Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-12-05

THREE FORKS - Paul r. POgreba
boatSwain's mate first class, has beer
decorated for heroiSm with the Silver
Star. The young man is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Preshia Pogreba Of Three
Forks and enlisted from the Butte
sub-station In 1888.
JORDAN-Frank B. Haney, "a, died
at the Good Samaritan hospital, where
he had been a patient for 10 days. The
family came to what is now Garfield
county in 1912, from Nebraska, and
| filed on land In the Han creek section,
where they since made their home.
HELENA in the process of
assessment and levy are Cancelled by
tax deeds issued to the county. Attor-
ney General R. v. Bottomly, ruled. The
opinion was written at the request Of
Elmer Wang, chairman Of the FaIlon
county commissioners.
CHINOOK-The Utah-Idaho Sugar
Co. has distributed s750,OOO to sugar
beet growers Of this area, first pay
ment on about 10000 tons Of beets
delivered to the refinery here during
october. Payment was made at the
rate Of $625 a ton.
HELENA - Lewis Penwell, deputy
collector Of internal revenue for Mon
tana, announced the appointment of
four new field deputies for the state.
They are: James w. Masterson, sta
toned at Miles City; Earl w. Scovel,
Kalispell; j. Grant Florin, Butte, and
Mark G. Rowan, Helena.
MALTA-Arthur johnson, so, died
at a local hospital after an illness of |
several months. johnson had lived in
Malta for approximately 80 years |
coming here from Minnesota. He /
worked on various ranches in the /
county and has operated a ranch of
his own. For the past several years
ne had lived in Malta.
GREAT FALLS-More than a mill
ion pounds Of scrap has been moved
iince the beginning of the campaign,
Julius j. Wuerthner, chairman of the
Cascade county salvage committee,
eported. Wuerthner said the total sold
md disposed of totaled 1855 900 pounds,
Tut that scrap was being moved out as
apidly as is possible.
HELENA-Word has been received
lere that Ashton ODOnnell, has been !
elected as a representative student :
nd will have his biography published
n who's Who Among Students in
american Universities and Colleges"
cheduled for publication in February.
)Donnell is a student at Whitman a
ollege in Walla Walla, Wash.
GLENDTVE - w. D. Pearce, super
of the Northern Pacific rail- :
Dad here, has been transferred to y
argo, succeeding j. A. Mercer, who =
as been appointed general manager :
I the eastern lines, with headquarters :,
/ ST. Paul Howard McCauley, super =,
ltendent of the road at Superior, =;
lis, succeeds Pearce at Glendive. 90
HELENA-Dr. George H Barbour,
i, widely known Montana physician v
ed at local hospital. Born in Fall u
outh, KY, he began his practice IN =
elena in 1887. His mother was q w
Ster of S. T. Hauser, early-day gov at
nor. For many years Dr. Barbour az
IS a member Of the state medical ex- ".
mining board
Nelson Of Helenaa m
S been appointed district chief OF K.
e special projects section, conserva- of
n division Of the war production mi
ard. He win have an office here to Of
lduct all special salvage business in
The section is responsible a..
salvaging large accommodations Of ~
,ondary and waste materials held IN IN
tx because Of financial or legal -
Implications. ~ ~
r. McKechnie has sh
igned as pastor Of the Malta Con- PR
,gational church to assume the pas COZ
ate of the United Congregational thu
lrch of Butte Dec. is. He came 1876
re from Oconomawak, wis, in an
rch. He has been active in Congre- Tl
ional affairs in Montana and is an
'nsor Of the young peoples work in ste
tern association Of Congregational WI
riches.
- Clarence H Gillette, of
Minnesotan who was captured in FoI
ready to wear department of But his
US store here by Patrolman Asa the
gers, later admitted an attempted emf
'glary Of the place, Chief of Police ing
1nie Sather said. Warren Gamas, has
'ress company driver on his way to 1.
* at 4 a. m, noted broken glass VIC
the door and called the policeman. $50
gers entered the store and found 9th
lette crouched behind the counter Arr
r the cash register. TeS
,REAT EArTs nis+rih,,+,o,, 20 +ho Pol
ate Of Frank c.. Owens, retired w, eiie
tleman and businessman, who died ms
It. 6, 1889, has been authorized in a r
rec by District Judge H. H. Ewing. uty
, First Presbyterian church, Mon off
a DeaconeSs hospital and Scottish rec,