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M>8T ÛF*l'ï? L SOO'ST! N of Montana Helena *'0>* N LAUREL OUTLOOK Official Paper of Yellowstone County LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946. FIVE CENTS VOLUME 37—NO. 36 OF LAUREL INJURES POWELL PHYSICIAN Investigators Find Gas Tanks Empty—Struck In Field On Hugh Dickson Ranch Dr. H. E. Coulston of Powell, Wyo., miraculously escaped death Tuesday morning when his plane, a two-passenger PT-19, crashed in a field on the Hugh Dickson ranch 13 miles south of Laurel. Dazed and injured, he was found three quarters of an hour later when George Mikesell, who operates the Dickson property, returned to the ranch. The doctor was brought here by Mikesell to the office of Dr. T. R. Vye for first aid and later was taken to a hospital in Billings. He was said to have suffered multiple facial lacerations and a fractured jaw. His condition was not consid ered critical. At one time before locating in Powell, Dr. Coulston was associated here with Dr. Vye. An investigation of the crash was made by Highway Patrolman Harry Burnham of Billings and Al bert Nickelson of Columbus and De puty Sheriff Joe Nicholas of Laur el, who was accompanied by Clay Greening of Laurel, They found the gas tanks of the* plane empty. Greening said that the angle at which the plane struck the ground probably accounted for Dr. Coulston not being killed. The plane was badly wrecked. FORMS HT RED LODGE Mrs. Gertrude Burdett, past de partment preseident of the V. F. W. Auxiliary, instituted an auxili ary to Granite Peak post No. 4725 at Red Lodge Monday evening. Twenty-seven were initiated. Officers elected and installed were Edna Waples, president; Mar ian E. Adams, senior vice president; Anna May, junior vice president; Agnes Marchello, treasurer; Martha Logan, chaplain; Edna Moore, con ductor; Fay Cortner, guard; Tiami Jarvi, secretary; Marie Papey, in structor; Lucille Keenan, historian; Irma Doty, musician; Olga Jurko vich, Minnie Martin, Mary Papey apd Hilda Gerving, color bearers, and Alma Crane, Bertha Newman and Eva Christiansen, trustees. Officers of Railway City Auxili ary, Laurel, who attended and as sisted in the ' work were Cora Rob erts, Edna Colson, Isadore Nichol as, Pearl Dickson and Mary Wig gins. Several officers and members of Billings Auxiliary 1634 also at tended and put on the floor work, The next meeting of the Red Lodge Auxiliary will be March 11 at the M & M hall. Mrs. Burdett will attend and assist the new or ganization. A large group is to be initiated at that time. Byam Booster Club Reorganizes Feb. 14 A reorganization meeting of the Girls' Byam Boosters 4-H club was held Thursday, Feb. 14, at the school, with seven girls enrolled. Miss Weedman of Billings, assist ant county home demonstration agent, was present to help with or ganizing the club, whose project is to be luncheons. Mrs. Henry Yea ger and Mrs. George Henry are to be leaders of the group. Officers chosen were May Cole, president; Bonnie Teeters, vice president/ Helen Yeager, secretary-treasurer; Hannah Henry, recreation leader, and Ethel Scammon, news reporter. A program of moving pictures exhibited bv the assistant county Winter Wonder The Vanishing Herd" and "Leaders of Tomorrow. Nine parents were in attendance and served dessert at the close of the meeting. The club will meet next at Mrs. Yeager's home. agent, included land, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Baker and son Jimmy have returned to Laurel and the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hageman before moving to their home on Fifth street. Mr. Baker recently charge* from Raker and son resided during that time with relatives in Spokane, Wash. are received his dis the service. Mrs. GO G ANIMALS A NOW SEE'EM ALIVE" A hobby that paid off in cash was described Tuesday at a meet ing of the Laurel Rotary club by D. W. Columbus of Red Lodge, one of the proprietors of the See 'Em Alive zoo. The other partner is Leslie Lyons. Neither wanted a zoo; they were interested merely in collecting wild animals and would have continued their strange hobby as such had not the public j insisted on seing their collection, j The thing started when the two j were school boys. They spent the week ends hunting with a .22, "which kept us off the streets and outdoors," Columbus explained. They ranged