Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-10
Treasure State News Briefs

will enter the army air corps. tn,
complete training covers eight months
Alderman John Formento, who a.
president Of the council, automatically
becomes acting mayor.
ANACONDA - Maribel staudohal
was approved as city clerk to fin the
vacancy created by the death Of for
mer City Clerk Jake Kenne. The ap-
pointment was made by Mayor Ralph
Thorson and approved by the eoun-
cn
ANACONDA-Sid @. Stewart re-
tanned the Country club golf cham
pionship for 1912 by defeating P. F..
Fitzgerald, and 8, over SO holes. Gail
/ White, Stuart Ainsie and Harvey An
derson won the championships In their
flights.
GLASGOW-Curtis Beede Of Glas-
Cow, senior vice commander of the
Montana department, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, left for Helena to re-
port for active duty in the navy.
Beede has been detailed to recruiting
service.
BILLINGS War emergency prob
lens will be virtually the only subject
for discussion by the Montana Hotel
association when it meets here NOV.
Is. Announcement of the convention
date was made by Paul Campbell of
Glasgow, president. The convention
will be at the Northern Hotel.
LEWISTOwN-Ingmar Hornseth 78,
who died here, had been a resident of
Fergus county for 35 years. He was
born in Norway and came to America
in 1907, coming direct to Fergus
Grove, where he lived until 1925, when |
he moved to Lewistown.
MISSOULA-T. A. Price of Missoula
is the new president of the Montana |
and Loan league and Livings-
ton was chosen for the 1943 conven-
ton at the closing session of the an
nual meeting here. Price is president
Of the Western Montana Building and
Loan association.
HELENA-The rationing division Of
he state office of price administration
las advised truck operators new tires
will be unavailable very soon even for
he most vital needs. OPA officials
stressed the necessity of making appli-
,ation for recaps in advance of the
complete collapse of their tire car
asses.
GREAT FALLsS-Men stationed at
he Great Falls air base will have their
wn postoffice and head of this post
ffice viii be young woman The
'oStoffice announced Geraldine E.
'orcoran of Ryegate, daughter Of Dan
,orcoran, had been awarded the con-
ract for operation Of the branch Of
Ice as station clerk and postmistreSS.
ANACONDA-AErs. Mary Elizabeth ]
Iurphy, "a, widow of the late G. r. t
Iurphy, died at her home. Mrs. MUIR !
ny was born in Port Huron, Mich, '
lne 8, 1858. She came to Montana :
/ 1896 with her husband and family, {
wing first In Great Falls and later {
Anaconda where Mr.. Murphy was c
lperintendent OF the B. A. and P.
Iilroad.
GREAT FALLS Effect of new auto y
obiles and truck purchase restric-
ons In Cascade county is graphically .
ustrated by records Of County
E. L. Carver. So far this
ar, but 217 new machines have been
gistered. During 1941, registrations
new automobiles and trucks num-
red 1903 or approximately nine
mes the number listed this year.
HELENA Gov. Sam G. Ford named
bert H. Kruse, state agricultural
Id labor commissioner; James F.
raham, president of the Montana
.deration of Labor, and Edward
ason, president Of the Montana In
lstrfal Union council, to represent
e state at the ninth national con-
renee Of labor legislation in Chicago
". 1920. /
HAVRE-Robert A. Patterson was
minated as democratic candidate
+ state representative by the ex-
utive board of the Hill county demo-
attic central committee to fill the
cancy caused by the resignation of
v. Ahern, who was nominated In
ly primaries and who has taken
sition with the legal division Of the
;urities exchange commission at
iladelphia.
CONRAD-More than 100000 worth
hail insurance was obtained this
lson by Pondera county farmers.
Iere we're 1854 acres Of winter wheat
58 acres of spring wheat, 638 acres