Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-12
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

HELENA Montana's 1889 pig crop
totaled 277.000 head-68 percent larger
than the 1888 production.
CUT BANK-Stamp sales here for
the fourth quarter of 1889 totaled So
6O8O3, a gain of S1OS7 over the cor
responding quarter of last year.
BUTTE-The Butte Pioneer club
will hold its annual costume dance on
Feb. 3 at the Masonic temple ball.
room. it was announced by Larry
Hamilton. chairman of the special
committee in charge.
MISSOULA-During the 1899 sugar
refining campaign at the local factory
of the American Crystal Sugar Co.,
more than 100000 pounds of sugar
were produced. The campaign started
early in September.
HELENA Lou Brock, Hollywood
producer who is credited with having
discovered Fred Astaire, famous dane
er. for the movies, spent the Christmas
holidays in Helena as the house guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Collins.
PINEVIEW-Fire destroyed the post
office building here Christmas day
with damage estimated at $4,000. The
dinner in rooms above the office, was
nearly trapped by the flames.
HELENA-C. Howard Walden of
Helena. a captain in the infantry re-
serve. has been named state chairman
for National Defense week, Feb. 1922.
The appointment was made by Col,
Leo j. Crosby, national chairman OF
National Defense week program.
MISSOULA-Low bidders for the
Georgetown lake-Elint creek hill for
est highway section were Herrlck d
Yancey of Butte, at ST., l03.50. Six and
six-tenths of regarding, with a plant
mix oil surface, are included in the
contract.
HELENA-Night skiing is popular
on the Mcdonald pass course of the
Mount Helena Ski club. The commits
sary at the ski clubs chalet is kept
convenience of skiers. The ski course is
Illuminated with arc lights.
HAVRE-The well being put down
by Walter J. Drought for the hide
pendent Natural Gas Co. on the Box
Elder structure has been brought into
commercial production, according to
Frank S. Marion. local manager of the
Utilities Co.
HELENA-H. Clyde Moore, president
of the Boston Wool Trade association,
will be on the program at the seth
annual convention of the Montana
WoolgrowerS association here Jan. Is,
16 and IT, Secretary Paul Etchepare
has announced.
HAVRE-A recent issue of Golfers
weekly contained a short-short story,
Bear Trap" written by Robert P.
Lewis, former Havre resident. The
elder Lewis was once editor of the
Havre Plaindealer. Robert Lewis now
lives at Seattle.
FAIRFIELD-Bob Askins OF Ismay,
Mont, former world champion cowboy,
will move his family from eastern
the. spring. Jack Goldberg, trick roper
and rider, formerly with Ringing
Bros circus. is already a farmer in
this vicinity.
HELENA-Dr. T. L. Hawkins of Hell
ena has been named director of serv-
ices for crippled children in the Mon
tana department of public welfare. DR..
Hawkins succeeds Miss Freda Miller,
who will continue as assistant director
John Coey, welfare board attache, has
been named director Of child welfare
services.
BILLINGS-The 1910 convention of
the Montana Library association will
be held here next May 20 and 81, Miss
Margaret Fulmer, president, has an.
nounced. The associations planning
committee has recommended the state
library extension board Withdraw its
sponsorship of the WPA statewide IL
brary project.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enjoyed one of
the best livestock years in the states
history in 1899, according to the annual
report Of DR.. w. j. Butler, state yeter-
marian, to Gov. Roy E. Ayers. The
report said that grass had been of ex-
ceptional quality and ranges and pas
lures amply adequate to take care Of
the states livestock population.
HELENA-Eight more new homes
were built in Helena during 1899 than
in 1898. according to the records of
City Engineer Oscar Baarson. Seventy
five new homes built during the year
have a valuation of $257,000 Total
building in the city for 1889 fell be-
hind that OF 1888, due to fewer large
projects.
BILLINGS-Dr. Ernest T. Eaton,
president of Billings Polytechnic in
| stitute. has announced that the late
George Howard Burr of New York
city bequeathed SIS 5000 to the school.
Burr, former chairman of the board
of New York city investment firm,
| previously had donated more than
$4,000 to the school.
LIvNGSTON-M. H. Lashorn, resi-
dent Of this city since 1882, has been
named to the state senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Sem
ator Bert B. Armstrong. The appoint