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CONTINUING THB CUtB iN COUNTY CHRONICLE
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VOL. «, NO. 28.
RED LODGE, CARBON
MONTANA-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1925.
$3.60 PER YEAR
QUEEN RAMONA IS
RECIPIENT OF MANY
SOCIAL HONORS
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Queen Ramona of Red Lodg» left
Wednesday for Bozeman where she
will be presented at the Gallatin Coun
■ty JF'eir. On Saturday in Lewistown
ahe was the honored guest of the
American Legion at a reception and
dance. She was accompanied by her
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chaperon, Mrs. R. M. Porter, on both
of these trips.
Friday night at the Labor Temple
in this city a dance will be given in her
honor, the proceeds of which will be
used in connection with her trip to
Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she will of-1
fleially represent the Treasure state as
Queen Montana IV. She will be ac
companied on this trip by her chap
eron, Mrs. Lillian Miracle of Helena,
Miss Berta will meet Mrs. Miracle in
Billings on Saturday and they will
leave Sunday for Tulsa. Arriving in
the exposition city,there will be ten
days of social activities honoring the
Queens from seventeen oil states, if
ail are represented.
Only members of the Junior and
Senior classes are eligible to the new
club. A constitution, drawn by a com
mittee of students, was accepted at
DRAMATIC CLUB
IS ORGANIZED AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL
The Carbon County High School
Dramatic Club was organized last
Friday, under the direction of J. L.
Purdy, supervisor of public speaking
at the high school.
the meeting and the following officers
were elected: Walter Aho, president;
Mabel Bekkarinen, vice president;
Edna Morgan, treasurer; Byron Whit
comb, secretary; Joe Flaherty, report
er and J. L. Purdy, advisor.
Meetings of the club will be open to
the public once a month and regular
club meetings will be held every two
weeks at which time short programs
will be rendered, including Shake
speare's plays and other popular pre
sentations.
The organization of the new body
is for the purpose of developing school
spirit and bringing closer the people
of Red Lodge and the school students.
Carbon County Repre
sented by Big Attend
ance at Billings Fairi
Some of those who attended the
Midland Empire Fair at Billings from
Red Lodge and near-by towns, one or
more days of the week, were: Mr.
and Mrs. O. J. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Flashman, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Northrop, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. F. Sieg
friedt, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. P. Shelley,
Helen May Shelley, Mrs. Margaret
Storm, E. B. Shelley, Miss Hattie An
derson, Miss Alma Anderson, Mrs.
Anderson of Joliet, Mrs. F. I. Johnson,
Miss Elizabeth Cummings, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Roysdon, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Hautonen and children, Mrs. Fred
Schneider, Mrs. M. E. Peppinger,
Merle Mettler, Miss Dagmar DeBerg,
Mrs. Gus DeBerg, Blazine Sconfienza,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Foltz, Dr. and Mrs.
C. L. Kohen, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Moore, Miss Kate Barofsky, Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Hardy, Jean Weitzel, Chris
Becklen, Jack Fleming, Morgan Me
Allister, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Riehel,
Mrs. R. M. Porter, Daisy Whalen,
Ramona Berta, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. ;
Gerondale, lone Lyle, Jack Alderaon, !
Verne Kuhl, Jack Weaver, Miss Es
telle Provinse, Sofia Hayha, Miss Vir
ginia Brown and Roscoe Martin.
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A MORAL CODE FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
A moral code for school children has
been furnished by the state educational
department. The code is printed on
an attractive poster which adorns the
walls of every school room in the
state.
It reads:
'If I want to be a happy
useful citizen I must have Courage
Truth and Honesty, Heatthfulneai and
Cleanliness, Helpfulness and Unsetf
ishneaa, Chalrty, Humility and Rever
ence, Faith and RcspoBeibUity.''
TREASURESTATE
IS ILLUMINED BY
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Great Falls, Sept. 21.—Northern
lights appeared in the sky over Great
Fall« at midnight last night. The
: phenomenon took the form of faintly
! luminescent bands hanging from the
! Zenith. The Aurora polaris, first vis
ible > s the north, drifted toward th*
we st and then vanished.
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Lewistown Views Beauty
Lewistown, Sept. 21.—A particularly
brilliant and extensive aurora boeralis
illuminated the skies late last night,
presenting a beautiful spectacle that
w > s visible by many observers,
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Lewistown, Ida., Sept, 21.—Aurora
borealis were plainly visible from here.
