Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-23
Treasure State News Briefs

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Z RED LODGE Thomas r. Pollard
rs. who died Of heart attack, wa!
J, veteran Montana hotel operator. Be.
a fore coming here 43 years ago he wa.
). manager Of the old Madison house Il
2. historic Virginia City.
o BUTTE-William J. Jenkin, who diee
q at his home here, was native Of
S Plymouth, England, and had lived II
Butte for 40 years. He was associated
, here with several musical organizations
; including the knights Of Pythias band
HAVRE-Mrs. Eliza Dubois of this
city has been advised by the war de-
partment that her son, Private Joe
r Huntley, q, was killed on Corregidor
island April 30. Huntley enlisted here
in January, 1910, and was assigned to
the coast artillery.
GREAT FALIS-Nelson Eddy. BARI
tone star Of the concert stage, opera.
radio and motion pictures, viii be
heard by Great Falls audiences as one
Of the major attractions signed for
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Community Concert association.
HELENA - Hookworms have been
I found in Montana cattle, the first such
case on state record, by the state live
stock sanitary laboratory. Dr. w. j.
Butler, state veterinarian, said the
worms were discovered In calves on
small ranch in western Montana.
HELENA-Samuel r. McCleazy,
principal of the jefferson farm school
in New York state, win succeed E. B.
Winter as president Of the boys in
dustrial school at Miles City June /.
Winter was appointed late in 1910 to
succeed A. @, Dorr.
HELENA-John E. Olson, 70, who
Succumbed to three-year illness, was
a native Of Norway and came to Amer
lea with his parents when 8 years old.
In 1918 Olson and his family moved
to Helena and for many years he OPP
Grated jewelry shop here.
james Mcbride. whoI
died at rs, was Yellowstone parks |
first chief scout, first chief ranger and
first fish and game warden. He was
buried in national park service uni
form Of the kind he wore for many
years.
TOWNSEND-Mrs. Frank Smazal Of
this city has received word that her
brother, John Polak of Townsend, is
a prisoner of the japanese in Shang-
hal. Polak was one Of five Townsend
men believed captured by the Japs at
Wake island.
BOzEMAN-William Harrer of Boze-
nan hit the jack pot at the cattle
auction In Spokane. His grand cham
oion All Aberdeen Angus steer, weigh
ng 905 pounds, sold to the MissouIa
Mercantile Co. for A cents q pound,
he highest price In the beef lot.
GREAT FALLS - This city's net
rhine loss was held at less than 3
ents per capita and traffic accidents
gere cut nearly so percent during April
s compared with the same month
asst year, reports Of police to the city
ouncil reveal.
GREAT FALLS-The board of d.
ectors Of the local Rotary club has ,
lected AL e. Farmer, head of the ,
'alls Sign service, as president, sue
eeding Kenneth McIver. E. q. Peter /
On, president Of the State School for
ne Blind here, was chosen vice presi-
emit.
LEWISTOWN-Fr Erickson, Great
ais, was elected president, and Great
ais was chosen as the site for the
)43 tournament by the Acacia (hda-
,nic) bowling congress, which closed
S two-day tournament here The
ewistown Deacons No. team won the
championship with score Of 3,027.
HEIENA-State officers of the Mon
ma G. I. o. council viii be elected
le first week in June, it was an
0unced following the state conven-
On In East Helena. Sylvester Graham
Helena, present state chief, said
: would not be candidate for re-
ection because Of his recent appoint
ent as regional director of the G. I. o.
EDGAR-Alfred M. Markus, recent
sath victim, was proprietor of the
arkuson Grain and Bean Co. here \
years. Born in North Dakota in
95, Markuson came to Montana as
/ elevator operator and lived at SUI
atra, Ingomar, Milestone, MusselShell
i'd Forsyth before moving to Edgar
1925.
HELENA-Ndilo MacNein was recent
elected president of the Eagles
dye here. Murdoch McRae was elect