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Montana
Office of State Examiner
Helena
July 6, 1945
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the City of Red Lodge, Montana
Gentlemen:
We herewith submit a report of the regular annual examination
of the x-ecords and accounts of the City of Red Lodge, as made by
C. H. Lowe, Deputy State Examinei-, said examination commencing
the 25th day of June, 1945, and concluding on the 28th day of
June, 1945.
on
Respectfully,
W. A. BROWN, State Examiner.
CITY OF RED LODGE
OFFICERS
_Mr. H. C. Olcott •
_Mr. F. H. Alden
_Mr. Joe Bailey
.Mr. Nelson Lane
_Mr. J. H. McAllister
Mr. H. A. Simmons, Jr.
_ Mr. F. H. Alden
Mayor
Clerk
Treasurer _
Police Judge
Chief of Police_
Attorney_
Water Collector —
VALUATION
$2,720,148.00
. 796,827.00
Assessed Value for year 1944 ....
Taxable Value for year 1944 ....
Fund
General _
Street _
Fire _
Library _
Garbage_
Cemetery_
Sinking, Water
Sinking, General _
TAX LEVY FOR 1944
Levy
_9 mills
_ 8 mills
_ 4 mills
_ 2 mills
_ 1 mill
. 1 mill
_ 3 mills
_ 2 mills
30 mills
Total Levy -
OPERATION OF GENERAL CASH ACCOUNT
To Balance in all Funds at time of the
last examination on April 1, 1944 -
To Receipts from above date to June 1, 1945
$ 38,766.53
65,667.91
104,434.44
71,992.23
By Disbursements during same period
_ 32,442.21
Balance in all Funds June 1, 1945 -
CASH RECONCILEMENT
Cash and Cash Items in Office
U. S. National Bank, Red Lodge
Meyer & Chapman State Bank, Red Lodge ...
_ none
_$ 21,155.71
. 11,286.50
32,442.21
TREASURER'S CASH FUND BALANCES MAY 31. 1945
Balance
$ 1,283.93
325,28
3,269.21
1,407.14
296.50
104.82
923.42
320.69
777.08
159.50
8,500.00
5,651.26
308.99
7,858.66
1,255.73
Fund
General --
Street -
Water
Fire
Protection of Life and Property —
Sewer
Cemetery....
Sewer Improvement Districts_
Garbage Disposal
Plumbing Examining Board -
Tourist Park Sale--
Water Refunding Bond Sinking
Water Refunding Bond Interest_
Refunding Bond Sinking
Refunding Bond Interest
32 442.21
DETAIL OF RECEIPTS FOR PERIOD
Taxes, Collected by County Treasurer -$ 27,361.74
Water Rentals, Receipts No. 464 through No. 2,830 - 13,811.98
2,935.60
. 1,400.00
. 1,250.00
. 10 , 000.00
6,026.24
460.00
Licenses, Business, No. 11,714 through No. 12,145 —
Licenses, Beer, No. 587 through No. 644 -
Licenses, Liquor, No. 317 through No. 366 -
Sale of Tourist Park_
Sale of Investments; $6,000.00 and Interest, $26.24 —
Fines_
440.00
. 1,398.35
266.40
317.60
Cemetery Lots_ j
Cemetery Fees___ l
State of Montana, Fireman Disability_
Other Sources __—
65,667.91
Mr, F. H. Alden
30.70
13,806.00
Water Collector
To Cash on Hand April 1, 1944
To Water Collections from above date to May 31, 1945 _
$
13,836.70
.$ 13,811.98
24.72
By City Treasurer's Receipts _
By Cash on hand May 31, 1945 _
13,836.70
Mr, Nelson Lane
Police Judge
To Fines and Forfeitures collected from
April 1, 1944 to May 31, 1945 _
By City Treasurer's Receipts for same
OUTSTANDING CITY GENERAL INDEBTEDNESS
MAY 31. 1945
460.00
460.00
Warrants Outstanding _
Bonds Outstanding:
Water Refunding, Since 1936, 3 %%
Refunding, Series 1936, 4% -
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_$ 19,000.00
_ 15,985.32
Total Bonds, Outstanding
....$ 34,985.32
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Total Outstanding General Indebtedness _
34 985 32
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BONDS "
AND CASH BALANCES MAY 31. 1945
Cash
Balance
55.41
217.20
48.08
Outstanding
Bonds
400.00
498.80
600.00
10,151.91
Sewer District No. 21 ....
Sewer District No. 22_
Sewer District No. 23 _
Paving District No. 27 ....
