Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-07-12
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

GLASGOW-Wiota hill curve, 81
miles west of Glasgow, frequent loca-
ton Of auto accidents, will be STRAIGHT
ened by the state.
HELENA-A candidate in q primary
election also may serve as an election
judge, H. j. Freebourn, attorney gen.
eral, ruled.
BUTTE-Senator B. K. Wheeler, tele-
graphed Butte Chamber of Commerce
officials that prospects of immediate
expansion of airline service from Mon
tana into Canada appeared remote.
HELENA-The executive committee
of the Montana Bankers association
decided the organizations 1941 con-
vention would be held at Missoula next
June 20 and 81.
BUTTE-State WPA headquarters
announced that Montana WPA rolls
will remain at the present total of
6,4l0 in July, 10 percent cut ordered
recently having been waived.
MILES CITY-Kalispell was chosen
for next years convention of the Mon
tana Federation of Labor as the 43d
annual convention came to a close at
Miles City.
BILLINGS-Construct has start
ed on Billings new S64,ll0 reservoir.
which will store 100000 gallons of
water for use in the city. The reservoir
will be ready to store water by Oct. Is.
CUT BANK-Fifteen charter mem
berS have been obtained in the or
ganization of the Delphian society
chapter of Cut Bank, according to Mrs.
Marie Bergren of Great Falls, field
secretary for the organization.
GREAT FALLS-Robert Strike, II,
was killed almost instantly when a %
vic InY,fa oil II ClNa n
on fishing trip near Deer Lodge.
The youth was wounded near the
heart.
RED LODGE-Fred Baumann of
Bridger was elected chairman of Car
bon county board of weed supervisors.
Plans are to visit the Wyoming weed
district near Powell to observe methods
of control.
HELENA-A Pondera county district
court Judgment holding rights of liti-
giants in a water right action can be
determined where the original flow was
measured in flow measurement only,
was upheld by the Montana supreme
court.
GREAT FALLS-Jens Spring of
Great Falls has been named ground
school instructor for the civilian pilot
training course to be given this sum-
ton, according to the Rev. Matthew
McHugh, director.
HARLOWTON-With shearing COM
pleted in this county, wool prices are
ranging between 20 and 3lh cents a
pound The wool is reported to be of
excellent grade, the staple good and
the clips light and clean. Weather has
been favorable.
DEER LODGE-Sheriff Fred H.
Walton is holding Angel Amicay, 30, a
Filipino, on an open charge following
a shooting at ranch 80 miles north
of here. The victim, Alex Pastores, 80
a fellow countryman, with a bullet
wound in his side from .33 callber
revolver, is in a hospital here.
VALIER-Valier high school will Of
fer home economics again this fan att
err an absence of this department OF 16
years. Miss Lois Brooke, graduate
of Montana State college, will teach
the course. New equipment, including
gas ranges, sewing machines and COOK
ing utensils, has been purchased.
CUT BANK. Hugo Aronson has
had machinery and crew OF men at
work on the river below the bridge
putting in a dam to provide SWIM
ming pool for local youngsters. The
site was donated by Lyal Lindquist and
Aronson is furnishing machinery and
labor.
BRENTWOOD 300 Sheridan
county farmers attended field tillage
demonstrations held in connection
with the first farmers day in Sheridan
county. A number of old and new
tillage implements were shown in OPP
Grafton.
CULBERTSON-Miss Patricia Buck
ley, daughter of Henry Buckley of south
of Culbertson, was given the title of
CALIFORNIA; perfect health girl" DR..
w. W. Arnholtz Of West Los Angeles,
chairman of the four-day chiroprac-
tors convention, pronounced M S
Buckley's physical proportions perfect.
BUTTE-More than $500 visitors are
expected here Nov. 8 to II for the
joint convention of the Montana Flor
lists association, Idaho Florists ascot
alton and the Northwest Florists as
ISOLATION A public floral exhibit, open
to the public, will be one of the con-
vention features.
HELENA-Domestic brood hens used
to hatch Chinese pheasant eggs were
charged with having introduced fowl
typhoid, which has resulted in deaths
among young birds at the Billings game
farm recently. DR.. w. j. Butler, state
veterinarian, said extensive laboratory
tests led to the conclusion.
MISSOULA-H L. Hume of yelling
ton, N a., an engineer of the New
Zealand public works department, Is
touring Montana with state highway
and public roads administration Off