Sunday night starting at about 10
o'clock. They first appeared as merely
a bright glow on the northern hori
zon, but by midnight streaks of light
; were shooting toward midsky. The
1 exhibition was the brightest viewed
from this place in many years,
Best in Years
Prodigious Job For Three Judges
Prize Letter Contest.
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Governor Erickson, Ray M. Hart,
president of the Hart-Albin Co., and
O. S. Warden, manager of the neat
Falls Tribune acting as judges ft he
I All-Montana Development Associât; >■
$200 Cash Prize Letter Contest have
a stupendous task before them in the
reading of more than one thousand
letters received up to midnight Satur-1
1026 BUY-AT-HOME
LETTERS RECEIVED
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day, beptember 19th, the closing day^
of the con es .
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Every mail during the last week
brought from 19 to 26 registered let
ters in addition to hundreds of letters
received in open mail.
Some few of the letters are type
Many are written with a
They have come from
Business
written,
lead pencil.
every corner of the state,
men and women, farmers, stockmen,
women who live in the cities and wives
of farmers, many children also have
sent in their contributions to this con
test, said W. A. Selvidge, president
of the Association. We had no idea
that this BUY-AT-HOME problem
of such interest to all classes of
was
Montana people when we inaugurated
this campaign, said Mr. Selvidge, and
it is my opinion that no other subject 1
could have brought such an avalanche I
of letters even though the cash prizes
were three or four times the $200.00
amount which our Association has
offered.
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We expect a 8 " n, ™ ,t r 0 re j
plies and supposed that the work of
judging the letters would consume only j
a day or two a ter e c osi o le
contest but reading and judging over |
a thousand letters will take the judges
some time and the announcement of j
the winners through the columns of j
this paper will be made just as soon i
as this work is accomplished, said Mr.
clagg roorng .
Tbc ultimate aim of the Association
. g t{) j n t; rodu ce the BUY-AT-HOME I
j dea jnto tbe Montana schools where
t be campaign will be permanently car- j
ried on j or tbe up _building of the
dua t r j eg 0 f our state and if the inter -1
egt gbown by the pupils in the schools !
j n tb j R cam paign is as great as the!
int6rest ghown in this letter contest
wg cabnot be i p but succeed in pro
tccting our home industries from the
in-roads of the mail order houses, said
Selvidge. |
Later the All-Montana Development
Association proposes to publish the j
W c in T* ' et , te "' tW0 or ^Z StS
of the best letters will be selected
from which hundreds of copies will be
made and these copies will be sent
to the different school districts
throughout Montana for use in the
Mr. Selvidge.
Joliet Man Awarded
Contract for Bridge
The County Commissioner j, in special
session Wednesday, awarded a con
tract for abutments of the new bridge
south of Belfry. The bidding was
keen, seven contractors having * ab - .
ndtted bids. W. D. Fredricks of Jol->
iet, having the lowest bid of wna
awarded the contract
CARBON CO. EXflBTT
WINS HURD PUCE
Take» Thirty-seven First Prizes on
Fruit While Peas and Head Lettuce
Also Win Firsts.
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Carbon county carried off third
prize for collective exhibits at the
Midland Empire Fair, Rosebud county
receiving first and Stillwater second
prize. The exhibits, 123 in number.
covered a wide variety of products
from the gardens, farms and valley
ranc hes of one of the richest counties
in the Treasure state. Included in the
exhibit were displays of Red Lodge
coal and timber exhibits from the
Beartooth mountains. Sugar beets,
corn, wheat, barley, flax and popcorn
were interesting features of the ex
hibit. Most of the oats on display
measured about six feet, and the
which was raised at an altitude of
from 6,000 to 6,000 feet was particu
larly high-grade, as well as the
corn
pop
corn, which matured at an elevation
jof 6,600. The country in and around
Joliet, Roberts and Silesia is the corn
belt of Carbon county, from which the
corn exhibit was drawn.
