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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
PLAN SOFTBALL,
TENNIS TOURNEY

Softball and a tennis tourn-
ament later in the summer are
new projects of the Hardin Re-
creation council.
The softball team will be un-
der the direction of Jack Hel-
mann. announcement will be
made in a future issue of the
1ribune-Herald as to time and
dates.
Next month the council will
sponsor a tennis tournament.
A patriotic pageant, under the
direction of Mrs. I. L. Dehnert
and Mrs. S. N. Cunningham, is
also being planned. The recrea-
ton program will be suspended
for two weeks while the COM
munity vacation Bible school is
in session, and afterwards all
efforts of the recreation group
will be directed toward the pro-
duction of the pageant.
Another recent addition is
the opening of the volley ball
and badminton courts next to
the Baptist church. All youne
people of junior high school age
and older are invited to play
these games on Wednesday and
Friday from 7 until 9 pm.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
RETURN FROM BIG
HORN MOUNTAINS

Part of the personnel of the
GOTH Century-Fox motion pic
ture company returned to Har-
din Wednesday night after
spending three days atop the
Big Horn mountains. The re-
mainder of the crew will arrive
here tonight, Charles Stallings,
business manager stated.
While on the mountain the
company camped at Hunters
cabin near Black Canyon.
Motion pictures of buffalo
were taken as were pictures for
Life magazine. Pictures were al
so taken of Indian hunters
shooting the buffalo, and it was
reported that ID animals had
been killed. The meat will be
eaten by the Crow tribe with the
,xception of three carcasses tina.
were purchased by the film COM
pany.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Guin in Numbers
OF Cattle. Swine
Account for Rise

An increase of $1,076,887 in
the assessed valuation of prop
erty in Big Horn county in 1913
is accounted for largely by the
decided rise in numbers of cat
tie and swine, according to S. NJ,
Cunningham, county assessor.
The total assessed valuation
this year is SIT, 585, 681 and the
taxable valuation is SIS, 494,O21.
Largest figure was for the real
estate and improvements, which,
totaled $6.729,537 assessed and
$2,019,706 taxable.
Livestock ranked next in val
ue, totaling $4,388,042 assessed
and $6,729,732 taxable. The as
sessed value for all cattle was
SO SOP, 300 with 1,716 purebred
animals listed. Horses were val
ued at SLIT ,245, sheep and goats
at $589,970 and swine at $92, 173.
Chickens, turkeys and bees were
also included in the livestock
assessment.
Other personal property was
assessed as follows: motor We
hicles, $49O,528; manufacturing
machinery, $1O,820; drilling rigs
and oil equipment, $4,000;
household goods, $242, $40; bank
stock and moneyed capital, $217-
900; farm machinery, $498, 432;
machinery other than farming,
SAL 1881; solvent credits, $266, 035;
agricultural products in storage,
$491 $40; motion picture and
beauty parlor equipment, $2,434.
The assessed valuation for the
city of Hardin was $2,026, 4R,
taxable value, $565, 794, and for
the city of Lodge Grass, $257 ,760
assessed and $73,745 taxable.
Utilities, assessed by the state
board, we're valued at $3,523, $40
assessed and 81 ,406,35 taxable.
! Mr.. Cunningham also said the
assessors office has written hall
insurance on 28,340 acres of Big
Horn county land for a total
liability of $3.50, 654.34. The pre-
MUM amounted to $23,216.65, OF
which $662O.43 was in cash.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
WILL ORGANIZE
RESOURCES GROUP
Bunston Heads
Organization
Committee

At meeting in Billings last
Thursday H. w. Bunston OF
Hardin was named chairman OF
committee of eight to proceed
with preliminaries for a gener-
al organization meeting at
which a permanent group
would be formed for the protec-
ton and development of the
land and water resources of the
Yellowstone river watershed.
At a meeting of the Big Horn
county Chamber of Commerce
July Mr.. Bunston was ap-
pointed to represent the Har-
din area at the meeting.
Other members of the COM
mittee are K. E. Burleigh OF
Gendive, Wesley A. D'Ewart OF
Wisall, Mearl L. Fagg of Bill
lings, w. E. Ogden OF Red
Lodge, Axel Person of Sidney
and Harry Young of Forsyth.
The other place on the COM
mittee was left open for possible
appointment of Miles City
representative.
Inc text OF the resolution ap-
proved at the meeting Thursday
is that "a permanent organiza-
ton of the people of Yellow
stone river watershed is vitality
needed and should be formed
for the protection of the land
and water resources of the reg
ion and for their orderly dew
elopment conditioned upon the
approval of the principal areas
in the Yellowstone river water
shed"
John Haw of St. Paul, dir
ector of the Northern Pacific
railroads agricultural develop
ment department, outlined the
purpose of the meeting. He de-
fined the Yellowstone river
basin as the area drained by
Continued on Page 81
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SERVICES HELD
AT CROW AGENCY

