Montana adjourns after sine die end of 26th assembly
The 26th Montana legislative assembly adjourned sine die shortly after midnight on the 60th day, the first in state history to end without a extended 60th day. The gavel sounded in the house at 12:17 a.m. and in the senate at 12:21 a.m. Major actions included creating a seven member state forestry board, electing Bert B. Armstrong senate president pro tempore, and approving bonds for public services, while several bills were killed or deferred including eight hour truck driver limits and a state government reorganization study.
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Montana Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
House
Senate
Bert B. Armstrong
Montana Senate
Armstrong
Park County
Sun River Unit Power Line Reaches Completion Milestone
The Cahill-Mooney Co completes the Sun River second section with 74 miles of line serving 110 customers and surplus supplies hauled to Butte. Work on the Bynum Pendroy third section waits for frost to clear before digging, with $54,000 allotted and plans for 46 miles to serve 110 members. The Sun River Electrification Association aims for the region’s most extensive rural system in Montana.
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Sun River
Butte
Cahill-Mooney Co
REA
Sun River Electrification Association
Montana
Bitter Root Poem Declared Montana State Flower Highlight
Mrs. G. L. Finley of Red Lodge authored Bitter Root, selected as an outstanding Montana state poem in a flower poem anthology by Theophilus Fitz of St. Louis. The piece, written over 20 years ago, sits in the Helena state historical library by recommendation of Governor Samuel V. Stewart. The anthology is shown at the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco with each poem paired to its state flower.
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G. L. Finley
Red Lodge
Montana
Theophilus Fitz
St. Louis
Colorado State Teachers College
State Historical Library
Helena
Samuel V. Stewart
San Francisco
Power Line Relocated Ahead of New Highway Route
Montana Power Co crew moved the power line from the south side of the highway west of Harlem to the north side to match the highway’s new routing. Highway construction will begin this spring.
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Montana Power Co
Harlem
Western Home Foundation Offers Low Cost Home Plan
The Barnard plan from Western Homes foundation 1939 series adapts to small city lots with a 640 square foot layout. It places kitchen and dining at the front, bedrooms at the rear, and includes closet space and options for a basement or utility room. Cost ranges from 820,000 to 83,000 depending on local factors, with example FHA loan details and monthly costs illustrated. Flaws and specs are available from Western Homes foundation district office in Helena, Montana.
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Western Homes Foundation
Barnard
National Plan Service
Helena
Mont
Change in WPA program April 1
Montana WPA will continue through February and March with reduced funding. Investigators will review 17,000 relief roll records to verify need and citizenship for continued employment, with reports due by April 1. Small projects may close. Montana moves to region No 8 under Rex Nicholson in Denver.
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WPA
Montana
Joseph E. Parker
Chicago
Col
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Parker
Washington
No. 8
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rex Nicholson
Nicholson
NYA Aid Program to Aid Montana Grads in 1938-39
The NYA Graduate Aid College and graduate aid program will reach 467 Montana students in 1938-39, receiving 63045 dollars. Aubrey Williams, administrator, announced.
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NYA
National Youth Administration
Montana
Aubrey Williams
Range Riders Roundup plans July reunion at Miles City
The Range Riders Roundup second reunion will be at Eastern Montana Fair Grounds Miles City July 28 29 with a 1500 attendance expected. The event marks Montana's Golden Jubilee and notes the 1889 constitutional convention with surviving members to be invited.
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Eastern Montana Fair Grounds
Miles City
Range Riders Roundup
Montana
The
O. F. Goddard
Billings
O. M. Durfee
Philipsburg
Mont
Allen R. Joy
Portland, Ore
William F. Field
Cleveland, O
Messrs. Goddard
Durfee
Messrs. Joy
Field
Park County
Roy E. Ayers
Congressional
Northwest
Range
Yellowstone Area Water Tests Begin Survey
Work has begun on subsurface water testing between Laurel and Yellowstone county edges to Custer. Sponsored by the county and state board of public health, the project aims to determine pollution extent. Test wells five to six feet deep are dug by WPA laborers under a timberman and technician, with completion expected in nearly a year.
