State Board May Cancel Gas Leases in Cedar Creek Field
Helena Montana the State Land Board told Montana-Dakota Utilities Co that its gas leases on about 45000 acres in the Cedar Creek Anticline Fallon county may be canceled. The board said the leases are not operated to produce gas with good conservation and now yield almost no return. MDU may request a hearing within 30 days. The board said leases have been held to maintain monopoly of gas in Cedar Creek and present production is not commercially viable. No oil production has been attempted and the property has been used for underground storage of gas produced elsewhere. The board urged immediate steps to start production and drill an exploratory well to test for oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Land Board
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Cedar Creek
Fallon County
Montana
MDU
Montana Solons Bill Gets Favorable Senate Report
Washington D U P The Senate judiciary committee favorably reported a bill by Montana Senators Mur ray and Mansfield to re assess land bought for Canyon Ferry dam near Helena The bill would create a board to re appraise land from about 25 Broadwater county owners Subcommittee approval followed and Rep Metcalf stressed the government duty to pay a fair price and reimburse landowners for losses due to eminent domain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Montana
James F. Murray
Mike Mansfield
Canyon Ferry Dam
Helena
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
House
Townsend
Metcalf
Bureau of Reclamation
Broadwater County
Court of Claims
Winter Wheat Damaged by Thrips in Montana
GREAT FALLS. Cascade County Agent Ted Fosse reports winter wheat damage in north central Montana caused by grain thrips. It is the first Montana thrips sighting. the pest turns wheat yellow and dies. Scientists at Montana State College study thrips. Control advised includes removing volunteer grain before seeding and a DDT spray.
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Great Falls
Montana
Cascade County
Ted Fosse
Fosse
Montana State College
Schools for Trail Crews Fire Guards Established
WEST GLACIER Glacier National Park schedules schools for trail crews and fire guards. Assistant chief ranger Lynn Coffin says the trail crew school runs June 14 15 followed by fire guard and lookout training June 16 18. About 65 attendees, mostly college students, will participate. The program supports the replacement of two foot bridges lost in an avalanche off Rising Wolf Mountain at Two Medicine Lake.
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West Glacier
Glacier National Park
Lynn Coffin
Woman 93 Burned Seriously in Falls
A gas stove ignited as 93 year old Margaret Casey prepared a meal in her apartment. She suffered burns to her back and left side with scorched hair and was taken to a Great Falls hospital. Mrs Elmer DeBolt heard screams and helped remove burning clothing.
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Great Falls
Margaret Casey
Elmer DeBolt
Escapees blamed for burglaries in Billings
Nine escaped Montana Industrial School inmates were blamed in Billings for four burglaries while at large. Police Capt. R. L. Wilson said all break ins shared barefoot tracks, suggesting the shoeless escapees were at large from Miles City.
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Billings
U.P
Montana
R. L. Wilson
Miles City
Bid Opening Set on Indian Lands in Blaine County
Sealed bids will be opened June 30 at the Fort Belknap Consolidated Agency Office at Harlem for oil and gas mining leases on 7,302.59 acres of Turtle Mountain allotted lands in Blaine County. Interest shown by Canadian and American firms.
Plans Postponed for Blackfeet Portrait Painter Tribute
The Blackfeet Indian Tribe postpone a ritual tribute to late painter Winold Reiss from Thursday to an unspecified later date. Reiss died in New York City last fall and his remains will be cast from Red Blanket Hill near Kiowa. Reiss painted Blackfeet portraits for Great Northern Railway Co, used in calendars and now exhibited in the railway museum in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Winold Reiss
New York City
Red Blanket Hill
Kiowa
Reiss
Great Northern Railway Co
St. Paul
Minn
Civil case dates set in Helena federal court
Judge W D Murray fixed trial dates for six civil cases in the Helena division. U S versus land parcels 38 and 8 9 11 with trial or pre trial times in June and July. Other actions include breach of employment tax refund suit and libel damages with dates June 15 June 18 June 21 and July 13 through 26.
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Helena
W. D. Murray
Federal Court
H. H. Walker
U.S
Paul Hahn
Earl M. Olson
Associated Students’ Store
Montana State College
Thomas M. Robinson
Internal Revenue
Wilford N
John G. Jeter
Frank Goldthrop
Pleasure Boating Trip Nearly Was Tragedy
MISSOULA A near drowning nearly ruined a five student river trip across 50 miles from Placid Lake to Missoula via the Clarkwater Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers. Haynes Byerly son of Lewistown publisher Ken Byerly fell into high water on the Blackfoot River when the raft hit a snag and sank Jim Dick was tossed ashore Byerly, clothed heavily, sank but grabbed a life raft after struggling upstream and caught the current to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Montana State University
Placid Lake
Clarkwater
Blackfoot
Clark Fork
Haynes Byerly
Lewistown
Ken Byerly
Blackfoot River
Jim Dick
Byerly
Montana Areas Suffer Another June Snowfall
AP reports June snow hit Montana's western highlands with Lookout Pass at six inches near the Idaho border. West Yellowstone had two inches and a 24 degree low. Butte 28, Bozeman 32, other cities in the 40s. Going to the Sun Highway opened from West Glacier to the Logan Pass area.
