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Hist O Pf /rj. The Glasgow Courier + 61 VE MORE in 44 % V 'àr Continuing THE GLASGOW MESSF.NGER and THE GLASGOW TIMES Volume 39 Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. Thursday, March 23, 1944 Number 12 FARM HON GROÜPPLANS GRAIN CO-OP Preliminary Setup Completed at Meeting Here on Tuesday. Capital $130,000; Will Buy or Build Elevator for Operation. A preliminary organization for launching a Farmers Union cooper ative elevator concern in Glasgow was effected at a meeting of inter ested farmers in the courthouse Tuesday night. It will be called the Farmers Union Grain and Peed company. The amount of capital stock was fixed at $130.000 and three com missioners were selected to incor porate the cooperative and apply for license. They are Sidney Cotton, chairman: George Puchalia and Ingvar Barstad. Harold Brown of Great Palis, field man for the Farmers Union Grain Terminal as sociation. was present to aid in organization. Commissioners said it is planned either to purchase or construct an | elevator building in time to have it in operation to receive next autumn's crop. License for operation has already been applied for and ; commissioners are authorized to sell stock. Tire first stockholders meeting will be held as soon as incorporation is completed. Stock subscriptions made at the first meeting were more than $ 2 . 000 . To be eligible for membership, a farmer must purchase one share of the common, voting stock at $10 a share. In addition, preferred stock will be offered at $25 a share. Pre ferred stock will be sold in ratio to the amount of wheat produced by the farmer. Opheim Couple Is Honored on 25th Date of Marriage , . , ,, Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Doh-, len - ar V* Mrs. E. A. Walsted. Mr N.iml SLÎÎv'i^ and Mrs. Eugene Nelson and family, îf!»,in, nt Lr i!rii 0n «/=ui S r 0I kihr family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fuhr S ia iT.~ n<1 fowln,', 8 s,r.. x/rJr Fuhrman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fuhrman. Earl and Clarence F A u ^ lhre i; l H r weddmg cake . wi Æ bride and bridegroom, was made by Mrs. Guy Pagan. The couple was presented with a ° f silver and many cards. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs were married in Minneapolis, March 18, 1919. They have lived in Montana 24 years. They have 11 children, two of whom are married and two overseas. The children are Corp. Herbert Fuchs. Italy: Pfc. Ray Fuchs. Eng land; Mrs. Guy Pagan. Mrs, Melvin Fuhrman, Maureen. Betty. Evelyn, Alice. Donald. Leonard and Yvonne.] IV AC Ankoim WAC iront Opheim Is Given Conduct VIVvIl VVIIUUVI Medal Ops Moines Menai, ues Moines _ , PORT DES MOINES, la .—Pfc. Bertha Cooper, daughter of A. S. Opheim of Opheim, has been Jarded the Good Conduct medal. She is stationed at First WAC tram ing center. Fort Des Moines. This was one of the first awards of this nature ever presented to a Wac at Port Des Moines. The Good Conduct medals were awarded to WACs who had shown exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity and who had served in the By Courier Correspondent OPHEIM! — Mr. and Mrs. John Fuchs observed their 25th wedding anniversary at a dinner at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pagan. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Milo aw army for a year or more. Since no medals are presented by the war department during war, the WACs received red and white striped ribbons and will be awarded the medals when the war ends. The ribbons are worn over the upper left pocket. Bishop Daniels Will Make Visit The Bt. Rev. H. H. Daniels of Helena, bishop for this area of the Epsicopal church, will be in Glas gow Sunday afternoon and Monday, He will hold a Lenten services at St. Matthew's Episcopal church Sunday night at 7:30. Irle Named President o( 2 State School Associations R. L. Irle. Glasgow superintendent of schools, was elected president of both the Montana School Adminis trators association and the Montana Vocational