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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Official Paper of Yellowstone County
FIVE CENTS
VOLUME 38—NO. 38
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1947
TOTALS SI,290.64
Chairman Expresses Gratifica
tion Over Generous Response
From Laurel People
A record amount, $1,290.64, was
contributed during this year's March
of Dimes collection campaign, Mrs.
R. P. Palmer, chairman of the coun
ty women's division and general
chairman for Laurel, has announced.
Contributions by mail, in envelopes
sent out for that purpose, totaled
$580.76, while tin can receptacles,
house to house collections, theater
collections and money raised by
other means accounted for $709.88.
In making the announcement, Mrs.
Palmer said she was gratified by
Laurel's response and wished to
thank committees, solicitors and all
individuals who had generously co
operated in making the campaign a
success.
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STATE INCOME TAX IS
DUE MIDDLE OF APRIL
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The state board of equalization
has completed arrangements to as
sist taxpayers in preparing and fil
ing 1946 state income tax returns.
The deadline is April 15.
Auditor Chester Rusek will be at
the city hall in Laurel March 17 to
20 and at the Pollard hotel in Red
Lodge March 21 and 22 for the
purpose of aiding taxpayers in the
preparation of their returns.
Blank forms with instructions
have been mailed to all who filed
returns for 1945. New taxpayers
and all those who did not receive
their blanks may obtain them at
the county clerk and recorder's of
fice, from any bank, or by writing
direct to the state board of equaliz
ation in Helena.
Single persons should file a re
turn if their income was $1,000 or
more. If married a return should
be filed if the income was $2,000 or
more.
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Penalties are imposed on all de
linquent returns. They will not be
delinquent if filed on or before
A.pril 15.
RIFLE GLOB COMPETES
IN 3 POSTAL MATCHES
Three postal matches fired recent
ly by Laurel Rifle club in compet
ition with Greybull, Wyo., Utica and
Manhattan, Mont., resulted in Laur
el winning from Greybull and los
ing to the other two clubs. Total
scores were Laurel, 1,432, and Grey
bull, 1,354; Utica, 935, and Laurel,
932; Manhattan, 1,446, and Laurel,
1,421.
In the match with Greybull the
Laurel team had four 100 scores for
the prone position and one 100 score
for the sitting position.
Utica match Laurel again had five
100's, all prone, but the Utica men
were best standing and so won the
match. Laurel made six 100's, four
prone and two sitting, when shoot
ing in competition with Manhattan,
but Manhattan fared better in the
other positions and won.
Individual scores of the three
matches were:
Laurel :
Peterson
Anderson
Gunter
Boyles
Monahan
Greybull—
Williams
Smith
Garland
Shoemaker
French
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95 292
P
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100 97
290
95
95
100
85 285
87 284
84 281
100 100
97
100
98
99
88 283
82 275
79 266
266
73 264
95
100
98
95
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96
91
96
93
77
95
96
OH Score
92 192
88 188
89 189
86 186
80 180
Utica
Heller
Boyer
Hodge
McVev
Matcalfe
Laurel—
Anderson
Monahan
Kucera
Boyles
Gunter
P
100
100
100
100
100
99
93 192i
88 188
84 184
84 184
84 184
100
100
100
100
OH Score
93 291
93 293
91 289
88 285
88 288
Manhattan— P S
98 100
100 100
99 99
99 98
100 100
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Mainburg
Snow
Cooper
Fonk
Hilts
Laurel—
Peterson
Kucera
Gunter
Boyles
Anderson
89 289
86 286
85 283
85 282
85 281
100 100
100 100
100 08
100 97
98 98
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Eight Retired Railroad Men Are
Feted At Party By Fellow Workers
Railroad workers Thursday night
put on one of the largest parties,
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when they honored eight of their
companions who had either recently,
retired or were about to do so.
are William Campbell,
engineer; W. W. Cusick, switchman;
B. P. Darham, clerk; W. W. Gran
nis, conductor; T. J. Hard, switch
man; M. J. Harrison, switchman;
C. B. Martin, conductor, and Harry
Smith, engineer.
