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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Official Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 39—NO. 2
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 2, 1947
FIVE CENTS
ATTENDED IN RUTTE
Laurel members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars attending the de
partment encampment at Butte in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Burdett,
Mr. and Mrs. George Prouty and J.
D. Fellows. Burdett is department
historian; Mrs. Burdett, past depart
ment president; Mrs. Prouty, dele
gate of BHly Price Auxiliary, and
Fellows, delegate to the post.
Over 1,300 Montanans attended the
four days of the meetings
Representing the national V. F.
W. was Rev. Father Gerald M.
Dougherty of Chicago, national chap
lain. Mrs. Sally Cannon, national
president of the V. F. W. Auxiliary
units, was present and gave an in
teresting address at the auxiliary
session. Other distinguished mem
bers included Past National Com
mander Robert Merrill of Great
Falls.
Butte members conducted many
social events for the visitors, includ
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ing a banquet Saturday evening in
the Silver room of the Hotel Finlan
at which over 1,000 were served.
New officers elected and installed
. were John W. Bonner, department
commander and former atteomey
general of Montana; Ernest Bums of
Whitefish, senior vice commander;
Rev. Father M. F. Corrigan of
Havre—all veterans of World war IT.
Auxiliary officers elected and in
stalled were Helen Kelly of Kalispell,
department president; Mary Young
of Butte, senior vice president; Lelia
Gore of Poison, junior vice presi
dent, and Emma Miede of Billings,
chaplain.
Missoula was chosen as host for
the 1948 encampment.
The four days of the meeting were
marred by rain, hail and snow.
ROTARMNS INSTALL
0, K. Chapman was installed as
president of the Laurel Rotary club
Tuesday at the beginning of the
club's new fiscal year. Oliver Wold
became vice president and R. B.
Packard was continued for another
term as secretary-treasurer. Before
the transfer of the gavel of author
ity to Chapman, retiring president
J. P. Moore announced that the
• board of directors had named Chap
< man president upon the resignation
of President-elect Joseph Gehrett.
The meeting Tuesday also observ
president, who was program chair
man and presented Judge Ben Har
wood of the thirteenth judicial dis
trict court as the guest speaker.
judge Harwood, a native Montan
an and a son of a pioneer who was
one of Nutting's friends in early
days, declared that friendship and
good fellowship constituted a leaven
ing influence of kindliness in human
relationships in the community, state,
nation and world. Man has the
ability to get himself into all man
' ner of predicaments, many of which
come before the court for review,
but the happier aspects of man's
existence arise from his other ability
to live harmoniously with his fel
lows. Referring to the earlier state
ment of the retiring president that
the past year had been a pleasant
one for Moore because of the cordi
ality among members and officers, j
the speaker said in effect that the ]
fostering of such an attitude among
members of the human family wrould
contribute much to the creation and
preservation of happy relationships
throughout the world.
The judge concluded by expressing
pleasure at again visiting the Ro
tary club in Laurel and by extend
j ing' congratulations to his friend
Nutting on the latter's attainment
of 90 years.
Secretary Packard announced that
the Hardin community had invited
the general public to attend an all
day soil conservation meeting there
July 22. Among features will be
a barbecue dinner of five buffalo
prepared by Crow Indians for their
guests and the full-dress tribal adop
tion of Dr. H. H. Bennet, chief of
the soil conservation service at
Washington, D. C. The adopption is
to be the most elaborate affair of
its kind since the adoption of Mar
shal Foch of the French army after
the first World war.
Packard announced also that a dis
trict assembly of Montana Rotary
presidents and secretaries will be
held Sunday and Monday, July 6
and 7, at Bozeman. President Chap
man said he would request J. W.
Corwin, a past president, to repre
sent the Laurel club at Bozeman.
Ted Neville of the Roysdon furn
iture store was elected to member
ship.
JAKE KIESZ SERIES
CONDUCTED IN LAUREL
Funeral services were conducted at
Our Savior's Lutheran church Sat
urday afternoon for Jake Kiesz, 33,
who was killed in a tractor accident
in Lewiston, Ida.
erson officiated.
