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rr ub an iiw.iv THE HELENA DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1934 appenings of Interest From Over the State NEW HIGHWAY BRIDGE OPENS TO TRAVEL PRELIMINARY PROCEDURE IN FILING FOR GRAZING LEASES IS FIRE IT MILES CITY IS iilUnv GET SI PER TON US FEDERAL BENEFIT Billings, Oct. 10. Federal benefit payments of 1 ton will be made on current sugar best produc-' tlon as soon as the new AAA growing contracts are delivered and signed in this district. This assurance was voiced here Tuesday by F. E.

Huddleston, president of the Montana-Wyomlng Sugar Beet Growers association, home from Washington where he sat In on the conference which fixed the manner of distributing the sugar processing tax and allotting production tonnages tor 1935 and 1936. At 1 a ton, the payment will net growers of the district about The payment would be the first on a crop which Billings district growers figure will bring them at least $7 a ton when the final re--turns are In. Mr. Huddleston said the new contracts are now In the government printing office and should be ready for distribution In a short time. They will be handled through county extension Ifflces, much In the manner of wheat allotment contracts.

To flcllltate payments, the leader announced, the government Is to establish a payment bureau at Denver for the Intermountain region. Within the past few days motorists plying east and west over the heavily traveled Yellowstone highway to Beattie or the Twin Cities, have been prlvil eged to use this fine new 500-foot bridge costing 68,628 which spans the Yellowstone river one-half mile east of Livingston. general operations, a statement as to what previous use, If any, the applicant has made of the lands applied tor, and If the lands have been used by anyone else, if so, by whom, for what purpose and to what extent. Must Serve Notice The applicant also must furnish evidence that notice has been served upon owners of lands contiguous to the lands applied for. The filing tee Is $5 for 1,000 acres or less and 5 for each additional 1,000 acres or fractional part.

If the application Is rejected the fee will be returned to the applicant but If the lease application Is approved the tee wljl be retained and considered earned as a service charge. Applications must be for at least 640 acres. Two or more Isolated or disconnected tracts totaling 640 acres or more may be Included In an application, however. The filing for lands under the Taylor bill up to 3,840 acres segregates the land applied for from other disposition under public land laws subject to any prior valid adverse claim. Mineral contents In the land, however, will remain subject to prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing or patenting under provisions of the mining laws, and to appropriation for rights of way.

No Right by Filing The filing only does not give the applicant proprietorship or control over the lands pending action on the application, nor does It create any right In the applicant for a lease. An application for a tract of more than 3,840 acres does not have the effect of segregating the land, except at the discretion of the secretary. Vsi it I COLLEGE LIVESTOCK Bozeman, Oct. 10. Montana State college livestock entered In the Pacific International Llveetock show at Portland, won five first places, two seconds, a third and a fourth, advises D.

W. Chittenden, head of the State college livestock department. The shorthorns exhibited by the college placed as follows: First Junior yearling steer, first summer yearling steer, second Junior calf, and first place for the best herd of three shorthorns. The Hereford entries placed as follows: First senior calf, second summer yearling steer, third Junior yoarltng crossbred spayed heifer and fourth junior calf. The Hereford herd of three likewise took first place.

Government Trapper Will Attempt to Wipe Out Coyotes Miles City, Oct. 10. A government trapper will be sent to the Mlzpah section to assist In eradicating coyote and lynx that have been killing sheep and antelope In that section, according to a letter from the state fish and game department to the Custer Rod and Gun club. It was learned today. The request for a government hunter was made by the club on complaint of Martin Muller of near Mlzpah.

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES ARE MANY IN MUSSELSHELL Roundup, Oct. 10. (JP) Musselshell county may have a "corner" on independent candidates in the field for the November election. No less than five contenders have entered the lists here for the forthcoming referendum. Two of the unattached aspirants are seeking a place In the legislature and both of them are former members of the house from this district.

They are Laverne Hamilton of Musselshell and Clarence Merritt of Roundup, former representatives, who will oppose the regular party nominees W. G. Jarrett, democrat, and J. A. Liggett, republican.

The other Independents are Harry H. Harper, Roundup, for county superintendent of schools; Charles Overend, Roundup, for county commissioner, and W. R. "Russell" Phalr, Roundup, for treasurer. HAVRE POLL Havre, Oct.

10. (JP) Voters of Havre wlllgo to the polls tomorrow to ballot on a proposed bond Issue for the construction of a natural gas distributing system. Great Falls, Oct. 10. (JP) Rules for preliminary procedure to be followed In filing applications for grazing leases under provisions of the Taylor grazing act, have been outlined here by Register T.

