Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11
Treasure State News Briefs

BUTTE-Chris Hoffman, who diee
at his home here, was a native B
, Germany and had lived here for 81
years. He was fire engineer.
CONRAD Mrs. Clifton Sutton. VIII,
died at the home Of her daughter az
Washington. Ill, had lived In Conrad
80 years.
SCOBEY-DanieIs county, for this
first time In its history, Is free 81
debt. A check for s99,908.6e was sent
to the state treasurer in payment OF
the county's last bond.
HELENA-The Sioux City Stock
yards Co. has filed articles Of incorpo-
ration here. Its principal place Of BUSH
ness in Montana is in Butte, where Il
operates a public stockyards.
GREAT FALLS-Hawthorne school
here has been renamed Fannie 3. Col
Inns school in honor Of the principal
who resigned this spring after Al years
of service.
BUTTE-Kenneth Burnell, II, son
of Caleb Burnell Of Fort Harrison
died Of a skull fracture suffered when
tree he was chopping in Elk Park.
10 miles from Butte, fell on him.
GREAT FALIS-Girl Scouts here
are enrolling in Bicycle Safety club
and are being instructed in the care
and operation Of the vehicles by Fritz
Isler.
KALISPELL-The annual conven-
ton of the National Council of Cath
Ollie Women viii be held here Aug. q.
"a and Is. Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore,
bishop of Helena, plans to attend.
HELENA Charles Hancock, Sc, of
Marysville, who died at a hospital
here, was a native of Utah and first
came to Montana in 1928, settling at
Twin Bridges. He later moved to Phil
ipSburg and then to Marysville.
HELENA state board of educa-
ton will meet here July Is to discuss
changes in the Greater University |
system suggested by the governors
committee on reorganization and
economy.
HEIENA-The william r. Davis in
surance agency of Great Falls has
been awarded a contract by the state
board of examiners for insurance on
all state-owned passenger automobiles,
trucks and other motorized equipment.
RED LODGE1Jack Foley of White
Sulphur Springs, sheepherder en-
route to Wyoming, fell from a freight
train about IL miles south of East
Bridger and died the next day at a
hospital here.
HEIENA-Iieut. John F. Biehler, in
command of navy recruiting in Mon
tana, said he would recommend estab-
lishment of three or four recruiting
in the northern and east
srn parts of the state.
HELENA-Dr. E. L. Turton Of Ana
,onda has been appointed by Gov.
Sam @. Ford for a five-year term as
a member of the state Board of dental
examiners. He succeeds DR.. e. w.
Tucker of Butte. I
HELENA-W. E. Bawden, equipment :
engineer for the Montana highway de- :
)artment since March, 1896, has left +
or active duty as a captain In the !
army engineers, to serve as utilities 4
'fficer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of a 1900 n
Iushel storage bin at the D. g. B. ele- /
Tator here has increased the storage :
apacity to approximately $4,000 bush :
Is, according to Manager Edwin c.
Brown
CHINOOK-Miss Sarah Barber, 80, v
rho died recently, had lived here more
han 40 years. Born in Michigan, she
anne here to join her brothers, Ed and y
viii, who had taken up land in the I
cleveland section. =
LAUREL-Vandals broke into the s.
forage room at Riverside park and n
tole three tons of baled magazines A
,aurel Boy Scouts had collected for
hipment, together with wire and bin
er twine to be used in making up q
ales and bundles. n
ANACONDA-Da Sokolich, SO, u
tho died here, had been a well known e
naconda resident for more than IS Z
ears Born In Croatia, Sokolich had L
cen employed in the converter de- t.
at the Anaconda reduction
orks for many years.
GREAT FALLS-Robert Rummen, L
eaf student at the state school for b
ne deaf and blind here, has passed 3
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