Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-11-21
Treasure State News Briefs

BUTTE-Postoffice receipts in oct
ober totaled s23. 76857 compared {
S23,62717 received in October, 1871.
BILLINGS-W. c. Jacobs of Billing
for the past 30 year a Northern Pacifi,
police officer in this area, has retired
Jacobs also served four terms a
alderman here.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. Mary Bouska
"a, died at a local hospital MRS
Bouska was born at Spillville, Ia. Nov
&C. 1867 She had been a resident OF
Great Falls for "a years
RED LODGE - Anton Janskovitch
80, Bearcreek coal miner, was killed
instantly wnen caught under a rock
fall at the Janskovitch BIRDS mine
there.
GREAT FALLS-Al French, chief in
structor of Cascade county civil de-
Tense schools, was named commander
OF the county civil defense organization
and succeeds William r. Haney, who
resigned.
BILLINGS-R. c. Dillavou, Billings
attorney who was reelected to his
fourth term in the state house of rep
resentatives, announced his candidacy
for house speaker in the session OPEN
ing Jan. 4.
HELENA The state board Of ex-
aminers approved and referred to the
legislature a deficiency claim of
81 ,468.18 for the State School for Deaf
and Blind at Great Falls The defi-
cheney, board attaches said, was in
CURED through routine expenditures
GREAT FALLS-A triangular sec
ton of the North Montana State fair
grounds, embracing 102 acres, and sew
eral buildings have been leased to the
United States by Cascade county. The
properties viii be used by the United
States army air corps subdepot.
HELENA - Fraternity, sorority and
student cooperative houses at Montana /
State university at Missoula which |
serve meals only to members need not /
purchase a license from the state
board of health, r. v. Bottomly, at
,orney general, ruled.
HELENA-W. o. Bob" Zirnstein
vas elected president of the Helena
Siwanis club to succeed Charles M.
Batch. Other officers named were:
Elmo Steffenson, first vice president;
Ralph Anderson, second vice presi-
lent, and Howard c. Schuyler, trea-
urer
BUTTE-Rev. L. E. Jones, pastor of
he Emanuel Lutheran church of
Suite, was elected president of the
silver Bow Ministerial association.
lev. Jones succeeds Rev. Roy Barnett,
laStor of the First Baptist church, :
hose resignation was accepted by the t
sSociation. I
GLASGOW - Glasgow's second oil
Ire in six weeks, this time caused by s
spark from an electric pump switch,
eStroyed Markle Transfer Co. ware )
ouse and its contents, which belonged {
} the Texas Co. Earl Roam, 80, Markle Va
-uck driver, suffered face and head z
urns.
BUTTE-The Rev. E. M. Bremen Of O
TESTIFY, Mont, was recently installed 81
J pastor Of the Gold Hill Lutheran r
lurch. DR.. A. M. Skindlov Of Spokane v
,nducted the installation service. The n
wv pastor succeeds the Rev. T. S. N
svertson, who left some time ago for R
rvice in the navy as a chaplain. N
HELENA - Fred Buck, Montana E
ate engineer, was notified Of his APP
by President O. S. Warden
Great Falls as member Of a Ma -
1nal Reclamation association COM -
ittee to prepare uniform water laws y
r submission to legislatures of s.
,stern states. :,
BILLINGS-Wilbur Fay Burlington, vi
was fatally shot on his fathers al
nm southeast Of Edgar when, Carbon m
'unty Coroner Ross Martin of Red
dge said after an investigation, the -
caliber rifle he was carrying &C az az
lentally discharged. Martin said n Nx
Ellington apparentaly stumbled and u
some manner discharged the gun. 10 -.
Mary Castle, resident hu
Butte for half a century, recently tai
ebrated her 80th birthday. She was is
n in Million, Cumberland, England. SCI
April of 1886 she was married to
omas Mute. In 1889 Mr.. Mute left -
gland for Butte, where he entered We
mining industry. Mrs. Mute, with ols
sir two little daughters, Florence S oSo
i Edith, joined him in 1892 80 sI~
GREAT FALLS - County expendi- COZ
es for charities and relief declined ter