Helen Defines, SO, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Defines who
live near Grow Agency, passed
away at the farm home last Fri
day morning at 6 am.
She had been an invalid since
she was stricken with infantile
paralysis at the age of nine
months.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at Crow Agen-
cy with the Rev. C. A. Bentley
officiating.
Following the services the
body was taken to Sheridan,
Wyo. for burial in the family
plot.
The Bullis-Crilly mortuary
was in charge of the funeral ar
rangementS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Two From County
Avidtion Cadets

Two Big Horn county boys
are now pre-aviation cadets at
the Army Air Forces technica
training commands basic train
ing center No. S at Kearns. Utah
1t was announced recently bv
Col. Converse R. Lewis, post
commander.
They are Wendell G. Knutson
son of Guy A. Knutson. of Lodge
Grass. and Leo Cornelius But
kay: son of Mrs. Elizabeth Butkav
of Hardin.
Cadet Knutson was a rancher
and Cadet Butkay attended Har-
din high school prior to enlist
ment for aviation cadet train
ing.
Thousands of cadets are now
being ordered to active service
and a large per cent of these
men take their basic training
at kearns. it was stated.
Cadets there learn how to pro-
tect themselves in emergencies
and how to knock down Nazis
and Japs with small arms and
machine guns.
upon completion of their basic
training most of the pre-avia-
lion cadets will be sent to one
OF the manv colleges operated
under the supervision of the Ar
NV Air Corps. At college thew
VIII receive specialized training
oeIore entering the aviation
caoet training centers.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
PRAIRIE DOGS
ARE NUMEROUS
Rodents Ddmdge
Crops and Runge
Ldnd in County

The prairie dog is making a
comeback in Big Horn county
according to reports of farmers
filed with the board of county
commissioners and Geo. w. Gus
tafson, county extension agent,
it was stated this week.
Delegations of farmers from
various parts of the county have
appeared before the county
board urging that a systematic
program of control be inaugur-
ated to halt the increase and err
adicate the present infestation
of the pests. Due to the increase
the dogs have caused great dam
age to crops and range land.
It has been proposed that a
control program be conducted
with funds appropriated by a
tax of one mill levy on the as
sessed valuation of all land, ex-
cept timber, or allocated from
the general fund. The county
commissioners have the authori-
ty to enact this measure, it was
stated. Approximately $4,000 a
year could be raised and this
amount would be supplemented
by funds and equipment fur
nished through the predatory
and rodent control division of
the United States department Of
interior, under whose supervis-
ion the program would be car
ried out.
An eradication program was
conducted here some years ago
and all the prairie dogs in the
county were eXterminated. Since
that time the dogs have staged
comeback and are now nearly
as numerous as they were in
former years.
The board of county commits
sioners stated they wanted to
hear from the taxpayers of the
county whether or not they fav-
or a county wide systematic
prairie dog control program.
!! Taxpayers are asked to write
to the commissioners giving
their views on such a program.
Letters are being mailed out to
all land holders of Big Horn
county asking if they favor the
eradication of the prairie dog at
this time. Persons receiving the
letters are asked to return them
Immediately in order that some
action may be determined re-
garding the control of the prair-
lie dog.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Auditory Holds
Drive for Records

