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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08

from Oakland, Md, to work for an
uncle, who owned a farm in the
Prickly Pear valley. Mr.. Cornwell
is a native of Grafton, West Va.
After several years schooling and
work in Helena, he left in the
spring of 1892 with a herd which
was trailed to the Judith Basin
country.
From there, by way of Claggett
crossing on the Missouri and Chin
ook, he drove overland to what was
later Valley county. The party ar
rived on Buggy creek, IA miles
northwest Of Glasgow, May 2G,
and that vicinity has been MI.
Cornwells home ever since. After
the original location on Buggy
creek, he returned to Helena, com
ing back to the ranch Aug. Is.
He has since engaged in ranch
ing, running both sheep and cattle.
His sons Bob and Tom are now
ranching on adjoining holdings,
with their own operations.
Mr.. Cornwell served as Valley
county commissioner. He is also
president of the Buggy Greek
Grazing association and is a mem
Der of the advisory board Of Graz
ing District No. l comprising Val
ley, Phillips and Blaine counties.
He was a member of the Tampico
district school board for % years.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
WAR FINANCE
GROUP FORMS
FOR MONTANA
BARLEY Announces Merging OF
Organizations to Continue
Campaign.

The Montana war savings staff
and the states membership in the
Ninth federal reserve district vic
tory fund committee have been
merged to form the war finance
committee, William H.. BARLEY of
Great Falls, executive manager, who
was here Saturday, announced.
Mr.. BARLEY was here on a trip
over northeastern Montana and
conferred with j. P. Sternhagen,
chairman in charge of war bond
sales for Valley county.
The new committee will be head
ed by A. T. Hubbard, president of
the Union Bank q Trust company
of Helena, who has been chairman
of the war savings staff since Octo-
Der, 1941, Mr.. BARLEY said. State
headquarters will remain in Great
Falls.
The war savings organization was
created in 1941 to provide funds
for the nations defense program
and the victory fund committee was
set up in May, 1912, to sell govern
ment securities to large investors,
Mr.. BARLEY said. The success of the
April war fund drive, during which
the two were combined, led leaders
to weld them into one organization
permanently, Mr.. BARLEY said.
Plans have been started to launch
the third war loan drive scheduled
for September under the new ar
rangement, he said, and the merged
groups are already working togeth-
er in the continued sale of war
bonds until the next concerted
drive.
Following the general plan set
by national war finance leaders, the
Montana state committee will oper-
ate under three broad divisions, Mr..
BARLEY said. The banking and in
vestment division will be in charge
of bond sales to banks and finan-
cial institutions; the industrial di-
vision will have charge of payroll
savings plans. and a third division
will be established to handle gen.
eral community drives, he said.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Two Sons, Other
Relatives Visit
AXel PeterSonS

Mrs. Axel Peterson of Grain, who
is recuperating from a recent OPP
Grafton at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Everett McInerney, in
Glasgow, and Mr.. Peterson, who is
at their ranch in Grain, had the
pleasure of seeing during the week
end their sons, Maj. John Peterson
of Foster Field, Texas, and Vernon
P. Peterson of Bremerton, Wash.
Mrs. John Peterson, who, with her
mother and a brother and sister
from Deering, N. D., is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Henry
Beecher, at Nashua, also visited
them.
Vernon Peterson, who is en-
ployed in the Bremerton navy yard,
came Friday, having stopped en-
route to visit his sister, Mrs. Sam
uel Graham, and a brother, Harold
Peterson, at Kalispell. He left Mon
day. Major Peterson came by air.
plane Saturday and on Monday
made a short flight to Kalispell, re-
turning tn esame day. He left Tues
day.
Major Peterson and Miss Thelma
Coram were married at Seattle,
where she was employed, or New
Years day. She has recently been
visiting he rmother at Deering.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
FAVORS
INITIATIVE
ON HIGHWAYS
TO Rebuild and Expand Then
in Postwar Period Held
Imperative.
Governor Calls Attention to
{, the Threat of Colossal
! Unemployment"