Guidance association at meetings in Helena last week. The Glasgow superindentent also attended sessions of the delegate assembly of the Montana Education association, the Montana High School association and the Montana Society for the Study of Education while in Helena. Also representing the Glasgow M. E A. local as delegates were Mrs. Emma Lowe Barkhoff and Dorothy Kimball. The Administrators association, of which Mr. Irle was elected head, is composed of Montana school men in administrative positions, includ ing virually all superintendents of the state. The Vocational Guidance association is active. Much work on Increased Postal Rates to Go Into Effect March 26 Increased postal rates recently made law by congress will go into effect March 26, it was an nounced at the Glasgow post office this week. Airmail in the United States changes from G to 8 cents per ounce or fraction thereof. Air mail sent to or by the armed forces overseas, served through army or navy postoffices, will remain 6 cents per half ounce. Rates on local letters will in crease from 2 to 3 rents an ounce. Fourth class mail will be raised 3 percent, in no rase less than 1 rent a package. This in crease also applies on books. New minimum charges for ser vices are: Money orders, 10 cents; registration, 20 cents; C. O. D., 24 cents; insured, 10 cents; return receipt, 4 cents, and de murrage on C. O. D. mail, 10 cents a day. Money order rates are increased. Two-cent envelopes for local delivery may be made serviceable by addition of a one-rent stamp, it was added. , TOTALINRED CROSS DRIVE OVER $10,000 Still $1,500 to Be Raised to Achieve the County's Quota. Contributions reported up to late this morning in the county Red Cross War mind campaign totaled $10,008. it was reported by C. H. Brocksmith, county chairmen. He said two communities have not yet reported and, if they reach their ouotas, the total will be about $11, 000. "We will need continued activity to put the county over the top by the end of the month," he com mented. County quota is 11,500. Tabulation of contributions by communities, compared with quotas, follows : Hinsdale- 975 1.025 Nashua - 925 972 I Port Peck _ 600 * Richland - 550 627 Lustre - 400 703 r « z e r . 300 281 1,818 " . 300 * l Glentana . 250 163 Beaverton . 200 262 ( Tampi00 . 200 227 Vandalia . 150 169 Qswego . 100 117 ; . 75 58 1 Total $11.500 $10 008 • No report ntvvtsmith ur»H ail mm Mr. Biocksniitli urg6d all com munity chairmen to make reports of addRmal contribut.ons as soon as possible^_ - ^ ««««« a F* f _ 1, GO VCMIITIGIlt CII 6 CK _ , _ , Foi*PltlP G 1*0WHIP ff Urging VfUWmg f n A A Oî« Do/ilrot illlO Big K3CK6i - With increasing numbers of local -^en'sfamiliesreceivmg^ Brocksmith, vice president of the Farmers - Stockerowers bank this .Î1S Several branches of federal law enforcement agencies are occupvhig , ' , . , ^^ ^ most of their time trackmg down »*0 are e vict.m.zing thous anas 01 People every year ne said, Mailbox theft is common among crooks he stated, and urged tions such as a strong lock or a signal from the mailman when mail is delivered. Under no circumstances. he said, should a check be endorsed until the signer Is at the place where it is to be cashed. The check should be cashed in the same place each month so identity is estab lished. If the check fails to arrive when due. the government should be notified promptly. Hotel at Nashua — ' Hills Take Over By Courier Correspondent NASHUA—The Nashua hotel has opened under new management. The new owners are Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hill and Miss Ruth Hill, all of whom have had experience in the hotel business. The building is modern and both rooms and meals are avail able. pupil guidance and Individual study of the pupil already has been done in the Glasgow schools the past year, Barretts to Speak , _ „ * - At Sunda V Servir? ni Uiuiuaj ÙJCK T11C neol USppÎam Local mission The Rev. and Mrs. Grenville Bar rett of Colbert. Wash., will both be speakers at 11 and 7:45 Sunday in the Glasgow Nazarene