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■r / If ; I ■ _ ■ ss LAUREL v IT n i • *''r s \ Official Paper of Yellowstone County / / VOLUME 39—NO. 34 LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1948 FIVE CENTS SURVEÏ POSSIBLE ROUTE OF 4-LANE u nil A V prninn lillAlUi i r I ■ MI n IllVVnl ÜLUIUII Stakes In Past Week Run Elast' and West North Of Laurel, South Of Big Ditch Surveyors in the past week have run lines north of Laurel for a pos sible relocation of east and west U. S. highway 10 for which a four lane route between Laurel and Bil lings was approved a year ago last January by the state highway de partment. The surveyors have placed stakes north of the Laurel North school and south of the Big ditch, continuing west to a juncture with the present route of the highway at the Schauer ranch. It is understood here that another relocation may be made at Park City by leaving the present route at the Eisenman farm and making a juncture at Valley creek. The four-lane project between Laurel and Billings, approved in January 1947, provides for an over pass west of Billings to replace the existing railroad underpass. The survey north of Laurel and other possible routes are to be sub - mitted to the highway department for study. DIRECTORS COMPLETE Directors of the Commercial club at a meeting Monday noon com pleted the work of reorganization that was authorized at the club's annual meeting a short time ago by appointing four additional directors, J. W. Baldwin, Peter Thomson, John Laird and B. L. Price. At a meet ing Friday evening last week, Laird was elected vice president and Dr. D. A. Nottingham was named sec retary-trasurer. The two basketball tournaments, district and state, that are to be played here ocupied the attention of the board, President Oliver Wold said. The board decided that ban ners advertising the event should be strung across principal streets. Chester Scott was appointed chair man of the committee charged with this responsibility. A committee composed of O. K. Chapman, Harold Collins and R. H. Sterrett was appointed on decoration of store windows to welcome the teams who will attend the state basketball tournament here in March. , , . Harlan Russell was apomted chair man of a committee to arrange for housing the visiting teams. Feminine Finery Of Other Generations Are Exhibited At Meeting Of Laurel Rotana Club Mrs. Gerald Scammon, nee Mary Clare, of Byam was guest speaker at a dinner meting of the Laurel Rotana club Monday evening. Her subject was Heirlooms, wonderful!/ illustrated by the wealth of material she exhibited. A large table was covered with hundreds of articles, varying from hand-made lace through beautiful jewels, ancient powder horns, work baskets, photographs, daguerotypes, tintypes, albums, cutlery and a host of other things, to the highly polish ed bowls of Indian peace pipes. One of the articles displayed was a beautiful Spanish mantilla of black lace, crisp and fresh after its many years of reposing, while care fully folded and wrapped, in a trunk stored in an attic. A large United States flag, made at the time of the centennial, con tained 13 stars embroidered in white : wool on the blue field. A Paisley shawl occupied a space close by a hand-made quilt of beauti ful design and workmanship. : However the articles exciting the ' greatest admiration and interest: were the gowns, wraps and fans. Two of the wraps were in a style worn in the '70s and were called dol mans at that time. They were made much on the lines of the old fashioned capes, but a slit either side of the front closing enabled the wearer to thrust her hands for ward without disturbing the grace ful folds of the wrap. These were trimmed in beads and fringe—much in vogue at that time. Two velvet gowns with their tiny waisted, high collared, form fitting lilEY FILES FOR ! POST OF GOVERNOR — Seeks Democratic Nomination At Primary j n juTy_is Native Montanan Helena, Mont.—Arthur F. Lamey, Billings attorney, has filed with the secretary of state his petition as a candidate for the Democratic nomination primary election to be held July for E ov,™„ at the 20 . Lamey's statement of measures ** H r : - ; V |i| I ' v ARTHUR F. LAMEY and principles set forth in his pe tition for nomination were: "Be guided by the fundamental principle of democracy that the state is created to serve and pro mote the welfare of all the people; "Seek advice and help of citizens on state problems; "Maintain good public schools un der permanent financing plan; "Assist veterans in establishing homes and becoming rehabilitated; "Help regain lost population through cooperation with industry, labor and interested agencies by developing natural resources, pro-. cessing raw materials within our state, extending reclamation and other benefits to livestock raisers and farms, and encouraging tourist: tiade; , , J "Promote farm-to-market roads and rural electrification; "Do my best to serve the peonle ••• ' well. Under his name on the nominating ballot he requests the following statemènt: "I will do my best to serve you well.' A native of Montana and a life long resident, Lamey is 55 years of He was born the son of a section a & e - Great railway hand in a section house at Big (Continued on Page Eleven) Northern basques, and the l° n &. graceful skirts were much admired. An ancient wedding gown of bro coded silk, in colors of golden brown and blue was, in line and cut, much like the present day formal. An old-fashioned lace boa, frilly and feminine, was probably worn about 50 years ago. Materials used in the fashioning of the gowns were varied silks, vel vet, lace, cashmere and lawn, all of the finest quality. The one dating back the farthest, worn at the time of the Civil war. w'as made of woolen material, rose gray in color, with a coral trim and had a tiny tiny hat to match the,j ensemble being completed by a pair of coral colored hand-knit mittens, A wedding gown worn by Mrs. Clare, mother of Mrs. Scammon. was of relatively recent mut aI m stvle, having been made in 1902. Of white silk poplin, it was fasa -j ioned in two pieces: a high necked, slim waisted basque, and a full skirt with a medium length tram j of plumes and pearl beads. j The most recent garment was a pink silk dress which had been worn by Mrs. Scammon when she was only a few years old. Delicate lace scarfs and pongee silk aprons, hand decorated in drawn work, were of interest. A black mourning apron was of silk lace with a heavy design woven in at the bottom. Delicate fans in black and white have not lost their beauty, as is also true of silk, satin and lace trimmed parasols. Gowns were modeled by Miss (Continued on Page Eleven) HIWAY ACCIDENT KILLS LAUREL id, IUIIIDCC Q flTUCDC lllilMiliTi Il I 11111/1 II1ÜUIILÜ U U 111 LI IU Calvin Frank Dies instantly, When Car Goes Off Highway and Strikes Power Pole One Laurel young man, Calvin Frank, 23, « UM h».an.,. „d his three companions sustained in juries of varying degree when their went off the road about 2:10 Sunday morning three miles south of Laurel. After leaving the road cal the car ripped out about 300 feet of wire fencing and snapped off an line pole at the into three R. E. A. power ground and broke it pieces. Injured were Alex Estrick, later removed to the N. P. hospital at Glendive, Bervyl Kimberly, Mel vin Lackman and Harold Zier, all residents of Laurel and ranging in age from 19 to 23. Investigating the accident, High Patrolmen W. C. Benson and Lynn Armstrong found that the car, which was coming north at the time, left the road on the left side. They calculated that the machine struck (Continued on Page Eleven) YIELDS $1,202.42 Miss Cooke, Chairman, Lists Sources, Expresses Thanks For Generous Response j n Laurel, announced this week. Contributions by mail in envelopes sent out f or tbat purpose, totaled $ 572 . 25 , while lodges and various' organizations gave $18. The Girl Scout troops, j n the i r house to house canvass and tag day, collected $76.60 I >p be scboo l children contributed $2 33.20 and the collections at the R , theater totaled $164.93. Con-', tainers placed in the business houses, churches refinerv N P roundhouse. sboDS and yard * office yielded '«10744 ' , T „ . ,_. by Laurel's response and wishes to express her appreciation to all who; generously cooperated in making the. j I A total of $1,202.42 has been con tributed during this year's March of Dimes campaign, Miss Elizabeth Cooke, president of the Laurel Ro tana club and chairman of the drive Miss Cooke said she was gratified campaign a success. BURKE TELLS ROTH . I j Senator Tom Burke of Billings, speaking before the Rotary club Tuesday, gave an analysis of salient features of universal military tram j ng f or -which an American Legion sponsored bill had been introduced in con gress. He doubted that the bill wou i d come out of committee at this sess i on unless the public shows a widespread interest. He doubted so wbe ther the majority of the peo-1 p i e understands its provisions and what would take place if it were en ac t ed j n to law. Universal military training is not necessarily a part of the army, but under the proposed law it would be supervised by the president and djj-getgti by civilian and military men f or na tj ona i security ti- a ining, intended to prevent send-) ng un t ra ined, inexperienced young men into act i on w j tb consequent and unnecessary loss of life. Burke said a frequent objection of par€n t s i 8 that their sons at an impressionable and formative age wou j d not be surrounded by good m0 ral training. He said he did not thjnlc the army had | n £|j c ted much damage to tbe morals of the soldiers and other service men of the reeen t war , Tbe army has> however, great-1 y increased good social training and | an e ff or ^ i s be ; ng made by the government prov ide the proper in fluence at present training camps, Induded are reC reational education a , and vocational training Universal military training, as p roposed( is not a draft but wou i d be operated by nationa i' and sta tc j selection boar ds. The boys would renter at age 17 and wou ld go in at lg unless the volunteered earlier. Provision is made for de f ermen t until 20 ' if necessarv for (Continued on Page Eleven) MP« IS * 1 « CII) Park City ' Feb 11_A vo,untec ' r fire department was organized here Monday evening of last week at a Gufcfub^ a^ma^cMc organfz^ chief. Fred Scott was named fire Speakers at the meeting were 'Jack Carney, state fire marshal: John J* Holmes, state auditor, and £■*. of Helena. i Other speakers were I. A. Adams : of Columbus and Ernest Hoagland of Rapelje, Stillwater county com missioners. Dick Harris, Jr., and Stanley I Pearsall were appointed to proceed with organization of the fire de partment. _ ! Two All-Tournament Teams To Play | ■ n I" r> I II n I '' In beneht vjame ror baseball rark| - A dream game has been agreed up0 n by the coaches of district 6, with tbe Laure , baseba n field to reap the benefits of an all-star clash. With the future of amateur base ball in the Midland Empire depend ing to some extent on the ability of Laurel to erect lights, the base ball committee has been sponsoring will sponsor a series of activities to raise money for the purchase of poles and the erection of lights that are already on hand. The schools and teams of district or Dawsons' Youngest Daughter H i To Be Buried Here— Tipps j Fnmilv Of Tjiurel Iniured Î Eamily U t Laur el inju eg j „ J „ _ _ Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dawson, resin- j ing south of the Yellowstone river, received a message Monday noon avin _ that tbe i r youngest daughter. ^ TLIrTn had died of Mrs. Francis Anderson, had died o . in J aries sustained in an automobile [accident near Eugene, Ore., and that members of the Mike Tipps family of Laurel were injured in what to have been a two-car ar-, ^ wag said that hoth cars! ^ demolhhed and burned u? . Mrs. | Anderson died in a short time of internal injuries.. The Tipps { a ™'jf ilv was hospitalize m u ge , . .where the accident occurred. Com niete details have not been received, i DIES OF AGCIDENÏ 1 here. Fe j b n/r^ a ' V A S °s' br 0 th ,r„ UreRif! i ceased Mrs. Anderson, left here Mon dav on j train 3 for Oregon " d ; nany the renmina of his sister to j ^"^ited thS Nazarene church, ! with Rev. J. H. Haueter officiating. Arrangements are in charge of Set tergren funeral home in Billings. Burial will be in the Laurel cenie tery> t h e date of which is to be announced later. al-_said, rji tji A Patrpe 1 Hi. viel» 'A r< *o cs ! T*» Look* Fr3t6mitV j 9 , J 1 In 50th Anniversary _ rp. . o-jp- 0 c Fagles is . tke ^ as > s °t a four-page feature a P" pearing in the Feb. 17 issue of Look magazine, Rynold Frank, worthy president of Laurel aerie, has been informed. The story has to do with the Milwaukee aerie of Eagles and has numerous pictures of the Eagles' home and activities. and stresses two principal points of the fraternity: sendee to country and fun for members. The story is regarded particularly appropriate as the Eagles celebrated their golden anniversary Feb. 6 and at present are engaged in a Gold Rush membership campaign in com memoration of the beginning of the order in Seattle, Feb. 6 , 1889. in the height of the Gold Rush days of the Klondike. The feature in Look is the third article to be printed in magazines of nation-wide circulation in recent months. The first was in Life and the second in Collier's of January. Laurel aerie No. 2564 is to sponsor a dance earlv in April for benefit of the Laurel Athletic asso- j ciation, Worthy President Frank, said. Laurel One Of Four To Get Tourney By _ " * Others Ceded Are Columbus, Red Lodge and Bearcreek—Park City and Roberts To Open An nual Sports Event Next Wednesday Afternoon es Members of basketball district met at Laurel high school Sunday T' T K byes to four teams - Bearcreek Proved to be the dark horse with its season's record of nine wins against three losses, and nosed out (Joliet and Fromberg in a secret ballot by the coaches for fourth With Laurel a unanimous first, Columbus and Red Lodge ended in place. 6 have voted to choose two all-tour nament squads of five men and five alternates from among the 120 boys participating here in next week's tournament. Many all-toumament teams have been selected before, but seldom if ever have those so chosen been permitted an opportunity to prove the honor. District 6 is bring-j ing them together this year for the I first time, following the tournament The two teams will be handled by the two coaches whose, own teams ended as one-two in the regular tournament. All coaches will bring one or more boys from their teams to Laurel for the all-star game. Since the proceeds will be used for the baseball field, an advance tickea sale will be made bv the next week. . . ,. , , tion of lights on the field, it is hop ed by the sponsors that 100 per ceat su P* K> T t will be obtained A second game is in the offing between the two independent ball cubs who will compete later at the state tournament in Billings, assur in £ a ni S ht of . M top entertainment, * an î e „ W1, î be 1 Tuesday ' Feb> 24, follow,n * the tournament. our hundred million dollars annu a jj y by casb i ng bum checks. Sheriff Albert Thomas told Laurel Kiwan iang Wftdnpsday> and went on to relate incident* in which Laurel, baseball committee at a slight in However, a keen crease in price, interest is expected, since the future of junior baseball as well as senior baseball in Laurel hinges on a suc cessful drive for funds and the erec I 1 