Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-08-14
News Briefs
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n. who died at her home here, had
valley since 1886.
LEWISTOWN-Lewi city ooun-
Gil and Fergus county board Of COM
missioners at a special session turned
over the Lewistown airport to the gov
eminent for the duration of the war.
MALTA-Phillips county is now debt
free for the first time since it was
organized in 1915. County Clerk Nor
man Storbeck has reported. The coun-
ty has a cash balance of $4,000.
| HELENA-Montana, daily produc-
ton OF petroleum for August has been
! fixed at 22,700 barrels. the Montana
railroad and public service commission
was notified.
OPHEIM-Serg. Pilot Rodney NJ
Grim of this city, was killed in an
accident involving two army lombard
ment training planes near Victory
vile. Calf.
HELENA-Clifford Orie. 50, of Co.
lumbia Falls, veteran of World war l..
died at the veterans hospital at Fort
Harrison after an extended illness.
He has been a patient at Fort Harri-
son since February.
KALISPELL-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Graham, formerly of this city, were
injured fatally in an automobile acct
dent when their car left the highway
west of Occur d'Alene, Idaho, and
overturned into clump of trees.
BUTTE-Louis Lienemann, SO, who
died here, was widely known Butte
resident and salesman. A native of this
city, he had spent his entire lifetime
here. He was salesman for the Ryan
Fruit Co. for many years.
KALISPELL - Jane Mahugh, IL
year-old girl, was fatally injured here
when her bicycle collided with a truck
driven by Lawrence Anderson, a city
employe. A coroner's jury absolved
Anderson of blame
CHINOOK-The body of Hal E.
Thompson, 60, postmaster at Reidel for
many years, was found at his home
He had been shot through the fore
head. A small caliber rifle lay nearby.
Thompson returned recently from a
Rochester, Mimi, hospital.
GREAT FALLS-A crop that may
return Cascade county growers S4,-
100000 is forecast this year. The wheat
crop is expected to average 80 bushels
an acre. AS about $4,000 acres are
in wheat, such yield would produce
1890 900 bushels.
GREAT FALLS-Claiming that ex-
ceSSive noise is preventing tenants
from sleeping and that defense work.
ers have moved out of hotels because
of it, several hotel operators urged the
city council to correct the condition
The matter was referred to the police
department.
HELENA-The state purchasing de-
partment awarded contracts for a total
of $1,000 worth Of gauze and bandages
for state custodial institutions to the
Great Falls Drug Co., the Starr Phar-
macy, Helena; McKesson- Robbins,
Billings, and the Mills hospital, Chi
cago.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS-Mrs.
Reinhart Zehntner, pioneer of Mon
tana and Meagher county's oldest resi-
dent, observed her 95th birthday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna
Schmid of White Sulphur Springs
where she has lived for a number of
years.
WINNETT-The A. ]. Bohn ranch.
five miles east of here, reported a
yield of 562 bushels of wheat from
an l1-acre patch which had been win
ter wheat summer fallowed. The yield,
averaging 81 bushels an acre, is ex-
pected to be the highest in this area
this season.
MALTA-Frank J. Holman, rs, died
at local hospital Holman was found
by neighbors at his farm home. They
said they believed he had had stroke
and had been helpless for several days.
He died shortly after being brought
to the hospital. He had been a farmer
In the Harb community for many
years.
HELENA-Thirteen carloads of gas
oline for the state highway depart
ment have been purchased by the
state. Four cars each for Great Falls
and Kalispell were ordered from the
Home Oil g. Refining Co., Great Falls.
Two cars for use at Miles City were
bought from the Texas Co., Butte, and
three cars from the Big West Oil Co.,
Spokane, for use at Missoula.
GREAT FALLS-Efforts of the park
department to add to the attractions
of Gibson park by propagation of gray
squirrels have been nullified due to the
act of some person, who opened wire
enclosure and permitted the squirrels
to escape. Tom Lease, park superin-
tendent, said the squirrels were OBJ
tanned this spring from Pennsyl-
vania dealer and were the only ones
the city had. Two more pairs have
been ordered.
HELENA officer train
ing programs in all four principal
branches of the military services will
be available to students at Carroll COL
lege in the fall. ALI programs provide
for immediate enlistment OF the quail
fled applicant in reserve branch
navy, army, coast guard or marine
corps-and continuation of his educa-
ton at the students expense until
graduation. Then he will be called to