F. Cor-bally of the Great Falls land office. The act permits the secretary ot the Interior to lease upon such terms and conditions as he may provide vacant unappropriated and unreserved lands ot the public domalu situated In Isolated or disconnected tracts of 40 acres or more which are not jutlfled In Inclusion In any grazing district. Must De Citizen The applicant, Register Corbally said, If an Individual, must be a citizen of the United States or must have declared his Intention to become such. If a group or association It must be organised to do business In the stste.

Lesse applications must be filed In Quadruplicate In the land office for the district In which the land applied for is located. No specific form of application la required and no application blanks will be furnished, but the applicant must give the following information: Name, address, whether native born or naturalized, if a coporatlon a certified copy of the articles of, if an association a copy ot the constitution and by-laws and evidence of membership, a description of the land in legal subdivisions and a statement as to whether the lands contain springs or water holes and whether lands are occupied and by whom, a legal description of lands owned by the applicant upon which the sppl atlon is based, a statement of the umber and kind of stock to be grazed and seasons of contemplated use and manner In which land applied for will be used In Cin COMMISSION Miles City, Oct. 10. Most Important of the Items confronting the city council Monday night was the question of lighting the municipal airport. E.

B. Winter, chairman of the local airport commission, appeared before the aldermen and told them lights were being Installed on all major airports between Chicago and Seattle in anticipation of night flying. As the airport Is public property, the lighting equipment must be Installed by the city, he said. Kurt Wlel, city engineer, estimated the Installation would cost 33,000, and C. A.

Oecraft, manager of the Milee City branch, the Montana-Dakota Power cofpany, said the cost for electricity should not be prohibitive. Equipment required by the department of commerce consists of a beacon, floodlights and border lights, and obstruction lights. Radio stations will be Installed west and east of and four government men will be permanently employed here, Mr. Winter said. ILDI Washington, Oct.

10. (JP) Appointment of R. C. Jacobson as regional director for the Rocky mountain states was announced today by the Labor Relations board. Jacobson will have headquarters In Denver.

The district Includes Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and eastern Idaho. Compulsory military service will shortly be Introduced again Into Austria. By Williams I '4 -l CTP.WiUiAMfc Butte, Oct. 10. The best plSro for a fishing reel when a fisherman Is knee deep In water with a two-foot trout on the end of his line Is In his pocket.

At least that Is what John Connolly, bailiff in Judge T. E. Downeys court, contends. And Connolly friends at the courthouse contend that' he should know as he returned safelv Sunday from a fishing trip to the Madison with both the "mammoth trout and his new reel, a prized birthday gift from a friend. The trout was tugging terribly on his line, according to the story Connolly Is reported to have related and the boat was swaying He was near the bank and so he stepped out In the water "rather then get spilled by the brutes tugging." Holding the line carefully he removed the reel from his rod, placed It safely In his pocket and then proceeded hand over hand to pull In the trout.

The Job took him 15 minutes. The weight of the trout, a rainbow, was not given, but Conolly Insists that It was the "biggest and best caught by any of the courthouse fishermen this season. Butte, Oct. 10. (JP) The Roosevelt Democratic club of Montana Is rounding out plans for a series of pre-election dinners and rallys signaling the close of the current campaign.

In Butte the first of the democratic powwows will be held Oct. 15, at the Silver Bow club with the peaking list Including Mayor Archie McTaggart. William Meyer, halrman of the Silver Bow county democratic committee; Mayor Provost of Anaconda, Lester Loble of Helena, and the state and national candidates. Similar affairs are being planned for Billings, Missoula and Great Falls. ROAD WORK Broadus, Oct.

10. (JP) Construction of a highway from Broadus to Belle Fourche, S. will get under way here next week under the direction of William Brittain, Miles City highway engineer. Hand and team labor will be utilised to the fullest extent to afford the imam of employment, he said. CIGARETTE PRICES Washington, Oct.

10. (P) NRA today extended nntll January 11 the minimum prices fixed on the four popular cigarette brands of 13 cents a package or two for 25 cents. For United 8tates Senator B. K. WHEELER Butte.

For United States Senator JAMES E. MURRAY of Butte. For Congress First District JOSEPH P. MONAGHAN of Butte. For Congress Second District ROY E.

AYERS of Lewlstown. For Chief Justice W. B. SANDS of Chinook. For Associate Justice CLAUDE F.