Rev. C. O. And
Mrs. Stanley El
lingson and Mrs. Fred Herink, ac
companied by Mrs. Anderson, sang
and
"You Must Open the Door
"Only a Touch."
Pallbearers were Jacob Bernhardt,
Michael Tipps, Louis Dockter, Jack
Goick, Henry Lieh, William Schwab,
Walter Smidt and Manuel Zahm.
In attendance at the funeral were
21 relatives of Mr. Kiesz, from Gol
den Valley, N. D., and others from
Fishtail and Reed Point. 'Numerous
friends from Absarokee, Billings and
Huntley also attended.
Surviving are the widow, a son,
father, stepmother, three sisters,
half sister, three half-brothers, two
step-sisters and two step-brothers.
Burial was in the Laurel cemetery.
OFFICERS OISGOURA8E
SPECTATORS AT FIRES
Many spectators at a fire are apt
to interfere with firemen in the
discharge of their duties, city auth
orities hold. To discourage the
spectators the chief of police has
cited section 417 of the city ordi
nances, which provides for fine and
imprisonment.
Section 417 says:
"When any fire alarm is sounded,
persons using the public streets or
alleys shall immediately place them
selves in such position that they will
not interfere with the free and un
obstructed use of the streets by the
fire department in answering such
fire alarm. Any person negligently
or carelessly or intentionally getting
in the way of any fire truck, en
gine, hose cart, hook and ladder
carriage, or any other fire-fighting
equipment while making a run to a
fire after a fire alarm has been
given and who by such interference
shall delay such fire-fighting equip
ment in its progress to such fire
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined not less than $10 nor more
than $160 and costs of prosecution
or imprisonment in the city jail for
a period not to exceed 30 days, and
the court may inflict both such fine
and imprisonment.
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William A. Ziegler, president of
the Kiwanis club, said Wednesday
that George E. Snell of the Billings
c lub would be the speaker at the
regular 6:30 Wednesday evening
meeting at the Board of Trade cafe,
George E. Snell, past internation
al trustee, past international vice
president and past governor of Ki
wanis, is scheduled to speak on "In
temational President's Message" and
"Rededication Pledge."
it has been learned that about 60
couples from the Billings club intend
to be present on charter night, July
23, at the high school gymnasium.
Ziegler further stated that Peter
Yegen, Jr., president of the sponsor
ing Billings Kiwanis club, is at pres-1
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hotel and will report to the Lau
club regarding the convention upon
his return.
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wai \ da P an and are in desperate
need of assistance.
Dawson Is Promoted
Roy A. Dawson has received word
of the promotion of his son, Zane
C. Dawson, to the rank of MM 3/c.
MM 3/c Dawson is at present en
route to Seattle, where he hopes to
receive leave before going to Point
Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost set
tlement in North America. He ex
pects to be at Point Barrow until
October.
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation
such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety
and Happiness." —Extract from Declaration of Independence.
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Commercial Club Moves To Acquire
Tract For Constructing Airfield
the Montana office of civil aeron
u t; c8 authority, explained prelimin
ary procedure to secure approximate
ly 50-50 cooperation of the federal
agency in acquiring and developing
a field. President John Laird pre
sided at the session.
Letters from the highway com
mission and reported interviews with
its members disclosed that definite
plans for highway improvements in
the Laurel-Billings area will not be
formulated until after completion of
a comprehensive survey now in pro
gress. The survey, looking to a
program extending over several
ye ar s, will occupy months and may
not be completed until autumn,
Types of traffic, origin and destina
tion, and routes for the long-range
P lan are listed as factors to receive
consideration A number of mem
bers tb e Commercial club took
Two subjects, Laurel's position in
pending highway improvements and
the purchase of a site for an air
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port, came up for consideration
Monday evening at a general meet
ing of the Laurel Commercial club,
No directive action was taken on
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the road subject, but the airport
committee was instructed to pro
ceed with its work for acquirement
and development of an airport site.