Taking for his text the urgent ne
ceSsity for preparing o to take
advantage of federal aid for the re-
building of Montana'S highways at
the close of the war, Governor Sam
c. Ford today declared his approval
of the movement to initiate a
measure to be voted upon at the
1914 election.
1T is my belief, said the governor,
that the people of Montana are
overwhelmingly in favor of the sim
pie proposition that we should as
best we can maintain our highways
under the stress of war conditions
and rebuild and expand them when
the war is over.
ITO maintain them now, despite
the greatly shrunken revenues avail
able, is urgently necessary. To re-
build and expand them as soon as
the postwar period begins will be
imperative to our welfare. The road
construction program that Montana
should then be ready to put into
quick effect will be one way to meet
the challenge this state must face
when the men who are now fight
ing for us return home in need of
jobs.
Must Be Ready
Conscious of conditions that must
be met when the val ends and the
threat of colossal unemployment
that will hang over the country,
congress has made provisions on
more liberal terms than ever before
for the ALLEGATION of federal funds
to the states for highway construc-
ton. States prepared to accept these
funds will benefit immensely and
Immediately. States that fail to set
up the machinery until after the
wal a expect to share but little.
This was what was in the minds
of the persons and organizations
sponsoring the highway debenture
referendum in this years legislative
assembly. The measure, designed to
make it possible for Montana to
avail itself of federal postwar road
funds, was carried to the supreme
court by its friends so that its con-
formity to constitutional require
..llents might be determined. The
court held that the debenture pro-
posal, is drafted, could not be sub
mitted to the electors.
only through approval by the
people at the polls can Montana
have funds to match federal high
way aid in anticipation of the end
of the a In less urgent times we
might well wait until the next leg
islature could submit this pro-
gram to the voters. But It is so ire
mendously important that we launch
our highway regeneration at the
earliest possible moment that I feel
we should not wait until the 1945
can act, but let the pro-
position be passed on at the next
general election.
Appeals for Support
Il believe that the movement,
now in the making, to initiate this
measure at the general election in
1914 merits commentator and will
the support of those who APP
1reciate the need of Montana'S be-
ng ready to meet the postwar
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
FARM union
is BACKING
PARITY PAY
State President Reaffirms Stand
in Support of Farm Security
at County Picnic.
Mrs. StOltz, Junior Leader for
State, also Is Speaker at
Annual Program.
BY Courier orre.pondent

NASHUA-lne FARMERS union
definitely stands for parity pay
ments." it was declared by Don w.
Chapman of Great Falls, president
of the Montana organization, at
the seventh annual joint picnic of
the North and South Valley groups
on Porcupine creek les here Sun
day.
President Chapman stressed that
the Farmers Union stands for the
welfare of the family-type farm. 1t
supports the principal of subsidy
payments, he added. and he reaf-
firmed its support of the farm Sc
curity administration as an aid to
the small farmer.
Both President Chapman and
Mrs. Mildred Stoltz, state director
of education, discussed the poll tax
measure before congress. They de-
clared that in seven states the vote
remains in the hands of a few be-
AUST payment of a poll tax is a re-
quirement for voting.
Concluding, President Chapman
declared, I'VE must win the peace
after WI have won the war" He
urged the purchase of war bonds,
not only as a good investment but
for support to our men on the fight
ing fronts.
County Agent James K. McGibney
opened the program with a discus
sion OF the farm labor problem. He
said that help and machinery can
be secured from states where the
crop is short, if farmers organize
now and make known their needs,
indicating how many acres can be
custom-harvested, if outside COM
Diners and workers come into the
state.
A short program of races was con-
Quoted with the following results:
Boys 6 to 8, Norman Graham and
Paul Lamphier; boys 8 to u, Don
aid Malunat and Robert Sandvig;
girls 8 to II, June Babcock and
Helen Cloves; boys IL to 16, Nor
man Quiring and Donald Malunat,
and girls II to 16, Fay French
and Hazel Hinerman. Donald NAL
unat was first in the "free-for-all'
with Charles Halyrs second. Prizes
were given.
Virtually every section of the
county was represented at the pic
mic.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
FOUR STAR
FLAG GIVEN
TO Mother
Presentation to Mrs. Hannah
Montgomery Is Made by
Legion Post Here.

