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LAUREL OUTLOOK
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Official Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 40— NO. 20
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1948
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Pfc. Michaelis Was Killed
In Germany In 1946 While
Crossing Bridge
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Relatives here were notified this
week that the remains of Pfc.
Alexander Michaelis, who was
killed in Germany in 1946, will
arrive in Billings Sunday morn
ing. G. E. Settergren, undertak
er, said the remains will be
brought to the Michaelis home
here, 201 Durland avenue, Mon
day morning and that committal
sendees will be conducted at Lau
rel cemetery by Rev. H. C. Haem
melmann, pastor of the Congre
gational church. Burial, in charge
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
post, will be in the soldiers'
plot at the cemetery.
Private First Class Michaelis
was born April 23, 1926, in Wa
keeney, Kans., the son of Henry
Michaelis and
Michaelis of Russia. The fam
ily moved to Billings in 1927
and to Laurel in 1935.
The son attended Laurel high
school and was inducted into the
service Aug. 16, 1944. He went
overseas Jan. 3, 1945, and served
in three major campaigns, for
which he was awared the good J
conduct medal and three battle j
stars.
He and his companion, Jackie
Cross, were killed May 16, 1946,
while on M. P. duty at Ulm,
Germany, in a jeep while cross
ing a temporary bridge.
The decedent is survived by
his parents, four sisters and two
brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Michaelis, Mrs. Alex Deines of
Clearmont, Wyo., Mrs. Alex Frank
of Laurel, Mrs. Harry Mullen
berg of Hardin, Amelia at home,
and Henry Michaelis and Emanuel
Michaelis of Laurel.
He was a member of the Con
gregational church and had been
employed at the Northern Pa
cific shop here before entering ^
the service.
A program topic from which
others might have shrunk was
successfully and entertainingly 1
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warns club when Program Chair
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man Harlan Russell called on
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various members for views and
opinions on the national election j :r
of the day before. With remarks'/
unrehearsed, about 14 responded. 7
Though each could give only his
individual tint of thinking, éach;
therefore was different from the
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ELECTION ASPECTS
others.
They were, however, agreed on
several points, principal oi which
was that they were fortunate
Americans living i n ? great coun-,
try to which they first Qwed al
legiance, with party affiliations
and personal opinions on what
and how to do occupying minor.
positions.
Speakers, usually occupjing
1 woSn'rd" RnMwtn
old Williams, J. Willard Baldwin,
James Whitson, H. Lee Hamlett,
B. B. Hageman, Ray Stevens, Eu
gene Spilde, John Orndorff, Doc
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Collins' and Neal Bak ,r. So m
second thought, or stimulât
ed by another s remark, asked
for the floor a second time
The program chairman himself
often added a dash of condiment,
in the between-time periods. The
discussion panel represented d.f-j
ferent occupations, businesses and
some professions.
Among the points were that,!
the nation's housewives w ho
wanted lower prices, farmers who
may have been, alarmed by,
recent price recessions, and labor,
probably contributed to President
Truman's election.
Some other points were various.
angles of taxes. All seemed to
think that, if anything, taxes
will be higher. One or tw'o
speakers were frankly alarmed
by the direction in which taxes
heading, and avered that if
unchecked there will be no in-,
centive in business and that
property taxes will be too heavy,
to bear. Some speakers, one in
particular, declared that business
monev now than
heretofore, though' there are
concerns that pile up excessive
effort to avoid
One or two said they w - ere
lad the tail had gone with the
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reserves m an
taxation on the cash.
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Senator James E.
Democrat, was re-elected Tuesday
by Montana voters, who gave the
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about 25,000 over Tom J Davis.
Republican candidate. In the
second district Wesley A D'
Ewart, Republican, was re-elected
to the congressional house of rep
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JOHN W. BONNER
Two Laurel Candidates Win; Most
Of County Offices Go To G.O.P.
slide. Friends received the hew*
here Wednesday afternoon,
'versing earlier reports. The win
ners are Charles B. Sande, can
didate for county attorney, and
Charles H. Barney, candidate for
county commissioner. Both re
ceived majorities in their home
towp that was decidedly Demo
cratic.
Yellowstone county gave Re
pobl ' oan Dewey for president
0,387 votes and Democrat Tru
man 9,iol; Socialist Thomas 51,
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hibitionist Watson 23.
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For United States senator.
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Davis (R) received 10,368; Mur
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% < D >- 9.703; Hanna (Pro.), 61.