mission. the Rev. W. C McKay, pastor an nounces. Rev. Barrett is pastor of the Holiness Methodist church in, Colbert. He and Mrs. Barrett stop ped here to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Barrett, on their way to Minneapolis to attend the general conference of the church. Ten Thousand Mallards Spend Winter at Fort Peck M * > à rm r " n r > ■» > sr ' ST; ,<> m - v * ; ? "A ■ if; m : ■ *U m i WM • ■ mm fe ■ V, ir .mm - f ^ Ç " V w ■-w ,* ■ m ; - & M*! /■: t v ? ■» » ■ « *■" V? ■ ■*< 4 m I : < ■ 4$ I i» I * * » - i 4 * ~ * . ' 's • ?», ■v * ♦ i tv < ' \ ■;< rm. v> & «4 A ■ * WPi ■ m _ ' pagw WM ■A: V • Proof of the growing winter population of ducks in this vicinity is this photograph taken by Thomas C. Horn, manager of the Fort Peck game range of the federal fish and wildlife service. This is the drainage ditch below Fort Peck dam, where many of the mal lards and drakes and hens spend part of the day in the open water. The circle marks an albino mallard, seldom seen in wild life. SPRING PLAY ISSCHEDULED A \ jn / 11 fl V V / 19/4 I ■ 1 " a KJ _ "Aaron Slick of Cherry Crick „ „ , *° Presented March 31, April 1. _ - A comedy, with scenes laid on cherry Creek in Montana, is the spring offering of the Glasgow High School Dramatics club, Friday and Saturday March 31 and April f. Harriet Thompson is the director. 'Aaron Slick from Cherry Crick." writ ten by Belle Cormack, is a rollickinß rural comcdv with a little mvs t e ry. and "some oil mixed in wi y th plenty of {un We]1 known young actors. Gerry Near. Phillip Sinclair, Sydney Rae Browning and Tommy Keating have the leading roles. Other parts are taken by Jane Simonton. Billy Sternhagen and Rachelle Kelberer. Cabaret dance rs. a boogie-woogie Player, singing waiters, blue singers. tap dancers and the Milk River Wranglers^hUl-billy band, add to the The" dance' band, directed by Dt^sillaRichard, is featured in a singin S waiters are George Cole - Franklin Heliand. Richard Larsen. vai.„<u.i»m a,.a oaor,. Betty ^ cui _ ver - LaFern Fuhrman, Dorothy De La y and Edward Joscelyn will do soecialtv sone and dance numbers specialty song anaaance by Mis . s R Reichard . hav g e aS p i ay€rs lq^ Haynes , Richard Alley, shj r ] e y Qarr. George Watson. Bettv Lou Malunat, Betty Watson. Sylvia Wa „ ner »donna Hanson Marv Thomas'and Flora Dell McKay. J _ f oct SPfVICPS! Ill » ,VVJ „ , , , „ . T . , Funeral services for George Nlxt. SMrÄÄK "s Ke e Ophe?m te cemetery Ur ' 6 mHes^nort heas t S ÄÄ afternoon about 3;30. He had been wuh mnuen^ and suffering 29 B °i r 8 n 68 in M? ar N e fxt Ci S'ter° hv'ed D m Minnesota and was a member of the Minnesota ana was a memoer 01 ine police department in Cass Lake. He also lived in Grand Forks, N. D„ before coming to Montana. He was Opheim Are Held For George Nixt unmarried. Efforts are being made to locate several brothers and sisters in Iowa, Tlie Holland chapel was in charge of arrangements. S. A. Hineristan Is Renamed Leader 0£ Farm Market By Courier Correspondent NASHUA —S A Hinerman was re . el ected president of the Nashua Farmers Union Market at the sixth annual meeting of stockholders at the Royal Neighbors hall Saturday. Sixty were served at a noon lun cheon. Also reelected were Mrs. C. M. „ Peterson, secretary-treasurer; A. J. Ferguson, vice president, and Mrs William Conrad and William Kum merfeldt. directors. E. F. Ladwig of Glendive, field man for the Farmers Union Central Exchange, spoke. Additional stock was sold at the meeting and more has been subscribed since. MiK ibwMrneBR«forK«ii State Educational Sessions Miss Ella Hammerness, acting county superintendent of schools, spent last week at Helena, attend ing a three-day session of county school superintendents of the state. meeting for the annual conference and study of administrative and su» pervisory problems. Miss Elizabeth Ireland, state perintendent of public instruction, presided. Speakers included Mrs. Lillian Peterson, rural school su pervisor; Miss K. Elizabeth Ander son, formerly of Glasgow and now employed by the state board of health, and the heads of teacher training units of the University of Missoula, Miss Jeanette Donaldson of Havre. Miss Ann Seley of Dillon and Dr. Deane of Billings. nip nf Qtnriv' and thp new "Book of Units" a guide for {eachers in organizing their woVk according to modern methods and the use of which will first be taught > n t i, e state normal schools next summer, were leading topics The «plena schools mesented a demon stration of the books use other Ä dtouSton were sxhool budeets transportation and teacher " .Tement .