MORRIS of Havre. For Railroad Commissioner JERRY J. OCONNELL of Butte. For Clerk of the Court A. T.

PORTER of Stevensvllle. For the Legislature ARTHUR C. PARSONS PETER HILOER C. BARDON For County Commissioner T. J.

COONEY For County Clerk A. J. DUNCAN For Sheriff E. B. (CHUB) MUNGER For County Treasurer R.

O. (GAR) LUTEY For County Assessor CHARLES H. MARTIEN For County Attorney WALTER J. NILAN For County Superintendent -FRANCES FORGY For Public Administrator D. TIPTON For Coroner DR.

OTT9 O. KLEIN For Juatlea of the Peace 1 JULIUS P. BRASS A. J. WHITE A.

For Constable 1 CAP ADAMSON Miles City, Oct. 10 Fire of unknown origin caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars to the grandstand at the fairgrounds Sunday. Smoke, was noticed pouring from the structure shortly before noon by "Uncle Charlie." negro caretaker, who lmmedi ately telephoned the alarm. Shortly afterward a fire truck arrived and the battle began Flames had enveloped the entire Interior of the stands, and within a short time a second truck was called. The heat was suffocating and firemen, battling valiantly for several hours, were nearly smothered at times.

Fortunately the building Is covered by insurance. The regular caretaker reported he was Inside the building at 10 oclock Sunday morning, drove away several small boys who were looking for bottles and loose change dropped during the Saturday night game, and left shortly afterward for a picnic. In his abftence the grounds were left In charge of "Uncle Charlie. The flames broke out In the high school concession room beneath the stands and Immediately north of the entrance hallway. "Uncle Charlie reported he saw three small boys running away from the stands shortly before he noticed the smoke, and there is a possibility the boys accidently fired the building.

In the concession room was a can of gasoline, containing fuel for a portable gasoline stove. It Is thought the explosion of the gasoline gave the fire Its rapid start. Immediately behind the booth was a pile of lumber, which was undoubtedly lnstrupental In causing the fire to spread rapidly. lira or Shelby, Oct. 10.

(JP) Charles Martin, 68, pioneer of this section and son of the first white woman to go Into the Marlas river country, was found dead here late yesterday in a chair In the basement of the junior high school, where he had been a janitor for many years. He had been dead only a short time when Mrs. Martin discovered the body. Heart disease was given as the cause of death. Martin was born at Darlington, July 14, 1866, and came to Fort Benton by Missouri river steamer with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. James M. Martin, In 1883. In the spring of 1884, the family settled on what had been known ei the Osborne place on the Marlas river. He married Anna Hicks In June, 1909, at Choteau.

Besides the widow he Is survived by three sons. Lute, Chester and Stanley, all of Shelby, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Benton of Great Falls. Three Clyde, Wallace and Harvey, also reside here. A sister, Mrs.

Bessie Pruitt, died a few years ago. PIIISTJi 39 YEARS Missoula, Oct. 10. (JP) 8. J.

England of Glendive and Harry Aherns of Missoula, brothers, met here this week for the first time In 38 years. England came here three weeks ago In search of his younger brother, Harry, who. had been adopted as a baby by a Bitter Root valley couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Aherns.

The Aherns died about 20 years ago. When England lost his wife and family In Ja hurricane In Florida nine years ago, he said, he began the search for his two brothers and two sisters. He said he has since learned that he had been within a few miles of his other brother and his sisters while traveling in the East, though unaware of It then. Yellowtail to Give Talk to Club Meet Billings. Oct.

10. With delegates expected from the 16 member clubs, the 37th triennial meeting of the Yellowstone County Federation of Womens Clubs will open Thursday morning In Losekamp Memorial hall at the Billings Polytechnic Institute, Highlights of the one-day program will be addresses by Robert Yellowtail, superintendent of the Crow Indian reservation, and Mrs. Dennis Flahaven of Missoula, chairman of the International relations committee of the Montana division, American Association of University Women. Opening the afternoon meeting, Mr. Yellowtail will address the gathering on "The Indian and the New Deal." "International Problems will be the subject discussed by Mrs.

FUhkvsn. A musical pro-gram will be presented by a group of Polytechnic students under the direction of Mrs. H. Riley Best. CATTLE SHIPPED Roaadup, Oct.

