Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-01-02
Treasure State News Briefs

5 officially listed as missing since Aug
by the navy department For hi
courageous conduct Holt received
citation from Admiral G. w. Nimitz
/ commander Of the Pacific fleet. anC
was lauded for his courageous con-
/, duct" in a letter to his parents from
Lieut.. r. E. Harmer, commander OF
, the fighting squadron to which he was
attached.
ANACONDA Tax collections in
Deer lodge county on the 1912 as
sessment set an aIltime record on Nov.
30, 1t was announced by Frank x.
Barich, county treasurer. The total
( collections amounted to $3.50 1Ol .26,
Treasurer Barich said that collections
on the 1912 assessment by the end Of
last month had exceeded by more than
s., 500 the collection for the correspond
ing period In lo41.
BILLINGS Walter Mackin of Bill
ings was awarded the contract to con-
struct an untreated timber bridge over
the Yellowstone river at Columbus on
the road to the Saltwater county
chrom mines when bids were opened
by the state highway department.
Mackin's bid was $25,95425, with the
state to furnish the material Con-
struction labor will be financed with
federal funds.
HELENA-All there lives Virgil w.
Benson and Bernard S. Benson, 20
year-old twins of Manhattan, have
followed a closely-associated pattern |
Of living War orNorov,flxr mill mi /
make any material change in the
twins scheme of things. They com
pleted enlistment at the navy re-
cruiting stations here as apprentice
Seamen in the naval reserve and left
together for the naval training sta
ton at Farragut. Idaho.
BUTTE Patrick E. Gleason, well
known former Butte resident and
sports enthusiast, died in Seattle after
q lingering Illness. Gleason was a ma
tive Of Butte and during his many
years residence here took an active
part in community affairs, especially
n sports. He was a great lover Of base
1an and played with the Butte and
baseball teams for many
easons. He moved his family to Seattle
bout IA years ago.
DILLON - William Henry Croker,
tation agent for the Union Pacific
abroad at Armstead died at Barrett
Iospital. He had been in falling health
or some time. Born June IL, 1880, in
Hooper, Neb., he came to Montana
bout nine years ago. He was station
gent at Redrock until abandonment
that station and then was trans a
f, l.
Or the past several years. Il
BUTTE Thomas j. Brandon, Jr., E
hose parents lived in Butte for q
umber of years, was killed in action s
n battle-torn Gaudalcanal according ?
} word received in Butte from the 4
)ldier's grandmother, Mrs. II. E. II
Atlanta, Ga. Private 2
irst Glass Brandon was a graduate o
Miami high school and attended Q
eorgia Tech. At the time Of his en- y
stment he was with the Trust Co. sc
Georgia. His father served with the d
E. F. In 19l7-1918. p
POISON - Robert Emerson Of the Fl
IVY, son Of Mr.. and Mrs Dempsey
nerson, recently was In Poison to st
end a 20-day furlough. OF
He was on the q. SIS. Boise when r
was attacked by the Japanese off
e Solomon islands the night of Oct. r.
He was at his position before one
the small guns Of the ship but was
t ordered to fire as the larger guns
gagged the enemy. He told of the
zardous experiences of making port
Philadelphia which they reached
". 10.
IVINGSTON-Lyle Swartz of Boze-
IN, Mont, highway department
gineer, died suddenly while on an
hunting trip In the Gardiner
raldine area. A heart attack caused
overexertion was given as the cause
his death. He was about 80 years of
;. Swartz, accompanied by Lott
rrison Of Livingston, had gone to
Gardiner area to hunt elk. Shortly /
er 10 O'Clock he suddenly sIumped
the ground and died within short
e.
HELENA - Mrs. Rachel Crum,
neer of Montana, who arrived in
5 state in 1887, died recently
sr lingering illness. She was the
low of w. c. Crum, who operated
of the first drugstores in Helena
who, during many years, enjoyed
Vide practice as a veterinarian. Mr..
I'm died in 1880. Mrs. Crum was
n in Harrisburg, Pa. She moved to
lneSota in 1887 where she met and