Glacier County chief. [volume], January 28, 1938, Image 1

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Glacier County Chief
ROWNING —
he eastern
ateway to
,ACIER PARK
VOLUME 7
ewart to Continue As
Sheriff Under Court Ruling
। W. Stewart continues as the
sriff of Glacier county, accord
■to a decision by Judge C. B.
well, who presided in the Ois
ct court at the hearing of the
ie in which A, E. Armstrong
ight to be declared sheriff as
, resuit of the last election.
fudge Elwell held that Arm
ong was still county treasurer
en he attempted to qualify as
■riff and that he was deputy
aeurer whi n he filed the ac
nto oust Slewart, the infer
:e being that he could not qual
for one office while holding
ither.
idge Elwell also held that the
which Armstrong filed when
attempted to qualify for sher
should have been for $7,000
teid of $6,000. as Glacier coun
had been changed from a 7th
a 6th class county.
itewart has been sheriff since
1.1, 1935. and under this de
ion will continue to hold the
ee until his successor is elect
un'ess appeal is taken and re
sal obtained.
te Snow Plows Cutting
Way To Canadian Line
?he equipment of the Mon
ia Slate Highway Department
t Tuesday to open the high*
y through the park to the
nadian line. Word received
e Thursday afternoon stated
it they had reached St, Marys
I were going on to Babb On
i return jcurney one of the
ws will be left at Babb. It is
intention of the department
keep the road open from now
FFA Lose To Starr School I
I
'he FFA boys journeyed to'
rr school Wednesday evening
I played a game with the Starr'
;ers. In a close contest Starr,
n 20 to 19.
Ine regrettable thing haopen
after the game, when the i
iwning boys on entering their
ssing room discovered that {
ak thieves had broken in and
I stolen clothing, pocketbooks, I
ney, and other articles —not a I
!of the boys who didn’t lose
lething. The school autho
ssare investigating the thefts.
Birthday Ball Sat., Jan. 29
I
everything is in readiness for
President's ball to be held
orday, Jan. 29th in the Brown-
H, S. auditorium, under the
Pices of the Browning Amer
»Legion.
he committee in charge, Mes
■ Metzner. McDougall and Han
i»n state that the ticket sales
re meeting with a ready res
ue and that a large crowd is
'ected to honor the President's
mday and help in the fight
nnst infantile paralysis.
Methodist Church
■hurch Scht ol at ten o'clock
•day morning. Worship ser
!at eleven. The Epworth
Wie meets at six o'clock Sun
’ evening, and the Discussion
yin meets at seven-thirty. A
Dial welcome is extended to
Court News
tost National Bank of Brown*
Phil Paul ard Helen Paul,
, “ e l mortgage foreclosure,
■tene Co. of Minnesota vs C.
hounds and E, hl. Sadlier, et
"t'chanics lien.
W Moisture Is Reported Deeper
hntana’s thirsty soils are
^•locked with moisture this
r than in recent years, due to
y rams and quick melting
*• of last fall, W. E Maug
'."joteriologist reports Fall
' । ^ tion * eat °F the conti
ltal divide was 6.43 inches or
P* r Ce ,nt of normal; and fall
?qo. a V un eMt °F l h* divide
1 '‘iches, or normal and
•Oove the average of recent
fall moisture, retained by
• 1D «. it most valuable for
Browning Lions Meet
The Browning Lions club has
been invited to attend a meeting
of the Cut Bahk club of that city
in the near future. The invita
tion also carries with it a sugges
tion that the local group will fur
nish entertainment during the
meeting and at the regular ses
sion of the Browning club last
Wednesday evening, tentative
Dians were made for the event.
The club also went on record as
favoring the continued effort to
make the reservation irrigation
projects possible.
After the business meeting the
club gladly heard Mr. L. T. Au
, brey, local cattle inspector, ex
, plain some of the difficulties en
countered by many members of
, the tribe by purchasing used cars
and other equipment from deal
ers from outside the reservation.
Mr. Aubrev pointed out that in
many instances these old cars are
: worthless and the purchaser is
not only disappointed with the
| bargain but runs an undue risk
and hazard in driving them. Dis
i cussion was also carried out as to
I some of the possibilities of elim-
Jnating the practice of outside
I dealers trading on the reserva
l tion without securing a license,
while the local merchants are
bound by such regulations.
Young Boy Run Over
. Gene Lahr, son of Mr. and
I Mrs. Henry Lahr had the mis
fortune to be knocked down and
run over by a truck Monday eve
ning about 4:30,
The young boy was passing
the Turf poolhall and after leav
ing the sidewalk to cross the
ally at the rear, he is said to have
stepped on the ice and fell, just
as the truck driven by a local de
| livery man for one of the stores
1 came through the alley and ran
। over him.