far and wide over the Red Lodge region. One day, on the Washoe side of " the hill, they found a coyote den which they dug out, but being chicken hearted they could not kill the pups. They took the pups home and hid them, first in Columbus' back yard and then in Lyons'. Next they captured small animals, gophers, woodchucks and squirrels, mice, rabbits and rats. The boys' families gave them a hard time about the animals, and finally the police department told them they would have to "get them-ceyotes out of town! There was a widow living on a small acreage at the outskirts of Red Lodge. She was persuaded to lend space for the animal cages, •• which were moved to the new site, The widow had two daughters, and eventually one of the partners mar-1 ried one of the daughters, which For a living the partners oper-! ated an electric shop in town and, gave their spare time to collect-' ing wild animals of the region, The collection expanded and at length included bear, deer, elk, and the big cats. Snakes were easy to get and were included. Cooper ation of the state fish and game commission was needed and was secured. The hobby came to involve silver! foxes, and to buy their initial pair! hnnlfM ,0yS FnrfnnifBl "if / ^ banker. Fortunately, the foxes re produced and the owners were sue-1 cessful in selling several pairs at $1,000 a pair, which mended their! 1 * • When the road to Cooke City was j built, the collectors found they were I sewed up the lease. bent fortunes and returned them to the good graces of the banker j proprietors thought it at the edge of a busy highway and 1 that many people were interested 1 in the animals. Columbus and j Lyons did not appreciate having strangers poking about, taking their ; *™ e ... a ? d , d,starbin S the . cre atures. j We II fix em, they decided; "we'll I charge admission, and then they I won't bother us." So they began I charging 10 cents, but that did not ' stop the visitors. Next year the | admission was hiked to 25 cents, and several thousand came. The : If they j well In the ■ over. ", insist on us running a zoo, they concluded. last year before the war there were so many visitors the propri-1 etors lost count. ! ■Columbus and Lyons devised the} diets for their animals, putting in j such items of food as they believ ed were essential. The mixtures 1 have been successful and may ac-1 count for some animals, reputed I to not reproduce in captivity, bear- i ing young at the zoo. Although authorities in biology told them it could not be done, the collectors , . j r, ' j. , , have cross-bred Canadian honkers and blue geese. The U. S, biologi cal survey caused pictures to be taken of the strange result. Be cause they had so much experience the two Red Lodge men are re garded as authorities in their field & j j and are often consulted. rp, „„ _j„ . . . They have made it a point to „ . *... . , , not sell their animals, although , _ _,. . ., '. ... 8 . they sometimes contribute without charge to municipal zoos. One such • „ . 7 j is the Cincinnati, Ohio, zoo located _ w . . .... ' j , , • 1Z on Walnut hills and overlooking th® J O h, o nver. M run one, The speaker included a number of highly interesting incidents he and his partner have experienced during the years since their hobby began. M. J. Roysdon, a former resident of Red Lodge, constituted tne program committee for February. He was introduced by Rev. Wilcox, who with M. O. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crowder of Glendive, former Lau rel residents, have received an nouncements of the birth of a -tensrhter to Mr. and Mrs. Crowder. Thnr-3'»'". Feb. 21. The baby was named Joyce Ann. TO AIO RED GHOSS Laurel Is Asked To Give $2, 500, Half Of Amount Con tributed Last Year In the annual money-raising cam paign for the Red Cross, which will open Friday, March 1, and continue throughout the month, Laurel is asked to give $2,500 as its con tribution towards defraying ex penses of the great humanitarian organization which is continuing its work with American overseas forces and unfortunate peoples throughout the world. Announcement of the pending campaign was made here this week by Paul Wilson, who served during the war years as Lau rel chairman for the Red Cross war fund. The amount asked is half of the total contributed last year. The general committee is to meet Thursday evening, Feb. 