Mrs. Hannah Montgomery o.
Hinsdale was presented with a SER
vice flag at a meeting of the GlaS-
gov American Legion and Legion
Auxiliary in the civic center Fri
day night. j. A. Holland made the
presentation. Others to whom the
Legion had planned to present flags
we're not present and the p%reSenta-
ton will be made at later meetings
Mrs. Montgomery also received a
corsage from George Mitchell OF
the Glasgow Flower shop.
Mrs. Montgomery now has four
sons in service. Corp. Richard w.
Montgomery and Private William
NJ. Montgomery are now overseas.
Pfc Shirrel o. Montgomery is in the
field artillery at Fort Bliss, Texas,
while Corp. Cecil NJ. Montgomery IS
with an air forces training group
at Kearns, Utah.
Legion Commander o. H. Bundy
presided. After the ceremonial open
ing of the meeting with advance OF
the colors and prayer by Chaplain
Guy NJ. Llndberg, a program was
presented which included talks by
Helen Dignan and Chief Ben
Ulberg of the navy recruiting sta
ton here. Lieutenant Dignan spoke
the woman's army corps, for
which she is spending 80 days in
northeast Montana recruiting. Chief
Ulberg's talk was on various forms
of war service.
Musical numbers on the program
were piano solos by Charles Stern
Mary Theresa Sternhagen
and Dorothy Briggs, and a vocal
solo by Agnes Bayne, accompanied
oy Dorothy Briggs.
After the program each group
leld a short business session. Al
he auxiliary meeting it was an
bounced that the Glasgow unit had
1een awarded the distinction at a
'ecent district meeting at Wolf
Point of being the unit in the dis
riot which carried out the largest
number of war activities and was
therefore, entitled to send a page
o the state convention.
After the business meetings the
went to the Allen cafe where
luncheon was served. Mrs. Mary
:. Dignan vas a guest for the pro-
ram and luncheon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Rail WOMEN'S
GROUP LEADS
IN BOND SALE
Mrs. Dignan Announces Ladies
Aid of Christian Church
i'm Second Place.

Mrs. A. L. Blair and Mrs. Wal
lace johnson, representing the
Ladies Society of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. were first in the June sale
Of bonds and stamps in Glasgow
by Minute Women at Work, accord
ing 70 the reports made to Mrs.
Mary E. Dignan, county chairman.
Their sale and credit totsled 81 ,063.
Mrs. M. j. Sisson and Mrs. Kath-
ryn Soesbe of the Christian Ladies
Aid were second with a sale of
S784. but the organization credit
was SITS. Mrs. T. M. Owings, repre-
senting the Royal Neighbors. was
third with a sale and credit of
s698.
Others reporting with the name
Of the organization represented,
the total sale and organization
credit were as follows: Mrs. J. A.
Holland. Altar society, $3.50, $500;
Mrs. Leslie Hanson. Congregational
Ladies Aid. $3.50, $675; Mrs. E. j.
Snyder. Baptist Helping Hand So
ciety, $525, S547.50; Miss Belle Min
nick. Methodist Woman's Society
of Christian Service. S475, S575;
Mrs. Morris OpSahl. Degree of Hon.
or. $3.50, 5000: and Mrs. Lorraine
Lansing and Miss Ida Disrud, Dor
cas- club, $3.50. $50.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid reported
a sale of a S25 bond and received
credit for 500. Other organizations
which did not report this month,
but which received credit on other
reports were the Junior Woman's
club, $50; P. E. o., $50, and Eastern
Star. $25.
The total sale by the women was
S4.035, the lowest total for a month
reported so far, Mrs. Dignan said.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Nelson
In Local Chapel

Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia
Johanna Marie Nelson, 60. who died
in Glasgow July l, were held in the
Holland chapel at 2:30 Tuesday af-
ternoon. The Rev. Thomas T. Doe
Of the First Lutheran church Of
ficiated. Burial was in Glasgow
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harry Badger,
Baker Belzer, Fay Baker, w. B.
Schmitten, F. S. Mueller and E. J.
Snyder.
Mrs. Nelson had suffered a stroke
Sept. %, 1941, and had been bed
ridden since that time.
She was born at Galerd, Mimi,
Jan. 25, 1880, and spent her early
life in that state. She was married
in Minneapolis in 1891 to Earl Mel
son, who survives. The Nelson
family came to Montana in 1921
and Mrs. Nelson had lived in VAL
ley since 1925. The family lived on
a farm north of Glasgow for a
number of years.
-Four children survive, Raymond
G. Nelson of Minneapolis, who
came for the funeral; Earl A. Nell
son of Glasgow, Private Louis A.
Nelson of Camp Elbus, Calf. who
also attended the services, and Mrs.
Frank Settera of Richland.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
DISTRICT All
FAIR is SET
FOR SEPT. IL
State Leader Says Glasgow to
Be Location of Northeast
Montana Program.