^nns Thg superintendents also hi 11 fn^Montana^Hi^ ^ M t he Montana Ä for the fa^Educ^Uh^associafion 11 U°s' J?. 1 . 1 .?. Ec » uc ation association. D. S. «ssss'ri'ÄÄTÄ tana Society of Education, Miss Hammerness said, - „ ... GafdCH VariCtlCS _ Upvf Ï PCCAtl "Or flCXI IdCSSOIl « w ■ o ■ .a Ill LOCdl ScHOOl Montana. Dr. Walter Anderson of . of the high school Monday night at 8, Stephen Urs, agricultural teacher. announced this week. The class is open without charge to all interest-1 ed. First meeting was Monday night. Pr^U on were shown. BrißCS Attending Dr, b6* RUCHUlllg Radioman School At NdVal CCHtCP •"*' 1,BT ** a | - MEMPHIS. Tenn. — John K. Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels C. Recommended vegetable varieties for Montana will be the subject of the next session of the Glasgow Victory garden course in Room 106 Briggs of Glasgow, is now stationed at this naval air technical training center. He is attending the aviation, radioman school. Included in his special activities on the station is participation in the drum and bugle corps. Briggs, who was president of the 1943 graduating class of Olas-{ gow high school, enlisted last l ily CHANGES IN GAS RULES Beginning April 1, the fivi jg coupon for non-highway usei be good for purchases at "autln rUed filling stations," as well as for ' 's will ,, bl »? e purchased at bulk plat or delivered to private storagi Ulks, OPA announces. The "A ratio;, for rnotorlsts is now two gallons veekly ln a '* Parts of the country. O', the Pacific coast, the "B" ration lias been cut from 460 to 400 miles a month. _ SWAIN IS PROMOTED Martin Lloyd Swain son of Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Swain of Fort Peck, wb0 has been in the southwest Pa c |f lc for more than two years has been pr omoted to staff sergeant. He u servine with a national guard company^ Nashua Sergeant In Heavy Bomber Group Is Missing By Courier Correspondent NASHUA— Mr. and Sirs. O. L. Hagen received word In a war department telegram Thorsday that their nephew. Technical Serg. LeRoy E. Dunster, has been missing in action since Feb. 24. during a mission over Germany A short time pre yiouslr he had been awarded fil'e bomber mi Jiôns over Eur T b SS« n.,»Or „.d Ilf °^H N m^reH h fhe ^rnv n (iPiohor iw He hid aS made his home with the Hagens. made h.s home hi in me t.agen j I PRICE WILL GO UPAPRIL30TH . Increasing Costs of Production ; [ i Because costs of almost everything Will Make Advance Necessary. that go into making a newspaper have increased steadily during the past three years. The Courier is an-; nouncing an Increase in its subscrip tion rates, effective April 30. The new rates are: In Valiev eountv $2 50 a vear; anv Val1 ^ c ° u ^ > j 5 àü \ $;i a by c a r rle rln Glasgow $3 a y aa J- carrler m ulahKOW ' . , men an ^s e rPf ce ^ « - ,1 ' 50 ' Announcement of the chan** in a " "S e rs the opportunl y to renew their New subscriptions also ^ and Ä Äa After th'at date, there will be no exceptions to the ___ ne ^ lates. The Courier, more than a^ year ago, instituted a cash-jn-advance policy on payment tions. This will continue. The increase has been postponed as long as possible. Most weekly pa pers in Montana, as well as many dailies, increased their rates as long as two years ago. The increases have been made im perative by increasing production costs that every newspaper has sus tained. A major item is the higher price of newsprint, not forgetting higher costs of labor, ink, replace ments parts and almost