Bobcat Band Plans Northwestern Tour Opening in Cascade
The Bobcat band directed by Lou Howard will tour the northwest half of Montana during vacation between winter and spring quarters. About 60 men from the ROTC and regular bands will join soloists for standard overtures and popular pieces. Joint concerts with local high school bands will occur in Great Falls Conrad Kalispell Whitefish and Helena with each city hosting as sponsor.
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Cascade
Montana State College
Lou Howard
Howard
Great Falls
Conrad
Shelby
Kalispell
Whitefish
Helena
Treasury of Butte Funds Exhausted by Payroll
Butte city general fund balance was wiped out to zero by the February payroll. Officials cited constitutional limits preventing warrants against the fund and said the city must live within its income.
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Treasury of
Butte
Banker Blomquist Pleads Not Guilty in Bank Closure Case
Walter C. Blomquist, former president and director of Farmers' and Miners' State Bank at Belt, pleads not guilty to making a false statement to the state superintendent of banks about the bank's condition before its closure last April. He was arrested at Jackson California and waived extradition and will be tried at the next district court term possibly next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Blomquist
Farmers’ and Miners’ State Bank
Belt
State Superintendent of Banks
Blomquist
Jackson
Cal
Lem’s roofing profits hinge on freight tricks
Jed Hopkins’ Homely Philosophy notes how Lem Pawley’s General Store profits from local trade by showing a customer named Henry Silseck how buying locally saves money once freight costs are counted. The tale emphasizes careful arithmetic in every purchase and suggests keeping a pencil and paper to tally costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed Hopkins
General Mills, Inc
Donation Finishes Entrance To Montana Children's Home Hospital
A Helena donor known only as a friend funds completion of the Montana Children's Home hospital entrance, adding sidewalk, steps and a solid oak door with plate glass. The project enables a future ward to host tonsillectomies for indigent county children and home residents, with support from Dr. William Copenhagen and local health officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Children’s Home
Milo F. Dean
County Child Health Council
William Copenhaven
Lewis and Clark County
Trade of Socks for Drink Ends in Police Notice
Pete Ammese a sheepherder seen many winters tried to barter socks for whisky causing a disturbance. Police officers took him to Billings court where he confessed to ongoing drinking after seven months away from liquor. Judge W E Downs fined him 25 dollars and added 10 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Ammese
Billings
Ammese
Woolies
W. E. Downs
Woman Denies Murder Charge in Butte Court
Mrs. Kate Johnson pleaded not guilty to the murder of 78 year old Mrs. Johanna Shea found fatally beaten in bed at her Butte home on February 4. Johnson, a former housekeeper, faced an information filed two weeks earlier and was held in county jail in default of a $15,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Downey
Butte
Kate Johnson
Johanna Shea
Hoover Grants Gaunt Pardon For Former Police Chief
President Hoover granted a pardon to Ray S. Gaunt former chief of the Great Falls police department restoring civil rights after an indictment in 1930 charging conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. Five other former officers were named. A. L. Anderson and D. T. Elliott also previously pardoned.
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Hoover
Gaunt
Ray S. Gaunt
Great Falls
A. L. Anderson
D. T. Elliott
Tax Certificate Not Necessary The county treasurer’s opinion
Attorney Nagle states the county treasurer must provide tax information to the public but need not issue a tax certificate and may not charge for it. He advised Granite county and school district 1 on using general funds to cover gym bonds when sinking funds are short, and that two year teacher contracts in Hingham are illegal while Glasgow high school principals cannot be hired for more than one year.
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Nagle
Granite County
Attooney General
Hingham
Glasgow
Log Train Crash Shocks Libby Area
The J. Neils Lumber logging train ran away down a steep grade in the Swamp Creek district near Libby. It crashed six loaded cars into a high embankment but the crew escaped unharmed by leaping clear as the train could not be stopped.
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J. Neils Lumber Company
Swamp Creek
Libby
Primitive area established in Flathead forest South Fork
The United States Forest Service announces a primitive area in the South Fork of the Flathead extending over 45 miles in length and 26 miles wide, totaling more than 625000 acres. Boundaries include the Continental Divide and Swan mountains with no roads or developed recreation. trails exist. The area hosts elk, deer, bears, mountain goats, and offers wilderness camping and fishing. Majority is government land. mining and timber potential are limited. Major R Y Stuart established it on Missoula recommendations.
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South Fork
the Flathead
United States Forest Service
West
Spotted Bear River
Flathead
Swan Mountains
Forest Service
United States
Missoula
Monture Creek
Blackfoot Valley
Northern Pacific
R. Y. Stuart
Washington, D. C
Missoula Region
The
Gilman Buildings Torn Down for Craig Store
The Man Mercantile Company of Craig buys the Gilman garage built by Mahood Bros about 20 years ago and tears it down to reuse materials for a Craig store. Plans also call for razing the Gilman schoolhouse, a four room Swiss style building unused for a decade. Many homes and businesses moved to Augusta, making Gilman an almost ghost town.
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The
Man Mercantile Company of
Craig
Gilman
Mahood Bros
Gilman Bank
Augusta
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Bobcat Band
Capital City
Baez Canal
Ed Mophins
Pawley
Lem
Henry Silseck
Henry
Philosopher
Children’s Home
Copenhagen
Health Council
Dean
Helena Doctors and Nurses Association
Rudolph Horsky
Horsky
Mayme Glass
Girls’ Receiving
General Hospital
Polson
Charles J. Jacoby
Montana
Huseth
Optometrist and
Optician
Flathead Forest
Motion Picture Theatres
Oarty
Famous Magazine
Betty Crocker
Anel Pre
Committee On Foods of the
American Medical Association
Washburn Crosby Company
Cope
General Mille, Inc
General Mils, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
NBC
E.S.T
C.S.T
Pacific Coast
Columbia System
General Mhls.inc
Gold Medal
U.S. A
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