Glasgow will be the location Of
a northeastern Montana district
All fair, Sept. l and 2, Ray E
CScotty) Cameron of Bozeman, state
Al club leader, has Informed
County Agent James K. McGibney
Members of the rural youth or
g~anization from Valley, Daniels
Phillips, Roosevelt and Sheridan
counties will participate in the pro-
gram planned here, Mr.. Cameron
stated.
Besides a booth of exhibits entered
by each club in the district Compel
ing, many demonstration and judg-
ing contests are scheduled.
County awards will be a silver
medal to each winning individual
demonstration and a gold medal to
each member of the winning team.
There will also be state awards.
Another feature of the All fair
will be a dress revue.
At the same time. the annual
Valley county All achievement pro-
gram will be conducted.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08

Chief COMING
ON July 18th
Meeting to Lay Groundwork
for 1914 Production of
Needed Crops.

To lay the ground work for max
imum production Of 1914 critical
war crops, M. P. Hansmeier of
EAozeman, extension conservation
list, will conduct a meeting at the
courthouse in Glasgow next Thurs
day afternoon at l.
Steps will be taken to set up crop
goals for Valley county to assure
success of the food program. Sim
liar meetings are being held
throughout Montana and the
United States, County Agent James
K. McGibney said.
The meeting is open to all in
terested farmers and business men,
Mr.. McGibney said. In addition,
each community will be asked to
send two representatives, prefer
ably a Triple-A committeeman and
a member of the community plan
ming committee.
Before the Glasgow meeting
with Mr.. Hansmeier, each commun-
ity Triple-A and planning commit
tee will hold a joint meeting to de-
termine what crop goals will be
feasible for each area
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
S. Are Enrolied.
En- Senior Bible
Camp at Fl. Peck

Enrolment of SIS in the senior
Bible camp being conducted at the
Kiwanis camp building on Fort
Peck lake this week was reported
by the Rev. Blythe H. Mclean,
American Sunday School union mis-
Sionary. in charge.
The week camp period for the
junior group will open Sunday, he
said, and Sunday will also be visi-
tors day for parents and friends of
members of both senior and Junior
groups.
On the camp staff with Mr.. Nc
Lean are the Rev. John Dueck of
Sioux City, Iowa, child evangelism
missionary; the Rev. Alfred Peder-
son of Mankato, Mimi, Sunday
School union missionary; Miss Susie
Schmitt of Lustre and Miss jean
cite Lear of Rudyard.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
NINE-BL0CK
0ILINC JOB
IS STARTED
Area Around Courthouse and
Civic Center Here Will
Be Surfaced.

Completing a project begun last
year, the Inland Construction COM
psny has been awarded a contract
for nine blocks of street oiling in
Glasgow, Mayor E. j. Ktelstrup an
nounced this week. Work is being
done in cooperation with the coun-
ty.
Gravel subbase was placed last
year and a tack coat" of oil was
laid on some of he streets to be
surfaced.
. The block surrounding the court
house is included in the contract.
Other oiling will be On Fourth av-
enue south from the courthouse to
the city park, on Third street from
the civic center block to Second
avenue south and on Third avenue
south between Third and Fourth
streets.
The entire project is a road mix
job. Contract price for the nine
blocks is S13, 900.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08

a wal job for every qualified and
available man in Montana has been
promised by o. c. Lamport, state
director of the war manpower COM
mission, in announcing the opening
of an intensive recruiting campaign
to man~all local essential activities
and "glean" any surplus of labor to
meet critical manpower needs in
many labor shortage areas through
out the region.
The positive recruitment" pro-
gram centers on an interviewing
board that will visit some 80 cities
in Montana during the next go days.
~Interviewers will represent the war
manpower commission and several
of the major industries in the re-
gion.
The manpower tour will reach
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
BY Courier COrre-pondent

GRANDVIEW-The annual saen.
gerfeSt was held at the Evangelical
church Sunday with guests from
Glasgow. Frazer, Richland, We'll
Point and Richey, besides visiting
speakers from other states.
The Rev. Arthur Flaming OF
Hillsboro, Kans., gave the morning
message and the Rev. G. A. Wall o:
Glasgow spoke in the afternoon
Choirs and quartetS from the Volt,
Larslan and Lustre M. B. churches
and from Volt and Lustre Bethel
churches ard the local Evangelical
choir as well as the Christian Eel
lowship group from Glasgow all
took part.
The combined choirs sang two
selections and all of the mems
choruses from the various groups
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
2 from Glasgow
Meet at College
While Training

Private Roy Christianson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Christianson,
and Yeoman First Glass Cecil loft
ness, son of Mrs. Nettie Toftness of
Glasgow, met recently at Purdue
university, where both had been
sent for training. Both young men
are former Courier employees. Chris
Hanson was transferred from Camp
Hood, Texas, to the university to
study for the engineer corps, and
Toftness. who recently spent a fur
Tough here, will take officers train
ing for the navy.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
VALUATION
OF COUNTY
SHOWS GAIN
Bruce, Assessor, Reports an
Increase of S1,617,111
During Year.
Most of Jump Is in Numbers
of Livestock and Acreage
of Lands.