Next to letters from home,
men in foreign service like mu-
sic best. That is one reason why
the American Legion Auxiliary
is this month sponsoring a cam
paign for the collection of old
photograph records" says Mrs.
S. N. Cunningham, activities
chairman of the local Auxiliary
unit, who is in charge of the
drive.
Every possible record should
be gathered SO that the great
est number possible may be con-
verified into music to send to the
men in distant posts, Mrs. Cum
bingham adds.
The actual records may not be
sent overseas. Many will be sold
to photograph manufacturers
as scrap and the money will be
used to buy new records.
The Auxiliary wants to be able
to send thousands of records to
the American armed forces. The
group will be able to reach that
goal only if everyone does his
part by turning IN his old rec
ords, Mrs. Cunningham points
out.
Boxes to receive the records
have been placed in local stores
If anyone who has old records
cannot take them to a store, he
nay call Mrs. Cunningham, anc
She will see that they are col
lected. Everyone is urged to act
At once, since the drive ends
July 81.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Son of Local
Woman Decorated

According to word received
mare this week, Staff Sergeant
Robert Padbury, %, son of Mrs,
Nelson Graves of Hardin, was
awarded the air medal with oak
leaf cluster for outstanding
achievement recently.
Sgt. Padbury is a radio oper-
ator on a flying fortress based
m England and has taken part
In numerous raids.
Prior to his entrance into the
armed services in January, 1872.
Padbury attended Montana State
university at Missoula. He was
sent overseas five months ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Coll Attention
To Rules for Pool

Mayor Carl Rankin and the
Hardin City council this week
again called the attention of the
public to the rules governing
conduct at the swimming pool.
which were published in last
weeks issue of the Hardin Trib-
une- Herald.
Copies of these rules have
been posted in two conspicuous
places at the pool, and all those
who swim there are asked to
read them carefully and abide
by them.
They were unanimously ag-
reed upon by the city council
and the swimming pool commit
tee.
Children under six years of
age must be accompanied by a
parent or adult guardian who
will remain with the child or
children at all times, it was re-
lterated. 1t is not necessary for
the adult to go into the pool,
but the cid must remain In the
1lrSt shallow area, where he can
be watched by the parent or
guardian.
The three guards at the pool
! are in absolute charge and their
instructions must be obeyed
promptly at all times. They are
there for the protection of all
, swimmers, it was pointed out.
Officials explained that the
guards soon learn who are the
poor swimmers, and it is
necessary to see that no one
goes beyond his depth.
Members of the swimming
pool committee said, This pool
IS for the benefit of your chill
dren and adults. and the COM
mlittee wants everyone to enjoy
Its use, but your cooperation
with those in charge of the pool
Is necessary. The guards have
only one thought in mind, tine
safety of you and your chill
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Mailing Dates for
Xmds Parcels Set

Christmas packages may be
nailed to American soldiers
overseas without request from
he soldier from Sept. IS to Oct
Is, the War department has an
bounced.
The parcels must be no more
han five pounds in weight, Is
inches in length and SO inches
n length and girth combined
They should be marked Christ
mas gift parcel"
Only one such package will be
accepted for mailing by or on
behalf of the same person OF
:oncern to or for the same ad-
lressee during any one week.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Old COYOTE SEES
ACTION IN SICILY

Barney Old Coyote, Jr., son of
Nr. and Mrs. Barney Old Coyote
# Crow Agency, was reported
his week to have seen action in
he air over Sicily as the Allies
.tarted invading the island fort
less.
Old Coyote was reported as
saying The railroad yards at
Catania took a terrific beating. I
,ould see the invasion troops
still pouring onto the beaches
while the warships shelled the
inland areas"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
OFFICER PRAISES
GLEN HELMANN

Sgt. Glen Helmann, stationed
in the Hawaiian Islands, receiv-
ed high praise from his superior
officer, Col. Stanley R. Larsen
in a letter of recommendation
for officer candidate school.
The letter was received here
last week by Mrs. Art Ebeling
a sister of Sgt. Helmann. He i.
a brother of Jack Helmann, also
IF Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
INDIAN WOMAN
PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Rides Spotted Horse, "a,
.ong time resident on the Grow
reservation died Saturday morn
ng at a camp at the fair
grounds near Crow Agency.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at St. Xavier with the
rev. John Balfe, S. j. officiating
Burial was made in the Catholic
Mission cemetary at st. Xavier.
She is survived by a brother,
Rooert Half; an adopted son,
Ties His Knees and a neice, Al
berta Bloodman.
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antiaircraft gunnel. he was III
the South Pacific for six months.
He and six of his companions
were caught in Jap raid while
ashore on the Solomon Islands
He was evidently injured in
the raid, for it was learned he
was sent to a Fiji Islands hos
pital and from there to the
Oakland, Calf, naval hospital
and still later to Santa Cruz.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
TO BURY VETERAN

