Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-08-22
Treasure State News Briefs

) 7 among horses in the United State
J this summer is very small" DR. w. !
} Butler, state veterinarian, said. Ad
vised Of conditions in other states, h
remarked the situation was "contrar.
to expectation"
-Helena's l942-1943 pre-
liminary budget as examined at {
public meeting, viii cut the city's mil
|, levy for the coming fiscal year 4
267 mills from 28.43 mills. Total ex-
penditure authorized IN the bulge
will be $4,000, or $4,000 less thar
last years expenditures of $252,OO0.
BIGFORK-The opening date fol
the Bigfork schools has been set back
two weeks. It had been planned to
begin Aug. 81 but farmers foresaw the
desperate labor shortage and requested
the later opening so the potato crop
might be harvested before school
begins
/ HELENA-State highway patrolmen
have been instructed to make written
reports on all violations of speed and
load limits. Reports will be filed with
rationing board for the county IN
which the violator lives and the boards
will refuse to certify the violators Tor
recapped or new tires.
HELENA-A $S50,OOO pilot plant,
with an output Of 500 pounds OF zinc
daily, will be built somewhere in the
western states, possibly Montana, &C
cording to oscar Baarson, state WPB
director. The plant viii use natural
gas in several stages Of reduction OF
the ore.
HELENA-The state supreme court
has dismissed, on motion Of the ap-
pellant, the suit of Marion F. Beale
against Earl Sauke, which came from
Cascade county and involved alleged
nonpayment of fees for water used on
the Greenfield irrigation project. Judge
H. H. Ewing had ruled in favor Of the
plaintiff.
GLASGOW-A broken leg suffered
July "a resulted in the death of H. H.
Hicks, 66, farmer and storeowner of
Baylor, at a Glasgow hospital. A blood
clot that developed as a result OF the
injury was the cause Of death. Hicks
fell as he was closing a gate at his
farm home six miles northwest OF
Baylor.
BIG TI1BER-Joseph Morstein, 80,
who died here, was a native OF Prague
and had lived in this country for go
years. He came here in 1882 and took
up a homestead on the Sweet Grass
and lived there continuously until
three years ago, when Ill health forced
nim to give up ranching and he moved
INTO town.
BUTTE-The Rev. T. S. Severtson,
pastor of the Gold Hill Lutheran
church for the past year, has been
allied by the navy to serve as chap
ain. He viii report at the navy's chap
ain school, Norfolk, Va, Sept. 4 and
.fter a three-month training period
viii be assigned to active duty as q
lieutenant, junior grade.
HELENA-Uncle Sam needs scrap
Dut scrapping Of disable machinery IN
Montana must be prevented, E. w. !
Tewman, director of the state office
( the United States bureau OF mines, !
avs, Such items should be withheld {
rom scrap piles because the machin- \
~ win be needed In helping search
Or new minerals.
HEIETIA-AEiss Elizabeth Ireland,
late superintendent OF public instruc-
lon, said new course Of study for
u Montana elementary schools is be-
IL prepared. It will be completed by
Jug. IS. 1t will be the first revision
/ the course Of study since 1881, Miss
reIand said, and numerous changes
ere necessary to bring 1t up to date.
HELENA-The local weather bureau
ready to receive applications from
ZEN and women for appointment to
aiming schools being set up through
1t the nation to instruct in weather
,serving, instrument maintenance and
citing of data. The first class Of
lccessful applicants from this area
Ill go to Seattle about Sept. l.
A. Tritt, IS, who
ed at the county farm, was long
me resident of Dillon. He was born
Kansas and came west with his
other, Tom, by wagon to Dillon in
so. They were three months in maxi
g the trip overland. In his younger
Tvs Tritt was teamster and did
nsiderable freighting throughout this
ction.
Of Montana's wool
me off the sheep In very attractive"
ndition and more than IS percent