Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21

secretary, and mrs. c. J. AEormn
treasurer. The ladies voted b make
Grapes for the church under direesaon
OF AIRS. H. L. Kemp.
FORT BENTON-At q meeting Of
the Chouteau County Medical assoei-
alton, DR.. D. j. Cooper, Big sandy
was chosen president, DR. Gaylord
Worsten, Big Sandy, vice president.
and DR. E. L. Anderson, Fort Benton,
secretary treasner.
RED LODGE-Ratherin Hagen was
! elected matron Of Eastern Stars. DR..
! r. w. Schwin, patron; Hasel Cham
/ Derlatn, associate matron; II. A. Sim
mons. associate patron: Audrey Bailev.
secretary; Mae Simpson, treasurer;
Alice Graves, conductresS, and Ina
beadle, associate conductreSs.
RED LODGE-Cases against four
Livingston men charged with hunting
Chinese pheasants In closed areas
were dismissed. A E. Greybull, WI
lam II. Ralph, M. 7. Ring and lee
Setter pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned before Justice John Sander
son and Justice Nelson Lane.
FORT BEyTON-The state EXAM
Iner,S report shows Fort Benton had
$50, 422-25 IN outstanding indebtedness
on Oct 81, decrease OF 81, $50 q. An
put $121.65 Of this amount was IA
bonded Indebtedness, with SCI oe0 OF
the bonds those issued In 1884 for the
new water plant
Children Of the Con-
gregational church saved pennies and
nickels for q month to make an Of
Ier1ng to send to English children for
Christmas. The offering was sent by
airmail to New York, from where e
was cabled to the London effice of
the committee for relief of war VIC
TINS.
HuNSDAIE-Mrs. r. S. Drabhs vas
elected matron and A. 0. Nelson was
reelected patron Of the Eastern star.
MRS. @. A. Duncan, associate matron:
=. L. Westrum, associate patron; Mrs.
II. P. Schug, secretary; mrs. p I.
WeStrum, treasurer; June Hillnaan.
conouctreSs; Mrs. Elgin Burns, asso-
c1ate conductress.
HELENA Geological survey reno~t-
ed that unusually cold weather In
November affected the Yellowstone
yer. The stream, which drains 2.03O
square miles Of south central Non
tana, had an average flow Of eos cubic
second feet a minute Ia November,
considerably less than the average for
the 29-year period between 1910 and
1889.
CHOTEAU-Dr. H. w. Bateman has
been reappointed county physician and
health officer by the county eOnmis-
sioners and the Choteau hospital
awarded the contract for hospitalixa-
ton Of the county poor Coroner @.
L. Banks has received the contract
for burial Of the county poor. The
BOARD gave the Choteau Acantha the
county printing contract.
KALISPEIL-Harry Lanegan Of
Whitefish was sentenced to four days
n the county jail under a district
court order for contempt Of court for
failure to pay support to his minor
.h1ld. In q divorce decree granted Nav
of this year to Agnes Lanegan from
defendant custody of their minor child
vas given plaintiff, together with sI5
month from May is, for the child's
Import.
CHOTEAU-The local Masonic lodge
las elected John L. Slllgrove worship
I'll master; A. j. Moore, senior ward
n; G. D. Mcdonald, treasurer, and
cay E. Nelson, secretary The Order
4 Eastern Star officers for the en-
u1ng year are Sidney Bloom, worthy
aatron, succeeding Elsie Tesch: Mari
n Averill, worthy patron; Theodore
ialverson, associate patron; Sue Ann
syrne, associate matron; Gertrude
'earon, conductress, and Freda john
on, associate conductresS.