I Thirty-seven first prizes on fruit
Iwere awarded to Carbon county fruit
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I display of apples, crabapplea and
• plums, wild and tame, and straw
berries was the finest of any county 1
exhibit. First prize on McIntosh Reds 1
went to C. J. Spencer and Mr. Picker
w who ^ displays of McIntosh '
j^g, Greenings and other varieties re- 1
C eived a number of first prizes, prin
cipally on apples
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p Peas and head lettuce brought first
prizes to Harry Smith on smooth peas,
while The Great Wcstern Seed Com _
pgny waB awartletl firat prize on tjj e j
■ Wrinkled variety, H. V. Cartwright
recaived first prize ou head lettuce and
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Peter Vanderloos, second. (
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Watermelons, squash and pumpkin.
and a fine display of vegetables were
a part of this very beautiful and com
prehenaive display of Carbon county.
The fact that Carbon has no county
agent, credit must be given to a group
of men who took it upon themselves to
see that the Carbon county exhibit
was one of the best at the Fair.
Among the most enterprising of this
group were Otto J. Simmons ,Art Mad
sen, George Moses and C. C. Bowlen of
Red Lodge. The booth was in charge
of J. E. Mushbach, assisted by C. F.
Oliver of Joliet.
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b Y an Italla " re8lden t of ^ "ty The
»***• the dl > Y^r-old stalk,
broken fibers and the tow ready for
spinning were all shown, and to com
plete this was an old-fashioned apin
wheel> suggcstin)f wbat could
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d j gcovery 0 f wba t the soil and favor
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«*ely surrounding Red Lodge.
last Thursday from the funeral of Fred
Blair, her fiance, who lived north of
Lothair, Miss Alice Larson of Galata
found her mother, Mrs. Anton Larson
in-.dead of heart failure. Mrs, Larson I
was one of the pioneers of the Galata |
section. Mr. Larson was one of the 1
early merchants of Galata and also
held a homestead, near that place!
Young Blair was fatally injured early
in the week when he was run over by
a tractor driven by his father. Blair
was under the engine trying to extin
guish a fire when his father backed
the machine into him, crushing his
groin. He died a few minutes later.
There was also an exhibit of sweet
clover honey from the section immed
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Fiance and Mother
Wiflviv. Rriof Time
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SHELBY, Sept. 22. —Returning ;
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L. K. HELM WINNER
OF FÖRD CAR
Midland Empire Fair at Billings. Mr.
And Mrs. Helm motored to Laurel
Sunday «ad returned with their new
Mr. L. E. Helm drew the lucky num
ber for the Ford touring car offered by
the Luarel Fire Department at the
car.
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the form of a m,,rature foothaU the
official badge of the Greater Uni
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are *P eln 8 sold throughout Montana at
each under the direction of Holly
Wilkenson. The money derived there
from will be used for advertising
Greater University
Club Badges Sold
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poses in helping out the State Uni- 1
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versity of Monatoa before high school
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zation to direct these graduates lure
to school. ;
The badges have been sent to every
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high school, and an organization of
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THE ROAD TO COOKE CITY
S« that the people may know the attitude of the road
committee
toward tne report of the engineers on the proposed road from Red
Lodge to Cooke City, we desire >to say a few words on the subject
in which Red Lodge is so vitally interested.
While fie estimated cost of construction is high it doe* not
discourage tie committee. In fact it makes the committee
community more determined than ever to put this road
encourages them to more activities to bring it about,
■nation on the part of the road committee and those who have been
actively connected with the project is now more pronounced than
ever and activities will not cease until their ambition is realized.
No great pmject Js ever completed without meeting with ob
stacles. but there are none so high that they can not be surmounted,
when the object is a meritorious one. So long as this spirit prevails
nothing can stop the building of this road from Red Lodge to Cooke
City.
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A contractor with many years experience in building both high
ways and railroada, who examined the report Wednesday said, "I
will take a contract to build this road at one-half the engineer's cost
and build it according to the specifications and standards of the
Bureau of Public RoOe." The high estimate of the engineers on
construction was no surprise to the committee as It had been fore
cast by engineers who acrempanicd the Government's engineers
the reconnaissance survey. The attitude of tha Government's en
gineers towards the route was so plain that It left no doubts in the
minds of the local engineers as to what the final estimate would be.
The local engineers insist that a short, cheaper and a better route
along the same general course is available and that many difficult
places were encountered which could here been easily avoided with
out increasing tbe grade.
The estimated coat of »15,000 per mile to build the portion of the
road from Red Lodge to Bichel Lodge is so preposterous to those who
are familiar with the contour of the country and the formation, that
it makes the whole report ridiculous as far as costs are concerned.