John Bullard of Helena, representing
1 P art 1° the discussion and reports.
! Willard Baldwin, vice chairman,
! introduced by R. B. Packard, chair
i man, who gave the airport commit
j tee's principal report. After samp
I ling Public opinion and soliciting
i slightly more than 30 business con
cerns ^ or expressions, Baldwin was
j of the opinion that the money could
be raised for purchase of the land
j ^ that the s P oIicitation for funds
should be made in the near future,
1 lhe avera g e fr °m 34 firms was $500,
he sajd> representing an approximate
total of $17,000, with a number of
other yet to be con t ac ted.
Among subscribers were three farm
ers who expressed an interest in an
a j r port at Laurel.
The ' dc e chairman of the commit
tee said that a]1 the town8 in Mon . j
tana larger th Laurel have air
ports, as do many that are smaller'
tban Laurel.
Bullard of the C. A. A. said he had
examined the proposed site for the
airfield and considered it a good lo
cation. The C. A. A. favors
a na
tion-wide network of airfields and
contributes 25 per cent of the pur
chase price and 53 per cent of the
cost of essential construction. The
matching of local funds can be on
program of seven years.
This cooperation does not include the
building of hangars.
As the federal agency works only
a "stage
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Prevailed that the committee proceed
**th i* 8 work, taking such steps as
circumstances warrant,
President Laird called Chairman
I^ul Wold of the baseball park com
rrittee for a report. Wold said the
original tract purchased for a ball
pirk had been exchanged for anoth
e* on which a temporary diamond
will be constructed until a permanent
l;y-out can be made. Comments
were offered by B. B. Hageman,
f«rmer chairman of the committee
caking solicitation for funds. Fur
tier reports were given by Paul
Yilson, Fred W. Graff and Wayne
with tax money bodies, in this in
stance the city government, it
would , J* ^cessary for the city
council to create an airport commis
s j onj should the council adopt the
airport proposal as a project. Clear
title to the land is necessary.
^ b,e construction" includes relocation
of power lines and other utilities, in
u . hich ^ c A A wou]d participate
j cn the outlined percentage basis,
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Bullard was of the opinion that
tie site could be easily developed
from a class II to a class III port
any time there was sufficient local
money to match federal money.
J. F. MacDonald exhibited a map
hî had prepared in colors, showing
proposed initial and subsequent run
ways .
After further discussion a motion
Hageman concerning the exchange
o: properties, inclusion of a future
svimming pool and use of the lights
f<r school football games.
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UNSCHEDULED EXHIBIT ... To Harry Marrison, his wife and
their two and a half-year-old daughter, Judy, the international textile
exposition at Grand Central Palace in New York offered a chance to
set up temporary living quarters in one of the tents on display.
Presence of the family in their cozy retreat made special officers
Charles Beekman and Carmine Caruso do a quick double-take when
(hey discovered the set-up.
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MANY PHEASANTS ARE
RELEASED NEAR CITY
ice.
The pictures were of the old May
an empire with its many stone build
ings and intricate sculptoring and
carvings and were of the same
scenes printed in the magazine,
To replenish the stock of game
birds in the Laurel area the state
fish and game commission released
a large number of fully grown
Chinese pheasants in this vicinity re
cently. The birds came from the
game bird farm at Billings. Presi
dent D. A. Nottingham of the Laurel
Rod and Gun club appointed Paul
Wilson, R. B. Packard and H. E.
Herbert to assist AI Holmes, game
warden, in making the distribution.
Birds released were 132 southeast
of Laurel, 63 north, 77 west and
145 southwest. It is expected that
they will nest this year.
Pictures Of Ancient
Mexico Displayed
On display in the window of the
Fenton Agency during the past week
with the current issue of Life mag
azine were some photographs taken
at Palenque, Mexico and given to
Miss Francis Fenton by friends con
nected with Mexican {migration serv
The people who built these 1200
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year-old buildings and temples have
often been called the Greeks of the
New World.