Hundreds attended the party, sev
eral from a distance, at the L. L.
club. Beginning at 7:30 a buffet
supper was served and was continu
ed until workers from the last shift
of the day had an opportunity to
greet the retired men and wish
them well in "taking it easy,
P. J. Law, switchman, had charge
of the arrangements for the party,
with Jack Parker, yard clerk,
heading the supper committee. Earl
Wilson, engineer, was the toastmast
of its kind Laurel has ever known
The eight
Railroaders from Billings who at
tended were J. W. Cams and J.
F. Burch, switchmen; John Herman
son, engineer; Edward Jones, W. B.
Cosgriff, Homer Wheeler and B. R.
Bailey, clerks; J. W. Tobin, Laurel
yardmaster, and Gordon Allison,
clerk representing the assistant
superintendent of the Yellowstone
division.
Most of those attending were
Northern Pacific men. Represent- *
ing the Burlington were H. N.
Chase, conductor, R. L. McCarty and
Several of the retired men had
been in railroad work 50 or more
years. Cussick spent a good part
of his 50 years in Laurel, though
he began work in Minnesota when
locomotives then in use
er.
were com- \
parable to hand-fired cook stoves,
and trains were indeed short when
compared to the more than 100 big
cars the diesels and 5100's drag out
of Laurel.
Harrison's railroad career here
began 40 years ago in 1917. For
50 years Martin, who now lives
quietly at Park City, knew the old
Montana division when headquarters
were in Livingston. The others did,
A. C. Schutto, brakemen.
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too, for that matter. Martin ran
between Helena, Butte, Livingston,
Laurel and Billings and on a num
ber of the branch lines. For a
time he was conductor on the North
Coast limited. Smith a 50-year
man, spent: his last 15 years run
mng to Belfry and Red Lodge
where coal mines are located. His
experience includes a stretch of
service in Mexico when he was a
young man.
Grannis, one of the latest to re
tire, was a conductor on the North
Coast limited. Like others his ex
periences have been many and var-1
ied. Campbell was in service be
tween 41. and 50 years, beginning
in Livingston. The last 20 years
have been spent here. Hard rail
roaded in Missouri and the south
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Rainbow Order Initiates
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GrOlip Of Candidates
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for member
Several candidates
ship were initiated at the meeting
of the Laurel Assembly of the Or
der of Rainbow for Girls last Wed
nesday evening at the Masonic tem
ple. Barbee Anderson, worthy ad
visor, presided. A number of Ma
sons and Stars were guests.
After the business session an im
promptu musical program and guess
ing contest was presented, for which
prizes were awarded Shirley Wilson,
Eleanor Fisher and Dorothy Hilgert.
Lunch was served by Joyce Brad
ford and Betty Marshall.
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MEDAL WINNER . . . Harold
John Warren Fay, Boston, who
recently was awarded the Edward
Longstreth medal of the Franklin
institute for particularly meritori
improvements and develop
ments in machines and median
ical processes.
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west and for more than 25 years
bas been > n Laurel. He was in
service about 45 years. Darham be
& an "ork here in 1920.
| Music for the occas ion, led by
Brad Wesphal and his drums, was
provided for the party. Ably as
sisting Wesphal were Ross Green,
Miss Joan Green, Bob Tharalson,
Frank Palmer and Vern Daniels.!
Several dancing acts by J. W. Cams,
; Billings switchman, were greatly ap-i
predated by all. Gordon Allison
; gave a number of impersonations
that won much applause,
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STAMP II SOON GOOD
Spare stamp 11 in family ration
books will be validated on April 1,
1947, for 10 pounds of sugar, Fred
eric A. Adams, regional sugar ex
ecutive, has announced,
The new stamp is provided to
cover both regular home use and
current canning needs. There will
be no special stamps for home can
ning sugar validated during 1947.
Spare stamp 11 will remain valid
through Sept. 30, 1947. Barring
unpredictable disasters affecting
sugar supplies, it will be possible
to make another ten pound stamp
good on July 1. It is emphasized
that such sugar is to cover both
home canning and other home uses.
Stamp No. 53, now valid and
good for five pounds, will expire
on March 31.