28, to dis cuss plans for the campaign. The committee consists of Mrs. I. N. Smith, county director, G. W. Fen ton, county director, P. A. John ston, Fred W. Graff, Rev. T. C. Strobel, Miss Grace Stadalman, secretary-treasurer, and Wilson. The former basic average of $6 per family, now halved, is $3 per family, Wilson explained. As in the past, a certain percentage will be retained in the county chapter with which to meet demands aris ing from catastrophes or other emergencies, while the major part will be used by the Red Cross in i its world-wide work. Although the war is over the many needs are still pressing and the work is he ing carried on. Wilson said a general meeting of( workers will be called next week,. j when instructions will be given and j canvass ing materials distri buted. m lllimiTII ninn ; IH I D VM MJ PJ1ÜC ||LVV 1111111111111 UHUU **!#»■** ... Ilin ... fill illPfll Ilf 11111011 0 Ull UIUI LH I ITIMIIUII L _ I Detroit, Mich., Feb. 27.-The new * ine °* * lymouth cars will be placed on public display in dealers' show rooms throughout the United States on Saturday, March 2, it was re vealed today by Joseph E. Bayne, general sales manager of Plymouth division, Chrysler corporation. " "The 'n^w'Vlyniouth cars embody more improvements than found in nl ost pre-war yearly model changes, The new improvements are mani f e S t j n both appearance and en gingering advancements. Particular attention has been given to safety features which have been engineer edlntT'the basic designer thenar/' Oayne added. q m. Wold company, Laurel deal L rt; sa :H this week that the new Plymouth will "he disployed here Plymouth in their showroom in the Lenox block, west Main street. _ Til « 4 + J T f lllUStr£IXCCl l^eClUre (J »-% A TTlFor Feb. 28, High School ^ picture-travel talk on the "America We Defend" is to be presented Thursday evening, Feb. 2 S, at the Laurel high school, be • ~.. u , K „ n _ T p; „ W 4 5, g . V ' ^ " .. Olson, traveler, newspaper man , , . _• j • and l ecturer on scen,c and hls " 1 Ar ™^ rIca - . , . ., . . ' . . JL ? ram 0 gra es ; 0,1 f? ■ j *'\ g . at . and , uas ' ve ' £ d by T ™ f PUP ^ he spoke twice before the school . , , , „ _ at Columbus and on Friday even • u ... , , J mg he will speak at a community ® .. . , f. . , . T . * meeting, including schoo s, at Lodge G H „ is to ' ear be » ' . ,. ? P u,- i„ fore a similar meeting at Wyola. t\ m u , . , » Dr. Olson has lectured from coast . . , . .. to coast and presents his . message on America in an taining manner. picture enter- : Warns Dog Owners To Buy '46 License Tags James Bare, Laurel chief of po lice, sounded a warning this week to owners of dogs who have not paid current license fees for their pets. The chief said that dogs without 1946 licenses will be picked up after March 1. The tags may be purchased cith er at the citv hall or at the police station on Main street. : V--. ' : - ï: : Ml « Î ■ I I I I I \ L ; I I ■ SR V wife . WAR GROOM ARRIVES . . . Now the war grooms begin to arrive. Christopher Paterson, 28, who served as engineer with the Royal air force, has distinction of being first war groom to arrive in the U. S. He will join his wife, former U. S. nurse, Pauline Moty lewski at Three Rivers, Wis., where be will make his home. Contributions MANCH OF DIMES Tofal Received Is $1,002, Ex penses $83—Four Schools Alone Give $268. totaling $1,002.63 , , . „ . . ® schools and individuals to the an nual March of Dimes for preven tion and cure of infantile paralysis. Nj^e amount included money raised L a dance given during the drive, Expenses were $83.65, leaving a bal ance of $; , 18/J8 which is being for . j to county headquarters by ; Treasurer Philip* Noel. The fig ures were disclosed this week by Mrs. R. P. Palmr, Laurel chairman and chairman of the county women's division. Four schools gave $268.26, as fol lows: school, $107.65; high school, $102.10, and East school $17.20 Organizations contributed $292.01. were Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America No. 476, $50; Laurel Rotana club, $3; Laurel Garden club, $7.65; Laurel Federat ed club, $2, j ,od S e No - 86 > $2 - 25 < Un,t >' ^ r l en South school, $41.31; North Rebekah Evergreen j club, $5; South Laurel Congrega tional church, $50.56; Veterans of Foreign Wars, $5; Yellowstone lodge No. 45 1 , D. of R. T., $10, Zidoman chapter, O. E. S., $6.63; %Aary c ¥ lub - ^6.22; Laurel !odge No. 87, I. O. O. F., $2.60; St An tt' 01 ^ 8 altar society, $3, . . o E -> $ 2 °: Womens benefit asso «at ion, Vet 5Tf* T ° f F ?