The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-01-27
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At least one reader doesn't
believe that posting house num-
bers in the city of Hardin is OF
any Importance. She says what
W. need instead is lights.
We agree that street lights
are needed in some Residential.
sections of the city, but we still
maintain that the house NUM-
beers would constitute a major
Improvement to the town.
The reader says I'VE can all
find our home, knowing Whe- e
it is and having gone to it so
many times at the corner
of Custer and Eighth it is so
dark no number would be Wis
ible on the homes were they
there"
We don't believe not having
numbers would improve the
condition of not having enough
street lights. The only possible
advantage we can think of in
not having ones house num-
bered might be the case Of
some newspaper editor WEo
could feel a little more secure
knowing no one could find out
where he lived.
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Jim Kelley of Ideal Food
Market believes he holds the
dubious honor of being the
coolest groceryman in Hardin
the past ten days.
With the heating situation in
Hardin during the cold spell
reaching serious proportions
Kelly will have to produce OFFICE
iaf proof of his clam. We know
of a number of business pla eS
in town which can vie for the
record of frigidity-some groc-
erymen included. Excluding le-
Sidential buildings. we vote for
Clarence Beck of Ma-Shall-WSlls
as the man most likely to sue
ceed- selling refrigeratOrS at
the North Pole.
Eeck has been dooing business
behind frosted windows and
wearing an overcoat and nit.
tens for more than a week It
must be rather discouraging to
him to encounter such a cons
dition during his first month OF
being in business in this city
although it doesn't seem to cool
his enthusiasm to any notice-
able degree.
While we are on the subject
of heat-and cold-we'd like
to contribute our two-bitS worth
on the gas situation in Hardin.
When a public utility has a
franchise to furnish gas to re-
Sidents of a city we think the
citizens should have some guar
antee that the service will be
provided.
Many families in Hardin have
been inconvenienced by the lack
o: gas during the recent cold
spell. Some have moved in With
relatives or neighborS who have
some other means of heating,
Many have installed ether heat
ing appliances. Some are living
in half warm houses for lack
of any other place to go or
any other means of heating
their homes.
We think the situation consti-
tutes a serious threat to the
health and well being of citizens
as well as a loss of business and
psopert;,
There must be a reason for
aSeS of sufficient gas in the
is: We've heard many explain
fr,'a some we know to be
% Cue others we're not sure
boro I gas lines in the city
Ie ~ Deen in use many years
anu We nave been told there
naoaons leaks in the old
t.leS; hcCsr9lng to Company Of
nc ais. gas lines in the eifv have
been kept in renair ~ Gi aasT
leaks have been reporfeS
It has been reporfeg9. 49,
there is plenty of gas tHa :
Hardin area. Gas comnana tIis
ficials say that they Of
brought in a dozen new Wells
in the past two or three ysars
and that the production stiS
isn't enough to furnish the en-.
tire town.
Natural gas is a deaided asse
IN anv community. If the ga
is here we should have 1t, II
is NOT residents certainly shoui
be warned of the fact So ule
can be otherwise PREPARED :
fore a cold wave sfrlkes
We hope something IS ooL
about the situation re d
other winter rolls around
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