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Helena
Montana
Western Highlands
Lookout Pass
Idaho- Montana
West Yellowstone
Butte
Bozeman
Glacier National Park
West Glacier
Logan Pass
Rother Trial Vacated Temporarily in Helena
Lewis and Clark District Court paused the James Rother Jr case amid a dispute over a 1949 gasoline tax refund of 623.10. Rother, a Missoula lumber mill operator, pled innocent. Clerk David Kemp cited the attorney’s other case in Boulder and Rother’s hospital leg injury as reasons for the postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rother
Stanley Doyle
Polson
Boulder
PEO Convention Set to Draw About 200 Members
About 200 members from 44 Montana chapters are expected for the PEO Sisterhood state convention in Glendive lasting three days. Mrs. Helen Watkins of Sidney will preside over the 32nd annual meeting. Guests include Mrs. Gertrude Tomhave of Montevideo Minnesota president of Supreme Chapter PEO and Mrs. Blanche D Walker of Helena past president of Supreme Chapter along with all past Montana chapter presidents.
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Glendive
PEO
Montana
Helen Watkins
Sidney
Gertrude Tomhave
Montevideo
Minn
Supreme Chapter
Blanche
D. Walker
Helena
Belt Creek Flood Reaches Half Mile Dike Area
Belt area saw five inches of rain last week driving Belt Creek over a half mile dike upstream from the city. Mayor W. M. Moore said the stream remains at flood stage but the town is not in immediate danger. Last year Belt Creek overflow caused substantial damage. current depth is reported at over eight feet.
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Belt
W. M. Moore
Moore
Columbia River Water Compact Bill Approved
The Senate approved a bill authorizing negotiations to form an interstate compact for apportioning the Columbia River water. Nevada and Utah join Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming in the authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nevada
Utah
Columbia River
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Women Democrats Set Panel Session in Great Falls
A panel discussion by Montana women Democratic leaders will be held in Great Falls on June 16. Speakers include Mary M. Condon Supt. of Public Instruction. Dr. Catherine Nutterville. Mrs. Charlotte Holtz. and Eleanor Dougherty, all of Great Falls. Mrs. Louchheim also will speak at a Valley County Democrats meeting in Glasgow on June 14.
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Great Falls
Montana
Katie Louchheim
National Democratic Committee
Altrusans to Aid Orphans Home in Twin Bridges
Butte Altrusa Club members pledged positive help for the Montana State Orphans Home at Twin Bridges after a talk by Dick Little, superintendent. The meeting featured the first annual Altrusa Club Scholarship of 150 dollars awarded to Miss Juanita Williams, state scholar from the Twin Bridges home, who will work as a supervisor this summer and enroll next fall. The club announced a swim suit drive, asking donations from readers and providing four phone numbers for pickup. Guests included Dr. Mardell Schara and Mary McBride.
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Butte
Altrusa Club
Montana State Orphans Home
Twin Bridges
Dick Little
Juanita Williams
Western Montana College of Education
Altrusans
Macabytic Club
Mr. Little
Miss Williams
Mardell Schara
Mary McBride
Boy with marbles uses shotgun in Miami killing
In Miami, a 9 year old boy killed Amos Merritt and wounded Joshua Merritt with a sawed off shotgun after losing a marble game. Willie James Johnson, 9, a classmate at R R Moton Elementary, fled toward Perrine before being captured by road patrolmen and handed to juvenile authorities.
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Miami
Fla
Amos Merritt
Joshua Merritt
Leo Portz
Willie James Johnson
R. R. Moton
Willie
Perrine
Portz
Sam Johnson
Bids Called For State University Fuel and Capitol Tanks
Helena The state Monday called for bids July 7 on hauling fuel for Montana State University for one year and for two hot water tanks for the Capitol heating plant. The Montana Board of Examiners also authorized cleaning and painting of the State Soldiers Home at Columbia Falls. The $325 contract was let to Water Tower Paint and Repair Co. of Clear Lake, Iowa.
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Helena
Montana State University
Capitol
Montana Board of Examiners
Columbia Falls
Water Tower Paint and Repair Co
Clear Lake
Iowa
Two Couples Wed In Dillon Marriage Licenses Issued
Lynn M. Nye of Lima and Mary D. Holt of Dillon and Ronald Peter Lee with Helen Joan Boetticher, both Western Montana College of Education students, received licenses from Harold Contway. The couples were married by Rev. E. W. Goodrick of the First Baptist Church over the weekend.