everything that goes into making a newspaper. policy being followed is the same as that of The Courier and other newspapers during the first World war. when it was necessary to make increases. As soon as prices returned to their pre-war levels, the subscription rates were adjusted downward accordingly. This will be done again, just as soon as costs W9 rpîi n f îi warrant a decrease. _ _ _ MURRAY TO FALLS Coach Bob Murray left for Great Palls this morning. He will attend a meeting of Class A coaches being held there during the state basket-] ball tournament* I The WINTER DUCK POPULATION Drakes and Hens Find Project Refuge to Their Liking „ Ihis îbcason. _ Good news travels quickly among ducks. That may be why. in increas numbers, they are spending the vu ^ rs near ^ ort Peck dam This year, of course, an unusually m jj d se ason may have influenced the estimated 10,000 who lived in bOd. .... dlvo*« tunl,els or the drainage ditch from the dam. But even in 1943. a win ter marked by wide temperature more than 3 000 mosdv mnHards slaved 1 "lead of follow mauaras stayed ii'sieaa 01 louow that^was^ ahnost Imvai ia^Hv^foHowed f. 1 ?' LeriousTears savs Thomas C Horn man iL-Pi of Hie Fof t Peck ! ga°me l aTge^maiiUaiiied byThe ill- \ eral fish and wildlife service. "This season our local population of waterfowl, nearly all mallards, j was much higher," Mr. Horn com- ] "Tlie population decreased I meats. steadily after the end of the mi-1 gration flight until it reached what 1 appears to be our normal winter population of about 10,000 birds near the end of January.'' Fields have) been open to the birds all winter] and feeding was not necessary until an early March snowfall. Birds'stay in the ditch or river every day until about 4 p. m. They prefer the river, unless temperatures are low. when the warmer water of the ditch attracts them. They then I ' .. .. leave^ to feed in gram fields, pre ferably barley. . , "Reports of waterfowl feeding ,< through the winter in the Missouri and Mille river bottoms have been accepted as what could be expected, but W e have been surprised to find that they also were commonly feed ing in th e vicinity of Jordan and Circle," the refuge manager reports. "The surprise is probably the out breach 1 Jordan °in fca^wfthoS that U takes a duck prob rtTecbTSrfef s « dr " of the DtetSre drakes V hy "My [ >(' r son a I opin jo- ^«t a basis of research in foimation. is that the maies are hardier and more tolerant of severe , han , h . f pm ai ps and do I' 1 ® s o U T h " t he wild g ^ origin talk Äe carllMtnmh mi and• ™ ea "' e ^ : ^JJ ^ ^ "mversèlv dicates this, altnougn imerseiy. Maybe the early migrants aie mostly drakes because there are moi e of them in the northern latitudes. Or. Mr. Horn indicates, maj be ducks are just naturally misogynists, "The mating instinct is not.yet fully developed and wanes by midsiunmer Perhaps other ban tat the mating season they prefer bache 01 hood With rare exceptions alii he \v n1 ter visitors are mallards. Mi. Hoi estimated there are not more than 25goldeneyes amongthe «T goldeneyes. riivmg duck.s. unlike the mallards, feed ch eflj on mollusks and animal matte . J at n ^ pr th "> vegetation Hence they prefei the deeper water below 'he tunne s where they can find minnows and other marine lire» Mr Hom belleves it probable that in general weather conditions have nlore to do with migration than do dates, at 'fast in mallards. This is borne out by this year s large popu latlon at Fort Peck. . .... If the birds cannot flnd ■ for which they have a marked pre How to Prepare Waste Paper for Collection Soon Glasgow's next wastepaper col lection will be held Sunday. April 30. The joint Boy Scout-Kiwanis committee in charge urges every householder and business place to begin saving now for the col lection then. Here are a few suggestions as to how to prepare the paper for easy handling: Newspapers — Fold them flat and tie them in bundles about 12 inches high. Magazines and books — Tie them in bundles about 18 inches high, or place in cardboard box