Wilbert Bowman. veteran of
World War I, who died Tues
day in Sheridan will be buried
Friday morning at $50 am. in
the Custer National cemetary.
Arrangements for the funeral
were made by the Bulls Crilly
mortuary and Capt. E. s. Luce,
superintendent of the Custer
Battlefield.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
Local Citizens As
Seen by Boeing's

Out in Seattle, Wash, where
the Boeing Aircraft company
builds Flying Fortresses, num-
Der of Big Horn county citizens
are employed by that company
Recent issues of "Boeing News,
the company's public relations
publication, bears witness that
the Big Horn county delegation
has stolen more than it's share
of publicity.
In the March issue, in an il
Illustrated magazine-style story
captioned "R-R-R-Riveters At
Work, Marguerite Plummer is
pictured on the job with a Buck
Rogers rivet gun in hand. Miss
Plummer is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Plummer
former residents near Hardin
now living at Vale, Ore.
In June issue of Boeing' s
News Weekly, Frank Alva Row
land is pictured receiving gifts
from fellow employees in sur
prise shower given on the &C.
casion of his becoming a IA
ther on May 7. Alva's father
known as Jack Rowland by
Hardin people, is a cabin build
er on Flying Fortresses. Incl
dentally he is one of two Jack
Rowlands employed by Boeings
in the same factory.
stafford J. O'Brein of st. Xa-
vier was recently given special
mention by the Boeing Aircraft
company for. being on the job
without missing a day since be-
coming an employee at the air.
craft plant.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15

Seaman Bar
nett enlisted il
the navy OF
June rs, 194f
and took hi
training at tn
San Diego nava
training sta
ton. From ther,
he went to Bre
merton, Wash
to attend gun
merry school.
He went a
board the U s
S, Nassau, al
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
MUST ENDORSE STAMPS

Motorists are being warned
that they must display the prop
err sticker showing their classif-
ication for gas rationing. Mot
orists must also endorse every
gas ration coupon before it is
used.
The warning was issued this
week by the local rationing
board.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
NEW PASTOR NAMED AT FULL GOSPEL
CHURCH go FIRST SERVICE ON JULY25

Services at the Hardin Full
Gospel church will be resumed
on Sunday, July IS, when the
Rev. and Mrs. Jon w. Balch of
San Francisco will take charge
of the parish here.
Both the Rev. and Mrs. Balch
are graduates of the Glad It'd
ings Bible Institute. Both are
musically inclined as Mrs. Balch
sings and the Rev. Balch is a
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
BOMB EUROPE

London news sources stated
Wednesday that 81 Nazi planes
were shot down as swarms OF
Flying Fortresses and fighter
planes swept over France to de-
stroy airports, munitions dumps
and assembly plants. Our losses
amount to eight bombers and
four fighters. Forty-five of the
Nazi planes lost were accounted
for by gunners aboard the Fort
reSSeS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15

pianist. They arrived in Hardin
last Friday.
Services at the Full Gospel
church were suspended last May
when the Rev. N. j. Miller, pas
tor, became i'll with the reap
pearance of a fever he had con-
tracted while a missionary in
India.
The Rev. and Mrs. Balch will
attend a church convention at
Livingston on Sunday, July ID.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
ASSESSED Value OF PROPERTY IN
COUNTY INCREASED OVER MILLION
NOTICE

Parking lines are being
plainly painted on the
streets in the business sec
ton of Hardin. Owners of
automobiles and trucks are
asked to park between the
lines. Failure 10 do so will
result in a fine for improper
parking. Your cooperation is
asked in making use of all
available parking space.
FRED WILLIAMS
Chief OF Police
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
RUSSIANS HOLD

AS the Today old summer Of
fensive of the German army
begged down in Russia the So
Wet counter attacks regained
several villages in the Belgorod
sector. More than 1000 Germans
were reported slain in the bat
tie. 1t was reported that the Red
army had taken the initiative
away from the Huns.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
ADVANCE IN SICILY