$
$
320.69
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF GENERAL
INDEBTEDNESS
11,650.71
March 31, 1944 May 31, 1945
_$ 50.00
_ 37,985.32
Warrants Outstanding
Bonds Outstanding
none
34,985.32
34,985.32
13,509.92
_$ 1,000.00
1,000.00
38,035.32
Less Cash Available for Debt Reduction .... 12,706.32
25,329.00
21,475.40
21,475.40
Decrease for period_
3,853.60
OFFICIAL BONDS
City Clerk, Mr. F. H. Alden,
American Surety Company_
Expires, May 1, 1947
City Treasurer, Mr. Joe Bailey
Maryland Casualty Company_
Expires, Two year term from May 7, 1945.
Police Judge, Mr. Nelson Lane
National Surety Corporation_
Expires, May 5, 1947
Chief of Police, Mr. J. H. McAllister
(No Bond on File)
Water Collector, Mr. Fred H. Alden
American Surety Company_
Expires, July 1, 1945.
10 , 000.00
_ 2 , 000.00
EXAMINER'S COMMENTS
The receipts, disbursements, bank balance and Depository Secur
ities were verified.
Funds on deposit were fully protected by legally pledged
ities and Federal Deposit Insurance.
In examining Official bonds, we note there is no bond on file
covering the Chief of Police. This officer should be required to fur-
nish bond at once. ^
- Wewishto comment on the manner in which the Library Fund
is handled. At present Library Funds are withdrawn from City
Funds, and are turned over to the Library Board. As the Library
Funds are a part of the City Funds, they must be kent with nthpr
City Funds, and in care of the City Treasurer Receipt! or collections
of the Librarian covering fees, fines, book rental! etf should bl
remitted to the City Treasurer each month to be placed bv the
Treasurer in the Library fund. ' 0 De P iaceü b y the
Claims for the period were examined and found
itemized, approved and approval made
secur-
to be well
a part of the minute record.
Respectfully submitted,
„ C. H. LOWE,
Deputy State Examiner.
Ruth Olcott Places
On 'U' Honor Roll
Miss Ruth Olcott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Olcott, was
of the students at Montana
one
State University in Missoula to
be placed on the honor roll for
the spring quarter.
the
In
honor roll list, a student must
have not less than a "B average
index (2.00) and must earn at
least 36 grade-points. Miss Olcott
had in index of 2.50.
Charles L. Fraxxk of Edgar,
with a 2.50 index, also is on the
honor roll.
Boyd News Items
By Mrs. Charlotte Shoop
Mrs. Marvin Kirkhart and chil
dren arrived from Washington
the past week to make their home
here during the summer.
Bill Shoop of Bremerton, Wash.,
and his mother, Mrs. Cora Shoop,
of Laurel visited at the Shoop
home last Thursday. Other visit
ors the same day were Mr. and
Mx-s. Harold Van Nice and chil
dx-en of Laurel.
Ladies' aid was held at the
home of Mrs. Grant Dick last
Thursday. A large crowd was in
attendance.
Machinist's Mate First Class
James Kennedy and Mrs. Kenne
dy
John Wilson. From here they will
go to Chicago to visit Mrs. Kea*,
nedy's parents.
Ed. Sauerwein, Mrs. Çïlie T a y
lor and Mrs. Bill White went to
Comanche to visit ' the Mitchell
Auer family. They reported crops
very good out that way. Mr. Auer
has in about 450 acres of wheat
and about the same in barley.
One field of wheat contains 100
acres. They also have several
hundred white-faced cattle. They
have about a thousand acres in
crop and pasture.
Calvin Shoop writes that there
are six Montanans at the training
center in San Diego where he is
stationed. Don Fellows, Jim Whit
son of Laurel and Raymond Pitts
of Roberts are there. His cousin
of Hoquiam, Wash., is also there.
Carl Carlson of Bridger went to
San Diego at the same time.
Friends and neighbors attended
the funeral services of Mrs. Ed.
Sauerwein in Joliet last Tuesday.
Mrs. Emmett Taylor of Venice,
Calif., who has been here for the
past two months during the ill
ness and death of her mother,
left Monday
for her home.
Land Leased For
Oil Exploration
Over 3,520 acres of land in Car
bon, Musselshell, Cascade, and
Glacier counties were leased to
oil firms and brokers for oil ex
ploration and development pur
poses by the state land board
last week, Acting Commissioner
Walter J. Burton announced.
The leases, granted at a routine
board meeting, included 640 acres
in Carbon county leased to Win
ston Cox of Billings.
Price Control Notes
Price regulations on typewriters
are maximum dollars and cents
prices have been set according to
make, model, serial number, and
condition of machine. A receipt
must be given and a duplicate
kept on file. Specific prices and
complete information may be ob
tained from the price clerk of the
war price and rationing board.