01 ; representative in congress
«. 'p . 9 '' S mi »mc '
778; F,aser <£>• 8 ' 696 '
Governor _ Bonner (D)t io,260;
Two Laurel candidates -for
county offices, both Republicans,
survived the Democratic • land
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Ford (R) 9989; HamiIfon (g).
(R n 022; Cannon (D), 8,822
g . (g) fi5
\ Spcr ; tarv ' of state _Eaton (R).
9 903 Mitchell (D), 9,882.
Attornev &enera l—Felt (R).
10 j 4(i . 0 j sen fD) 9 52 g
Treasurer—Todd (R), 10,552;
Fisher (D), 8,686.
30.
Cfivernor — Burke;
Lieutenant
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KetllfTIS \Jl LdUrCl S I flfeC ir€CinCtS
o|T = , Demo. 434 469 202 U06
; Wailace ; Pr0 ,, 18 5 9 32
Watson< p ro hib. 10 1
, For u g Se na t or _
Davis. Rep. 198 289 147 634
Murray, Demo. 441 489 211 1,141
Hanna. Prohib. 4 2 3
For U.S. Congress
D'Ewart. Rep. 195 324 173 692
j Fraser, Demo. 433 424 181 1,0381
For Governor
j Bonner Demo. 449 487 209 1 245
j Ford Rep 196 _96 159 64 ^
• Governor
For Lmut. Governor
( burke Rep -36 346 1J1
'Spriggs' Soc ' 3 0 3 6
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L R - ggg 3 ^ 7 gg
Mj tcb el], Demo. 333 394 197 924.
For Atornev G en.—
| FeR Rep 200 295 152 647,
oison. Demo. 431 461 202 1,094
j For g tate Treas.—
F j s h er . Demo. 383 424 189 996
Todd. Rep. 235 325 160 720,
For State Auditor—
Holmes. Demo. 461 525 250 L236
Mo, Rep. 165 -2/ lOo 49 1
For K. K. & r. b. com.
Davis, Rep. .^ 4-4 218 l 189
Middleton, u. 44 « 141 ^ 41 s i.i«j
G( ndon Demo 411 458 182 1 051
'Ireland Rep. 224 308 182 714
For \sso "justice, long t.—
Bottomly 362 526 249 1,137
jChoate 194 363 73 430
Murray,;resentatives. His edge over his
opponent, Willard Fraser, Demo
crat ' wa ® about 3,000.
Gov. Sam C. Ford, Republican
candidate for re-election, was de
feate{J b John w Bonner b
about 20 000 plurality .
received about 116(0 oo to Ford .
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' Pau J Cannon (D) WQn over
Tom .Burke (R) of Billings for
lieutenant governor, 105,500 to
92,000.
Ernest T. Eaton (R) lost to
Sam W. Mitchell (D) for secre
tary of state. The vote was
Mitchell 112,500, Eaton 85,500.
Other state results are:
Attorney general—Arnold H.
Olsen (D), 103,000; Stanley E.
Felt, (R) 74,000.
State treasurer—Neil Fisher
(D), 90,500; Harry G. Todd (R),
80,000.
State auditor—John J. Holmes
(D), 112,000; E. J. Mo (R), 62,
ooo.
Bonner
Railroad and public service
commissioner—Austin B. Middle
ton (D), 100,000; George A.
Davis (R), 73.000.
State superintendent of public
instruction—Mary Condon (D),
92,000; Elizebeth Ireland (R),
85,000.
Asociate justice of the su
preme court, long term— R. V.
Bottomly, 100,000; I. W. Choate,
44,000.
Associate
preme court,
J. Freebouni, 83,000;
Gibson, 66,000.
justice of the su
short term—Harry
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Auditor—Holmes (D), 11,401;
J«o (R), 8,040.
Railroad commissioner — Mid
dleton (D), 10,799; Davis (R),
8,630.
Superintendent of public in
struction—Condon (D), 10,043;
Ireland (R), 0,873.
Judicial
Associate justice, long term—
Bottomly, 11,982; Choate, 5,405.
Associate justice, short term—
Gibson, 9,643; Freebourn, 7,302.
District judge, two to elect—[
Harwood, 14,934; Derry, 14,254. j
County
State representatives, six
elect—Hoiness (R), 10,848; Pet-j
ers (R), 10,438; Gebhardt (R),i
9,846; Pierce (R), 9,690; Tripp
(D), 9,624; Krieg (R), 9,465;
Williams (R), 9,441; Maltese
(D), 9,147; Oblender (D), 8,722;
Banderob (D), 8,551; Kerr (D),
8,296; O'Dea (D), 8,258.
Clerk of court—Davies (R),
16,621..