Valley county has made a net in
crease in valuation of 81, 617,111 the
past year, County Assessor Archie
G.. Bruce reported today, most of il
accounted for by gains in livestock
numbers or in tax deed land acre
age returning to private ownership
The total assessed value of the
county in the 1912 tabulation was
$40. 254,336. 1t is now $21, BIT ,447, the
county assessor reported.
Cattle, sheep and swine all made
increases, with proportionate gains
in value, as the tabulation follow
ing shows:
Kind 1912 1913 Increase
Cattle 1900 27,165 1892 ALT
Sheep ---- 1882 1929 STAT
Swine - 1923 3,040 1,517
The 1912 value placed on cattle
was 81, 019, $50, compared with the
1913 value of $1,326, 270, a gain of
S307.220. Sheep value increased from
S409, 723 to S464 800, an increase of
S54,607, while hogs advanced in
value from S19,190 to $52,569 for a
change upward of $32,666. The over
all gain in livestock valuation was
1895, O99.
In addition, thousands of acres
of county tax deed land have been
sold since March l. They do not
appear on this report, since they
are not taxable until 1914" the as
SCISSOR commented.
The number of acres now assessed
is 1,102, 445, compared with 1,072,431
in 1912, an increase of 30,041 acres.
Valuations of cars, trucks and
merchandise decreased because of
wartime conditions, he continued.
However, this loss was more than
offset by increases in livestock and
tax deed lands that were put back
on the tax rolls.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Countrywide 4-H
Leaders Meeting
Set on Saturday

A countrywide meeting of Al club
leaders will be held at the court
house in Glasgow beginning Satur-
day morning at 10, County Agents
James K. McGibney and Florence
P. Elliott announced today. Mrs.
Sidney Cotton, county council pres
ident, will preside. Mrs. Warren
Stensland is secretary. Discussion
will center on the district All fair.
All picnics, achievement day pro-
gram and news reports of club
meetings. 4
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Bishop william
Condor Confirms
Glass, Glentana
By Courier Core .pOndent

OPHEIM-The most Reverend
william j. Condor, D. D. Bishop
of Great Falls administered the
sacrament of confirmation to a class
of IA in the Holy Family church at
Glentana.
He was assisted by the Rev. Fr.
H. B. Altman of Scobey and the
Rev. FIR. Anthony Sorger, pastor OF
the Holy Family church.
Those of Opheim who were con-
firmed were Grace Squires ana
Patricia Squires, Josephine ST.
Germaine, Shirley Walstad. Eugene
Durbin and James Stevens.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Montgomery Gets
Copies Of Courier
At Overseas Post

Appreciation for copies of The
Courier received at his overseas sta
ton was expressed this week in a
letter from Corp. Richard w. Mont
gomery, formerly of Hinsdale. He
adds, II am very much interested
in the work which the people of
Glasgow are doing for the boys in
the service stationed at the airbase.
I have always admired Glasgow as
a city which would do everything
possible for a good cause"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Daily Limit ON
Perch, BulIheads
Is Set at Fifty

Regulations of the state fish and
game department now in effect
rlace the daily limit on perch, SUM-
fish and bullheads at so, it was
pointed out by Deputy State Game
Warden Harry Cosner of Malta,
who is here on officia business.
He also called attention to the
daily bag limit on crappie, Dream
and catfish, which is Is fish, or
IS pounds and one fish.
The deputy said attention is be-
ing called to the bag limits so that
sportsmen in this area may be
guided in the catches they make.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
DISTRICT Sos

EINSDALE-Mr and Mrs. R. R.
Daley ard children. Ronald John
ard Marilyn, formerly of Hinsdale,
are living at Fillmore, Utah, &C
cording to word received by friends
at Hirsdale. Fillmore is a town of
approximately 1000 and Mr.. Daley
ley is stationed there as distric+
manager for the soil conservation
service.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-08
Visitors Attend Annual
Saergerfesf Program, Lustre

sang in the afternoon. The children
met in the basement for special
services in the afternoon. Miss Ce-
celia Bechman and Miss Martha
Toews, assisted by Ludwig and Ben
Zerbe and others, led in chorus and
stories and illustrations.
An offering of $181 vas divided
in three parts for Rev. Fuller's
broadcast, the American Bible 80
ciety and for the spreading of goS-
pei tracts.