Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-14
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HAENA.-Wuu2m G. Ferguson OF
this city was reelected secretary Of
the Pacific Northwest Tourist aSso-
ciatton ut the recent convention at
Spokane. Max Dean. Butte. was one
Of the vice presidents elected.
HAvRE.-The Rev. Olaf A. Ander-
son, . former member Of the st. Olafs
choir. viii direct the Christmas ora
tofio. The Messiah" which will be
sponsored by the chamber Of COM
merce for the second consecutive year.
PHIIRSBURG- body Of Martin
johnson. old-time resident Of the
Moose Lake district, was found at
the base Of a cliff from which he
apparently had fallen while on q
hunting trip.
HEIENA-Montana participants In
the federal food stamp plan purchased
$46. 200 worth Of farm commodities
With their free blue food stamps
during August, John Hollis jenkins.
acting area supervisor for the surplus
marketing administration, announced.
RED LODGE-w. N. Trudeau Of
Havre, state president of the Eagles.
in an address here. scored clause In
the state old age pension law which
compels surrender Of property before
benefits are paid.
HELENA.-Harold P. Higgins of
Helena was elected president Of the
Montana Society Of Certified Public
Accountants. Benjamin F. Holcomb Of
Livingston was named vice president
and R. L. Watkins of Helena was re-
elected Sarrota -trea clIrer
VALERA seven-member board Of
control for the civic center has been
appointed by the city council. Its
members are Ted Crawford, Mrs. ].
A. Tidyman, Wallace Kingsbury, VIII
liam PAUL., Cecil Parker, Lloyd Eppe
and ]. N. Starbuck.
GREAT FALLS-The city council
has acted to improve fire defenses
here. Bids have been asked on 20
alarm boxes, 5000 feet Of lead covered
cable and $4,000 feet Of weather.
alarm system.
HELENA-The clerk OF a county
board Of commissioners must arrange
10 have a headstone placed at the
grave Of a deceased ex-service man
and the cost Of hauling it to the grave
and placing it must not exceed $40,
Attorney General John w. Bonner has
ruled
HAM1LTON-The first state senator
elected from Ravalli county, Oliver c.
Cooper, SO, died here recently. A resi-
dent Of the Bitter Root valley since
1882, he was a merchant at Grants
dale until 1900. when he moved to,
Hamilton. He was elected senator in
1894 and served one term.
MISSOULA.-Five hundred truckers
and members of allied industries will
meet here Nov. 21-22 in the third an
nual convention Of the Montana Motor
Transport association. Principal speak
er will be w. Y. Blaming Washing
ton, d. c., director of motor carriers
for the interstate commerce commits
sion.
BIILINGS.-T. j. CTurk) Green
ough. former worlds bronc-busting
champion, whose name has been
linked Economically with that of Fan
Dancer Sally Rand, filed suit for d.
vorce from Helen Greenough in dis
trict court here, charging desertion.
Miss Rand announced at Covington,
KY, that she and Greenough were
engaged.
PHILIPSBURG-D T. Bowen,
80, who died in a local business house
Of a heart attack. was longtime
resident of Granite county and a
prominent rancher in the Ross Fork
district of Upper Rock creek. Upon his
arrival here in 1888 he operated the
Huffman hotel. Later he owned
livery stable in the early day mining
camp Of Rumsey, near here.
HELENA.-Jacob Hardesty Jones, SO,
former president Of the Cascade bank
and one of Helena's best known pio-
neers, died at the Masonic home. He
was born in Covington, KY, in 1853.
Six years later his father gave up
the profession of teaching to enter
the mining field at Central City, Colo,