These regulations also appiy to
householders selling personally
used goods.
Real Estate Transfers
July 10: Deed: Ellen M. Foust
to Owen D. Foust et ux, dated
July 9, 1945, covering NVa lot 7,
tract M, Bridger.
July 11: Deed; C. L. Coshow et
ux to Arthur V. Zuber et ux, dat
ed July 11, 1945, covering lots 4-5,
block 32, Red Lodge 2nd addition.
July 12: Deed: R. W. Dunn to
V. A. Hemler, Minnie V. Convery
and School District No. 20, dated
July 11, 1945, covering 4/5 inter
est in pipe line out of Silesia
Springs in section 24, township 3
south range 23 east.
July 12: Deed: Eugene W. J.
Schlemmer et ux to Claud H.
Messick et ux, dated June 28,
1945, covering lots 7-8-9, east 10
feet lot 10, block 2, Edgar first
addition.
July 12: Deed: Henry W. Bieb
er et ux to United States, dated
July 12, 1945, covering NE J A, EVz
NW%, N14 SEV4 section 11, town
ship 8 south, range 24 east.
July 12: Deed: Carolina Chesa
rek, executrix of estate of Anton
Chesarek, deceased, to Gregory
G. Robinson, dated July 12, 1945,
covering lots 7-8, block 8, Belfry
original plat.
July 13: Deed: Lincoln Land
Co. to Magdalena Thormahlen,
July 9, 1945, covering lots 17-18,
block 5, Bridger original plat.
July 13: Deed: Ernest E. Low
miller et ux to Viola E. Wyland,
dated June 28, 1945, covering lots
7-8, portion lot 9, block 3, Roberts
original plat.
More Alfalfa Seed
Needed in Nation
Responding to frantic calls fox
alfalfa and red clover seed from
consuming areas of the nation,
Ralph D. Mercer, extension agro
nomist at Montana State College
is urging extension agents
to encoux-age heavier px-oduction
and to warn farmers to rogue out
sweet clover and weed seeds hard
to remove by cleaning.
In his urgent call, Mr. Mercer
repox-ts a deluge of letters asking
for alfalfa and red clover seed for
early fall planting. The letters ax-e
coming from farmers in areas
where forage production is the
major enterprise. They make it
plain that seed is indispensable
to them.
And, Mercer points out, it is
good business to px-oduce legume
seed in areas where they grow
readily. With prices about double
what they have been in years
past, heavy production should be
profitable.
To cinch his argument, Mercer
says that in 1944, Montana pro
duced about 7,000,000 pounds of
alfalfa seed. That was about 140
per cent of normal. Yet, he adds,
this was not a drop in the bucket
to what was needed.
Wartime Montana
NEWS FROM THE STATE OPA
District OPA Director L. M. A.
Wass this week announced that
all persons desiring to secure any
sugar for home canning this year
must make application to the lo
cal war price and rationing board
by Saturday, Augxxst 4. After that
date, Mr. Wass stated, no appli
cations will be accepted or acted
upon.
The district OPA director point
ed out that the final date for
home canning sugar applications
was set early in August in order
that OPA might determine the
exact amount of sugar issued for
home canning, and in turn, deter
mine how much, if any, sugar still
remained available for distribu
tion. Thus, if any additional sugar
is available, it can be issued in
time for the canning of fruits
which ripen during the latter part
of August and September. If this
sugar is available, it will be dis
tributed fairly by each local board
to those persons who have shown
a genuine need for more sugar
than it was possible to issue un
der the former limited allotment.
Manufacturers announce that
new washing machines will be on
the market in September and Oc
tober, and OPA states that the
prices will be the same as they
were in March, 1942, when the
manufacturers discontinued mak
ing the machines.
After he gets his discharge pay,
the first thing a veteran wants
is a job. OPA will issue his spec
ial rations up to 400 miles a
month to look for that job. It
must be a specific job he's after,
and he must be referred by one
of the authorized agencies such as
the U. S. employment service, or
a recognized union.
Former Resident Dies
In New York City
Word has been received here
of the death of Karl Edelmuth on
June 24 in New York City. Mr.
Edelmuth was a proprietor of a
clothing store in Red Lodge in
the present Carbon County News
building many years ago. He had
been in ill health for several
years.
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Bearcreek News
By Mrs. Joe Naglich
Mrs. Frank Johnston entertain
ed Friday at a birthday party for
her daughter, Peggy Ann. About
50 young people from Red Lodge
and Bearcreek spent the evening
dancing gymnasium,
close of which refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Harry Thom spent Satur
day in Billings.