TWO MEMBERS
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o. M. Wold reviewed the March
issue of The Rotarian and R. B.
Packard exhibited a motion picture
biography of Alexander Graham
Bell at the weekly meeting Tuesday
of the Rotary club. Attention to
the magazine conformed to estab
lished policy and the picture was ap
propriate in the centennial year of
the inventor of the telenhone
WoId cal]ed att ention to the wood
cut picture of Paul Harris, founder
of Rot on the cover of the
March issue of the ma g azine , ami
I the manv tributes on interior pa g es .
Harris died last Jan 27
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Other articles mentioned \%ere
San Francisco, where the next con-i
ventl . on Wl11 be held î international,
£y S °S «'ïf'àni^'the Firsf Amer
1 ? ay ®'. ra ,f l " e 1 'Cr £
^ a " s - Th ' s last ' by Frank C ;
î? lbb f. '• P ro ^ ssor ' <>* archaeology a.^
the University of New Mexico and
| membe f of , the , Ro . t 1 ar : v ,! ub 1 a T A,b ^-.
c l ue . r 'l ae . shoved that first human*
arnved < ? v ® r „ drv , Be , r,n 8' stra,t from
Asia and followed the general route
of the present Alcan highway when
thc > ri10ved south Tije > were hunt :
|Crs living off vast herds of wild,
animals. Animal meat, hide, horns ;
and bones, preserved by freezing, '
were uncovered by bulldozers when
Alcan was being built. With the
remains were found the spear points j
of the first Americans. The time
is said to have been 25,000 years !
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Packard took over after Wold had
completed his section of the pro
The picture biography of
ago.
gram.
Bell was prepared for the Bell tele-.
phone system and probably is au- i
thentic in its essentials of history.
Bell had many interests, and his !
inquiring mind saw also the pos
sibility of communication without
wires, and release of atomic energy.
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Early in his life he taught deaf j
people to speak, married a deaf girl ;
and was always interested in dc
vices that would aid them in com
munications.
He was working on multiple trans
mission of messages over a single
conductor when events turned his
attention to talking by wire. The I
picture showed the first model of j
the telephone (it was scientifically;
correct, but for some unaccountable !
reason it did not work) and Bell's (
later success when he accidently j
spilled acid in water and made the
water electrically conductive. He |
called his assistant, Watson, to help |
him with the acid, and the suddenly i
activated experimental model car-1
ried the spoken words to Watson in !
another room.
Late in his life as he addressed s
group of scientists he said that al
though he had invented the tele-1501
phone the young scientists knew!
more about it than he did. He said
.in effect that the exploring mind
always on the frontier of discovery, j
At the meeting a week ago Marvlin
Hoppel was introduced as a new j
member of the club.
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TEMPLE SKIPPER . .. Alice Put
man, recently elected captain of
Temple university's co-ed basket
ball team. She is an all-American
halfback in field hockey and mem- i
ber of varsity tennis team. Miss
Putman hails from Philadelphia.
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
MONEY FOR CRIPPLED
CHILDREN OPENS SOON
More than 75,000 letters contain
ing Easter seals will be mailed to
Montana residents beginning March
15 in an effort to raise funds to
increase aid to Montana's spastic
children, George E. Snell, Billings
attorney has announced.
Snell, chairman of the sponsor
ing committee of the Montana chap
ter of the National Society for
PRESENT!""i*-!
Be explained that this is the first
time sucb a cam P ai & n bas been
carried out in Montana. "More than
90 per cen t 0 f the money contribut
ed will be used in the state," he
said, "while the remainder will be
used tor research by the national
society."
Snell emphasized that "At least
70 P er cent of al1 spastic children
have normal or above normal in
telligence." He said most of them
can be trained to lead a useful life
if facilities are provided. Funds
raised by the sale of Easter seals
wiU be "* ed to . in * rea f these train '
in £ facll 'T' es , in Montana
<J?« b «l P a Isy, .the malady that
aff ' lcts s P a Tf' . ,s . not , a d,s ® a '? e
ba * « caused by. injury to a certain
(portion of the brain, usually at
birth, which causes the child to lose
control of various muscles. Through
instruction the spastic child is
taught to use another part of his|
fu™" - t0 P erfo ™ th * fu " cti ° nS ° f
the injured part.
