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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
2
Nels Anderson aged 89, an early Rimini miner born in Christiansund Norway in 1861, died Monday at his daughter’s home in Canyon Creek. Survived by two daughters, two granddaughters, and two great‑grandchildren. wife Jennie died in 1921. Funeral Wednesday at 9 at Opp Conrad Retz funeral home. burial in Forestvale Cemetery, Helena.
HELENA June 19 reports from the Missouri river at Canyon Ferry damsite show a flow of 15000 cubic feet per second and a rising trend. USGS district engineer Frank Stermitz said tributary stations indicate the flow may rise about 2000 cfs, as the flume around the damsite can handle 23000 cfs.
At Hungry Horse in the South Fork Flathead, about 2,000 men are employed with a weekly payroll near $160,000. The peak season will bring around 2,500 workers, up from 1,900 last year, as concrete placement runs about 4,000 cubic yards daily. Peak river flow reached 24,200 cubic feet per second, with a spring high of 27,000 cfs the prior week.
Helena June 19 The state secretary approved the Montana Photographers association a nonprofit body to raise professional standards. Headquarters will be in Helena with officers Victor A. Guest Kalispell Lloyd Skinner Lewistown Fred E Harrington Great Falls Fred Williams Butte Robert M Catlin Missoula and Chris Behleden Bozeman. Bill Wright Inc Bozeman a mercantile firm was capitalized at 200000 with directors W G Wright Norma P Wright and William N Wright all of Bozeman.
Helena June 19. District Ranger Eric P. White reports record snow depth in Telegraph creek drainage. Drifts impede access in timbered forest service sheep grazing areas, some exceeding eight feet at about 6000 feet. Sheep will be turned onto the range July 1.
Miles City June 19. Foremen of the Milwaukee railroad meet for a two day convention and ask the company to adopt a five day week. They note that mechanical department workers have had a five day week since September 1949.
Montana Agriculture Commissioner Alfred R. Anderson said on Monday that Montana’s U S case in the United States Canadian fight over water from the Waterton and Belly rivers last week was a very strong one.
Hamilton June 18 A district court jury found Joseph J Fitzpatrick of Anaconda guilty of first degree burglary after about four hours deliberation. Judge C E Corner will sentence Fitzpatrick Wednesday. He was charged with burglary of the B and M club a local tavern on April 20 1949.
Montana state examiners board approved a one floor x shaped plan for the Lewistown state home for the senile aged. The brick building will feature four wings with 50 beds each for men and women, a central service core, and isolated wards in two wings. Cost estimated at 800000 for construction and 100000 for furnishings, using 900000 appropriated in 1949. Architect is J G Link of Butte.
HELENA June 19 The state board of health said the hospital project construction schedules under federal grant in aid have been revised and submitted to the US Public Health Service. Director Robert J Munzenrider said the revision aims to adjust the federal funds for 1949 so no federal money will be lost to Montana. There are 13 projects on the schedule covering fiscal years 1948 1949 and 1950.
HELENA June 19. A drilling crew has finished eight test holes along the proposed Canyon Ferry Helena valley irrigation tunnel through the Spokane hills. F. W. Munro of the reclamation bureau Helena planning office said the holes were drilled to obtain earth and rock samples for cost estimates. District Geologist H. C. Elliott of Great Falls assisted. The tunnel will be about three miles long.
Helena June 19 Policies are coming into the state board of hail insurance office in increasing numbers. Board Chairman E F Bowman said the surge indicates good crop prospects this year. About 100 policies arrived Saturday and another 100 were expected Sunday. The recent Montana rain is credited for the rise, though only minor hail damage, mainly to winter wheat, has been reported so far.
In Portland Maine on June 19 Lucia M Cormier a 38 year old Democrat from Rumford won the First district congressional nomination over Dr Adrian H Scolten of Portland. With 125 of 154 precincts counted she led 3503 to 1350.
HELENA Mont June 19. county officials and district judges asked the Montana Supreme Court not to curtail the county grand jury calling such action a severe blow to justice. Adams seeks to cut funding while Porter seeks to halt further indictments and both cases await further briefs and submission. The grand jury has indicted 17 people on 75 counts since last July.
Seoul Korea June 19 The newly elected South Korean assembly opened with an anti Communist address by President Syngman Rhee and a pledge of ongoing American support from John Foster Dulles The State Department adviser told legislators the American people give moral and material aid shared with free world partners and UN backing Rhee warned against appeasement of Russia and warned democracy must resist cold and hot war to prevent Soviet expansion
Laurens Hammond invents a pipeless organ and secures a patent in 1934 marking a milestone in musical instrument design. The device eliminates traditional pipes, using electronic methods to generate tones.
John Ecker, 25, an inmate at Montana state prison in Deer Lodge, was the subject of a search in the Butte area late Monday night. Local officers said Ecker escaped sometime Monday and was believed headed toward Butte. Ecker was described as five feet eight inches tall, about 139 pounds, with brown hair, a dent in his skull, and wearing prison denims.
In Chicago a dead donor’s kidney was transplanted into Mrs. Howard Tucker, 49, showing promising early results. Dr. Richard H. Lawler led the procedure at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, marking the first documented human organ transfer. Doctors expect tests within weeks to determine if the kidney has taken hold.
A hospital notes page lists multiple admissions and discharges with patient names and addresses. Names include Thomas Veals Cathy Langiois Fred Lane John McArthur and Michele Kelley, among others, with numerous street addresses in Walkerville Dillon Anaconda Bozeman and surrounding areas. The entries reflect routine patient movements and household contacts across several locales.
Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon of Butte arrived in Helena Monday to serve as chief executive while Gov. John W. Bonner attends a governors conference in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
The 43rd field artillery of the Montana National Guard left Monday for its range at Armstead near Dillon to fire Tuesday and Wednesday and return to Camp John W. Bonner. The 163rd regimental combat team prepares maneuvers along the Continental divide west of Helena. Brig. Gen. S. H. Mitchell announced a Disabled American Veterans trophy for best showing at the Walla Walla encampment, to be awarded at the military ball Friday. Judges include Col. R. L. Salzmann, Col. Ray Floyd, and Lt. Col. B. A. Armstrong.
Israel on Monday night rejected charges of astonishing negligence in the search for the assassins of Count Folke Bernadotte United Nations Palestine mediator. A government note expressed regret for the slaying and said authorities will renew extensive inquiry though nothing fresh might emerge. case not closed pending new evidence.
Representatives from six western states join Montanans in Great Falls for a regional session on land classification for tax purposes. The conference, sponsored by the Northern Great Plains Tenure committee and the Farm Foundation, runs Wednesday through Saturday with H. R. Stucky of Bozeman as chairman. The event reviews methods used in each state and emphasizes study and discussion with no aim for uniform standards.
State and federal agency representatives join agricul tural economists from land grant colleges for a regional program. The event will discuss methods across states and aims to share research and policy insights among participants.
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