Drought Strains Eastern Montana Crops and Range
The weekly federal weather crop report notes prolonged drought spreading through eastern Montana, with inadequate moisture in northern counties and the eastern third. Scattered rain offered brief relief while farmers plan stock marketing as drought persists and crop stands show heavy spotting and premature heading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Federal
Weather and Agricultural Economics Bureau
South Central
Flathead County
Daniels
Prarie
Lincoln County
Teton
Belgrade
Bozeman
Lewistown
Livingston
Medicine Lake
Miles City
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Jeffer- Madison
Gallatin River
Treasure State News Olsen Loses Slot Machine Test in Helena Court
In Helena District Court Judge Padbury tosses gambling charges against Milton Israel and the Diversion club, ruling non profit social clubs are exempt from slot machine prohibitions. Attorney General Olsen argued non profits violate the law. the decision centers on Montana's 1937 and 1945 interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana
George W. Padbury, Jr
Milton D. Israel
Padbury
Israel
E. R. Munger
Diversion Club
Colonial Club
Here
Olsen
Work on Flesher Road to Start
Helena news reports county road crews will begin 3.2 miles of new road on the Lincoln side of Flesher pass next week. The route to Willow Creek will connect to the Lincoln-Mike Horse area and should be passable this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lincoln
Flesher Pass
Willow Creek
Lincoln-Mike Horse
Montana Land Board Set To Hear Lease Cancellation
The Montana Land board will hear a bid to cancel state grazing leases on six Crow Indian reservation sections July 13. Lease holder M H Tschirgi Wyola must appear show cause why leases should not be canceled. Clem Cormier Billings claims sublease without board permission violated law. The land was subleased to the Reservation Ranchers association for grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Crow Indian Reservation
Montana Land Board
William Pilgeram
M. H. Tschirgi
Wyola
Clem Cormier
Billings
Big Horn County
Tschirgi
State Land Board
Reservation Ranchers Association
Cormier
Interior Mechanisms Missing From Seized Slot Machines
In Helena a raid on the Club Lounge yielded missing inner workings from seized slot machines. County attorney Melvin Magnuson said the wheels and money boxes were gone when machines were moved to the courthouse. Constable James McKelvey noted a mysterious call to watchman Harry Gilmer, who was later found at his home. No tampering evidence at the warehouse and a temporary injunction restrains the premises as a nuisance pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Lewis and Clark County
Melvin Magnuson
Arnold H. Olsen
James McKelvey
Harry Gilmer
McKelvey
Gilmer
A. J. Horsky
Freightways rate case set for July hearing
Helena June 28 An application by Consolidated Freightways Inc for a rate revision on intrastate movement of household goods in Montana will be heard here July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Consolidated Freightways, Inc
Montana
No Firecrackers on Forest Land
Regional forest officials warn that firing firecrackers is prohibited in national forests as the Fourth of July weekend nears. No camp fire permits are needed on Montana and Idaho forest land this season, though debris burning permits are required by state law in Montana Idaho and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Region No. 1
Forest Service
F. M. Fite
National Forest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Young Republicans deny knives out for old guard
Helena June 28 A national Young Republicans officer rejected a Salt Lake City AP report that the group has its knives out for older party members. O Louise Replogle co chairwoman and Fergus county attorney said the claim is unfounded and that the younger group works shoulder to shoulder with the senior group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
The
Young Republicans
O. Louise Replogle
National Young Republicans
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
United States
Miss Replogle
New Spotted Fever Case Reported in Montana Health Bulletin
Montana’s health board reports 105 new measles cases including 43 in Great Falls and 14 tuberculosis last week. A Rocky Mountain spotted fever case occurred in Musselshell county and an infantile paralysis case in Pondora county, with additional cases of typhoid fever, scarlet fever, whooping cough, chickenpox, mumps, gonorrhea and syphilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Rocky Mountain
Montana
State Health Board
Musselshell
Pondora
Great Falls
Chouteau County
Sanders County
Montana to Buy Treasury Bonds to Refinance Debentures
Helena June 28 Neil Fisher Montana treasurer plans to buy 100000 in United States Treasury bonds soon after July 1 to retire 12 million in state highway debentures. Bonds yield 2 1/2 percent and are callable in 1967 and due 1972. Interest on debentures is 1.7 percent paid from current gasoline tax. Bonds purchased with gasoline tax funds. Fisher recently bought 1 million in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Neil Fisher
United States Treasury
Fisher
Treasury
Past Presidents Night Observed by Kiwanis in Deer Lodge
In Deer Lodge on June 28 Kiwanis officers held Past Presidents Night at the Hotel Deer Lodge with Charles Hubbard leading. Don Valston traced the club’s 1922 origin and yearly progress. numerous former presidents attended. A July 11 meeting was slated due to the Fourth of July holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam _ Harris
Bob Wyckoff
O. M. Bryan
Louis Kiefer
Ray Barth
Conrad
George Bilden
Frank Shaw
Elmer Larson
Jack Newton
Barnsville
Minn
Howard Elliott
Deer Lodge
Paul Stone
Kennewick
Wash
Rotary Meeting Planned at Rock Creek Lake Scout Camp
Rotary Club schedules its regular gathering at Rock Creek Lake Scout Camp in Deer Lodge on Wednesday at 7 PM. A steak dinner will be prepared by club members with Ralph Beck presiding in his final session before A A Malcolm takes over in July. all Rotarians are invited to attend the steak fry.