For comparison, let us take the Mystic Lake road, which
built by the Montana. Power Company over very much the
kind of country as the proposed Red Lodge-Cooke City rosd would
traverse, and is a fair comparison. The cost of the Mystic Lake
road was about $6,000 per mile, which included right of way,
fences, cattle runs and taxes. After deducting the above Mystic
Lake road cost a fraction more than »500« per mile. This is about
what the proposed road should cost to make it a forest high
way road.
Mr. Morrell in his talk to the business men of Billings Tuesday
took exceptions to tbe statement made at Red Lodge by members
of the road committee that they would take a contract to build the
road for one-half of the engineers estimated cost. The road com
mittee is ready to back this up. Money talks. And they are will
ing to put up a bond of a million dollars that they will build the
road according to the plans and specifications of the Bureau of
Public Roads and for one-half of the estimated cost in this report.
This will serve to notify the people of this community that our
determination is just as strong and that they are not the least bit
discouraged—that the activities will be doubled until this project is
completed.
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Members of the American Legion
a rneet ' n * { at tbt ' Lahor Temple
Tuesday night and nominations were
made for Post Commander, First Vice
Commander, Second Vice Commander,
PüBt Adjutant,
NOMINATIONS OF
LEGION OFFICERS
Financial Officer,
Chaplain and Sargeant at Arms.
°* J ' Sft, ° and M * Pöy reported
'on the American Legion State Con von
u Ä i a * rvu
tion held at Dillon,
Cards and dancing were indulged
After the busineas meeting the leg
ionaires proceeded to the Library
where they enjoyed the delicious
Lee Gard of Belfry, a member of the
board ()f county TOnimi „, otlergi wag in
town Tuesday in connection with the
special session of the board.
prepared by the Auxiliary.
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REPORT OF ENGINEER'S SURVEY ON
ROAD TO COOKE CITY PRESENTED
District Forester Fred Morrell Presents Report
To Large Audience At The Courthouse
Monday Evening
The .report of the engineers who
made the reconnaissance survey from
Red Lodge to Cooke City last spring
was presented to the citizens of this
! community last Monday night by Mr.
Fred Morrell, district forester, of Mis
soula; Mr. Morrell having come over
! the proposed route by horseback (rum
I Cooke City to Riehel Lodge.
I There was a large audience at the
I Courthouse to hear the report. Mr.
I Morrell went somewhat into detail ns
! to the law and regulations governing
; forest development road and forest
highway roads. After considerable ex
planation on tho part of Me. Mor
rell he stated that he felt he could not
recommend it as a forest development
road as this was a low type road and
would not take care of the traffic that
j would naturally come to this road
after it was completed. For that
reason and the further reason ho stal
ed that the forest resources did not
justify the expenditure of money for
tbal tyI>e of >' uad aml Ht ,be cunclu
sioq of his report he suggested that
we make application to the highway
commission to have it placed on the.
forest highway system, lie was in
! formed at once that the matter had
been taken up with the highway com
mission and that the resolution had)
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i been passed asking that it bo placed
| on ifi,. highway system which means
that when the road It. built it will be a
j forest highway and not a forest devul
opinent road. While this will coat con
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siderable more money It will be far
more dselrable when completed, as It
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will take care of the heavy traffic
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tourist travel which would naturally
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in.(develop as this would be a new en
trance into » cllowstone Park.
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The engineer s report, which was
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made by B. F, Kilt, associate highway
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ginecr of the forest service, shows
that in making their reconnaissance
they made considerable more mileage
than the Siegfried! survey. The dis
tance in the Montana side of this road
is 31.8 miles. The portion of the road
lying in Wyoming is 36.2 miles, rrmk
ing a total distance of 68 miles. The
survey was made on a grade not to
exceed five percent which naturally re
quired a little longer distance had they
used steeper grade on short pitches.
The report, however, suggests that
when the location survey is made there
will probably be changes in locations,
As to the cost of the road ; the en
gineer's estimates are ridiculously high
j according to other engineer* who have
; made a like survey of the proposed
route and those who are familiar with
road construction in this part of the
country. For example: the report
gives the average cost for 31.8 mile* in
Montana at $18,372 per mile. Their
report estimates the cost of construc
tion between Red Lodge ami Riehel
Lodge $15,000 per mile. Engineers
and contractors, who have estimated
j the cost of construction on this par
ticular piece of road, laughed at the
engineer's reports, saying that $8000
a mile would have been more like it.
j Mr. Morrell was informed, when here
j that the road committee would agree
I to build the road from Red Lodge to
I Cooke City for fifty cents on the dol
lar of the engineer's estimate and put
I up a bond, double the amount, to in
demnify the Government that they
j would construct it according to plans
; and specifications. The engineer's
j report estimates an average cost of
$16,464 per mile on the Wyoming
side. According to local engineers
who are competent and familiar with
road construction in that locality,
there are many miles of this type of
road, according to the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads standards that can be con
structed for $5000 per mile or loss.