This training requires a consider
ab i e amount G f time and trained
technidan ,
While work is being done in Mon
tana now, lack of money makes it
impossible for all the state's spastics
to be trained.
NOLTE SOON TO OPEN
AUCTION SALE CENTER
John W. Nolte announced this
week he will soon open the Laurel
Auction Center on West Main street,
with Howard L. Wightman as auc
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catl0n _ 18 tbe building until recent >
|occupied by a bowling alley, and an
ad J° inin & vacant lot. hales are to (
be weekly. j
Nolte bought the building and is j
rt,n " e R or . a s a sa -•'vof
room. The lot is being enclosed
w_ith a fence All types of mer
chandise will be bought and sold,
Xolte said -
The lo
tioneer and sales manager.
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Vieil Horp March 18
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post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
at a regular meeting March 5
itiated a group of candidates and
discussed plans for entertaining the
department president, Mrs. Ella
Johnson of Great Falls, who will
make an official visit to the Aux
iliary March 18.
For her visit a special meeting
will be held at the home of thei
Larson of]to
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The Auxiliary of Billy Price
president, Mrs. Nina G
Alder avenue, at 7:30 p. m.
A regular meeting will be
March 19 at the L. L. club fori
is:election of officers. Arrangementsilowed
are to be made at that time for.
attending the meeting of district j
No. 3, which will convene April 201
Joliet,
Laurel Team Places
Second In Divisional
Locomotives, Hardin, Southern Champions, To
Attend State I> Tourney March 20-22 At Glas
£ow Where Laurel Is Paired With Scoby
champions
Laurel Locomotives,
of the sixth district B class basket
ball tournament, won second place
in the Southern Montana division
al tournament here Monday night
and will go to the state tournament
at Glasgow. At a drawing conduct
ed this week by officials the Laurel,
team was paired with Scoby for the
It will
opening round at Glasgow,
be the first time a Laurel squad
has participated in a state tourna
ment.
The Locomotives narrowly missed
first place in the southern division,
Saturday night, losing the champ-,
ionship game to Hardin by a score
of 56 to 52. Because Laurel had
not met Cathedral of Helena earlier
in the tournament it was necessary
for Laurel to play in the game
Monday night for second place. The
state B class tourney at Glasgow
will be March 20-22.
red hot
The Locomotives were
in the first half of the play-off
Monday night, swamping Cathedral
66 to 35, the final score. They
couldn't miss. Even a long pass
from the center of the floor by
Bill Speare, intended for a team
mate at the end of the court, went
through the basket to the astonish
ment of the players and spectators.
Laurel took a 3 to 2 lead early
in the first quarter and was never
threatened bv the bewildered Cath
edral. The first period ended with
the tally standing 19 to 7 for the
purple and white. The second was
42 to 16. Although cooling in the
third quarter the Laurel squad
rolled on to 57 to 23. Cathedral
the fourth made a better show
ing against the reserve-filled out
The varsity came back into
the game near the end and passed
the 60 mark.
Roth and Kimberely of the Lo
fit.
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PRESIDENT OF ROTANA
Miss Elizabeth Cook was elected
j president of the Rot&nA cluh Mon
1 day to succeed Mrs. Mona Pewitt,
wbo served through the last year.
The new staff will include Miss
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F]pje fioode ' nbour se P ond vice nresi
d .. RoselW Fritz secretary
and Mrs Helen Toombs treasurer'
T * ' . . membe ' rs w :n b p
M j, itt and M j ss (; raco stadal
Mrs ' ,e " lU an<l *" ,ss ° race Madal
man.
A contribution was made by the
club to the Red Cross drive. Mrs.
Allen Gatewood, a guest speaker
and local Red Cross chairman, de
scribed the progress, service and
j needs of the Red Cross organization.
Dessert was served before the
I meeting by Lois DeuSe, hostess. The
session was hold at the Commercial,
club.
