Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-07
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DHLON.-Mrs Olive N. Harrison,
Who died ut her ranch home. had
been Q resident Of Beaverhead county
for more than 50 years.
AONARcH.-A fire starting from
an undetermined cause destroyed the
building containing the Ed Carlisle
saloon and pool hall at Barker. near
here. and small structure adjoining
II.
GIENDIvE.-Inspector John Wilson
Of the Northern Pacific railroad was
injured fatally when struck by q car
being shunted BY switch engine In
the railroad yards here.
HEIENA.-The state board Of e.
aminers has voted to require that any
employe discharged from state service
be given at least two weeks notice
Hitherto 1t has been the practice to
permit summary dismissas.
GREAT FAIIS.-Percy Bullard, So.
who died in New York. was the son
Of Massema Billiard, who practiced law
in Helena more than a haif-century
ago. A sister. Mrs. Herbert w. Brown,
lives here
PHILIPSBURGH. Martin Moose
Lake. johnson, "a. who was found
dead below a 4O-foot cliff near Moose
lake. southwest Of here, had been a
hunter and trapper here for more
than so years.
BILLINGS. Irene Ruth Koschel,
l2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Koschel. was burned fatally
when she poured tractor fuel on a
wood fire in the kitchen stove at her
farm home nine miles east of here.
DILLON.-The Rev. Calvin J. Logan
was recently installed as pastor of
the Presbyterian church here at i'm
pressive ceremonies. The installation
was conducted by the Presbytery OF
Butte.
HAVRE.-John c. Lynch, 70, re-
Gently claimed by death, came here
40 years ago from Great Falls, where
he had lived for two years. He ranched
three miles west of Havre until his
retirement several years ago.
HAVRE-Charles H. Aldridge, 81,
who died recently, was a pioneer Havre
resident. He came to Montana in 1890
and later started grocery store in
Havre, which he continued to operate
until about six months ago, when he
began working for the city.
RED LODGE-United States Vana-
dunn Corp has begun construction of
a road to the lofty He'll Roaring
plateau, across the Rock Creek can
yon from where chrome strip mining
t,ly-r Inn o. nN
400 tons of ore daily, with the inten-
ton of both strip and tunnel mining.
GREAT FALLS.-The American Le-
gion again will conduct its high school
oratorical contest. Leo Graybill Jr., of
GreaJ Falls was state champion last
year. Ed L. Novels of Livingston is
state chairman of the contest. Elm
nation contests, school, county, dis
trict and zone, and the state contest
will De in March.
HAvRE.-A reclamation report on
the survey of the proposed Marias
river irrigation project, including the
investigation of the Tiber damsite
near Chester, probably will be released
soon, according to Judge c. B. Elwell,
who recently returned from Phoenix,
Ariz., where he attended the annual
convention of the National Reclama-
ton association.
MARYSVILLE.-M Mittle Without,
IS, who died at her home here after
long illness, had been well known
Helena and Marysville resident since
1912. She produced many newspaper
and magazine articles about Montana
and its mining interests and wrote
many poems. She and Mr.. Without
came to Montana In 1906 and lived at
Dillon before they came here.
BILLINGS.-A price of At cents a
pound, highest offered for territory
wool in the United States in Is years,
topped the final wool auction sale
here of Merton and wilkins, sheep
and wool commission firm. w. C..
Hartpence, local manager, said that
sales for the two-day auction totaled
1.458,O00 pounds Of approximately q
100000 offered.
HELENA. Six new members of
committees. which serve as review
boards on matters respecting faculty
relations and tenure of position in
units of the Greater University of
Montana have been appointed. They
are Donald M. Heller of Missoula, w.
D. Tallman Of Bozeman, Ford McBain
Of Dillon, A. D. Adami of Butte, L. A.
Foot of Billings and E. A. Morgan Of
Havre.
HAMILTON. Seventeen Kentucky
bred horses. bought by Bitter Root
valley purchasers at Lexington, KY,
arrived here recently. Except for an
American saddler consigned to DR..
George Taylor, all the animals are
thoroughbred racing stock. The buy
ers were ]. c. Nicholson, Lloyd Rem
aker, Bernie Yerian, Fred Bernatz.
Melvyn Yorton, Clarence Duus and
Scotty Dunbar.
WEST YELLOWSTONE. - Evidence
continues to grow that survey work
for the proposed army cantonment at
Henry's lake, near here, will be re-
sumed early In the spring. Huge
checkerboards have been placed sew
eral feet off the ground at the site
to aid in locating lines while snow
still covers the ground and it was