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Dillon
Harold Contway
District Court
Lynn M. Nye
Lima
Mary D. Holt
Ronald Peter Lee
Helen Joan Boetticher
Western Montana College of Education
E. W. Goodrick
First Baptist Church
Lease Notice Warns of Lease Cancellation If Unpaid
The notice states that failure to comply within 30 days will result in lease cancellation. It specifies consequences for the tenant and cites the applicable lease clause. No additional parties or dates are provided in the readable text.
Paul Leonhardy Dies in Helena
Paul Leonhardy 79 former State Land Board field agent died Monday afternoon in St Peter Hospital Helena residence 924 Logan He born March 9 1875 Winona Minnesota reared Alma Wisconsin moved with family to Williston North Dakota 1895 operated Great Northern Hotel later Bruegger Mercantile Co Williston Married Julia Kehr in Milwaukee March 16 1901 moved Helena 1929 ran Leonhardt Grocery until four years ago Elks member 44 years Survived by wife daughter Mrs Max Rosenstein of Butte grandson Samuel P Boyd of Yakima WA sisters T V Settle Lydia Leonhardy Williston Idaho Falls Idaho Bella Leonhardy Idaho Falls brother Naldo Leonhardy Williston Several nephews and nieces Body Hagler Mortuary
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Mr. Leonhardy
Winona
Minn
Alma
Wis
Williston
N. D
Great Northern Hotel
Leonhardy
Bruegger Mercantile Co
Julia Kehr
Milwaukee
Helena
State Land Board
The
Elks
Max Rosenstein
S. Clark
Butte
Samuel P. Boyd
Yakima
Wash
T. V. Settle
Lydia Leonhardy
Bella Leonhardy
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Naldo Leonhardy
Hagler Mortuary
Connecticut’s push for new schools eyed at 243 million
Connecticut officials estimate the state will require public schools costing 243 million dollars by 1960. This forecast outlines a major statewide effort to expand education capacity and modernize facilities within the specified timeframe.
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Connecticut
State Sportsmen Stockmen Reminded of Sept 1 Deadline
Montana stockmen and sportsmen were urged to meet by Sept 1 to negotiate hunting and fishing lease terms on state lands. The Montana Stockgrowers Association opposed outdoor lease changes citing landowner losses. Al Reigel and Virgil Jones represented sportsmen for the Montana Wildlife Federation. The board also approved $600,000 to invest in federal treasury notes for 91 days and discussed mineral deposits, weed control districts, waivers for drilling penalties, and timber sales in Ravalli and Sanders counties.
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Helena
State Land Board
Montana
Montana Stockgrowers’ Assa
al Reigel
Virgil Jones
Montana Wildlife Federation
Lou Bretzke
Montana Trust and Legacy Permanent Fund
Treasury
Bretzke
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Ravalli County
Wilmer
Morris Wildey
Curtis Wildey
Milo Wilson
Stanolind Oil and Gas
Yellowstone River
Dawson County
Cascade County
Gareth C. Moon
Missoula
Sanders County
Four Hungry Horse Pupils Achieve Distinction
Four pupils from Hungry Horse school rose to valedictorian status in three Washington high schools this spring. Don Brownson led Columbia Falls High School, Marian Baird at Bridgeport, Norman Seilstad at Connell, and Edward Chatfield at Othello all earned the top grade point honors after starting as eighth graders in Hungry Horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungry Horse
Hungry Horse School
Don Brownson
Columbia Falls High School
Hungry Horse Dam
Washington
Marian Baird
Bridgeport
Wash
Norman Seilstad
Connell, Wash
Edward Chatfield
John H. Casey Seeks Montana Public Service Post
John H. Casey of Great Falls joined Democrats filing for the Montana Railroad and Public Service commissioner nomination. He joins William Crawford of Great Falls William Pilgeram of Helena and Daniel J. Sullivan of Butte in the race announced Monday at party headquarters.
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Helena
Montana Railroad and Public Service
John H. Casey
Great Falls
William Crawford
William Pilgeram
Daniel J. Sullivan
Butte
Monitor ironclad built in 1861 at Greenpoint Long Island
The Civil War era Monitor was constructed in 1861 at Greenpoint Long Island, a key naval ironclad project. The note records its origin at the Brooklyn area shipyard, highlighting its historic build year and location.
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Greenpoint, L. I
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Solons
Falls
Treasure State News
Women Democrats
Paul Leonhardy
St. Peter Hospital
Logan
John Casey
Prudential
Ed. Dolan
C.L.U
W. Broadway
N.A.D.A
Mercury
National Automobile Dealers Used Car Guide
Copper City Motors
Butte, Montana
Deer Lodge
Eliason Ford, Inc
Dillon—Berger-Cochrane Motors
Anaconda—Smelter City Motors
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