IN Cne SOUTHWESTERN part OF
Sicily an Allied force struck for
ward Is miles and captured two
more air fields and several thous-
and prisoners. The Allies were
operating under the greatest air
covering ever afforded ground
operations, an observer said.
This powerful air force has paved
the way for the Sicilian invas-
ion and now keeps axis planes
from bombing and strafing Al
lied positions.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
ROBERT BARNETT
HAS SEEN ACTION

Robert L. Barnett, S 2Ic, has
seen action in the South Pacific
and is now in the Santa Cruz,
Calf, naval convalescent hos
Oital undergoing treo+r~e,t
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
DRIVE ON MUNDA

Reports on the progress OF
the American offensive against
Munda, main Jap base again in
New Georgia, indicated that the
enemy had good cause for con-
Germ over the fate of his for
ces there. Americans were Shell
ing the base with artillery
while fighter planes and bomb
ers harrassed Nip movements al
the base. One American force is
driving on Munda from the
north, while more forces closed
in from other directions.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15
news review
A Brief Summary
Of Outstanding
News Events
MAXON RESIGNS

MAXON RESIGNS
Lou R. Maxon, deputy admin
1strator of the office of price
administration in charge of in
formation, resigned Wednesday.
Maxson said, the agency is so
bound up in legalistic red tape
that Houdini himself couldn't
untangle it," In a five-page
statement Maxson gave his views
on what allied the OPA.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-15

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-03-25
Three Brothers
Serving in
Armed Forces

The Shanahan family, the mem
bers of which were one-time resi-
dents of Libby, is well represented
in army service. Mrs. Wayne Shan
ahan, who is now teaching in the
Libby schools, has word from MIR.
Shanahan to the effect that he is
now located at Camp Peary, Will
liamsburg, W. Va. He is store
keeper, first class, with the Sea-
bees.
His two brothers are also in the
service. Ward, who had been with
the Federal Land Bank for num-
Der of years, is now detailed to in
speeding bombing fields. Another
brother, Charles, had been on the
Panama Canal Zone for two and a
half years but has been transferred
to Mississippi.
A brother-in-law, Gerald B. Faa-
sen, is in the navy and stationed
at Norfalk, Va. He is the husband
of the former Ruth Shanahan
Mrs. Wayne Shanahan says she
will leave for Fargo, N. D., as soon
as school is out to remain with her
family.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-03-25
WorIund Exceeds
Its Red Cross
Quote Eosily

Reports coming in from many
quarters are to the effect that no
difficulty was experienced in re
ceiving enough contributions to
more than raise various Red Cross
War Fund quotas People have
been liberal in support of this good
work.
In line with this gratifying condi-
ton, Mrs. l.. L. Lake, Red Cross
chairman at Warland, reports that
the Warland community more than
raised its quota. The quota was
S12775-the amount taken in,
$165.00.
This sum is to be distributed,
said Mrs. Lake, between the chap
tiers of Libby, Troy, Eureka, Kalis-
pell and Columbia Falls. The reason
for this is that workers in the J.
Neils logging camp are from all
those communities and asked that
their contributions be credited to
their home chapters. They were
promised that it would be done.
Mrs. Lake also reports some in
teresting sidelights of the drive, one
of which was that 10 children gave
contributions for the good work.
One aged person who gets $40 a
month IN old age pension gave Sl.00
to the Red Cross, remarking that
that was the least one could do for
the boys who are fighting to pro-
tect us.
Of the $l65 raised by Warland,
SAC was realized from rattle of q
quilt and S33.25 from a card party.
Mrs. Lake wished it announced
that the Warland group owe spe-
cial word Of thanks to John Nc
Rel who did such good work in
canvassing the logging camp for
contributions.
The group at Warland have two
afghans for disabled veterans al
most completed. These will be sent
to TT. Harrison. Five more are in
the making. The group has also
recently finished consignment Of
hospital gowns.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-03-25
Highway Engineer
Here Regarding
Troy Bridge

L. F. Martin, Bureau OF Public
Roads engineer, was in Libby Fri
day, his visit to this section being
in connection with the building Of
approaches to the Kootenai river
bridge below Troy. He said he was
working to have the approaches
built.
1t turns out that most of the coun-
ty highway between Troy and the
new bridge has been put into very
good condition by road crews Of
the j. Neils Lumber Company while
hauling logs over the road 1t has
been Widened, leveled and graveled
and will be in very fair condition
for general travel whenever the
bridge approaches are completed