Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-08-01
Treasure State News Briefs

lived for a time in Indiana. He went
back TO Germany and later returned
with his future wife, Mary Kremer
who was sister of Henry Kremer
also an early settler here. When the
Fort Belknap Indian reservation was
thrown open for settlement, Hermes
was one Of the first to look over the
territory. He moved his family here
as soon as the land was opened in
1885,
HELENA-A 2O-foot-Iong gas range
weighing 2.1O0 pounds, which cooked
many meal for Montana national
guardsmen during their summer
camps at Fort Harrison, near here.
has been added to the local scrap
material to become ammunition for
those guardSmen, now on the battle
fronts
BUTTE-While the navy war relief
society has reached its national quota
Montana has raised only about one
! half Of the $4,000 expected OF It this
year. according to j. L. Markham,
state director. The Montana drive,
however, was never intended to be
a hurry-up affair and Markham pre-
diets the quota viii be reached by the
end Of the year.
GLASGOW-Aiss K. Elizabeth An
derson, physical education supervisor
in Glasgow schools, has taken a DO
Sition on the staff Of the state board
Of health in promoting health educa-
ton In Montana schools. Miss Ander-
son has been on leave from the Glas-
gov schools for the past year while
taking graduate work at Columbia
university. She will begin her new
work in September
HARLOWTON - Members Of the
Upper Musselshell Sportsmen's asso-
citation plan to take action to prevent
overstocking with fish of lakes in this
section formed by irrigation projects. |
A fish feed" committee headed by
G. H. Dicknan has been appointed to |
investigate and work with the state |
fish and game commission.
HELENA-The critical problem of !
storing Montana wheat will not be
solved unless farmers make special
efforts to store their own crops, A. II.
KruSe, state agriculture commissioner,
says. While 1000 prefabricated bins
have been ordered they will not take
care Of this years expected bumper
crop unless farmers utilize every other
possible resource, he warned
GREAT FALLS-Park officials and
local police have been hunting for the
youth who shot baby swan at Gibson
lake and injured it so severely it had
to be killed. The cygnet was shot twice
in the head and once In the back. In
previous years the park department
mas been unsuccessful in raising swans
at the park but this year two sets of
Eggs have Matched.
HELENA Nicholas A. Maronick, rs.
Who died at a hospital here, was a /
veil known East Helena resident for
10 years. Born in Croatia, Maronick .
:ame to the United States In 1889. ;
FOR 10 years he worked In the smelter
It East Helena. In 1910 he began op- {
rating the East Helena quarry. He :
etired In 1928 Maronick served for
tx years as an alderman In East 9
Helena and was active In the building s
the East Helena Catholic church. {
BUTTE+Mr. and Mrs. John F. {
FERRY longtime residents OF Butte =
nd Montana, celebrated their golden
Tedding anniversary at their home re-
emily. They were married in the old
mining town of Burlington, short
istance from Butte. Gerry came to
lutte In 1887 and worked in the mines
ntil 1905, when he joined the police
1rce. He served with the department
II 80 years.
GREAT FAILS-Macain Camblin,
I, who died at hospital here, was
pioneer local restaurant man. He
as born in Indiana and before COM
e to Great Falls about 80 years ago,
oerated restaurant In Canada. He
as employed here first as a waiter
the Grill cafe. In 1917 he went
to business with Dan Wentworth in
le Club cafeteria. In 1941 he estab-
he'd Mack's Picadilly inn, which was
.stroyed by fire last March.
GREAT FALLsS-Louis Vessel, 50,
no died here, was a well known nat
.alist. Born in wisconsin, he came
Montana at the age Of 20 and first
orked on construction project for
e Great Northern railway. He later
,rked as a railway mail clerk and
rived for a time as forest service
niger In the Little Belt mountains.
" number of years he was man