and tie. Corrugated and cardboard boxes and cartons—flatten them nut and tie them in bundles about 12 inches high. Wastebasket paper, such as wrappers, envelopes and letters— Flatten and uaek down in a box or bundle. Compress so that it will make substantial weight so that it can be carried. ) i American Legion Will Direct Second selective service farewell of the week, this time to FAREWELL TO ARMY MEN IS AT 9 TONIGHT Program and Dance at Civic Center. program men in Valley county's March army call, will open in the civic center at 9 tonight. The American Legion will be in charge. Principal address will be made by D. J. Bogut, Montana , „ _ . will preside and Commander Otto Bundy will conduct the Legion op ening ceremony. It will include play ing the national anthem by the Glasgow high school band, directed by Miss Drusilla Reichard; the in vocation by G. M. Lindberg, post chaplain, and reading the preamble to the Legion constitution by Carl E. Hammerness. Hazel Mumford. first former WAC to become a member of the local Legion, will introduce the speaker, Roll call of selectees will be read department dance will follow the program. Past commander E. J. KJelstrup u „ ,, . . _ _. by Mason Melvin, group leader. Selectees will receive certificates of honor and Legion hospitality cards from Commander Bundy, while Miss Ella Hammerness will present each with a kit from the f lnn Auxiliary , Special selections by the Rancherôs, directed by Leon aid Brunette, and band numbers are also planned A dan ce will follow the program, In the army call reporting here are Stanley Gilbert Wittmayer, Glasgow; Alvin Martin Hagen, KÄS M°" f" M clvin, Glasgow: Don Charles Bliven. Fort Peck; Donald Fred Vcrtz. Glasgow; Frank Merle Tel f(),d ' Opheim; Gilbert William De Bray. Glasgow, and Rex O Neill Op onheim Men tterred to other ad dresses who are credited to Valley 'he army call are Fred E. Heese, Atascadera Calif . Kemjier 1** Hughes. Seattle, Victor Adol^ C zam Ç tzke ' Seat . tle ' P °' ? la C '"kwiln Wash. , Glen B. Laisom 2 ak !f nd à Ca if " anc A vm clarent Hueth, bavage. Opheim Band In Annual Concert Given Approval By Courier Correspondent OPHEIM — A large audience gave enthusiastic applause for the Op heim high school 40-piece band which appeared last Wednesday night in its first concert of the sea under the direction of Horton Hicks. A varied program of over tures, marches, waltzes, polkas and novelty numbers was presented. New black and orange uniforms for the band have been ordered and a band benefit carnival will be held April .11 14. fercnce. they will choose either corn wheat. All of this is in fields al ready harvested. Ducks are fre quently seen along the gravel roads at Fort Peck, where they get the r it »hat is necessary in their di uestive systems Within a few weeks now, judging from past experience. Fort Peck s winter tourists will start north, to be replaced by other northbound birds stopping for rest on their flights. Red Cross Equips Emergency Chest £or Loan in Illnesses , . residents has been inaugurated the Valley county* chapter of the, Red Cross in equipping an enter geiicy loan closet with articles often Sd when there is illness in the home. They may be borrowed by those needing them through request to Miss Aagot Lian. county nurse, or some member of the Red Cross ex ecutîve board. A record will be kept of the date, and a list of the articles borrowed. and fhe date of return. All articles must be returned clean and in good condition after use. CO îhe c^set contains two full size quilts, pajamas and sleeping gar ments made by Red Cross produc tion workers two clinical thermo meteis° utensils used*" in the sick ^m some of them contributed by Mrs. T. H. Markle; blankets given A new service for Valley county. FARMER SEED SCHOOL» WEDNESDAY Association and Extension Men Will Join to Provide Program. Prominent Speakers. Movies and Dinner Highlights for Day. Talks by extension service leaders, moving pictures explaining reasons for grain dockage, a noon lunch and grain and seed exhibits