10. Musselshell county has shipped 1,658 head of drought cattle to Butte for proc easing, with approximately 1,000 bead remaining to be purchased under the county Quota, -4 Glamorous Constance Bennett (above), wife of the Marquise de la Falalse, says she will fly acrosa the to the defense of Mra. Gloria Vanderbilt If necessary to scotch the "fantastic, low stories told in court. TOR FIRST TIME IN IE Havre, Oct. 10.

Whlteflsh will come to Havre Saturday night to meet the Havre Blue Ponies and Introduce night football to Havre football fans. Work of Installing floodlights at the field is nearly completed and Saturdays battle between Havre and the Fishers Is called for 7:45 oclock. Tickets were placed on sale today and athletic officials of the high school are preparing for a large crowd. Chicago Folkert Posthuma, for 20 years honorary vice consul for the Netherlands, died. OUT OUR WAY mu rar.ttr.

YOU TO A HECK TO FRAIL FDOSH HEGIST IT STITE COLLEGE SETSJEW REGORD Bozeman, Oct. 10. Freshman registration at Montana State college this year has set an all-time record, figures released by W. H. McCall, registrar, reveal.

Four hundred and sixteen first-year students have enrolled at the Institution, In 1933 there were 386, while In 1932 there were 320. The freshman registration In 1931 was 344 and In 1930 It reached 372. Total registration this year shows an Increase of nearly' 12 per cent over a year ago and based on this percentage the registration for the three quarters of the 1934-35 school year will be only five under the peak registration of the school year In 1930-31. The 1934-35 student body, numbering 1,076, Is composed of 39 graduates, 168 seniors, 158 Juniors, 295 sophomores, and 416 freshmen. A year ago there were 36 graduate students, 169 seniors, 158 juniors, 212 sophomores, and 386 freshmen.

The total years registration In 1933-34 was 1,034. In 1930-31, the top year, total registration reached 1,204. 951 TEACHERS IRE ON CASCADE STIFF Great Falls, Oct. 10. More than 90 per cent of all teachers employed In the schools of Cascade county are graduates of normal schools or have had two or more years of college training, It Is reported by Lillian L.

Brown, superintendent of schools. The educational attainments of the county teaching staffs are gradually being Increased. A total of 351 teachers are employed In public schools this year, and the number of teachers holding different types of certificates follows: Secondary life, 35; elementary life, 87; secondary state, 35; elementary state, 37; secondary temporary, elementary temporary, life, 35; university certificate of qualification to teach, 15; normal, 51; Indefinite special, 14; special, professional, first grade, 14; second grade, 17, and special permits, 1. Holders of secondary and elementary life and secondary state certificates are graduates of colleges or universities. At least 88 of the 351 teachers hare had four or more years of college training.

Brown Goat Gets Toms Goat and Its Queer World Billings, Oct. 10. No one may have ever gotten TomGlldays goat, but Tuesday night It was a certainty that Gllday had gotten somebodys "Nanny. Gllday, Northern Pacific railway special officer, ever on the alert for miscreants, appeared In the police station shortly before midnight. Tied to a rope and fighting every Inch of progress was a light brown milch goat.

Gllday had dragged the animal up the city ball steps, through the door and across the corridors linoleum. "Offender," Gllday puffed. "Ob streperous offender. She Just went through a light. The goat stood very quiet, eyeing her captor, "You.

want her booked?" Sergt, Frank Floyd Inquired. "No, -HI take her home With me," decided Gllday. "Help me get her Into my car." Whereupon the obliging sergeant grabbed one horn and Gllday the other and they dragged the goat back over the route she had come, down the steps, across the sidewalk, to the curb where she Was boosted Into the rear end of a waiting sedan. What the meaning of It all was Mr. Gllday did not stop to explain.

Maybe he was merely trying to get the sergeants goat. HUGH JOHNSON ILL Washington, Oct. 10. (JP) Suffering from a cold, Hugh S. Johnson was In Walter Reed hospital today tot flnns treatments Billings, Oct.

10. Taking possession of the fifth home they have occupied since their lodre came Into being, 37 years ago, Billings Elks Wednesday night formally opened their new quarters on the second floor of tho Midland National bank building. The home was nearly twice as much space as the former lodge rooms at 218 North Broadway. A stag party honored the "old timers of the lodge, many of whom were In the original group which met to dedicate the lodge charter on Dec. 11, 1898.

At that time the antlered order foregathered In the Masonic hall over the Bluo Grass saloon on North Twenty-seventh street, a block as the crow flies from the new lodge rooms. The Elks continued to share space with the Masons until the turn of the century, when the lodge had grown to such proportions that a change to larger quarters became Imperative. The home was moved to tho upper floor of the Billings bank build- Ing, which later became known as the American bank building. There the Elks remained until 1910. In that year they moved Into their own building at Third avenue and North Twenty-seventh street.

