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Official Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 38—NO. 24
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946
FIVE CENTS
DIVISIONAL B HOOP
JOUST IS AWARDED
Anderson Announces State Ath
letic Board's Acceptance Of
Bid—Formerly At Hardin
Laurel wall be host this season to
two basketball tournaments—Sixth
B district, and Southern Montana B
divisional. Announcement was made
this week by Coach Anderson of
Laurel high school that the Mon
tana Athletic association's board of
control had recently awarded the
divisional to Laurel. For several
years past the event has been at
Hardin.
Schools of the respectived istricts
choose their own tourney sites,
while selection of the divisional
sites is left to the state control
board which makes its decision from
bids submitted by would-be hosts.
Selection of Laurel for the district
tournament was made at a meet
ing held here about two weeks ago
bv coaches and officials of the
13 schools in the district, who des
ignated Feb. 19, 20, 21 and 22 as
the dates. Award of the divisional
was made this week by the state
board, with March 6 , 7 and 8 as
the dates. The state B class tour
ney will be March 20, 21 and 22
at Glasgow.
Participating in the divisioanl
here will be two winners from four
districts in the Southern division,
which includes district 6 of which
Laurel is a member. This year
there will be two from each of the
divisions who will contend at Glas
gow for state honors.
The divisional class A tourney has
been awarded to Billings.
* Although the Laurel Locomotives
and their coach, Anderson, have
championship ambitions the award
of the divisional B event to Laurel
is not a guarantee that Laurel will
be a contender; the Locomotives
have to earn the right to play by
being a winner in the sixth district.
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DOING DISHES STOPS
SPEAKER IN CRUSADE
Laurel Rotarians sighed quietly
and settled back, at their meeting
Tuesday, when B. M. Harris, acting
on behalf of absentee program com
mittee members, introduced Joseph
A. Bjomstad of Billings as the
speaker and said the topic would
be "Why I Am a Rotarjan.
prospect was another load, about
why the world is in the fix it is,
how erring citizens have failed in
their task of preventing the social
structure from falling into ruin, and
that they had better do something
about the situation before it is too
late. Harris explained that Bjom
stad is state manager for the Finan
cial Security Fund, which should
make him, the Rotarians inferred,
an able interpreter of morals, ethics
and how the coal strike will end.
After apologizing for having to
present his sad story, and his re
luctance in doing so, Bjomstad 1
roused his somnolent audience by
telling them they were Rotarians
because they were trying to escape,
ever unsuccessfully, the wiles of j
women. This was their last strong- j
hold; when routed from their club j
they would find no place to escape i
to in this petticoat-dominated world. I
When the Rotarians realized they |
were to be entertained instead of
lashed for their shortcomings the: -
wondered how the speaker would
find enough of the material he was ;
using to make a 30-minute speak- j
ing program. But he kept at, to !
the accompaniment of laughter, and j
filled 20 minutes. Throughout he j
was solemn-faced.
After telling how males had lost I
their caveman majesty and now I
find women sharing, and even con
trolling with their lipsticks, charm
ing clothes and seductive perfumes,
all the domains of business, politics,
science and society that once had
been men's exclusively, he admon
ished the Rotarians to at once
mount their horses and ride far and
wide to warn all other men. Then
he concluded by saying, "I would
ride with you, but I have to go
home and help with the dishes.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jake Herman ha ,- e
returned from a trip to California
where they visited Mrs. Herman's •
father who has been ill.
«» HAVE ANNUAL
ELECîfON^OFFIGERS
Evergreen Rebekah lodge No. 86
held its annual election of officers
Monday evening and named Louise
Van Nice as noble grand for the
coming year; Ardeth Webb, vice
grand; Tilda Anderson secretary,
and Doris Armstrong, treasurer.
Lunch was served at conclusion,
of the session by Virginia Higgin
botham and Effie Gerard.
MASTERF0fiïEAR'47
Annual Election, Installation
Of Officers Is Held Mon
day With 70 Attending
At the annual election and in
stallation of officers Monday even
ing at the Masonic temple, Philip
Noel was named worshipful master
to serve during the coming year.
Other elected and appointed officers
seated at the installation were Vint
on Shay, senior warden; J. Melvin
Williams, junior w arden ; Ray Stev
ens, treasurer; J. R. Heebner, sec
retary; Fred W. Graff and Camp
bell Calvert, Masonic temple asso
ciation trustees; Edward Coombs,
chaplain; Dewey Hafer, senior dea
con; Jack Freebury, junior deacon;
Oliver Mayhugh, senior steward;
Herman Schessler, junior steward:
H. E. Richardson, marshal, and
Frank Taylor, tiler.
