Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
Treasure State News Briefs

{ metalurgist Of Anaconda, IN an ad
/ dress before members Of the Butt
Rotary club. Due to the war, metal
have achieved prominence that the.
did not have before the war started
DR.. Schlechten said. Metals are thi
very sinews Of modern warfare" h'
said. The only other two substance
which approach them In importance
are rubber and petroleum. At one tims
TO win a war a country had to have
the most men. But conditions havg
changed and now smaller but better
equipped force is the one to com'
off victor"
HELENA Commission
err Albert H. Kruse said samples Of
wheat Weighing SIS pounds to the
bushel were received recently at the
state testing laboratory in Great Falls
from a farmer in FlaxVille, Daniels
county. Kruse said he believes the
sample established state record
MILES CITY Miles City high
school apparently has reversed plan
to abandon interscholastic football
during the 1912 season. After first re-
porting the sport would be dropped,
Principal G. H. Gloege announced two
games had been scheduled with Daw-
son County high Of Glendive.
HELENA Henceforth Montan as
deputy game wardens win be employed
only after examination. The state fish
and game department announced a
series of examinations for aspiring
wardens will be conducted in the larg-
er cities of the state soon, and those
interested may write to the depart
ment for details.
BILLINGS Bonnie Bovee of Great
Falls, recently appointed executive sec
rotary of the Yellowstone county or
ganization of Girl Scouts, has arrived
in Billings to assume her duties. She
is a graduate of the State Normal col
Iege at Dillon and received her bache-
lor's degree in June from the State
at Missoula.
HELENA-The 26th annual meeting
Of the Montana tuberculosis associa-
ion was held here Sept. II. Highhghts
included the address by DR.. E. M. Lar
son of Great Falls, association preSi-
lent. and a pneumothorax demonstra-
ion by Dr.. Frank Terrill, superinten-
lent Of the tuberculosis sanitorium at
Ialen.
GREAT FAILsS-Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Garfield, of Eden, celebrated their 50th
recently and were honor
,uests at a dinner given by their
laughter, Mrs. H. A. Low of Eden
cute. The Canfields came to Montana
n 1914 from Wilson Creek, Wash, and
ived in the Marias country for some
ime before going to Eden.
BIG TIdBER-Nrs. Edgar johnson
vas honored by Big Timber residents |
IS the city's premier war mother. With
OF her youngest son, Ray
lond Dodge, in the air corps reserve, |
drs. johnson has given all four Of
er sons to the armed forces. Her |
husband is preparing to enter the
rmy.
HELENA-Despit increasing trans
difficulties, state game de-
artment officials expect many big |
anne kills this season. While the |
tatewide season on deer and elk does
OF open until oct. is, hunting for /
Tx will be permitted on the upper
outh Fork of the Flathead river from
ept. Is to Nov. is.
-volney ]. Hahn, 81, who
led at Bremerton, Wash, was an
resident of Musselshell coun-
?. He was a native Of Lafayette, Ind,
nd homesteaded In the Flatwillow dis
.ict north of Roundup. One OF Mus
slshell county's first officials, he held
ne position of clerk and recorder for
1ree terms.
HEI.ENA-The Pan-American union /
warded q $50 prize to Beverly Ann
onrad, Great Falls high school stu
emit, for her essay, What Inter-Amer-
an Cooperation Means to My Coun-
~" Mary Jane Bigelow Of Poplar,
sudent at Sacred Heart academy at
Iissoula, won second prize, $25, and
essie Mcdonald, Colstrip high school,
lird, a silver medal
GREAT FALLS Eight additions TO
lreat Falls, some of which were plat
ID more than so years ago, when OPP
mists believed Great Falls would soon
2 a city comparable to Minneapolis
ave been vacated by the county COM
lissioners. The additions were re-
lrned to acreage, thereby multiplying
le plating into lots. Cascade county
the owner Of virtually all the lots in
le additions, which never were de-
oped and we're largely speculative.