Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-17

paralytic stroke Halseth was born In
Norway in 1853 As a young man he
followed the sea for several years and
it was as a sailor that he came to
America. He located in Minnesota and
worked for q time as foreman Ia lum-
Der mills at Little Falls and Bemidti.
He came to Chinook In 1917 and home
steaded on land so miles south Of here.
I ROUNDUP-Sara Ann Nelson, rs,
/ pioneer resident of Montana and early
/ settler in this area, died at the Rem
/ sey hospital here Of paralysis. Mrs.
( Nelson was born In Ohio In 1856 She
was married in Michigan in 1885 and
came to Montana in 1902. She lived In
Billings until 1905 when the family
moved to a farm about five miles west
of Roundup. She moved to Roundup
about four years ago.
HELENA-The Montana supreme
court directed the state board of equal
ization either to reduce the taxable
valuation of 284 lots in Great Falls
by Oct. IA, or to show cause The writ
was granted on petition filed by John
Hayes Corcoran, Great Falls, who COM
planned that Cascade county assessor, |
william j. Burton, had placed a valu- |
alton of $51, 1926 on the lots when their |
true value was sl6,140.
HELENA-The Montana highway
patrols 1,000-watt tranSmitter, capable
of broadcasting to all Montana police
radio stations and patrol cars in any
part Of the state, was received for in
stallation at the Helena police sta
ton. 1t viii be used in conjunction
with the Helena police department
radio and be operated by two police
men and one highway patrolman in
; hour shifts each day. The police de-
present so watt tranSmitter
will be used for local police calls.
hange in the personnel Of the city [
council was effected when Alderman
7. Keith Ario of the first ward sub ,
nitted his resignation and Henry E. I
superintendent of the
ocal branch of the Montana Power !
TO-, was elected by the council to fill
he vacancy. Ario, who Is entering !
Walton service, said he would be abb +
ent from Great Falls for the dura- =
on of the war. He has been a member T
f the council since Nov IS, 1887. +
GREAT FALLS-M. D. zidarn, 70, +
eihart miner, died enroute from the L
1unty jail to a local hospital. In poor Y
ealth for some time, he was COM !
lifted to the county Jail Sept. "a to
rive a 90-day sentence for assault.
darn lived in cabin in the Neihart ~
strict and claimed he was annoyed
: boys. He said one boy struck him
i the head with a rock. The old man c
Id admitted selling his shotgun and
ing a shot against the hill to scare 7.
e boys. A pellet glanced from rock II
ID struck one Of the lads. q
RED LODGE+Dr. Frederick w. @
Irwin, who died at Billings, was L
tive of Iowa. He was graduated from OF
e college Of dentistry of the Uni "
rsity Of Iowa in 1906. For three
airs he played football and was rated N
one of the most valuable fullbacks OF
the history Of Iowa university. In ct
10 he came to Montana and home pc
AIDED in the Bear Spring district of m
rgus county. He resumed the dental m
actice in 1919 at Denton. In 1921 tr
2 family moved to Red Lodge. ea
WOLF POINT-John G. Sullivan, -
10 died here, was assessor of Roose-
It county and a resident of this
immunity for 81 years. Born in Wis
lsin, he attended high school at
lie Earth, MINI, and taught in rural
lools of the county. He then farmed
ar Blue Earth and later was a grain
yer in that city for several years.
1911 he and his family moved to
Intana and settled on homestead
Lanark. He subsequently bought
lin at Lanark, Culbertson, Lake
e and Brockton. After moving to
ockton, in addition to grain buying
engaged extensively in farming.
livan was elected assessor in 1880,
ding the position until his death.