The strain of supporting the three-story edifice was too mnch for the lodge's pocketbook and In 1918 It was surrendered to the bondholders, who later turned It over to the Billings Commercial club. In. the meantime tho Elks had shifted their headquarters to a location near First avenue and North Twenty-ninth street, where they remained until 1929, when they moved to 218 North Broadway. Eight of the 42 charter members survive. Four of them are In Billings and a special effort Is to be made to have them at the opening of the club.

FLETCHER'S CHARGES Washington, Oct. 10. (JP) Pressing his charge that democratic government officials had used re-' lief funds to influence elections, Chairman Fletcher of 'fhe Republican National committee said Chairman Farley of the Democratic National committee did not answer an Inquiry as to why a 10 per cent reduction was made from checks paid for cattle raised in Montana. The Republican National committee has in its possession, said Fletcher's statement, a photostat of an official check drawn for 25 on the Albuquerque National Trust and Savings bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico, under date of September 28, 1934, by Edward C. Robertson, New Mexicos state manager of the H6me Owners' Loan corporation to the order of W.

C. Oestrelch, democratic chairman. It Is endorsed by Mr. Oestrelch, 'democratic Is this, like the cattle appraisers checks, a Campaign contribution from federal employes? Is the same process being resorted to In other states? INFANTS ENJOY SUN Callender, 10. (JP) The famous Dionne quintuplet sisters today spent almost an hour out In the sunshine, "acquiring a tan to match their curly brown hair and their eyes, which also are turning brown.

In the World war, after the first gas attack of the Germans, which caught the allies wholly unprepared the wind Joined the allied cause. It blew toward the German lines for months and gave the British to make gas mask, OLD POUT FIZZLE LIES Missoula, Oct. 10. (JP) Only sshss remain of Fort Flizle, a hastily constructed rampart of logs, earth and stones cast up In 1877 by regulars and volunteers who had planned to block the passage of Chief Joseph's Nes Perce tribesmen across the Lolo mountains In their campaign against the whites. A brush fire this summer finished the destruction that the elements had started.

Captain Rawn, in charge of United States troops and volunteers, had marched up the Lolo canyon to intercept the chief on the warpath. They pitched camp on a slight eminence and about this fold of earth, tor several hundred feet, cast up encircling breastworks sometimes two logs on the ground and one above, and sometimes four or fire logs. Captain Rawn Intercepted Chief Joseph, army reports say, and Informed the Nes Perce leader his party could cross the mountains "only over our dead bodies. Joseph replied he would cfoss, and not over any bodies. The fort has been called the landmark of a battle of wits.

STATE BRIEFS Butte One hundred and twenty-five leaders In the Butte business world will comprise a good-will caravan to leave here Oct. 18, returning Ort. 20, after visits to a score of western and southern Montana cities. Night stops will be made at Dillon and Boseman, reaching Missoula for the Mlnes-Unlverslty football game the final day. Great Falls A phasq of the Frazler-Lempke moratorium act was considered before Federal Judge Charles N.

Pray here when attorneys In a litigation before him argued whether under the act an appeal may be made to the state supreme court In a fraudulent land transfer. Butte That he may continue his study for an eagle award, Butte Boy Scout officials have arranged for Truxton Connors to take a special first class scout examination as he lies on his bed at home recovering from severe burns suffered In a gasoline blast. Boseman Widowed several weeks ago, Mrs. Bessie W. Smith pleaded guilty In district court to the charge of forgery and will be arraigned Monday for sentence.

The transaction Involved a 10 check. Lewlstown Spokesmen for the Blackfeet Indians near Glacier park conferred here with Congressman Ayers whose aid they enlisted In an attempt to obtain 12,000 head of cattle from the drought areas. Bozeman Unlees additional funds are provided the sheep purchasing program In Montana must greatly curtailed, J. C. Taylor, extension director, announced after a conference In Miles City.

Livingston With 20 or more children from families unemployed as students, an FERA nursery school Is to be opened here 6ct. 12. Judith Gap Charles A. Evans, 88, one of the first white settlers to locate In the Moore district, died at bis borne there. 1 MADE THAT BOX IN? THAT'S OF A RING FIGHT THAT AT'S JIST TH' KIND, WHEN VOU DONY KNOW HOW GOOD TH OTHER GUY IS.

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