Commissioner — Barney (R).]
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10,332; Lux (D), 8,501.
Attorney— Sande (R), 10,441
Meyer (D), 8,900.
Auditor—Delano
(R),
9,541;
Gorman (D), 9,320.
Amendment
against, 3,482.
Referendum
against, 3,319.
Referendum
against, 3,115.
For,
9,446;
51—For,
6,977;
52—For,
7,060;
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Gib»n 340 320 148 80S
j>errv U * " C ' diW 5°75 265 1 . 270
2 Harwood 489 577 254 1,320
For LeKis i ature , 6 to elect _
ßanderob, D. 385 408 185 978
Gebhardt, R. 188 286 148 622
Hoiness. R. 221 339 161 621
iKerr. D 420 403 182 1,005
Krieg, R. 189 276 142 607
Maltese. D 410 410 185 1,005
^blenden D. ^ ^ ^
ODea D 394 410 71 9 5
Pierce R 175 274 152 601
i Tripp - D ' 426 468 206 1,095
Williams, R. 190 297 171 658
For C]erk Qf Court _
Davi es. R- 481 626 295 1,402
I For Co. Commissioner—
Barney, R. 285 421 214 920
D. 331 329 135 795
' For Co - Attorney—
Meyer, D. 312 326 152 790
^ Sarnie, R. 329 435 199 963
i F° r Co. Auditor—
Delano. R. Ii9 273 141 593
Sd°*rmarK_X>. — 435 431 200 1,066
I r For J - P - Laurel—
Chapma n, D. __ 926
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i M. U. C>Iud Meets
A meetin & of the Laurel M. D.
club> held Oct. 5 at the home of
^ rs ' G- C. Porter, featured a
tîdk on "Good Grooming" by Mrs.
; Mayo Lawrenz. The group will
meet next on Nov. 2 at the home
of Mrs. Herman Schessler.
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Democrats Chalk Up Sweeping Victory
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Harry S. Truman
Thirty-second President of the
United States.
I POLITICAL FAITH: Democrat.
BORN: Lamar, Mo., May 8 , 1884,
son of John and Martha Truman.
Harry Truman's active political
career began in 1922 when he was
elected judge of the Jackson county
(Mo.) court. He served in that ca
pacity until 1924, and following
two-year interval held the office of
presiding judge from 1926 to 1934.
In 1934 he was elected to the U. S.
senate from Missouri, and he was
re-elected in 1940. As a senator he
achieved his most noteworthy prom
inence as chairman of a special
committee to invc 'Jgate the na
tional defense program.
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In 1944 President Franklin D.
Roosevelt made Truman his choice
as vice-presidential candidate on the
Democratic ticket. He was elected
vice-president of the United States
on November 7, 1944, and took of
fice on January 20, 1945.
of Roosevelt, April 12, 1945.
Three months later he became
President of the United States, suc
ceeding to that office upon the death
During World War I he served
as a first lieutenant and captain
with the 129th field artillery, 35th
division, participating in the Vosges
operations, St. Mihiel and Meuse
Argonne offensives with the AEF.
He was discharged as a major in
May, 1919, has held a commission
as a colonel, field artillery, U. S.
army reserve corps, since 1927.
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LAUREL BEATS HAVRE
IN SEASON'S CLIMAX
The Laurel high school régis
tered its fourth shutout of the
season and second in a row,
wind up a second successful year
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° f C aSS A footba11 ' last Satur
day against the Havre Blue Fon
ies, 7 to 0. The win placed
—
H™ had° it lost!
1 and a kain stamp the Locomotives,
as one of the best football teams'
jin the state.
The only loss in the seven,
games this year was handed the
team by the only undefeated club
i n the bigger circuit, the Butte
Central Maroons. The Maroon«
wi „ re p res ent the Westernd i
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againgt the Eastern ^^ who
stand in a three-way deadlock.
This season's fine showing leaves
Laurel with only two defeats as
against eight wins in two years
of "out-of-class" football. Last
year's defeat was from Living
ston, the state titleists. Butte
is favored this year to take that
honor.
The Havre Blue Ponies, al
though off to a slow start at
the beginning of the year, im
proved well enough to throw a
scare int0 the Great Fa] | s Bis .
ons j n a 14 to 7 game, and
then dropped one to Butte, went
into the game against Laurel de
termined to avenge the 7 to 6
loss of the year before.