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Recounted At Session
Of Women Of Moose
Meeting Tuesday evening at the |
L. L. club, with Mrs. Alice Fisher j
senior rP g e nt, presiding, the Women ;
the Moose heard various commit
tee reports. A resume was given ;
the program of the conference,
0 f ^e College of Regents held at
Livingston in January. Members |
who attended were Mrs. Horence [
Hereford and Mrs Julia Tmnes, who
visited while in the city with Mrs.
Olive Ryan, former Laurel resident, 1
who served as drill team captain at!
the conference.
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arrangements can be made. ,
An invitation was read from the
Billings chapter which is to be bos
f ess to the Academy of Friendship
be held in Billings in May when(
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A discussion on a future meeting !
place for the chapter followed the j
reading of a notice from the L. L. j
club that the hall would no longer :
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be available for the purpose. It
was decided bv a vote of the chap- ;
ter that meetings will be held in !
the homes of members until other,
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jthe Friendship degree will be con
heldjferred upon qualified candidates,
Hostesses at a lunch which fol
the business s
Mrs. Cara Getz, Mrs. Elsie Kuprr
and Mrs. Fisher. The next meet
ing is to be held Tuesday. Anril 8,
*t the home of Mrs. Julia Phillips.
session were
comotives shared scoring honors, 16
'each, with Sorg next with 13.
Kelly of Cathedral led his team
with 11. Jewett and Murphy were
next with six each.
Summary:
Laurel—
F P
5 2
4 2
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K'njbcrely, f
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! R°V s don. f
Kiedrowski, c
Kamerzel, g
Wold, g
Willis, g
j Bice, g
Speare, f
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0 1
1 5
0 1
1 3
0 3
0 3
5 4
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4
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4
16 25
Totals
Cathedral—
Jewett, f
Reardon, f
Little, f
P. Kelly, c
Maronick, g
Murphy, g
Herella, g
Ryan, g
J. Kelley, g
Romasko, g
25
5 4
0 1
1 0
5 2
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0 0
1 3
1 4
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» o| y Rosary of Bozeman for fourth.
The play-off Monday night gave
Laurel second and Cathedral third.
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Officials were John Jones and F.
Totals
F. Griffin of Billings.
Saturday night, following the
championship game, trophies were
awarded Hardin for first place and
SUDDENLY TUESDAY
Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, 59. Col
lapses On Street—Had Lived
Here Since 1913
Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, 59, wife of
Philip Frank, died of a heart attack
9:30 a. m. in the home
j Tuesday at
: of Mrs. John Reil, where she was
taken after collapsing on the side
walk.
Mrs. Frank was bom April 30,
1887 in Kautz, Russia, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Philip Reiter.
She married Mr. Frank in Russia
on Nov. 25, 1908, and they came to
Laurel in 1913. Mr. Frank is em
ployed at the Northern Pacific car
shops.
Besides the widower, survivors in
clude a daughter, Mrs. William
Schneidmiller of Waitsburg, Wash.;
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six sons, Alev, Fmanuel, Harvey,
j Herman. David and Albert, all of
Laurel, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral sendees at the German
Congregational church have been
tentatively set for Friday. Burial
will be in the family plot in the
No Solicitation At
Places of Employment
For Red Cross Drive
delayed the annual Red Cross col
lection that is being conducted by
the Federated club. With more
f a vor a ble conditions now' existing it
is hoped bv the so i ic itors to speed
the work and come to an earIy con -
elusion
Solicitation is being made this
vear from house to house. No
solicitation will be made at places
f) f employment, such as car shops,
roundhouse an d refinery.
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Bad weather of the past week
-ers,l y.
pnce work for college credit have
, n received from a dozen wan
dens . °* penitentiaries on behalf of
convicts who do not wish to waste
their years in prison.
Two Convicts Tak 0
Univ©rsity Courses
. Missoula, March 12. Two con
v * c ^ 8 np " . serving terms in state
penitentiaries are among 625 stu
en ^ s enrolled in correspondence
courses given by Montana State uni
Inquiries about correspond
Move Here From Lewistown '
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown and
family moved last week from Lewis
town and are occupying the A. A.
Edwards tract west of Laurel.