Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-05

BUTTERFLY years of married Iii,
were observed recently by Mr.. anc
Mrs. George r. Bull, surrounded by
their children and their families, al
the family home.
BILLINGS-The Montana Associa.
ton Of Insurance Agents will hold IL
annual convention here Sept. IA and
/ Is. Fritz Norby of Great Falls Is presi-
dent Of the organization.
BUTTE-Sales OF license plates for
passenger vehicles are running about
1000 behind those of 1941 and truck
licenses are trailing IFS, 1t was re-
ported in the county treaswer's office.
HELENA Montana's gasoline tax
revenue for July declined $I19,597, or
24.37 percent, compared with july.
1941, the state highway commission
reports.
GREAT FALLS-Dr. A. G. johnson
member of the Great Falls clinic staff
since 1928 has been commissioned a
major in the army medical corps and
left for induction at Vancouver, Wash.
BUTTE Mrs. Margaret Colligan,
W dAhCA Nl4lCt OAEA etb tl4C 164AAlAAY IAOUlE.
Mrs. Colligan, who was postmistress
Of Walkerville for 20 years, was a ma
tive of North Adams, Mass, and had
been a resident of Butte since 1878
when she came here with her parents.
HELENA-The Montana liquor con-
troll board adopted a resolution asking
all tavern operator and private clubs
which sell liquor and beer to limit
sales to all men in uniform to between
and 10 o'clock at night.
HELENA-Three members of the
state fish and game commission and
four employees will attend a meeting
of the Western Association Of Fish
and Game Commissioners at Jackson,
Wyo., Sept. 8, 9 and 10.
FORT BENTON. L. Fox of Fort
Benton, wounded at Pearl Harbor Dec.
Z, arrived on a 30-day furlough to
visit his mother, Mrs. Sarah Fox, and
other relatives and friends. He re-
turned to San Francisco Christmas
day and was in the hospital there for
several months and then was trans
ferred to Corona, Calf, for the treat
ment. Fox was stationed at the naval |
air base the morning of the attack |
and was manning a machine gun at !
one Of the windows in large hangar,
SHELBY-The fourth annual Ma
rias fair closed with receipts exceed
ing 1874, according to Gladys Dahl,
fair secretary. The pari mutuel booth
was well patronized receipts exceed
ing last years by more than $4,000.
HELENA-Del B. Crawley, Wilbur
D. Hurst and Wyman x. Zachary Of
AnSsoula, Leo D. Murphy Of Great
Falls and Glenn B. Farrell of Billings
have been named on the legal inves-
igating staff of the state OPA setup.
GREAT FALIS-W. P. Costello,
prominent Great Falls attorney, died
suddenly at his home. Death was at
Iributed to a heart ailment. He had
been a resident Of Great Falls for
about q years, and maintained an ,
office at the Montana bank building.
MANHATTAN - Fire of undeter- {
mined origin destroyed the large barn
Vt the Buell. Heeb ranch. Eight head
# horses were taken from the burn
ng building. A number of sets Of J
harness and other articles were de- !
troyed.
GREAT FAILS-George o. Huston, I
asher of the Montana Bank 81 Trust {
70. here since January, 1912, left for
tut Bank, where he has been engaged
0 take charge of the Bank of Glacier c
'ounty. Huston became associated
nth the Conrad Banking Co. here c
i 1928. S
HELENA conditions con-
nued excellent and crop conditions
Tere generally good in Montana dur
lg July, the weather bureau reported. '
Precipitation was above normal west
( the continental divide for the q
0urth successive month. Ia
GREAT FALLS-wencel Pribyl, 81, b
ancher in the Eden district since Q
389, died at a local hospital after
mort illness. Pribyl was born in b. :
emia. With his parents he came to
re United States in 1872. They made Q
heir home in Chicago a few years,
len moved to Minnesota. He came to =
Iontana in 1887, spending two years ,
round Cascade and Helena before
alzing up a ranch at Eden. :
GLASGOW-The Larslan store and y
Ostoffice, so miles northeast of Glas- b
ow, owned and operated by Mr.. and a
drs. O. j. Jedne, was completely de- q