Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-28

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sion Of the Scobey-west feeder road
with no definite date set. Graveline
has been completed by the WPA.
RED LODGE. r. Powell of Bill
lings was fined $ll0 and given q sus-
pended sentence Of so DAYS ia the
4 Carbon county jail when he pleaded
guilty in justice court to shooting q
pheasant hen.
HARLOWTON-Jack oNein 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 it
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-The Montana railroad
commission has announced cancela-
ton Of Is permits held by truckers |
in various sections of the state. The
commission said permit holders re-
fused to take out public liability and |
property damage insurance as required |
by law.
WHITEFISH-The Whitefish Cham
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.
FAIRFTELD-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 a As !
day registration period.
HAN6ILTON-Donald 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- {
ng" Claude A. Berry, S. Of Hamil-
on, because Of contradictory" teSti- |
nony by the complaining witness.
FORT BENTON-W. H. Cavanaugh, I
WPA supervisor, reports crawling
on the Shonkin road, with a
n improved road all the way to the h
Mountains. 1t is planned to gravel the !.
anyon road, a two or three mile r
tretch Of this city leading out Of the Il
alley towards Highwood and Shonkin. ii
SCOBEY- Coccidiosis, an intestinal n
isease. has resulted in death of two
attic in this county and illness of ls
everal others, 1t was reported follow u
lg a visit here by Dr. ]. w. Richard p
on Of Glasgow, state veterinarian.
he virus has been noted in the last is
70 weeks and curative measures are az
cling taken. in
LAUREL-A permanent Injunction -
M. P. Renner from operat- n
g a barber shop in Laurel for three NJ,
ears was issued by Judge Guy c.
cry. Such an agreement was pur- ar
'rtedly made by Ranner when he sold ce
S interest to H. L. Moon, who Sc
larged Renner opened a shop in IA
mpetition. no
state capitol is pre- ca
ring for the arrival of state legis-
tors for the session scheduled to be- ~
4 Jan. 6. I. S. McQuitty, purchasing ~
ent, awarded a contract to the f.
1lden Montana Co. of LewistoWn for
ltal of typewriters. Other incidental 49,,
pplies will be bought later this ~
onth. az
- Eighteen boys at hei
2 high school are learning cooking
der direction of Miss Lucille Nelson, bel
me economics instructor Eleven girls rec
: receiving instruction in repair of e.
niture and household electrical APP haC
ances from William Evans, Smith bun
ghes instructor The cooking course doy
/ be of great benefit to the boys, out
most of them come from ranches.
GREAT FALIsS-Trial of the $50. 900 7
mage action of Arthur Collins Eur
inst the Mountain States Telephone of
Co., based on a highway bro
ident, was concluded in district owe
IT. After the jury had elaborated farl
about two hours without arriving her
a verdict, Judge H. H Ewing in per
lcted the jury to return a sealed BY
dict sery
AUREL-Elected to office in the
sonic lodge as worshipful master Jan
succeed Roy Edwards was w. E. I.
Tarmo. c. H. Barney is senior sche
den; oscar Anderson, junior ward CONF
B. M Harris, treasurer, and j. OF
Jordan, secretary. Chosen by the are
Fellows lodge are William Gerke,
lie grand; Mervin Gerke, vice grand;
@. Cooper, secretary, and L. L. 81
tn, treasurer. goIn
- The WPA crawling Di
ect approved for this county has --
/ delayed due to a confusion Of
Is First the project was approved
he district office in Billings and,
n the men we're ready to go to
(, word reached here that funds
Petroleum county had been ex-
tied and that the work must be
ped until a re-allocation of funds
be effected.