' He was rushed to the hospital
by Wm. Fish of Indian police,
where his injuries were found to
be not serious, consisting mostly
i of bruises, with no bones broken. |
A slop sign should be placed at
this point as there have been sev-'
eral near accidents there during
। the past year.
State Anniversaries Observed in 1939
Organization of the Montana
anniversaries committee to plan
and carry out widespread observ-,
ance of historical epochs, includ I
ingthe golden anniversary of the ।
state’s admission to the union, |
was affected by Governor Roy E.
Ayres Tuesday. A meeting of the
anniversaries committee was
called by the Governor, in com
pliance with joint resolution of
the legislature.
The committee to plan and
foster historical observances in
cludes Governor Ayres, chair
man; John B. Ritch, secretary,
and members H. J. Freebourn,
attorney general; Supt, of public
Instruction Ruth Reardon, Secre
tary of State Sam Mitchell. Mon
tana Pioneer Society president
John H. Miller, University Presi
dent George Finlay Simmons,
and Dr. J. M. Hamilton of the
Bozeman state college. Dates to
be observed also include the
110th anniversary of founding
Fort Union, the 100th anniver
sary of the coming of the Bible
to Montana, the Doth anniversary
of creation of Orego i territory,
and others The committee will
plan a state exposition for 1939,
the anniversary year, and sub
mit plans to the 1939 session of
the legislature for approval.
STORK IS BUSY
Helena, Jan. 25—The stork was
a busy bird last year in Montana,
making 10,200 visits and showing
a marked gain on the Grim
Reaper who took away 6,000 of
the state's citizens, health board
statistics reveal.
Ice for the Glacier Park hotel
having been stored. Fred Stone
has moved his crew to Many Gla
oier. A caterpillar was hired to
move the outfit over the bad roads
into the mountains.
It was an all wise providence that
created woman after the rest of the
job was finished, otherwise maybe
she would have bossed the job.
BROWNING. GLACIER COUNTY MONTANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2b, 1938.
Cut Bank and Browning Lions
And Blackfeet Talk Irrigation
Under the sponsorship of the
Lions club of Cut Bank, with a
delegation of Browning Lions
and Blackfeet representatives,
an enthusiastic meeting of irriga
tionists was held at that place
: last Monday evening.
It goes without saying that the
meeting was a success in every
way—the sincerity of purpose
and enthusiasm shown being so
apparent as to cause wonderment
to those who for yearshave stood
on the sidelines, hoping against
hope that something worth while
may develope which would give
the reservation and adjoining
areas, irrigation in the true sense
of the term,
. For years, many of our Glacier
I county residents have looked up
'on our reservation projects with
1 eager eyes, looking into the fu
| ture, they could visualize bound
. ing acres of waving grain fields,
alfalfa and other forage crops,
happy homes that spelled pros
perity and contentment. Through
. the manipulations of official red
tape, indifference and ignorance
on the part of the officials in
charge and the residents as well,
this picture of what is to be was
held in abeyance as dark days
were ahead. The settlers crying
for water, received no water —
our canal systems, constructed
at a huge expense were practic
ally abandoned and allowed to
deteriorate to their presnt run
down condition.
In recent months, the picture
has changed, the Indian office
thoroughly alive to its responsi
bilities, has officially revived the
irrigation systems and as a re
sult, an energetic and ambitious
campaign is now under way to
not only restore and extend the
reservation irrigation systems
but also settle Indian families
there as well.
With this as a background, the
Cut Bank Lions club sponsored
the meeting and they are to be
congratulated for their whole
hearted effort in furthering a
worthy cause. Keenly aware of
the seriousness of the situation,
the Lions clubs organizations of
wide awake business men. thru
their meetings have done more
to further irrigation than any
other body of men of like nature
in the county.
Promptly at 6:30, Monday eve- ,
ning, this assemblage of irriga
tion enthusiasts sal down to par- 1
take of a sumptuous banquet. I
Later, after taking care of the
inner man, the tables cleared,
and smokes in order, the busi
ness ot the evening was under
way, President Strack of the
Lions, turned the meeting over
to Senator Dan Drumheller, who;
as acting chairman, introduced!
