Glacier County chief., 1940-12-27
with no definite date set. Crawling
has been completed by the WPA.

with no definite date set. Crawling
has been completed by the WPA.
RED LODGE r. Powell of Bill
lings was fined S11O and given sus-
pended sentence Of go days in the
Carbon county Jail when he pleaded
guilty in justice court to shooting 4
pheasant hen.
HARLOWTON- ONeill and
Edwin FochS, owners of the Oasis beer
parlor, purchased a lot at the corner
of Fourth street and Central avenue
from Mcfarland Bros. They antici-
pate building a business block on 1t
in the spring.
HARLOWTON-C. B. Evans of Post
Falls. Idaho, attended the funeral of
his brother, Roy Evans, of Living
Springs, which was conducted at
Moore by the American Legion. Evans
also visited relatives in the Living
Springs and Judith Gap areas.
HELENA Montana railroad
commission has announced cancella-
ton of Is permits held by truckers
in various sections of the state. The
fused to take out public liability and
property damage insurance as required
by law.
Der of Commerce sent kilograms of
protest to President Roosevelt and
the congressional delegation from
Montana against proposals to transfer
the forest service from the depart
ment of agriculture to the department
of interior.
FAIRFIELD-The county commits
sioners of Teton county have con-
firmed the Feb. date for holding
the first municipal election for the
recently Incorporated town of Fair
field. The election was delayed by
the necessity for allowing for As
day registration period.
HAMILTON-Donal Baker, %. Ra-
valli county undersheriff. was freed
of a kidnapping charge. Justice j. A.
Hersman said he dismissed the COM
plant charging Baker with "kidnap-
ing" Claude A. Berry, IS, of Hamll-
ton, because of contradictory" testi-
mony by the complaining witness.
FORT BENToN-w. H. Cavanaugh.
WPA supervisor, reports graveling
completed on the Shonkin road, with
an improved road all the way to the
mountains. 1t is planned to gravel the
canyon road, a two or three mile
stretch Of this city leading out Of the
valley towards Highwood and Shonkin.
-Coccidiosis, an intestinal
disease, has resulted in death Of two
cattle in this county and illness of
several others. it was reported follow
| ing a visit here by DR.. j. w. Richard
son of Glasgow. state veterinarian.
The virus has been noted in the last
two weeks and curative measures are
being taken.
| LAUREL-A permanent injunction
restraining M. P. Renner from operat-
| ing a barber shop in Laurel for three
years was issued by Judge Guy c.
! Derry. Such an agreement was pur-
portedly made by RAINIER when he sold
his interest to H. L. Moon, who
charged Renner opened a shop in
competition.
HEI.ENA-The state capitol is pre-
! pairing for the arrival of state legis-
latorS for the session scheduled to be-
gin Jan. 6. I. S. McQuitty. purchasing
agent, awarded a contract to the
| Golden Montana Co. Of Lewistown for
rental of typewriters. Other incidental
supplies will be bought later this
| month.
HARLOWTON - Eighteen boys at
the high school are learning cooking
under direction of Miss Lucille Nelson,
home economics instructor. Eleven girls
are receiving instruction in repair OF
| furniture and household electrical ap-
pliances from William Evans. Smith
Hughes instructor. The cooking course
will be Of great benefit to the boys
as most Of them come from ranches.
GREAT FALLS-Trial of the 500 900
damage action of Arthur Collins
against the Mountain States Telephone
& Telegraph Co., based on a highway
accident. was concluded in district
court. After the jury had deliberated
for about two hours without arriving
at a verdict, Judge H. H. Ewing in
structed the jury to return sealed
verdict.
LAUREL Elected to office in the
Masonic lodge as worshipful master
to succeed Roy Edwards was w. E.
DeGarmo. C. H. Barney is senior
warden; Oscar Anderson. junior ward
en-; B. M Harris, treasurer, and j,
H. Jordan secretary Chosen by the
Odd Fellows lodge are William Gerke,
noble grand; Mervin Gerke, vice grand:
Q. c., Cooper, secretary, and L. l..
Smith, treasurer.
| WINNETT The WPA crawling
project approved for this county has
been delayed due to a confusion Of
funds. First the project was approved
by the district office in Billings and,
when the men were ready to go IL
work. word reached here that funds
for Petroleum county had been eX-
hausted and that the work must be
stopped until a re-allocation of funds
could be effected.