will be fea tures of a seed school at the Odd Fellow hall here next Wednesday, it is announced by Nels C Briggs, manager of the Northern Montana Seedgrowers association, coopera tive marketing group. Roy Huber, association president, will preside at the meeting. It is sponsored jointly by the extension service and the association, Mr. Briggs said Talks scheduled at the meeting are by R. D. Mercer of Bozeman, extension agronomist, on "Outlook on Small Seeds and Seed Produc tion;" Fred Willson of Havre, sup erintendent of the Northern Mon tana agricultural experiment sta tion, on varieties and practices be ing tested at the station and results: Jesse Green Bozeman, Anaconda company expert, on "Fertilizers and Their Effects on Crops." and E P. Orcutt of Bozeman, extension animal husbandman, on "The place of Live stock in the Crop Program." A noon luncheon will be served in the Allen cafe. Visiting farmers will see two mov >"g pictures. One. "Gram Thieves," shows what happens to wheat from the time it is sold until it reaches a terminal, demonstrating the rea sons for dockage and other losses. Tire second is "Spring Offensive," depicting the part the English farm er is playing in the present war effort. Small grains, alfalfa, fertilizer and gradlng me thods will be exhibited. 6 __ _ I. Arnl HCSï 3IIP3ltt *JW^*»* ntSiauiOIll I| OH S n Uncnital HI Call 111 nUa|9ll(tl * a » AlfCI? AU10 VPaSII George Allen, Glasgow cafe owner who was injured in a car crash be tween Malta and Saco Friday af ternoon. is in a Malta hospital suf fering from concussion and a possi ble sk'illl fracture, friends here re ported. Mr. Allen was returning from a business trip to Billings. By chance, he met Andrew Strommen. old res ident of Saco, in Great Falls. Mr. Strommen offered hlm a ride nome. The car crashed into the right side of a bridge at the foot of a low hill just east of the hot water plunge turnout, it was reported. The road was covered by glare ice and ÄfS ttTu-frafSTkf»! verely damaged in the accident, Mr. Strommen suffered a broken rib and punctured lung, but is re ported to be recovering The at tending physician Wednesday told Andv Allen. Mr, Allen's brother, that Mr. Allen should not be moved for several days. He has suffered sev eral periods of semi-consciousness since 'he accident. p t.i Sergeant Senecal ^nioys Home Town News in Aleutians "It puts me a lot closer to home." writes Serg. Ted Senecal. former Valley county resident now serving in the Aleutians, in a letter to H. R. Heliand mentioning The Courier. Sergeant Senecal, former Opheim. Glasgow and Fort Peck resident. writes he is in charge of maintain j n g heavy equipment. In his same "outfit" is Woodrow Johnson, for mer Markle Transfer company em ploye. who is a bulldozer operator. Sergeant Senecal's brother Joe is with the army in Italy and an older brother, Romeo, is warrant officer w ith almost 21 years in the army, Downing Auction Will Be April 6th a _ _ his place, two miles west and one mile north of Tampico. Thursday. April 6, beginning at 1. John C. Mc Colly of Hinsda e will *>« auctioneer and R. E. Hillman of. Hinsdale clerk. Details of articles offered will be published in an advertisement next week. J. A. Downing this week announced farm auction sale will be held at by Mrs. L. V. Lockwood and Mrs. Charles H. Reed: an adult bathrobe, | dona ted by Mrs. Markle; two sheets and a stupe wringer. There are four pairs of crutches, donated by Mrs. Markle. Mrs. R. A. DeHaven. Mrs. C. F. Cabell and Mrs. George Ger man. ...... There are also two layettes of 45 | articles each made by members of the Glasgow Home Demonstration I club, which will be given outright in case of need. ,,_._ Donations of more used bathrooes and sleeping garments, any size, or articles of Infant 'v® ar - TJ 11 ap * predated by the chapter officers. They may be brought to the Red Cross rooms w Oi n art clés 1n . sizes can often be cut down for childrens use. Those desiring mfor mation concerning the emergency closet may obtaln it rom Mrs. De Haven or Mrs. Cabell