Fred W. Graff acted as installing
master, with T. W. Evert as in
stalling marshal. About 70 mem
bers and sojourners attended the
session.
The evening concluded with re
freshments in the dining room, with
B. L. Price presiding as toastmaster.
MORE THUN HALF N.P.S
TAX GOES TO SCHOOLS
70,596
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Northern Pacific for the year to
jtals 8119,529.
Montana's school children are the
principal beneficiaries of property
taxes paid the various counties by
the Northern Pacific railway and
the Northwestern Improvement com
pany's wholly-owned subsidiary.
This was pointed out by E. A.
McCrary, tax commissioner of the
railway, in announcing that N, P.
and Improvement company taxes for
1946 in the Treasure State total
$1,754,025,
over 1945.
an increase of $48,000
The first payment was
made to county treasurers Nov. 30
and the remainder will be paid next
May 31.
In addition, Northern Pacific will
pay approximately $ 121,000 direct 1
te the state treasurer for Improve
ment company coal mine license
tax and an undetermined amount for
property, gas and oil taxes of the
Northern Pacific Transport com
pany, another wholly-owned sub
sidiary.
Of the total property tax, $981,
205—more than half—goes to Mon
tana's schools, McCreary said. The
remainder goes to:
Roads and bridges .
Other county purposes
Other city and town
purposes .
Yellowstone county's levy on
$264,137
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KILROY WON STREETCAR . . . Winner of a contest sponsored by
American Transit association with letter on subject, "Kilroy Was
Here," James Kilroy, Halifax, Mass., his wife ami nine children take
over their prize—a streetcar. The car will be moved from the Boston
elevated yards to Halifax, where the Kilroys will remodel and use it
for an addition to their present home. The youngsters claim it will
make an ideal play room.
COUNCIL OFFERS 30
Si)(ÎH AV ENUE LOTS
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FOB SÄLE; BOTS PIPE
Five Building' Permits Are Is
sued At Meeting Tuesday—
Beer, Liquor Permit Given
The city council, meeting Tues
day evening at the city hall with
Mayor D. Thomson presiding, au
thorized a call for bids in the sale
of 30 lots on Sixth avenue. The
lots, acquired some time ago on
tax title by the city from the
county are located in Laurel
Heights, Young's First and Second
subdivisions.
The terms of sale are cash, the
amount to accompany the bid. A
condition involves a contract be
tween the city and a contractor for
installing of sanitary sewer on
Sixth avenue. Bids will be opened
at the council meeting of Dec. 18.
A request that the lots be offered
for sale was made a few weeks ago
by Laurel Construction company,
acting through an attorney.
The council granted a request for
a beer and liquor license presented
by Joe Marcure. One bid was re
ceived, from American Cast Iron
Pipe company of Minneapolis, fox
furnishing a carload of pipe. The
bid was accepted. November re
port of the water department,
police department, police judge and
library were presented, read and
filed.
presented by the finance committee
and ordered paid.
Bills for November were
Permission was given for use of
the city hall by milk dealers and
the Montana milk control board at
a public meeting later this month.
The street and alley committee was
instructed to investigate the report
ed burning of garbage in district 1 .
An application by Henry Ficht
ner to build concrete steps and a
sidewalk at 219 Fifth avenue was
approved. Four applications from
John Nolte were also approved.
They were for remodeling a house
The rural electrification bureau
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; r. and 1 is. . .. ornmg am
son and Mrs. F. M. Quinn left Wed
nesday morning for Casper Wyo
to spend a few days with Mr. and ;
Mrs. Merle Price.
at 419 Fourth avenue; construction
of a frame house on lots 1 and
2, block 2, Laurel Heights; construc
tion of a frame house on lots 6
and 7, block 7, Laurel Heights, and
remodeling an office building into
an apartment house at 214 First
avenue.
Recommends $325,000
Electrification Loan
in Washington approved Nov.
,oan of * 325 ' 000 to the Yellowstone
Valley Electric Cooperative associa
tion at Huntley for electric service
27 a
and improvements in existing lines.
Farm areas in the vicinity of
Laurel, embracing portions of Car
bon and Stillwater counties as well
as Yellowstone, are served by the
Huntley cooperative.
Information concerning the rec
ommended loan was transmitted by
W. H. Coburn, secretary to Sen.
James E. Murray.
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HEADLINER . , . John L. Lewis,
president of United Mine Workers,
shown as he arrived in Washing
ton to accept service of federal
court order on recent contempt or
der.