Mrs. Mary Reid and sons, Ray
mond and Russell, visited in Rob
erts Thursday with Mr. and Mx - s.
John Abrahamson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilm and
family .have moved to Bridger.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van and
family drove through Yellowstone
park Friday and Saturday.
Mx-s. Ed. Marchello was honored
by her family Sunday, the occa
sion being her ^birthday anniver
sary. Present were Dr. Bino Mar
chello of Portland, Me., Mrs. Pie
rina Marchello, Mr. and Mrs. Al
do Marchello and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Mario Marchello and
son, Mrs. John Bietel, Margaret
Bailey, all of Red Lodge, Mr. and
Mrs. Guido Marchello and son,
Mrs. Vera Pry de and sons, Mrs.
Agnes Petelin, Marty Marchello,
and the honored guest.
Mrs. Jesse Hunter returned
from a week's visit in Billings.
Her daughter, Betty Mae, return
ed with her for a visit over the
week end.
The ladies' aid held its final
meeting Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Frank DeVille, Jr. Plans
were made for a picnic to be held
later this month.
Private First Class Joe Repac
is on a 20-day furlough from
Great Bend, Kans., at the Paul
Van home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ratkovich
and daughter of Roundup visited
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Sigurnik. Mrs. Ratkovich is the
former Mary Sudan They are
leaving soon to make their home
in Denver.
Mrs. Thomas Irvine returned
Friday from a two weeks' visit
with relatives in Canada. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Nellie Bergman of Bus
by, accompanied her here for a
short stay.
Marlene Reid and Norma Jean
Wadsworth are staying with Mrs.
Irene Reid in Red Lodge for three
weeks while attending the Catho
lic summer school for children.
Eli Pekich and daughter, Daisy,
of Billings visited here over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Good of
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Mrs. Ed. Marchello spent Mon
day in Billings.
Sergeant Louis Yerman is on a
two weeks' furlough from Boston
at the home of his mother. Upon
completion of his leave this week
he will go to Camp Stoneman,
Calif.
Mrs. Robert Rae and children
of Bremerton, Wash., are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rae, Sr.
Mrs. William White, Mrs. Emma
Taylor, and their father, Ed.
Sauerwein of Boyd, visited sev
eral days in Comanche with rela
tives.
Staff Sergeant Iver Jones of
Bridger spent Saturday at the
Paul Sigurnick home.
LeRoy McKittrick of Absarokee
was a guest at the Ira Maxwell
home Thursday. His son, Staff
Sergeant Carol McKittrick, has
returned to the States after over
seas duty in Europe. They were
former residents here.
A subscription to The News
may be sent to soldiers in the U.S.
FISH ARE DONATED TO
SEE 'EM ALIVE ZOO
A five-pound loch leven and six
large rainbow trout were donated
to See 'Em Alive Zoo by the state
fish and game commission this
week. The fish were brought here
from the state fish hatchery at
Big Timber by Leo Gilroy.
DON'T WAIT
ANOTHER FRESH SHIPMENT OF
WEEDONE
The Miracle Weed Killer
Use it now before weeds begin to ripen.
Best results obtained before they bloom.
Canadian Thistles must be treated be
fore they bloom—you'll get a 100% kill.
HARLEY'S SHELL SERVICE
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RED LODGE. MONTANA
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1> Fiction. That's a popular local joke,
A "shoo-fly" is a temporary track built
but the name is actually from the
Indian language and means "flowing
water". Some N, P. towns and cities
were named for soldiers who guarded
the railway's survey parties (e.g,
Custer, Miles City) ... others for early
N. P. presidents (Billings, Pcrham,
Villard, Oakes, Hannaford) , . . still
others for pioneer railroad workers,
their daughters and wives. Eltopia,
Washington was first named Eltopai
("Hell-to-pay") because a cloudburst
washed out the railroad there, during
construction days.
3. Fiction. The fringe, a safety device
which warns trainmen on tops of cars
to duck instantly, is Called a "tell-tale".
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Scarce materials of war. When you're through
with this newspaper, bundle it up with
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3. - Fiction. Fish plate was name given
■old-time rail fastening, now known as
joint bar. It takes more than half a
million of them to link the N. P. main
line from St. Paul to the Pacific.
4. Fact. High, grassy plateaus in these
hills once supported thousands of
spirited horses. Today most have dis
appeared. However, Northern Pacific
carries wheat now grown high in
Horse Heaven,
5. Fiction. As the Northwest grew,
many of its important population
centers flourished on the Noj-thcrn
Pacific—thus, the line has become the
Main Street of the Northwest",
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