Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24
News Briefs
From the Treasure State
HAvRE-Fees collected by the clerk
of court In 1870 totaled 81 $50.

HAVREFees collected by the clerk
Of court In 1910 totaled 81 $50.
scoBEY-George Olson of the Sill
yer Star community was elected chair
WALLER County commissioners
named the Valerian as official news
paper for Pondera county for two
years.
SCOBEY-Of IL men who took the
physical examination for the draft
board in Daniels county, 10 were
placed in class IA and ? in class lB.
HARLOwTON-The local Boy Scout
troop committee is raising SIPS by
public subscription. The chamber OF
commerce gave $40.
HE.ENA-Attorney General John
w. Bonner announced the appoint
ment of Hazel Rasmussen, Plentywood,
as a stenographer in his office.
HELENA-Daniel C. Dempsey OF
Great Falls, member of the bar OF
the District of Columbia, was admit
ted to the Montana bar on motion OF
the attorney generals office.
LAUREL Funeral services were
Councilman Henry E. Conner, and
burial was in the Laurel cemetery. He
came to Laurel from Russia in 1917.
-Rollcall Chairman Mrs.
lola Gates announces $40 member
ships obtained in Golden Valley
county, a substantial increase over
1910 which totaled sl96.
HINSDALE-Wilbur Harris, former
ly OF this community, is recovering
from an emergency appendectomy at
Seattle. He is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harris of Hinsdale.
HAVR-A. B. Cook Of Cut Bank
was at the Signal Butte structure in
connection with setting up machinery
to drill an oil test well on the Maria
Surean land.
vAIIER-Dr. c. w. Powell. health
officer. reports several new cases Of
whooping cough. An epidemic has
broken out and many students are
absent from school.
BILLINGS Receipts OF the local
postoffice for 1910 totaled 1888 1860. 10.
a gain Of nearly 10000 over 1889. ac-
cording to a report compiled by Post
master NJ. L. Fagg.
WHITEF1SH-John Higgins, who
was burned on his leg while employed
with the Great Northern as a hostler
helper at Essex. is a patient at the
Whitefish hospital.
HAVRE-Hill county commissioners
organized. A. J. Tmmons took his
seat as the newly elected commission
er. He succeeds Herbert Warp. Ray
L. Sands was elected chairman.
FRAZIER Following discovery Of
weevils in bins Of wheat in this area,
County Agent Charles Jarrett has
urged all farmers to check their bins
and If necessary treat the wheat with
carbon dIulphide to kill the pests.
SCoBEY- Stricken Ill while visiting
his parents at Circle. Louis Schnebly
was taken to a Glendive hospital and
operated upon for appendicitis. His
wife acted as substitute teacher for
him in his eighth grade.
BoNNER-The A. c. NJ. lumber mill
showed an increase Of approximately
10 percent In its 1910 production over
the previous year. The local mill cut
approximately one-third Of the total
lumber output Of the state.
LIVINGSTON janitor's life in
Livingston schools may be made easier
soon. The school board IS considering
the purchase Of an automatic floor
washing machine to replace the old
fashioned mop and elbow grease.
HARLOwTON Clarence Mooney,
Milestone. arrested on hit and run
driving charge by, the local highway
patrolman, pleaded guilty before Jus
tice A F. Allen and was fined 500.
In lieu of payment he Is serving the
sentence.
HARLOWTON-The local library
board elected as follows Chairman,
Mrs. W. A Lynn; vice chairman, Mrs.
Horace Wyman: secretary. Mrs. J. R.
Mccall: treasurer. Mrs. E. NJ. Carver.
The report of the board showed a
balance Jan. of sl73.o4.
DILLON-Ross Johnson, Idaho Falls
transient, was arrested here with sew
eral worthless checks in his posses
sion. He also had a notebook contain
ing several names well known in this
community. Some Of the checks bore
the name of George Whitworth, who
died two years ago.
HAVRE-A jury term Of federal
court will open here Feb. 6 at 10 a. m.
Judge James H. Baldwin has called
venire of 80 Jurors TO report. A
number Of civil cases have been set
for trial at the February term. as
have criminal cases in which defend
ants were arraigned recently.
NASHUA-Charles L. Steed was as
signed as agent at the Great North
ern to succeed A. F. Evey. who had the
job since the depot was opened when
the Fort Peck-Wiota railroad was
built. Evey resigned and left for
Whitefish. where he is a relay dis
patcher.
BROADUS|Precipita here in
1910 measured l7.44 inches. the great
est since the local weather station
was established in 1896. June was the