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Yellowstone Area
Laurel
Yellowstone County
Custer
County
State Board of Public Health
WPA
Smallest Eagle Initiation Feature in Kalispell Lodge
Otto Weidmer, a 4 foot 4 inch, 8 pound cook, joins Kalispell Eagles lodge while 29 new members are initiated. He is paired with a 6 foot 2 inch candidate, sparking a challenge to produce a smaller Eagle.
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Otto Weidmer
Eagles Lodge
Kalispell
Weidmer
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights Local Happenings
Kalispell launches a Women’s Field army membership drive. Glacier Park repair of the Two Medicine bridge. burglar in Belton Mercantile steals about 18 dollars. Hockersmiths honored on 43rd anniversary. Wolf Point Lions buy 20 acres for a park. Chinook senior Kristine Halingstad enters DAR citizenship contest. Malta girl Joan DeKoning injured by shotgun accident. Snakebutte rock quarry work resumes for Fort Peck dam. Flathead per pupil education cost is 74.31 in rural Montana. Chinook high school steel arrival for new building. Sig’s Tire Service burglarized for 25 pennies. Ch arles Belcher receives eight-year sentence. Silver Bow deputies to get FBI training. Rev. Earl Solland resigns Shelby pastorate. LeRoy Smith hired at Boeing Seattle. Mountain States Power back wages settled. Roundup dog Topsy to turn 26. Boulder man dies at daughter’s home. Coutts-Sweet Grass item continues.
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Kalispell
Lilian Peterson
Flathead County
Montana
Ravalli County
Park County
Great Falls
Sig
Tire Service
Charrles Belcher
Kila
L. W. Fahrner
J. W. Kelly
National Labor Relations Board
Mountain States Power Co
Kalispell Division
Roundup
W. L. Gremmert
Topsy
Stockman
Miles City
Boulder
Walter H. Leggett
John van Diest
Leggett
Ontario
Canada
Manhattan
Kalispell Firemen Lose Mandamus Suit Over Relief Funds
Montana Supreme Court denied rehearing in the Kalispell Fire Department Relief fund case. After establishing a paid department, a mandamus sought to direct the association treasurer to hand over about 30,000 dollars in cash and securities to the new paid department treasurer. The district court quashed the petition, and the high court held the money must be turned over to the new treasurer.
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Montana Supreme Court
Fire Department Relief Association
Kalispell
Paid
District Court
Supreme Court
Cinnabar Deposits Near Lewistown To Be Tested This Summer
Large cinnabar ore deposits at Ruby creek near Lewistown will be tested for exploitation this summer by the Gould interests of San Francisco. Archibald Mac Donald, representative of the old New Year Co, says tests will begin with Mac Donald onsite in April.
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Ruby Creek
Lewistown
Gould Interests
San Francisco
Archibald MacDonald
Old New Year Co
MacDonald
Grass Lions Club to Reorganize Junior Legion Drum Corps
Grass Lions club and the American Legion post join other groups to reorganize the international junior Legion drum and bugle corps. Maj. Clarence H. Olson, longtime Legion official and former department commander, leads the revival effort.
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E. N. Joffray
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Joe Metlen
H. A. Lambert
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General Fund
University of Montana
University Fund
State Public Welfare Commission
Cannon
Silver Bow
Good Housekeeping Bureau
STE
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corp
N.Y. C
Western Home Foundation
Balu
Mkitcuen
Miles City Cowboys
Treasure State News
Women’s Field Army
Frank McDonnell
Glacier Park
Great Northern Railway
Two Medicine River
Cal Robinson
Belton Mercantile
J. T. Hockersmith
Square Deal
Wolf Point
Lions Club
Wolf Point Bridge
Chinook
Kristine Halingstad
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington, D. C
Malta
Joan DeKoning
John DeKoning
Snakebutte
Fort Peck
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Army Engineers
Eddie O’connor
Federal Bureau of Investigation Training School
Wilkens
Harry E. Wilken
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