Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Treasure State News Briefs

BUTTE - Internal injuries suffere,
in an accident involving RUNAWAY
horses caused the death Of Ralph JOIN
Rivera, II, Of Elk Park.
BOHEMIAN George Biddle has beer
elected president of the inter-fraternaI
council at Montana State college fol
the coming year.
HARLOWTON - The chamber OF
commerce here has voted $500 to fl
nance the work Of obtaining priorities
to erect the first unit Of a proposed
steel mill here.
MISSOULA-Dorothy Recon, Ana
conda, defeated LeOna DeCock. Hv-
sham. for the presidency Of the Asso-
ciated Women Students at Montana
State university by one vote.
BUTTE-First Butte baseball player
called by a major league club in years,
Al Hockaday left recently for a tryout
with the Cincinnati Reds. Hockaday
is an outfielder
HELENA - Eight hundred visitors
from Helena, neighboring cities and
nearby states registered here at the
opening of the new Helena art center
at Carroll college.
GLASGOW-Mrs. Nora Mumford,
county treasurer, said Valley county
delinquent taxes had been reduced
more than 100000 during the last
three years
MISSOULA-Twelve hundred and
forty-three students, 120 less than
winter quarter, registered for the
spring quarter here. The total is 40
less than spring quarter last year,
when enrolment was 1865.
GLASGOW of steel because of
priorities will make it impossible to
construct fish screens at Nelson reser-
7oir until the war is ended, according
20 a letter received here from Senator
B. K. Wheeler.
HELENA Two-thirds of Montana's
rain storage capacity has been filled,
he bureau Of agricultural economies
las reported. Grain in storage Feb.
8 totaled 17,144,000 bushels and the
tate has space for 26,098,O00 bushels.
TROY-The city council has named
{. A. Hosea as mayor to fill the I'M
Xpired term of Smith MCNEIL, who
eft for army service. r. M. Russell :
nd John Sagen have been elected .
chool trustees for three-year terms. 7
HELENA-Sales of series e war s
onds in Montana in March probably
Zceeded 81, 100000, according to A. T. +
1bbard, state chairman of the defense
Ond savings committee The total =
ow exceeds S1,500O00. h
HELENA-The state board Of medi- 0
Il examiners elected DR.. P E. Kane A
Butte president to succeed DR.. E. &
Porter of LewiStown. DR.. A. r. Foss, o
[issoula, was named vice president, Il
nd DR.. Otto @. Klein, Helena, was re- Is
ected secretary.
HEEL Montana had Al percent o.
,wer traffic accident fatalities In r
anuary and February than in the d
me months in 1871, Col. Charles l. II
heridan, state highway patrol chief Il
IS been informed by the national II
fety council. M
Serg. Russell Huff -
an, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Huff
an Of this community, has received n,
e silver star award for bomber M
mmand action In the Philippines ~
ID Dutch East Indies. Huffman en- "
ted in the air corps last year.
M. Hazeltine, manager We
the Lake Bowdoin wildlife refuge OF
Phillips county, has been appointed ne
anager OF the Medicine Lake refuge
Sheridan county Vernon Ekedahl, 60
lployed at the Bowdoin refuge since %
IS, succeeds Hazeltine as manager. ~
first death of ca
service man from Roosevelt county tlt
S reported here with the passing of be
rival N. Morrow, 80, who died at co
mp Crowder, Mo. A brother. Earl, m
s killed in France during the first
1rld war.
IEWISTOWN-M Marion c. Leach, IS, %
% died here, installed and operated Of
: first linotype in this section Of de
,ntana. He came here in 1898 but 20
er spent about 10 years operating vi
own newspaper in Alaska He re- de
ned here in 1918. wf
H. Bohen of New York all
5 purchased the mining property
the former Boston Montana Mines
rp. at a tax deed sale for $21, $780, -. -
7eral other mining properties and -. 20
inns near the Boston Montana site ~ "a
re also purchased by Bohen. ~ -
large signboard carry Of