Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-12-05

Rite Temple association benefit large
~. Givens' estate had a gross value o
S766l958 and q net value Of S64. sos
81, consisting largely Of real estate
Inheritance taxes Of s3.4552O wer
paid.
GLACIER PARK-The body Of Jtlar
Fernade, Mexican section hand. wa,
found In the ashes Of a Great North.
ern clubhouse which was DESTROYED b
fire Of undetermined origin.
HOT SPRMGs-o. E. Gilman. 70
Of Hot Springs. died while on a hunt
ing trip. Acting Coroner James Cas-
sidy said death was due to a heart
ailment.
LIVINGSTON - A manslaughter
charge filed against Floyd Kiser fol-
lowing the death Of his wife. Minnie
Lund Kiser. as the result of injuries
! received in a fall from q moving auto
mobile, was dismissed by Justice Of the
Peace S. S. Marshall The court held
that there was insufficient evidence
submitted to bind the defendant over
for trial in district court.
CHESTER Albert @ Harvey, 80,
Liberty county attorney, was killed in
stantly at dusk In pheasant hunting
accident on the Marias river 20 miles
south Of Chester His companion, DR..
r. A. Benke, county physician, said
Harvey was putting an automatic
shotgun In the rear seat Of their car
when 1t discharged three times. The
charges struck him In the chest.
Sheriff Al Mcleod of Butte
was elected president of the Montana
Sheriffs and Peace Officers associa-
ton at a three-day convention here.
other new officers are Mike Bergan Of
White Sulphur Springs, first vice
president; Dan Buck Of Helena, sec
ond vice president: Fred Walton Of
Deer Lodge, third vice president, and
John D. Gillian Of Helena, secretary
treasurer
BUTTE-Working over a huge old |
sausage making kettle in their butcher /
shop, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. DeAlton rem
dered more than 1000 pounds of waste /
fats and greases during the Camp Fire
Girls third citywide collection cam
paign here. Civilian defense leaders
auded the volunteer work Of the De-
Atoms as one of the most outstanding
Individual contributions to the Butte
var effort.
BUTTE-Dr Jacob Thorkelson of
Butte, a former congressman, filed a
Il 100000 libel suit in district court
gainst Walter Winchell, McFadden
Inc, o. j. Elder, G. H.
'hattuck, Ernest c. Heyn, Sheppard
Butler and Luke P. OKeefe Thorkel-
on asserted series of articles written
y Winchel, entitled Americans We !
AN Do without" which appeared in
uly and August, 1912, issues Of Liberty
Magazine, injured his good name and 6
eputation. OKeefe is Butte maya 4
me dealer. y
BUTTE - Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett :
Tomack, pioneer Butte couple, mark .
leir fiftieth wedding anniversary. x
hey we're married in Spokane Mrs. :
romack came to Butte as child and =
tended local schools. She was stu a
mt at Butte high school in 1887. She r
as a niece Of John N. Dovenspeck, =
no came to Montana in 1854, one of z
utte's early-day residents. Mr.. Wo- a
HEhg VIII ID q nEtgAfC ia A4Q04nNAAlCs 81
y, says he is a great grand nephew :,
Daniel Boone, colorful frontiers :,
an Of that region in the early days
the republic.
Kate Tuttle, SO, y,
ed at her home here Thursday a,
0rning after an illness of five weeks. y,
lie eldest Of nine children, she was M
IN in Ohio, and when small child
me with her parents to Iowa. In 1888 .
e was married to Dave futile, a
ointment settler on Fish Greek. The
uple came to Fish Creek to make
cir home and resided there until
)6, when they took up a homestead
d built q home at Renova. MIR.
title died in 1907 and Mrs. Tuttle
her son remained on the home
ad until 1886 when they came to
litehan to live.
Fred Polk, member
the first special service force at
rt william Henry Harrison, meets
brothers, two of whom are also in
: armed forces while another is
gagged in war work, stories of excit-
war experiences viii be told. Fred
) been at Fort Harrison since Sept.
One of his brothers, Platoon Serg.
,odrow Polk, is with the Marines
mewhere in the Pacific" while an
Ter, Serg. Wiley Polk, is with the
ny medical forces at Camp Barley,
zas. The fourth brother, Brown
k, Of Alameda, Calf, is working ON
home front supplying the weapons
brothers need.
ELENA Sidney Miller, chief dep
clerk In the county commissioners
ice, has been appointed clerk and
order Of Lewis and Clark county