! the guests and speaker of the,
evening, Supt. C. L. Graves.,
Mr. Graves in a short but illu
minating address, using maps'
nnd plat-s to illustrate the various
, points brought out. easily con
vinced his audience of the sin I
WEEK Ol*phe 99333
At the 11910 WMXG'S TALKIE
Friday and Saturday, January 28 - 29
Constance Bennett and Gary Grant m
"Topper"
Short: “March of Time”
Sunday and Monday, - January 30-31
F, Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy in
"Captains Courageous"
Shorts: "Quaint Quebec” “News"
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 1 - 2
Wendy Barrie and Ray Melland in
"Wings Over Honolulu"
Shorts: "Fiction No. 27” "Night Life of Bugs"
Thursday, Friday Saturday, Feb. 3,4, 5
Edward G. Robinson and Luli Deste in
"Thunder in the City"
Short*: "Ay* Tank Ay Go” "Merry Manekins’’
cerity of the Indian office and
himself in their efforts to restore
Biackfeet irrigation to its right
ful status. Quoting figures and
sums of money, already set aside
or soon to be available, he asked
his listeners for their support of
the measure recently recommend
ed by the Bureau of the Budget,
calling for an appropriation of
$83,000 for Blackfeet irrigation
—a mere drop in the bucket com
pared to the Flathead, Sun River
and other similar projects.
Other speakers were Jesse
Miller, a successful farmer on
the Two Medicine project, J. L.
Sherburne. Dan Whetstone and
C. L. Frisbee, all of whom had a
word of encouragement to add as
the meeting developed into a sort
of public forum, questions and
answers living back and fortn,
all indicating the sincerity and
keen interest of those present.
The eventual outcome of the
i meeting was the unanimous adop
ition of a resolution introduced
'by F. E. Vandemark, and ad
dressed to Senators Wheeler and
Murray and the Montana con
gressional delegation, endorsing
Blackfeet irrigation plans and
urging their support of the bill
appropriating $53.000 for the
Blackfeet projects.
The Browning residents pres
ent consisting of Supt. C. L.
Graves, Jos. W Brown, Richard
Sanderville, .1. L. Sherburne,]
Stuart Hazlett and Ray Momberg
were the personal guests of Sen
ator Dan Drumheller, an irriga
tion enthusiast of the first water.
Plans are now under way for
like meetings between Cut Bank
and Browning residents and in
terested farmers of the different
projects, all with the view of ad
vancing and protecting Blackfeet
irrigation.
Snells Buy Building
_ Mr. and Mrs. L. Snell, of the
Snell's grocery have purchased
the building formerly occupied
by the Domke Bros, fruit store
and will move it onto the lot in
front of their house, which is a
little east of its present location.
The building will be ready for oc
cupancy about March Ist.
Can Get Duplicates
Butte, January 24—Montana
workers who have lost their so
cial security cards may apply for
duplicates at field offices in Butte,
Havre, Billings or Helena, secur
ity board officials announced to
day.
L, D. S. Sunday School
Sunday school will be held at
10:00 a.m , every Sunday, and al
so a class in the evening from 7
to 8:30, in the Bright building on
Main street. Everybody welcome.
| Sport Lights
An inspired local quintet start
■ ed the second semester in an aus
, picious manner by defeating the
! highly touted Whitefish Bulldogs
on the local floor last Friday eve
ning by the score of 29 22.
Taking the lead at the start of
the name, the Bulldogs at the
1 end of the quarter held a shaky
5-3 lead, the only time during the
game that they were in any way;
masters of the situation. Their
' hones were short-lived.
, At the beginning of the second
quarter, inspired and lead by l
Pixie' Kipp, local center, the
home town boys soon forged to al
9-5 lead and ending the half ini
front. 12 9. despite some sensa
tional playing on the part of the;
Whitefish players. The third
quarter was a repetition of the
proceeding ones, Whitefish at one
time tieing the score at 13, all
only to have Browning end the
period with a 2 point margin.
Starting the fourth and final
quarter, the local’s passing began
io function. Browning soon as
sumed a commanding lead, dom
inating the game and coasted to
a 29 22 victory. Whitefish play
ed a hard and furious game, bril
liant at times, but Browning was
just simply too much for them.
t onight the local boys journey
to Great Falls where they will
play the tough Baby Bisons, who!
as yet remain undefeated and;
have to their credit, the scalps
of such teams as Ft. Benton, Ft. I
Shaw and Belt.
Pistol Club Holds Shoot
High scores for Sunday’s shoot
' were won by White, Nault, Horn
er and Sehepp. Monday’s high
scores were registered by White.
Noel, Brown and Jarvis. Wednes
day night the following scores
were made with 22 rifles; Plum
mer 270; Nault 267; Scriver 262;
and Shurr Sr. 246.
Active members in the club in
clude every type of man or wo- !
man, short or tall, thin and stout
who nas inherited the American’s
love of the shooting game, and
who has a clean record in his or!
her community. The club has a
membership now of 16 live mem-|
bers but before the charter closes'
at the first of the month, it is'
expected to have an enrollment
of at least 25,
The club wishes to take this;
means of thanking Mr. Bergen!
and the School board for makingi
this range possible, in order that
the people of the community may
participate in the great Ameri
can sport of shooting.