™ Kn Wars Auxiliary, $42.o0; Laurel Wo ™ an 8 , c l ub ; *?' , . St. John's Lutheran church, $32, and ? u r Savior's • Lutheran ladies' aid, *4.30, ...... Contributions from individuals E. M. B. A., $12; totaled $128.66. A tag day conducted by the American Legion Auxiliary brought $16.70, and tags soltl at the jarci office by Mrs. Marie Hubble yield ed $3, a total of $19.70 from tags, Collection boxes placed in busi ness houses, of which John Dar ham was chairman, gathered $40.75, and yard office individual dona lions amounted to $19. The ^ ance bad a ff™ 88 income of $ 150 - Total expenses amounted to îc ,, c . ->»3.65. Mrs. Palmer said she wished toj again thank everyone who had con tributed to the cause, with cash or labor or both. She said the net figure was very gratifying to those interested in control and preven tion of infantile paralysis. Quill & Scroll Soon To Have Annual Banquet Plans were made at the Iasi meeting of Quill and Scroll to hole the chapter's annual banquet and initiatory ceremonies in the high school building. Qualifications for membership were stated and appli cants' names presented. Prospective initiates include Adel pha Vaught, Louise Romee, Ann Brohaugh, Lois Crawford, Pat John ston, Gwen Dyer and Jack Mitchell, seniors; Peggy Romee, Armelda Phillips, Marijean McKinney. Dor othy Hilgert, Donna Moran, Marilyn Ness and Bill Speare, Juniors. The next regular meeting of the chapter is scheduled for March 12 at the home of Patricia Johnston. Tourney Receipts, Attendance Beat Previous Records This year's tournament was fin ancially the most successful one of I the series. The gate was over $3,500, which was nearly a 60 per cent increase over the 1945 receipts. With the exception # of Saturday morning, every session was well attended, with the climax being reached Friday evening. At this session 1,215 single admissions were sold. This was 300 more than the previous year, and for the first time the capacity of the gymnasi urn was overtaxed. The Saturday night crowd was another large one, dropping only 100 below that of the previous night. In determining the number actu ally in attendance at these and other sessions, the season tickets and contestant passes must be add ed. Locomotives To Play Belgrade At Opening Of Divisional Joust The Southern Divisional class B basketball tourney will open Thursday, March 7, at Hardin, with Roundup opposing Wor den at 2 p. m. Laurel and Bel grade will meet in the second contest of the afternoon at 3:15. Thursday night at 8, Colum bus will play Cathedral high of Helena and Hardin will meet Klein at 9:15. will advance semi ! finals, which will be played Fri day evening, while first round losers will go into a consolation bracket, with the first game at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. The winner of the final game Saturday night will enter the state tournament at Bozeman, March 21, 22 and 23. DISPLAY SHOWS 0, N.'S PARI IN SLATE GROWTH North Helena, Feb. 27.—Great err.'s payroll in Montana exceeded $15,000,000 in 1945 and its pur chases in the state topped $7, 250,000. These are among facts included by the railway in the state develop ment, exhibit sponsored by Mon tanans, Inc., and the Federal Re serve bank, now on display at the bank here. The railway's exhibit, titled "Great Northern Builds Montana," includes pictures of Glacier national park and a frieght train in the Montana Rockies. The exhibit also points out that Great Northern paid more than $1, 760,000 in taxes in Montana in 1945, spent more in the 10 years prior to the war for promoting Glacier national park and other recreational areas in Montana, has completed a new diesel locomotive shop at Havre and is building another at Great Falls, and that its agricultural and min eral development works steadily to further new irrigation projects, sugar beet acreage and new high income crops, livestock and crop livestock and crop production and other agricultural and mineral pro jects benefiting Montana. than $3,000,000 RIFLE CLUB SENDING TEAM, RYEGATE MATCH A 10-man team representing the Laurel Rifle club will shoot a shoulder-to-shoulder match with a Ryegate team Sunday at