Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-10-16
News Briefs
From, the Treasure State

died here, had been a state resident
for 40 years Born in Sweden, she came
to America when young girl. She
lived for a time at Chicago and Syca-
more, Ill
HELENA-E. H. Helterbran of Bill
| lings filed his nomination certificate
as a candidate for United States SEN
ator on the socialist ticket. Heller
bran was nominated at the partys
state convention in Missoula Sept. 81.
| HELENA-Montana creamery butter
production in August was off "A per-
/ cent from August Of last year and
showed seasonal decline of 81 per-
cent, the federal bureau of agricultural
economics said. Butter production for
/ the month was 1912, isl pounds.
MISSOULA = Approximately 100000
turkeys will go TO holiday markets
from Montana this year. Miss Harriet
E. Cushman, extension poultry special
ist at Montana State College, said the
1912 crop would exceed that of 1871
by about one percent.
HELENA-The Montana State nurses
association has opened state head
I
to carry on the work of the state nurs-
ing council for war service. Mrs. Mar
garet Alsop, executive secretary is in
charge.
HELENA-Edward H. Moe, GA, who
died here, was born in Norway. He
came to Helena when he was IA years
old, and lived here for some years.
Then he went to Big Sandy, where he
was married and lived for some time
He and his family returned here seven
years ago.
GREAT FALLS-Mrs. Dora A. Kuske
died after suffering a heart attack at
First avenue south and Park drive.
Born in Germany on Sept. 5, 1857, and
resident of this country since she
was years old, Mrs. Kuske had come
to Great Falls year ago from Simms
where she had lived for 80 years.
LIVINGSTON Cloycie Mem
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lewis
Mem, entered the nursing home the
same day. boy was born to Mrs.
Cloycie Mem at l1.58 p. m. One hour
and six minutes later, which made it
the next day, Mrs. Lewis Mem gave
birth to a boy. The fathers are
brothers.
ILLINGS-Montana prep school
athletics yielded another figure to the
armed forces with the enlistment of
Gene Pearson, Billings high school
track coach, in the marine corps. Pear
son has been ordered to California for
training, his wife said He is widely
known throughout Montana as sports
official
HELENA Receipts at the Helena
postoffice for the first nine months
of this year show an increase of nearly
$4,000 over the same period in l94l,
postmaster J. R. Wine reported. Sept.
receipts of S18,69502 brought the total
for the third quarter of this year to
S58,39783 and the nine month figure
to Sill ,020.63, compared to S169, 46455
for the Jan. l-Sept. 80 period of l94l.
KALISPELL-Serg. Roger Larson of
Kalispell was killed at Gle Elum,
Wash, when his patrol plane crashed,
according to word received by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Larson.
Sergeant Larson attended the local
schools and graduated from Flathead
County high school three years ago,
and enlisted in the coast guard air
corps.
CHINOOK-HansI Halseth, resi-
dent here for Is years, died after a
paralytic stroke. Halseth was born in
Norway in 1868. AS young man he
followed the sea for several years and
it was as a sailor that he came to
America. He located in Minnesota and
worked for time as foreman in lum-
Der mills at Little Falls and Bemidji.
He came to Chinook in 1917 and home
steaded on land 50 miles south Of here.
ROUNDUP Sarah Ann Nelson, rs,
pioneer resident of Montana and early
settler in this area, died at the Rem
sey hospital here of paralysis. Mrs.
Nelson was born in Ohio in 1866. She
was married in Michigan in 1885 and
came to Montana in 1902. She lived in
Billings until 1905 when the family
moved to farm about five miles west
of Roundup. She moved to Roundup
about four years ago.
RED LODGED. Frederick w.
Schwin, who died at Billings, was a
native of Iowa. He was graduated from
the college of dentistry of the Uni
versity of Iowa in 1906. For three
years he played football and was rated
as one of the most valuable fullbacks
in the history of Iowa university. In
1910 he came to Montana and home
steaded in the Bear Spring district of
Fergus county. He resumed the dental
practice in 1919 at Denton. In 1921
the family moved to Red Lodge.
WOLF POINT-John c. Sullivan,
who died here was assessor of Roose-
welt county and a resident of this
community for 81 years. Born in Wis
consin, he attended high school at
Blue>Earth, Mimi, and taught in rural
schools of the county. He then farmed
near Blue Earth and later was grain
buyer in that city for several years.
In 1911 he and his family moved to
Montana and settled on a homestead
at Lanark. He subsequently bought
grain at Lanark, Culbertson, Lake
side and Brockton. After moving to
Brockton, in addition to grain buying
he engaged extensively in farming.
Sullivan was elected assessor in 1880,