Duck Season To
Be Set By State
I
Montana’s fish and game com
mission has the promise from Ira
Gabrielson, chief of the biological
survey, that the duck hunting
season next year will be deter
mined by its own judgement.
Returning from a conference
of Western States game officials
with Gabrielson at. Pocatello. I
State Gaine Warden James Weav-'
er and Assistant Jack Carney,'
report the federal man has ag
reed to permit the states to set 1
the time for duck shooting; also
that a lunger season —perhaps 45
days- may be permitted if the
“duck hutch” continues to im
prove. This authority. vested in
the federal bureau, was widely
protested by hunters of Montana
last fall, who claim the northern
Hight of ducks came after the
open season had ended.
I
$35,000 STORE TAX
। Chain stores and other store*;
of the state have paid in 835,000
in license fees since January Ist.
i E. A. Dye. chairman of the State
Tax board, announced. Many of
the chain store license fees have
been paid under protest pending
a suit testing the legality of the
act. Tile amount received is about
double the store license fees col
lected last year.
MONTANA JOBLESS
There are 20.390 jobless work
, era in Montana, the recent U. 3.
। census reveals. Emergency pro
jects are employing 20,203 and
113,642 are part time workers.
DEVOTED TO
THE INTERESTS
OF GLACIER
COUNTY
NUMBER 44
Many Officials Ta Be
Elected During Year
Helena, Jan, 26 —The terms of
two Montana associate justices, the
two Montana representatives in
congress and two state railroad and
public service eommiuioners expire
during 1938.
Nominees for these offices will be
selected at a primary election July
19. The new officers will be selected
; al the general election Nov. 8.
I The officers whose terms expire
are Associate Justices Sam V. Stew-
I art and Ralph J. Anderson; Reps.
■J. F. O'Connor and J. J, O’Con-
I nell; Chairman Thomas Carey of
। the railroad and public service
commission and Railroad Commit
i sioasr E. E. Kresbacb'
I Montana associate justices are
elected for terms of 6 ysais nnd re
presentative* in congress, for 2
। years. One railroad commissioner
i is to be elected for a 6-year term,
; the other for a 2 year term.
I No other state officers are to be
I elected this year, except in case of
' the resignation or death of a present
elective officer.
The general election ballot also
will carry two constitutional amend
ments. One relates to the qualifica
tions and terms of offic* of county
officers. The other to investment
and administration of the public
school permanent fund.
i A proposed referendum measure
ion the act of the 1937 legislature
providing for the retail sale of liquor
: has not been certified to the general
! election ballot. It still i* in court.
A new state house of represeta
tives is to be elected in county bal
. loting this year, and one-half of
: the state senate is to be balloted
upon. The 102 member* of the
; house are to be named for 2-ye«r
terms and the 28 new meml«ers of
i the relate are to be selected for
, 4-year terms.
The last day ob which stale office
1 candidates may file nominatinating
petitions i* June 8. The final day
i for filing initiative and referendum
petitions is July 8.
I'arty conventions to form state
platforms ar* to be held at Helena
Sept. 15, a date by itatute. The
final date for tiling petitions of in
dependent party candidates is Oct.
8.
The democratic and republican
party candidates ar* the only ones
to take part in the state primaries.
Other parties file lists of nominee*
prior to the general election.
All voters of Montana are re
quired to reregister before they can
cast ballots this year, under term*
of a law enaeted at the last suasion
of the legislature. All previous reg
gistration lists have been ordered
destroyed.
Recent Deaths
David Scabbyrobe of Browning
passed away at the Blackfeet hospi
tal. Friday, January 14.
Funeral service* were held from
the Church of the Little Flower,
Sunday, January 16 at 2 p. □>. In
terment wa* in the Browning Cath
olic cemetery. The Reverend Father
Halligan officiated.
Janies Keogh of Glacier Park
Station passed away at the Gul
Bank hospital Sunday, Jan. 23.
interment was in lone, Wash
ington, where a brother resides.
Elizabeth Old Kock, 7 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Georg*
Old Rock, paued away at th* hams
of her parents near Heart Butte,
Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Funeral services were held in
the Heart Butte cemetery. The
Kevorond Father Mailman officiated.
Leigh Kerr of the Browning
Funeral Home wm in charge of ar
rangement* for theM lervice*.
A Beautiful Suaset
One of the moat beautiful *un
sets ever witnened in Browning
occurred Wednesday evening,
when the *un wa* ilewly linking
beyond the mountain* of Glacier
Park. A brilliant cascade of rod
beams was streaked with band*
of orang*, purpie. green, bine
and white— presenting ■ picture
which, if painted by an artist ds
picting tbs sxset colors of this
sunist, could only bo described
so having bssn svardsas. It waa
a bsautiful sight to sss.