Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-26
Treasure State News Briefs

HELENA-Gov. Sam c. Ford he,
proclaimed the week Of Oct. 4 to 10 AZ
fire prevention week IN Montana.
HELESA-Jimmy Lewis. IL. died ~
a skull fracture suffered when q BIZ
cycle he was riding plunged over 4
l0-foot embankment
aLEWISTOWN - Elmer Ross Hrowr
who suffered a stroke, died in a Local
hospital. Brown had been tleputv
sheriff for 10 years.
KALISPEIL-The city council has
voted not to ask deferment from u1iII-
tary service for any city employee and
not to grant leave of absence TO em-
ployes entering defense industries.
BUTTE-Arthur Quarry, IS. resident
Of Butte and this district for SIS years
died at the family home on Nine Mile
boulevard, following long illness. he
was a native Of Quebec, Canada.
GREAT FALLIS-Mrs. Mary Brown
81, wife Of Ralph Brown, died at a
local hospital Mrs. Brown had lived
in Great Falls for q years. Her hus-
band is employed by the Anaconda
Copper Mining Co.
BUTTE-A large open shed and q
quantity Of hay at the Butte public
Stockyards burned when it was struck
by lightning. The Butte fire depart |
ment succeeded in preventing spread /
Of the flames and damage was minor. |
MILES CTTY-N. E. Hannum, 10.
formerly Of Miles City, and G. G. |
Hicks, rs, lost their lives when their
fishing boat capsized in Puget sound
Mrs. Stella Freeland of Miles City is
an adopted daughter of Hicks.
GREAT FALIS-Failure of the last
to appropriate funds for
of the state temperance
commission was flayed in the platform
Of the prohibition party, adopted at
the state convention of that organi-
zation here.
BOHEMIAN Messelt Of Great
Falls was elected president at the
Rotana clubs national convention.
Irene Mckinley, Portland, Ore, was
named first vice president; Rosetta
Fritz, Laurel, second vice president,
and Agnes Sheridan, Butte, treasurer.
YELLOWSTONE PARK = Yellow t
tone park had Ill OCT visitors this {
'ear, only BIB percent Of the number S
ntering in 1871, when the park I
ounted 538O05 Hotels closed Aug. % t
his year. Last year they remained
pen until Sept. u. O
HEIENA-The United States en- L
,loyment service office here says IS P
egro workers from Oklahoma have v
zen placed on sugar beet farms in j
Sig Horn county and that others are Il
expected to arrive soon. The county n
rgently needs about 900 workers. a
MISSOULA-Lewis H. Brown Of "
Salispen has been named president
( the western Montana district Of the 3
farmers Union. Claude johnson Of la
itevensville is vice president and A, e
:. Schrock of Stevensville was named q
ecretary- treasurer. &
HHENA-The state recently bought u
bout ST. 500 worth of groceries for the nj
tate school at Great Falls. The sup n
lies, sufficient for about three months, is
ere purchased from the Kelsey Co.,
yam Mercantile Co., Montana Flour
ILLS Co. and Berger Meat Co., all Of ~
reat Falls. en-
11L4AEaAN1 - 44AC RCtWCCAI in
lie war department and state high 10,
ay department, whereby the state ~
Ill do maintenance work on subSidi- fo
y air fields in the state has been Ie
oproved In Washington At present ~
Iere are three fields affected by the Ia
yreement. tn
HELENA by 65 delegates,
le Montana tuberculosis association In
-elected DR.. E. M. Larson Of Great re
ais as president; Alex Cunningham of
Helena. first vice president; DR.. in
au L. Eneboe Of Bozeman, second ta
ce president, and L. S. Hazard of WI
elena, treasurer. Al
GLASGOW body of Charles "a
ecker, SO, Haxby rancher, the last 10 80
be recovered in an accident which q,
aimed the lives of seven people on ~
,rt Peck lake last June II, was To-
ted on the margin Of the Big Dry
eek arm Of the lake about 20 miles asl
nth of Fort Peck.
GREAT FALLS - Ensign William sn
lies Shanahan, United States naval
serve, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. ocl
lanahan has been missing In action
ace Aug. 25, Rear Admiral Randall
cobs, chief Of navy personnel, has. fol-
titled the parents Shanahan was M