NEW SEASON DEC. 12
Greybull Slated As First Op
ponent, Followed By Session
Later At Billings
Laurel Locomotives will
open the basketball season here
next Thursday night, Dec. 12,
at 8 p. m., against Greybull, Wyo.,
always one of the stronger teams
°f northern Wyoming. The next
games will be Dec. 13 and 14 at a
meeting of four teams at Hardin,
Mont. Laurel meets Sheridan,
Wyo., the first night with Har
din engaging Miles City. The next
night the winners and the losers
meet each other. Next comes quite
session at Billings, Dec. 20
Six teams are included
v ^'.he meet: Columbus, Red Lodge,
Laurel, Hardin, Roundup and Bill
ings. Drawings for this are to be
held Saturday.
The southern Montana class B
football champs are looking forward
and 21 .
to added laurels on the hardwood.
The opening practice sessions drew
about 60 boys who were divided into
A and B squads, then the A squad
was cut to 18 and now to 11 . This
list includes four lettermen from last
year, Speare, Kimberly, Meiers and
Sorg. The balance of the squad is
Kamerzel, Roysdon, Galusha, Wold,
Willis, Kiedrowski and Bice. The
other letterman from last year's
squad was Joel Roth who is recov
ering from an operation but the
latest reports are that Joel will be
able to start practice after the holi
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the B squad has a full schedule
which will be announced at a later
date. The new coach keeps the
boys working hard all the time by
moving them back and forth from
the A ami B squads.
The 1946-47 edition of the Loco
motives uses a fast-breaking of
fense, with a man-for-man defense.
a slowly-moving- screened of
fense against a set defense.
The game next Thursday night'the
will be the only chance for seeing
the local boys in action the rest
of this year, as the balance of
tbe 8 ' aiTies > n 1946 are away from
home. The next home game will
^ apainst H ysham Jan . Let ' s
pjve the bo real support in their
first of thc se they SU re
didn't let us down in football! The
date, next Thursday, night, Dec.,
12, at 8 p. m., here.
but
Rev. Lewis I. Lamance, pastor of i
the Laurel Church of God at Third
Rev. LaMance Leaving
For Helena Pastorate
street and Third avenue, will de
liver a farewell sermon Sunday
morning to his congregation. He
will leave during the following
week for Helena where he has ac
cepted a pastorate.
He came to Laurel two years
ago last September from Seattle.
His successor here has not yet
been named.
Charlotte
Edith Belile and Berta Jean Wilson,
They were accompanied by the
group's guardian, Harriet Smith.
CAMPFIRE GIRLS ENJOY HIKE
The O-da-ko campfire girls went
on a hike Saturday to the river.
Games were played and a picnic
lunch was enjoyed. Participating
were Marlene Bradley, Joyce Ed
wards, Anna Resser
Ward, Ethel and Mary Ann Scam
mon, Joyce and Mary Lou Wilcox,
Strike, Calendar Spur
Mailing For Christmas
Parcels For Saint Nick's Sack Pour In At Lau
rel Office To Beat Rumored Emborg-o—Earlier
Packages Went Mostly To Servicemen Overseas
Nudged by the coal strike as
well as the calendar, a combination
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that might mean "too little too
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late, Laurel mailers of Christmas
packages got their stride this week
and began pouring colorfully wrap
ped Santa Claus goods through the
windows at the postoffice. There
had been small numbers of packages
in November, but the volume did
not pick up until Monday, the first
week-day after the calendar leaf
was
turned.
By Wednesday the
number had grown to real Yuletide
proportions, said Wayne Willis, act
ing postmaster.
The majority of the early mail
ings were for servicemen and their
families overseas, but the volume
was not comparable to the war
years for obvious reasons.
Effective at 12:01 a. m. Dec. 6 ,
the following partial embargo will
become effective:
No first class mail, including air
mail, weighing more than five
pounds, and no fourth class parcels
exceeding five pounds in weight,
or 18 inches in length and 60 inches
in length and girth combined, will
be accepted, but these limitations
do not apply to day-old chicks,
rursery stock, perishable food pro
ducts, medicines, hospital supplies,
money by registered mail, local par
cels, parcels to members of the arm
ed forces and other persons served
through A.P.O's and F.P.O's, second
class matter, mats for periodicals
and films. International parcel post
is limited to medicines and hospital
CLUB SPEAKER JELLS
OF VISIT TO RUSSIA
The Laurel Woman's club met
ing meeting. Thirteen members re
i sponded to roll call by naming their
I hobbies, which included flowers,
fancy work, reading, clippings,
china collection, work with young
people and window shopping.
The club has increased its roll by
six new members in the past two
meetings.