Ryegate. President Ira Rodgers_of the Laur el club announced. The five high est scores from each team will be counted in determining the winner. This will be the first match in which Laurel has participated since Pearl Harbor. Rodgers said the club house in Riverside park has been renovated and is again in good condition. The club meets twice each week, on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7:30, and enjoys some new con veniences that were installed cently. One is a new grate in a fireplace that no longer smokes, and another is equipment for off hand shooting. The club president said V. F. W., Legion, Amvet and other veterans' organization members are cordially : nvited to attend the sessions and that the public is also welcome. re CHAMP; LAUREL IN Doth Will Attend Divisional Tournament At Hardin In Near Future The Columbus Cougars, state class B basketball champs last sea son, edged out the Laurel Locomo tives for district 6 tournament hon ors, 51 to 45, Saturday night. The Locomotives had enough steam left to take a thrilling 45 to 41 contest from Carbon on Mon day night, giving Laurel second place and the right to enter South ern division tournament play at Hardin, March 7, 8, 9. Jim Sherrow sank the first bask et in the championship game and the Locomotives kept the pressure on the Cougars, who enjoyed a 13 to 12 lead at the quarter. Jim Graham scored nine for Columbus in the period. In the second quart er Graham scored nine more and aided by Yonce and Bill Scott, the Cougars left the court ahead at half time, 29 to 21. The Locomotives were a deter mined team when they came back after the intermission, with Bill Sorg making it 23 to 29. Then Bill Speare sank a free throw for a 24 to 29 count. Yonce increased the Columbus lead to 31 to 24. Joel Roth connected to bring the Locomotives up, 26 to 31. Marvin then Bill Speare connected for two quick goals to bring the steamed up Locomotives within two points, 30 to 32. Bill Scott converted a free toss to increase the Cougar lead, 33 to 30. Jim Sherrow came through with a field goal to cut the Columbus lead, 33 to 32. Shields made h free toss for the Cougars - and Bill Sorg tied the score at 34 all. The count was tied 37 to 37 as the two teams went into the last quarter. Shields put the Cougars ahead, 39 to 37, then Marvin in creased it to 41 to 37. Yonce scored to give Columbus a 43 to 37 lead and then Bill Scott made it 45 to 37 as the Locomotives began to show the effects of their hard game with Carbon the night be fore. Jim Sherrdvv and Bill Sorg kept Laurel in the game, with field goals, to bring the score to 41 to 45, with three minutes left Leo Fink scored for the Locomotives to make it 43 to 45 and keep on the pressure, but Graham got loose for a dribble down court to sink an easy one and increase the Cou gar lead, 47 to 43. Jim Sherrow again brought his team within two points, 45 to 47, but Marvin and Graham got two goals in the last minute to win, 51 to 45. Jim Graham, Cougar center and all state champion last season, with 22 points was the big factor in the Locomotives defeat. Graham's work under the basket was a beau tiful exhibition. Most of his scores came from tip-ins which the Laurel defense could not reach. For the Locomotives, Bervyl Kim berley supplied the offensive drive the first half with most of the scoring in the last half done by Jim Sherrow and Bill Sorg who played a great game throughout. Sorg, Sherrow and Fink were the only Locomotives to score in the last quarter. The linups: Laurel Roth Wagner Kimberley Sherrow Speare Substitutions: Laurel, Sorg 12, (Continued on Page Eight) Columbus 4 F Yonce 2 F B. Scott 8 G Graham 10 G Marvin 5 G F. Scott 11 9 oo 5 1 DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT SCORES Wednesday, Feb. 20: Bearcreek 43, Reed Point 16. Fromberg 51, Belfry 23. Bridger 42, Edgar 27. Park City 44, Absarokee 18. Thursday, Feb. 21: Joliet 40, Bearcreek 39. Carbon 77, Fromberg 35. Laurel 60, Bridger 23. Columbus 62, Park City 49. Friday, Feb. 22: Bridger 37, Fromberg 31. Park City 43, Bearcreek 33. Laurel 47, Carbon 35, semi-final. Columbus 64, Joliet 29, semi-final. Saturday, Feb. 23. Carbon 47, Park City 24, for fifth. Bridger 45, Joliet 32, for fourth. Carbon 53, Bridger 26, for third. Columbus 51, Laurel 45, for first. -Monday, Feb. 25. Laurel 45, Carbon 41, for second.