Taking the opening kickoff, the
Blue Ponies picked up a first
down and then bogged down
against the 4-4-2-1 defense em-!
ployed by the Locomotives. This
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Barkley was temporary chairman
ot D.m,c r ..lc n.U.„.l "Onv.n
lions in 1932 and 1936, permanent
chairman in 1940 and keynote speak
er of the 1948 convention which nom
inated him for vice-president.
Alben W. Barkley
POLITICAL FAITH; Democrat.
BORN: Graves county, Ky., No
vember 27, 1877.
After studying at the University
of Virginia law school Alben Bark
ley was admitted to the Kentucky
bar in 1901.
In 1913 he was elected to the U. S.
house of representatives from the
first district of Kentucky. He served
as a representative until 1927, when
he was elected to the senate.
i BETTERMENT OF ROARS
STREETS, LIGHTS AIRED
Improvement of highways
Montana and local needs
street and lighting improvements
were among topics of importance
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-1 discussed last Thursday evening
at a meeting of the Laurel Com
mercial club at which Pres. Oliver
Z cl7 ' "
The building committee rend
ere( ] a repo rt on recent improve
merits on the property on East
1 Main street, operated jointly ,
the city as a police station and
the Commercial club as a com
nrunity building. The log-like
structure was cleaned and revarn
1 i^ddurine thesummer
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0 n which'Gov. Sam C. Ford had
requested him to sene, and said
that the district in which Laurel
j s |„ ca ted is represented bv a
; resident of Hardin. The state
is faced with raising $2,500,000
to match federal funds, a prob
lem for whose solution the gov
emor has enlisted the thinking
and skill of a number of the
state's citizens.
Price also spoke regarding the
Canada to Mexico highway, now
at a standstill because of work,
vet to be done in two states,
When the links are completed and
named the way is open for secur
ing a long-sought designation'
number for the north-south high-j
wav.
Price revealed that a contract has
been let for improvement of the
Silesia road at a cost of $300,-j
000.
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Forecasters Try To Explain Truman Victory
Over Republican Dewey—Democrats Win
Congress Control, Most Governorships
; The takers of polls, some news
magazines with astronomical cir-!
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culations, some political dope-!«
sters, and many persons claim
■ ing prescience were wrong.
little man from Independence,
Mo., who often gets tangled u P
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in his words in radio broadcasts,
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nrpoiHpnt Tip T"* f îï IO - n ° r
o.!rnlv f Ä f ? ll0W,ng
journey of 26,000 miles around
; the country, hundreds of stops
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at wide places in the road and
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^■'civic-conscious big towns, and'
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thp h'T P,C V ,re t h,m , SeIf
fa iilv m ° 1S smibn £
to, „ _
■ thrpw : p° ma f r ewey
u *pu ican sponge
|l51 n . esda ,y H; ornin P abou ' 9
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of hope against hope waiting when
fe.Z n e T to " a r'
Truman, Democrat, the startled
, n 0 f a a>ro " 10
when informed that he had sue
11 ceeded to the office of president
because Franklin
D. Roosevelt
' j Roosevelt had died, said he felt
! like a person on whom bull
had just fallen.
: J Those who conduct post
! mortems of lost card games and
elections immediately went to
j work to explain why the Repub
licans were wrong and the Demo
Icrats right in their pre-election
I predictions.
Truman won with a plurality
j of about 2 million and an elec
I toral college vote of 304 to
Dewey's 189. Only 266 were
'deeded for election. Montana
I went Democratic as predicted by
the pollers, but some others with
much larger electoral votes who
were supposed to join the Dewey
column went instead to Truman.
The popular vote for Truman
was about 21,600,000; for Dewey,
about 19,900,000. Gov. J. Storm
Thurmond, states' rights, who
hoped to throw the election into
congress for final decision, had
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The landing in French occupied 1
North Africa during the war in !
Europe was perhaps the first am
hjl)ious invasl „ n of . ,„ reig „
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countr y b V American forces. Dr. i
D. A. Nottingham of Laurel, who
was there, observed when he ad
dressed the club and
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TELLS OF INVASION
OF AFRICA IN WAR
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I la ted some of his and compan
Illustrating
spot pictures he had taken. And,
contrary to many concepts, trans
portation was not the usually
touted best-in-the-world variety.
|The ship on which he crossed,
in U. S. Scott, was obselete equip
for ment with two motors, one
which failed to function.