Moose to Sponsor Delegate to Boys State
Deer Lodge June 28 The Loyal Order of Moose announced a boy will be sponsored to attend Boys State this fall in Dillon. They chose Bill Townsley as their representative to the meet. Four other youths have already been sponsored by community groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Dillon
Bill Townsley
Milwaukee Club Picnic Planned at Deer Park
The Milwaukee Women's Club hosts its annual picnic for Milwaukee families at Deer Park on Thursday at 5 30 PM. Each family brings a covered dish and provides their own dishes and silver. Mrs P L Kirwan serves as general chairman and daylight saving time will be observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Woman’s Club
Deer Park
P. L. Kirwan
Deer Lodge Falls to Philipsburg in Thrilling Game
Deer Lodge Independent baseball players lost to Philipsburg on Sunday in a fast game hosted in Philipsburg. The locals plan a return match as they work to fix weaknesses and regain the edge. In Deer Lodge, veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary members returned from Billings after the department encampment, including Mrs. Sally Star and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Philipsburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department
Billings
Sally Star
Marie Speck
Furell Hurlburt
Arden Jenkins
Noel H. Boyer
Hugh Mellen
O'Hara Named Assistant Director of Navajo Project
June 28 report announces War ren L. O'Hara, longtime Blackfeet reservation superintendent, appointed assistant director of the Navajo project at Window Rock Arizona. O'Hara previously led the Crow reservation service before Browning assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Warren L. O’hara
Blackfeet
Window Rock
Ariz
O’hara
Crow Reservation
Claude K. Smith Funeral Held
Claude K. Smith, a former Butte resident and second hand store operator in Anaconda, received full military honors at his funeral in Finnegan chapel. The service in Mountain View cemetery included Legion guard, firing squad, color guards, and buglers, with Rev. Eric Wright officiating.
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Anaconda
Claude K. Smith
Finnegan Chapel
Smith
Butte
Eric Wright
Anaconda Legionnaires
Silver Bow Post
Legion
American Legion
Mountain View
William Gilbert
William Carlson
Willard Cocking
Henry Gardner
James McCashin
William Tucker
Jack Duggan
Charles Ellis
Barney Tavasci
al Bartle
Phil McDonald
Ray Schilling
Harold Schilling
Art Clark
Norman Niva
Science Slowly Is Catching Up With Drunk Driver
Science gradually closes gap with drunk driving say delegates at a western safety conference in Portland. Jack Whittall of Chicago cited 100 years of testing and noted tests are now absolute with 10 states enacting laws. In Detroit three years of use cut intoxication related traffic fatalities by 70 percent. Tests measure blood or breath, not alcohol amount, at about .15 percent. Northwestern traffic institute director Franklin Kreml urged safety courses reach rural areas as deaths in small towns double city rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Jack Whittal
Chicago
Detroit
Whittall
Franklin M. Kreml
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Hardware men to note date for Montana convention
Helena June 28 The golden anniversary convention of the Montana Hardware and Implement association will be held Oct 24 26 in Helena Executive Secretary N O Blevins said Tuesday Plans for the convention and merchandise exhibit were discussed at a directors meeting in Great Falls Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Hardware and Implement Association
N. O. Blevins
Great Falls
Landlord Tenant Duel In Great Falls Emerges
An anonymous letter and a court order shape a landlord tenant dispute in Great Falls. The Welshs seek eviction of landlords Griff and Pritchard after alleged unlawful entry and occupancy changes. A rent control office move cut the monthly rent from 65 to 60 dollars and referred the case to its San Francisco legal division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
John P. Welsh
Griff Pritchard
Welsh
Pritchards
Pritchard
Area Rent Control Office
San Francisco
Rent Control Office
Subcommittee OKs Buffalo Rapids irrigation completion
A House public lands subcommittee approved a bill to authorize finishing the Buffalo Rapids project on the Yellowstone in Montana. Floyd E. Dominy testified the project would cost about $1,560,000. A note adds peat bogs’ uniform year round temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Washington
House Public Lands
Buffalo Rapids
Yellowstone River
Montana
Floyd E. Dominy
Reclamation Bureau
Fact Finders Report Urges End to Hawaiian Stevedore Strike
A territorial fact-finding board recommended immediate end to the 58 day Hawaiian stevedore strike and a 14 cent hours wage hike for longshoremen. Acting Gov. Oren E. Long announced the results ahead of schedule amid calls for both sides to accept the recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Oren E. Long
Ingram Stainback
Long
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Croatian Lodge President Dies
Joseph Krajacich, 63, president of the supreme lodge of the Croatian Brotherhood, died at a local hospital Tuesday in Great Falls. Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning. He was a native of Yugoslavia and past recording secretary of the Croatian Brotherhood and a member of Zvonimir lodge No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Joseph Krajacich
Supreme Lodge of the
Croatian Brotherhood
Krajacich
Yugoslavia
Zvonimir Lodge No. 1
Rotary Heads to Meet Polson
Montana rotary club officers announce the state assembly in Polson on July 11 12. Presidents vice presidents and secretaries from clubs statewide will attend the event hosted by the local Rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Polson
Montana
Rotary Clubs
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Don W. Jorgenson
Montana State College Alumni Association
William B. Nelson
Sidney
Gordon Westlake
Frances Hale Jerabek
Moose
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