Americans are fleeced of three to Billings and other nearby towns and ^ contributed to the huge — _ , , , I or'ch^rinCta'na^f long $ igo fraudanUy using the namp of Prominent radio and screen star who was represented as being interested and of V en dupe the most ex P enenc ed business men. A frequent practice, the sheriff is for the operator to go to an employment office where he ob tains the names of farmers or others wbo em Pl°y labor. He also collects blank checks at banks and fills : them out, writing* the name of a prominent employer as the signa ture - Frequently they are cashed at | business houses and sometimes at, ; ban ks, and are returned a few days later as forgeries. It is difficult to trace the operator, for whoever cashed the check has probably for gotten the operator's description. A system used in Billings, the sheriff said, works quite efficiently, When a suspect offers a check, five prominent, listed firms are notified by telephone, they each notify five others who in turn pass on the in formation to others, in each instance giving a description of the suspect, until in a few minutes every firm in Billings has been alerted. The same system could be used here, Thomas said. He gave four steps: (1) Rigid scrutiny by store manager of checks presented by strangers in payment of merchandise, particularly if the amount is in excess of the pur chase. Verify, by telephone to the bank, that there is an account and that the signature style is proper, (2) When the bank report indicates the check is illegal, phone the sher iff's office with description of pas in the purchase of Montana live stock. The check artists are clever Detain the passer if possible. (Continued on Page Six) ser. ' a deadlock for second. P°H was required before Columbus termine on which side of the bracket they would fall. Red Lodge ended i in the lower half, with Columbus. ■ Bearcreek and Laurel in thp top half. ; Bridger, A second Fromberg, Joliet and I Park City were ceded the next four team positions, after which the ; maining teams were matched in first I round draws. v Next Wednesday afternoon at 2 nual tournament will get under w/»y hfre with r>ark c 'ty anfl Roberts a ' g tb r e fo!low,ed by Two keen games are on the slate : Tor Wednesday evening at 7:30 when \ Bridger clashes with Absarokee, fol I lowed by Fromberg versus Belfry. • J The first four games -- of the | tournament are | those who lose. j jneet the four ceded teams Thursday in a double elimination tournament to find a winner and a second-place {team, both of whom will represent j district 6 m the Southern divisional tournament at Hardin. I Should the loser in the finals | Saturday night and the winner of sudden death to The winners then the consolation round game Saturday night) be two teams who have not previously met in the tournament, they will play Mon day night in the Laurel gymnasium for the district's second place, they have previously met, this will mean that the finalist has already defeated the other team and is the rightful second-place team. This year's tourhament officials will be Clarence Hofman of Wor den, Walter Zimmerman and John Jones of Billings. Schedule: Games 1 and 2, Wednes day afternoon. Games 3 and 4, Wednesday ning. Games 5 and 6, Thursday after noon. ( the first M ew Games 7 and 8, Thursday evening. Games 9 and 10, Friday afternoon. Games 11 and 12, Friday evening. Games 13 and 14, Saturday morn ing. Games 15 and 16, Saturday eve ning. Game 17, if necessary, Monday at 8 p. m. Afternoon games will begin at 2 o'clock, evening gamès at 7:30, and Saturday morning at 9. Educator Advocates All Finance Schools Legislation for financing the pub in Billings, at the local Education association meeting Feb. 5. Dean told of the grass roots com rrittee which has been delegated to acquaint the public with the prob lems of the schools, and ways and means to solve those problems, He spoke of the two maior prob lems which teachers are facing in education—trying to teach the basic skills, and at the same time trying develop in children a sense of J security. In Billings, he said, an experiment j is being carried on in the three lower grades in which a student is either a first year, second-year, or j third-year student. In stead of a child being failed if he does not complete the first-year work in the first year, his level is defined and he begins his second year where he was at the end of his first year, but remains with the same group «f second-year students even though he may not be on the same level as the average students in that group. This prevents the student's becoming self-conscious which would probably be the result if he were placed with a new group of first graders to whom he is not adjusted, Before the meeting, a delicious dinner was formally served by the Home Ec III girls in Laurel hig>h school, lic schools in Montana must not be supported by one or two groups alone; it must be representative of the people as a whole. This was a message given by Dr. Charles Dean assistant superintendent of schools Mrs. W. J. Arnold returned cently from Monrovia, Calif., where she spent several months visiting her son, W. W. (Bud) Arnold and family. re-