The report showed the average cost
j per mile of the entire route to be
$16,824, which the local engineers feel
is « joke.
Local engineers pointed out that a
survey was made a few years ago by
an engineer by the name of Hatcher
for Dr. Siegfriedt; the distance being
about 68 miles and no grade exceeding
seven percent. Hatcher's estimate
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road to Clark* Fork and considerable
less than this from Clark» Fork to
Cooke City. Local engineers Insist
that Hatcher's report was nearer right
less than $76,000 to complete the
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'• II. S. Croonquist, familiarly known
be wus taking his gun out of
Mr. Croonquist and Attorney C. C.
WELL KNOWN RED
LODGE MERCHANT
IS ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED IN HUNT
as "Dick", died at a local hospital
about midnight Friday from a gunshot
wound, accidentally discharged While
a car.
Rowan had gone hunting late Friday
gun out of thp back 8eat of Mr , Row .
cap the gun Wllg accidentally dis
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afternoon. After securing their limit
of prairie chickens they started home.
They stopped at the Barnett ranch on
the west bench near Willow Creek, On
seeing some ducks flying they decided
to go after them and in pulliific the
charged; the full charge striking Mr.
. Croonquist on the right side. After
some little time he was placed in the
cur and brought to the hospital whets
I he passed away. Although the shock
i was severe Mr. Croonquist was con
i scious to the end.
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School and attended Grtnnell college
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been a resident of Red Lodge for 25
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years and had a host of friends In
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this city and community,
j April 9, 1919 he was married to
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| Congregational Church at two o'clock
I Monday afternoon. G. J. Powell of
Ballantine officiated. Ho preached a
' most consoling sermon to the family
and Mr. Croonquist's many friends,
The local order of Elks also gave
their funeral services. The religious
I services and the Elks services were
beautiful and the church was crowded
to it's capacity with the friends of
tho deceased. The floral offerings
' were many and beautiful.
Mr. Croonquist was born in Living
| ston, October 16, 1891;was 34 years,
! 1 months and two days old. He was
Funeral services were held at the
j Mr. Croonquist Is survived by his
widow; two children, Sue and Dick;
father and mother, Mr. and Mrc. A.
Croonquist of Spokane; throe brothers,
A1 of this city, Hugh and Stanley
Croonquist of Spokane; three sisters,
Mrs. O. L. Cornwall of Medford, Ore
gon, Miss Ella and Miss Alice Croon
quist of Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Joo
Curry of Roselyn, Washington father
and mother of Mra. Croonquist. and
McMullen of Great Fall
sister of Mrs. Croonquist, attended
the funeral. Mrs. Cornwall and
Stanley Croonquist were not able;
to attend the funeral.
Croonquist could not be located.
Tom Curry, a brother of Mra. Croon
quist, did not arrive until Monday
night.
Interment was made in the Maus
oleum at the Red Lodge cemetery. The
body was in charge of the Downard
Funeral Parlors. Pallbearers were J.
P. Plunkett, A. E. Madsen, H. P. Cas
sidy, Henry Johnson, W C. Ball and
C. C. Rowan, The cortege was long.
Mr. Croonquist was past exalted
ruler of the local lodge of Elks. He
was also a Mason. In 1922 he served
as one of the city alderman; in 1923
he was elected city treasurer; he was,
at the time of his death, treasurer of
the Beartooth Boosters' Club and
chairman of the school board. Mr.
Croonquist has awlays been very ac
tive in all civic enterprises and has
done a great deal to promote activ
ities for the betterment of his home
town.
Mrs. Sam
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Stanley
than the report given by Mr. Morrell.
It was pointed out by the local com
mittee that there is nothing di scour
aging in thia repart eaoept thq eost
of construction which is undoubtedly
incorrect and will be so proven accord
ing to tbe local committee.