie Ormsby
Hengerveld.
KALISPELL-Mr. and Mrs. G.. W.
Fuller of Kalispell celebrated their
65th wedding anniversary recently.
They were married March %, 1875, at
Eau Gale, Wis, and lived in Oklahoma
and South Dakota before coming TO
Montana in 1900. They came to Kali
ispen about 80 years ago. OF their six
children, two daughters are living
Mrs. D. L. Greer and Mrs. L. Huffman.
They also have II grandchildren and
13 great-grandchildre