ACCEPT LAND
FDR AIRPORT
Agrees To Proposal By
Commercial Club At
Session Tuesday
The city council at its meeting
Tuesday evening agreed to accept a
tract of land for an airport, when
purchased by the Laurel Commercial
club, and to appoint a member of the
city council to serve as head of an
airport commission. The subject was
presented by a delegation from the
Commercial club, with J. Willard
Baldwin as spokesman. He said
the tract consists of 320 acres and
will cost approximately |60,000. The
federal government's C. A. A. has
indicated that it will contribute 25
per cent of this amount, leaving
about $45,000 to be raised by the
club. The C. C. A. will deal only
with a tax-supported body, which
made the council's action necessary
before further action could be tak
en.
The land lies south of the North
ern Pacific right-of-way and east of
the Farmers Union refinery.
The council meeting, attended by
Mayor Peter D. Thomson and Aider
men Parker, Freebury, Rodgers,
Feuerbacher, Tubman and Wold,
heard a request from Guy Stormont
to buy a tract of land owned by
the city west of extended Sixth ave
nue and south of West Main. It is
90 by 130 feet. The council ordered
that the tract be advertised for bids.
Bonds of special improvement light
district No. 1-A were sold to the
Yellowstone bank, the only bidder,
for $1,900 with interest at 6 per
cent.
At request of C. L. Starbard an
alley on the east side of block 30
in the Allard subdivision was order
ed opened.
It was ordered that section 417 of
the original ordinances, relating to
penalties for interference with fire
fighting equipment and firemen, be
printed in the Laurel Outlook. A
report on the recent fire on Juniper
avenue was presented by R. H. Ster
rett, chief of the fire department.
Beer and liquor licenses were
granted to C. A. Biffle, Frank Ja
cobs, Palace bar, Slick's Inn, Laurel
bar, Boesch and Joe Marcure. Beer
licenses were granted to Safeway
stores and Frank's grocery.
The purchasing committee was au
thorized to buy paint for streets and
curbs and also fire hydrants.
June reports were presented by
the police department, police judge,
library, water department and health
officer.
The recommendation of Mayor
Thomson that W. V. D. Chapman
be appointed police judge was ac
cepted and Chapman was declared
appointed. He succeeds F. H. Sud
dith who recently moved to Billings.
The following building permits
were granted:
Clarence Bartley for a 16 by 26
foot frame garage on lots 11 and
half of 12, block 1, Laurel Heights,
at an approximate cost of $400; Al
bert Leuthold for a 26 by 34 brick
house with a 20 by 20 garage at
tached, lot 1 and portion of 2, block
24, Laurel Realty second subdivision,
$6,000; William Higgenbotham for
12 b u frame add ^ io Iot 6 and
half of 7, block 11, Laurel Realty
subdivision, $300; R. W. Easton for
a 24 by 54 frame garage, lot 7,
block 20, Laurel Heights, $1,000;
Florian A. Dolechek for a 26 by 32
frame house, lot 10 and half of 9,
j block 7, Park subdivision, $2,500;
Ralph Husehka for a 26 by 32
frame house, lot 8 and half of 9,
block 7, $2,500; Henry Reiter, Jr.,
renewal for cabins and service sta
tion on West Main; C. L. Starbard
for a 19 by 20 frame garage, lots,
1, 2 and 3, block 30, Allard sub
division, $400.
A letter from Northland Grey
hound bus lines regarding parking
on the west side of the New Yel
lowstone hotel was read and filed,
Mrs. Britton was employed as care
taker of the wading pool in North
park. A petition for a sewer on
seventh avenue was referred to the
sewer committee. The city engineer
was authorized to buy welding equip
ment on trial and inspection.
Mayor Thomson called a special
meeting for July 7 at 7:30 to work
or the budget for the coming year,
Mrs. E. A. Fuller and Miss Carol
Shay plan to leave for Fort Dodge,
Iowa, where they will visit
Bessie Sherrow and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Crouse.
Mrs.