**£. Modern Odyssey b> Lucy
J. Dickinson, president of the gen
era! federation of Woman's clubs
was read by Mrs. Shirley D. Pen
ninger as the program for the
afternoon. This is an account of
Mrs. Dickinson's visit to Russia on
invitation from the Soviet govern
ment, Soviet Red Cross ami the
Red Crescent society to be the
guest of the USRR for a month and..
visit with a delegation of seven of
war-torn areas, observe the use
j and distribution of American relief
supplies and consult on current
needs of the Russian people.
The American delegation consist-j
ed of Peter G ri mm, real estate
broker, president of the New
chamber of Commerce and treas
jurer of the American Societv for
Russian Relief, Inc., who headed
the delegation; Louis Levine, na
tional chairman of the Jewish Coun-I
Monday at the home of Mrs. C.
Morris with Mrs. R. J. Rosselot.
president, presiding at an interest
cil for Russian Relief; Dr. Louie D.
Newton, minister of Druid Hill Bap -1
tist church, Atlanta, Ga. ; Dr. Ed-J
ward L. Young, chief surgeon of
Faulkner hospital, Boston; Fred
Myers, executive director of the
American Society for Russian Re
lief, and Dr. Ralph W. Soekman,
minister of Christ church, Metho
dist, of New York City.
This delegation went to the
Soviet Union to explore its ruined
cities, to observe its struggles for
rehabilitation: industry to be re
stored, whole cities to be rebuilt,
millions of orphans to be cared for
under the great handicap of lack of
materials and tools.
Mrs. Dickinson found that Rus
sian women have no conception of
women's clubs as we know them,
although they have what is called
the Women's Anti-Fascist organi
zation. However, she gave them an
invitation to become a part of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs.
She learned that the women of
Russia have equal rights, and was
chagrined to have to acknowledge
that such is not the case in the
United States,
Women of Russia are doing their
supplies. Other mail for foreign
destination is
class articles weighing not more
... j • r.
than four pounds six ounces. Do
] m estic restrictions apply to all mails
for Canada, Mexico, and territories
an(1 possessions of the United States,
restricted to first
Extension of mail delivery service
to 14 patrons residing on the ceme
tery road has been authorized by
the postoffice department,
fartherest patron is a mile north of
the office.
Patrons living in the 300, 400 and
500 blocks on Fifth avenue and in
the 400 and 500 blocks on Sixth
avenue have been removed from the
rural route and are now served by
city carrier.
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Will Receive Evidence, State
ments On Minimum Prices
For Milk, Cream In Area
A. A. Klemme, executive secre
tary of the Montana milk control
board at Helena, has announced the
state control board will conduct a
public hearing here Dec. 18, to re
ceive evidence and statements con
cerning
charged for milk and cream pur
chased, received, processed or sold
in the Laurel marketing area. The
area includes the city of Laurel and
three miles in all directions from
the corporate limits.
Consumers and all others inter
ested are invited
minimum prices to be
to attend the
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Members of Laurel high schools
successful football team which won
sub-district and Southern Montana
championship titles in the recently
c i ose( j J 94 g season w'ere feated Nov.
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at a V ictory dinner at the Ma
sonic temple. In addition to the 28
players, those attending included
parents of the boys and men of the
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the wl ?' Wl w M °S" club .'..
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toastmas er, commendations and
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1 p! en . . n °î 1 ' coat ^> ° n 0 -tu"
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Ca P ta,na S P eare and Roth of thly
W 8 team,
Ca P ains ro next
were Sonny Wold and Wayne Wil
ested are invited
meeting, which will open at 8 p. m.
at the city hall.
to attend the
GRIOSTERS ARE FETED
AT 'VICTORY' DINNER
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share of work in peacetime as they
did during the war. She found
( they were up at 5 a. m., washing
I the streets and sweeping them with
brooms made of twigs; they were
hoisted
outside of buildings; they were
carrying heavy burdens, due to the
scaffolds repairing the
on
shortage of man power.
The great number of orphan chil
dren in Russia touched Mrs. Dick
inson's heart deeply and she wished
we could clothe as many of them as
possible as the cost is small. She
said, "It costs so little to equip one
child for the winter: $21.50 for a
boy and $21 for a girl."
It seemed to her the most im
portant thing today is to have
friendly feelings between the Soviet
Union and the United States. "We
can never understand each other,
but we can be friends just the
same," is her opinion.
The refrain of every woman in
Russia—whether she was an opera
singer or a humble woman on the
streets or a woman on a collective
farm, which she had the privilege
of visiting, was "We want friend
ship with the American woman, we
want peace."