Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-08-15


enclosure and permitted the squirrels
to escape. Tom Lease, park superin-
tendent. said the squirrels were OBJ
tanned this spring from q Pennsyl-
vania dealer and were the only ones
the city had. Two more pairs have
been ordered
| POISON - Leather-visaged Louie
Finley, 10l years old, who lived at
Finley point, 10 miles east OF here,
was drowned at Turtle lake, where he
had gone to fish. His wife, Louise, 112
years old and blind, Is reputed to be
the Oldest of the Salish Indians. Louie
Finley was born somewhere In this
northwestern fagtness the year Father
Pierre Jean DeSmet brought the Book
to the Flathead tribe and founded
Catholicity beyond the frontier.
HELENA Production officer train
ing programs in all four principal
branches of the military services win
be available to students at Carroll coll
lege in the fall. All programs provide
for immediate enlistment of the quail
fled applicant In a reserve branch
navy, army, coast guard or marine
corps-and continuation Of his educa-
ton at the students expense until
graduation. Then he viii be called to
duty for training as an officer or avta-
ton cadet
County Attorney T. W.
Carolan has filed a second degree
murder charge against James Allison,
Carterville tavern operator in connec-
ton with the shooting Of Mack Hall,
m TToTys &c
found In q side doorway Of the tavern
by Allison as he opened his establish
ment one morning recently. Carolan
said investigation showed Hall appar-
emily had been killed by .S8 caliber
bullet fired from the inside of the
tavern and through the door.
GREAT FALLS-Luke F. Curry, who
80 years ago joined the staff Of the
First National bank Of Great Falls as
messenger boy, has been made
director of the bank. Curry replaces !
the late Sam Stephenson. Other di-
rectors are E. 0. jenkins, E. F. Gait, |
John e. Dawson, w. II. Hoover, Roy |
H. Glover and r. B. Caples. Curry has
been cashier of the bank since 1896 |
and served as assistant cashier for |
about 10 years before his promotion |
He will continue to serve as cashier
ANACONDA-William (BilD Laze-
itch, well known Anaconda athlete
who formerly captained the Montana
State university football team, was en-
listed recently for officers training
with the marine corps at headquarters
In Butte "Laz," whose name has been
familiar TO all state sport fans since
his high school days, has been coach
ing Havre high school since he grad
uated from the university In 1910. He
plans to play pro football with the
Cleveland Rams this season until he
receives his call.
MILES CTTY-Emilie Nofke Of Ia
coma was burned to death when
plane she was plotting crashed in
Graveyard creek valley near Hatha-
way, 20 miles west of here Coroner
Ralph Bray said Pilot Nofke was fly
ing one of six small privately
planes being flown from Ia
coma to Aberdeen, S. d. The planes
were forced to land ON ranch near
Hathaway. Five were brought down
without mishap but the last to at
tempt to land crashed into a steep
hill and burst into flames.
HELENA-Tom D. Caverly, state ra-
Joining officer, announced the August
ire and tube quotas for Montana, in
Guiding for the first time, class B
new passenger car tires. Caverly said
class B tires were new tires that sold