, the difficulties,
the burden on an adready taxed
system of transportation thatl
conveyed personnel and material
thousands of miles to a rendez
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I»hidoled. All 8 'the sh?ps m."
have Z° l hean " f ,ho hesi ,, . ,ld
6 '' 0 " 80 P er cent of the Higgins,
oraft "iay. have been lost, but
)V the American shelling was
' vonderfu I exhibition of accuracy.,
The *P eaker to, <* of pin-point tar-j
work in an area where oil
tanks had to be saved while
tho samo time quieting French'
regiBtan ce. Many of the pictures
/ ooka «° ?°d where some
of 'he taxpayers money had,
*°" e the beautifully sloping
" h 't° shore line
The doctors talk soon drifted;
to the pleasures some of the
Americans experienced later and
i" ,and - The area described was
wonderful farm land, though the;
soil was stirred and plowed with
wooden plows. It turned outl
4ba4 4be ' and was owned by
French and that Arab farmers
"ere share croppers. What
wouldn't that land produce with
modern methods and equipment ?
the American asked himself at
the time.
A sport the invaders enjoyed
was boar hunting, during which
they also learned about the na-,
lives. The tribe Nottingham con
tacted, unlike many others, was
fair skinned, had dark hair and
was clean. In the mountains of
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ions' experiences,
event were a number of on-the
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I the interior some 3..000 Arabs
a popular vote of about 827,000
( In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
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Georgia, Konutucky, Louisiana,
j Maryland, Mississippi, North Car
Theiolina, North Dakota, South Caro
j lina . Tennessee, Texas and Vir
e ina - Henry A. Wallace, pro
igressive party candidate, received
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'ia popular vote of almost a mil
ilion, but won no electoral votes.
Dewey had the satisfaction of
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He is not likely to ever again
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receive the Republican nomina
tion and he is reported contem
plating retirement from politics.
With Truman the Democrats
p^ted enough seators and repre
sen tjitives to control congress,
which should prevent the presi-
dent from reiterating his charges
of .. bad .. when thil f in Wash .
ington do not go to his liking.
Most of the governorships, in
eluding Montana, were won bv
the Democrats.
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Authorizes Relaying On First
Avenue, Main Street—Trans
fers Funds, Hears Reports
Permits were granted by the
Laurel city council Tuesday even
ing for rebulding several sections
of sidewalk on First avenue and
Main street. Mayor Peter Thom
son presided at the meeting, at
tended by Aldermen Feuerbacher,
Parker, Smith, Freebury and
Rodgers.
The sidewalk permits, all of
which were granted, had been
requested by E. M. Jackson for
replacement of the walk in front
of lots 11 and 12, block 1, Lau
rel Realty subdivision, at approx
imately $225; J. H. Moran, lot
4, block 1 , Laurel Realty, approxi
jmately $150; J. W. Wiechert, lot
9, block 1 , Laurel .Realty, ap
proximately $150; Laurel Security
company, lots 6 . 7 and 8 , block
1' 4 -/ Ure ' / al > a PP roxir " a tely
' d <UI . , j ' , p//
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«*PP™*jniaieiy »xdu.
Resolution No. 690 for trans
femng funds was approved by
Hie aldermen.
Reports received were from the
library, police department, police
' j u ' c lR'e and the water department.
1 A letter was read from the
| stale highway commission in re
-1 £ ar< j blinker lights and signals
; 00 intersections in the city, which
referred to the street and
thejP 0 *' 0 ' 6 committees.
\ Hermits were granted to Sches
i s ' er ^ Sons to build an addition
> n a store on ,ot s 14 and 15,
d block 3, Laurel Realty, size 20
annroximate cost
Dv " ' at an approximate cost
of S4 > 00 ° : John No,te to bui 'd
a 14 b -Y 21 attacbed frame garage
i on a bouse on lots 11 and 12,
H ä eh i> t
I Altan to build a 22 bylS
:bîoek O^'l'aurel" Heights an
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aP £™^ ^enton annei^d beforP
the'council in rerrard to « iSh^
4 "; 0 "P 011 ' n 4o ? habl1 -
/ P / t: / j?/ at a l etic park
£ 0n wh,ch no ac *
tl0a " as , tek ' . ,
Tho water and park commit
teos " ore «'ven authority to pur
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giHs for tïe month of October
by the finance commit
ti were ordered paid
paid.
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IVieinOGlSl quarterly
Fnnfnroneo Tt 3 IJnIJ
WllACl C1ICC la HcIQ
The Quarterly conference of the
Methodist church was held Mon
day even ; ne at a ß .o 0 . , .
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fellowship dinner, a large dele
gation from Park City
attendance. Rev. Reuben Dutton,
district superintendent of the
Yellowstone district, conducted
the meeting and during the din
ner hour gave an advance
port of the work of the church
in the next four
Other reports were given by
organization heads of Park City
and Laurel.
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pump
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years.