Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

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. Hall creek section
where they since made their home.
HEIENA-Taxes 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 Fallon
county commissioners.
CHINOOK-The Utah-1daho Sugar
Co. has distributed $750OOO 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 s625 ton.
HEEL ENA - 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 C. Rowan, Helena.
HELENA-State engineer Fred Buck
reported completion of two power
lines serving rural areas in western
Montana. The lines. to be operated CO.
operatively by consumers, extend IL
miles from Lolo to point on Lolo
creek, and for 81 miles from Alberton
to Superior.
MALTA-Arthur johnson, 60, died
at a local hospital after an illness Of
several months. johnson had lived in
Malta for approximately 30 years.
coming here from Minnesota. He
worked on various ranches in the
county and has operated ranch of
his own. For the past several years
he had lived in Malta.
GREAT FALLS-More than a mil
lion pounds of scrap has been moved
since the beginning of the campaign,
julius j. Wuerthner, chairman of the
Cascade county salvage committee,
Wuerthner said the total sold
and disposed of totaled 1855 900 pounds,
but that scrap was being moved out as
rapidly as is possible.
HELENA-Word has been received
here that Ashton ODonnell, has been
selected as a representative student
and will have his biography published
in who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges"
scheduled for publication in February.
O'Donnell is student at Whitman
college in Walla Walla, Wash
GLENDIVE - w. D. Pearce, super
of the Northern Pacific rail-
road here, has been transferred to
Fargo, succeeding j. A. Mercer, who
has been appointed general manager
of the eastern lines, with headquarters
in ST. Paul. Howard McCauley, super
intendent of the road at Superior,
Wis, succeeds Pearce at Glendive.
HEIENA-Dr. George H. Barbour,
81, widely known Montana physician
died at local hospital. Born in Fall
mouth, KY, he began his practice in
Helena in 1887. His mother was a
sister OF S. T. Hauser, early-day gov
ernor. For many years DR.. Barbour
was a member of the state medical ex-
aiming board.
HELENA Arthur Nelson of Helena
has been appointed district chief OF
the special projects section, conserva-
ton division of the war production
board. He will have an office here to
conduct all special salvage business IN
Montana. The section is responsible
for salvaging large accumulations OF
secondary and waste materials held
back because OF financial or legal
complications.
MALTA-David R. McKechnie has
resigned as pastor Of the Malta Con-
gregational church to assume the pas
torate of the United Congregational
church of Butte Dec. Is. He came
here from Oconomawak, Wis, in
March. He has been active in Congre-
gational affairs in Montana and Is
sponsor of the young peoples work in
eastern association of Congregational
churches.
GREAT FALLS Distribution OF the
estate of Frank G. Owens, retired
cattleman and businessman, who died
Sept. 6, 1889, has been authorized in
decree by District Judge H. H. Ewing.
The First PRESBYTERIAN church, Mon