The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-30
PICKUPS

No serious farm labor shortage is
anticipated by the agricultural depart
ments. Farm workers are being reg
istered at contact stations where
farmers may register their need for
help also.
Only WPA projects started prior to
March Is this year may be sponsored
by cities proposing to levy a tax for
sponsorship according to a ruling this
week by the attorney general.
A county welfare board may use
surplus funds in any available fund
not pledged for a particular purpose
as a deposit for revolving fund for
participating in the food stamp plan,
Attorney General John w. Bonner has
ruled, but such funds would be de-
posted with the state public welfare
department His opinion, No. 1856,
was written for the state welfare de-
partment.
The Fish and Game Department has
announced the following transfers of
personnel and appointments:
Deputy wardens transferred to be
on duty at their new posts Aug. 10,
are:
Frank Starina, transferred from
Hardin to Missoula; w. J. Darlington,
from Libby to Shelby; Louis Miller,
from Harlowton to Anaconda; Allen
r. Holmes, from Billings to Harlow
ton; L. c. Clark, from Havre to Boze-
man; W. M. Krost, from Missoula to
Sidney, John Cook, from Shelby to
Glendive; c. N. Lindsay, from Ana
conda to Libby; Frank Marshall, from
Bozeman to Hardin.
Theodore Hargraves of Superior has
been named a deputy warden and as
signed to Billings.
The attorney general has ruled for
Albert Kruse, commissioner of agri-
culture that almost anything includ-
ing pork chops and watermelons may
be sold by numerical count as we'll
as by pound. But according to latest
advises it still takes money to get
them either way.
A meeting of school executives,
trustees and students interested in
the state correspondence courses is to
be held in Great Falls August 20.
]. T. Newell, representative in the
state legislature from Red Lodge has
resigned, stating that he was leaving
the state to live elsewhere.
The state purchasing agent this
week purchased an automobile for use
by the state engineer and truck for
the experiment station in Havre.
The state public service commits
sion has ordered the Virginia City
Water company to replace its gravity
flow water line to pressure flow i'm
mediately. The company must report
to the board not less than every 80
days the progress made in providing
an adequate supply of water. The
ruling of the board resulted from
hearing called on complaints of people
served by the privately owned con-
Germ.
The district court in Lewis and
Clark county has ordered the Montana
Liquor Control Board to buy products
of Rocky Mountain Brands, Inc, the
Red Lodge distillery. The writ of
issued by the court was
brought about by an action started by
o. H. P. Shelley receiver for the COM
pany. The Liquor Control Board will
likely take the case to the supreme
court.
No new cases of spotted fever has
been reported for week, according to
DIR. B. K Kilbourne, state epidemiol-
ogist. Ninety-two cases have been re-
ported so far this year.
The reported shortage of teachers
exists only in rural schools and some
vocational fields according to the Sec
rotary of the MEA. Low salaries paid
teachers is given as the principal
cause of the shortage.
The state liquor boards store at
Valentine was reported robbed this
week, making the fourteenth liquor
store robbery this year. An organized
gang is thought to be committing the
robberies.
An appeal examiner has sustained
a ruling by the Montana unemploy-
ment compensation division that DON
aid Q. Jordan, striking mill worker
in the F. H. Stoltze Land and Lum-
Der Company of Kalispell is not en-
titled to unemployment compensation