The Sidney herald., 1960-12-28
Savage News

and Mr.. Elmer Mastvelten enjoy
ed supper at the Ted Burau
home Thursday evening, in honor
of Bob Burau's birthday. Later
in the evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Miller and Mrs. Ray Miller
and daughters of Glendive visit
ed there. Bob received many nice
gifts from his friends.
Word has been received here
of the arrival of a baby daugh-
ter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Miller in Miles City on De-
cember 18th.
Mrs. Emelia Miller of Sidney
spent last week visiting at the
John Gear home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Barone and
Bruce arrived at the Oscar Lar
sea home Thursday evening to
spend their Christmas vacation
in this community. Mr.. Barone
is attending college at Dillon.
Mrs. Elmer Mastvelten, and
daughter Gail, and Dennis Walla
of Crane arrived home Saturday,
after spending a week visiting
relatives in Missoula.
MIR. and Mrs. Sheldon and sons
of Culbertson were dinner guests
at the Wallace Scott home Sat-
urday evening.
MI. and Mrs. Dick Petersen of
Frazer visited with their nephew
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Johnson at the Robert Gregg
home Friday.
Mrs. Emma Mastvelten is re-
ceiving medical attention at the
Sidney Memorial hospital at this
time.
MI. and Mrs. Alvin MaSchera
and two small daughters and MIR.
Pete Montana spent Sunday visit
ing at the Reg Howe home in
Glendive, where they helped Mr..
Howe Celebrate his birthday,
MI. Chris Screnson, who has
spent the past few weeks receiv-
ing medical attention at the Sid
ney Memorial hospital, following
an accident at the Coal Mine was
able to return to his home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Teo Burau and
Bob attended the Sunday School
Program in Sidney Sunday eve
ming, in which. their little grand
daughter Connie Burau took part.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Buxbaum
entertained a group of relatives
at a dinner at their home Sunday
in honor of their daughter, Deb
bie's 9th birthday.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Ler and
daughters visited at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Eugene Vojacek on
Sunday afternoon.
when the dispatcher originates the
call.
King explained that the station
locations were selected to assure
the tone signals being picked up,
since the range for tone operation
is only about one-third that for
| voice. Hence, voice signals from
Helena, he said, can be understood
as far west as Avon and those
from Bonner as far east as MINI
rod, but tone signals are disable
only in a 15-mile radius, requiring
frequent stations and elaborate an
tenna structures.
King said the potential of the
system is such that the system is
scheduled to be continued between
Helena and Livingston under con.
troll of the Missoula dispatcher
Approximate station locations ir
this extension would he Townsend
Lombard, Bozeman, West End anC
Livingston, with possible additions
at ToSton and Trident.
To maintain the system a new
radio shop will be set up at Mis-
Soula.
AS an example of use of the
system for efficiency and safety
King pointed out that at present
a train which has broken in two
or developed a shot box" woulc
simply show a lingering light or
the dispatcher's centralized trair
control panel in Missoula. Under
the central radio control system
the dispatcher could dial the trair
and talk to the crew to determine
the reason for relay. Likewise, TN
conductor on the train could cal
the dispatcher and inform hin
about the delay.
King said this use of modern
electrical communications is full.
proven, having been in use on 4O'
miles of Northern Pacific mail
line between Fargo and Glendiv'
since 1858.
Completed late this summer wa
an $685. 62 job of installing H..
miles of continues or welded raj
aAl L~a11ac+inn 1R OF miles q