The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • 6

-L, A i A THE HELENA DAILY INDEPENDENT." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Happenings v.l -a NO PARTICULAR BREED AIN LAKES PROJECTS MAY -BE LOST BY DELAYED ACTION TEMPORARY INJUNCTION IN U. S. COURT ON COMMISSION ORDER IN MONT. POWER CASE opposition on the part of some ot the landowners, particularly in the Harlem district, because ot their feeling that the government should assume part of the cost as recommanded by the reclamation service. The secretary ot Jhe Interior, however has refused the request for an allotment ot $500,000 of the eost from the federal treasury.

When the matter was appealed to the president, he sustained the decision ot the secretary. consumers and some of whom were not, who expressed the opinion that the charge should be removed. No technical or expert testimony was presented, however, to show that the rate structure was too high or that the initial charge was unjustified, nor was the commissions new rate expert called to the stand. RELIEF AUDITOR IS IN BILLINGS JAIL ON FORGERY COUNT Billings, Feb. 1.

M. F. Bruning. bookkeeper and auditor of the Billings relief office, was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Dan Stephenson on a charge of forgery. The arrest was made on a bench warrant Issued by District Judge Robert C.

Stong. A complaint had also been filed. He was held in the county Jail In lieu of $1,000 ball which was fixed on the warrant. Bruning, who has been employed at the relief office for the last nine months, la charged in the complaint with forging the name of John Hennessey to a $24 Montana relief commission check, payable to Hennessey and dated January 14. The offense Is alleged to have been committed on January 21.

Hennessey Is a foreman on an FERA project at Broadview. The complaint lists the following es state witnesses: Hennessey, D. M. Warren, J. H.

Buly, Raymond Robbins, relief coordinator for this district, and A. R. Hammer. Bruning has been a Billings resident for several years. He was at one time In the banking business at Broadview.

Jto 5 Corvallis, Feb. 1. Buttercups were found blooming In the woods near Corvallis and were brought Into town by several wood cutters and motorists who noticed them from the highway. Low bowls of the waxy blossoms decorated the desks of teachers in the J3orvallis school Friday. Hundreds wild ducks came Into the valley just after the severe storm of January 20 to find, the best, of feedlng.in water cress on ditches and quiet streams throughout the district.

Many of the ducks are mallards, It is said. Bozeman, Feb. 1. Reversing the words of the poet's heroine, "Curfew shall not ring tonight," some local women have started adrlve to zee that It does ring, every night, and that youngsters obey its clanging signal and scoot for home and bed. The curfew has been a forgotten law on the citys ordinance books for many a year and there are grown men who can't remember when it was enforced, although they do recall the bell ringing each night.

The city ordinance requires that ail children under 16 yeara. of age be off streets after 9 o'clock each night. Policemen taxed with enforcing the ordinance would be placed in lots bf difficulties. They could not put the violating youngsters- in jail, nor could they punish the parents of the children by either fine or Imprisonment under the ordinance. They might.

one of them said, "hang a bluff on the youngsters for a while, but it would be worse than ever when the kids found out it was Just a bluff. CARBON MAN GETS SO DAYS IN JAIL Red Lodge, Feb. 1. An attempt to obtain a relief dole from both lellowstone and Carbon county relief offices culminated In a 90-day jail sentence for M. L.

Barnard, of Fromberg. when he was hailed before Justice of the Peace JohnSan-derson here and plead guilty to charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Barnard's arrest by Sheriff Mc-Fate was made on a complaint and warrant issued by County Attorney E. P. Conwell and signed by O.

J. Salo; administrator of the Carbon county emergency relief administration. Theromplaint charged that Barnard was listed on both the Yellowstone and Carbon relief rolls and that he had obtained relief to the amount of $17.20 from the Red Lodge office of the Montana Relief commission under-fraudulent and false pretenses in that he had also received relief to the amount of $17.50 from the FERA office at Billings. Barnard, it was stated, has been a resident of this county since February, 1934. Previously he had been receiving relief Yellowstone county and In recent months applied to county relef officers here for aid, failing to reveal that he was already listed on Yellowstone relief rolls.

Loral relief authorities became suspicious of Barnard's casq and checked their records with those of the Yellowsone the result terminating in Barnard's arrest and'jait sentence. Butte, Feb. 1. A beautiful picture, love at first sight, the yen to possess, and a broken window these are the ingredients sifted into a story told at police headquarters, yesterday morning. In the window of his homey little shop at 225 East Park street.

Wednesday evening, Mr. Kosonen placed several new photographs. One, a picture of a lovely golden-haired young woman, attracted especial attention from the passers-by. Early yesterday morning Mr. Kosonen, wfitTlIves jin the rear of bis shop, heard a crash.

He rushed out to find his front plate glass window splintered Into a hundred pieces, with a hefty brick lying in the ruins. Police are looking fof-two youths who were seen running from the shop. In the meantime some law-breaking young man la believed to be admiring, In bis. room, a pieture of the girl of his dreams. The face and neck contain one-fourth of all our ptuscles.

CENSORS Ethel Farrells appearance In an open-work lace bathng suit at an Atlantic City swimming pool, as pictured here, has csuied-s lot of; premature worry for Mayor Harry Bacherach, beach censor of the Fashion minded. Iwlm-mers have adopted the lacy suits widely. Nationally famous tor jconseryatlve yules, must 'decide whether the garments can be. worn ptr the beach' next summer. Malta, Feb.

1. Dr. El wood Mead, commissioner ot reclamation, has advised the local office of the reclamation bureau that It may not be possible to hold the PWA allotment of $2,000,000 for construction of the Chain of Lake reservoir after March 1 unless by that tim9 the requisite petitions are received to authorize execution of necessary contracts by the several Irrigation districts of the Milk river project. Dr. Mead further states that there is considerable pressure from ali directions to obtain allotments of public works funds and it may be assumed that the Chain of Lakes allocation will not be permitted to remain it these repayment contracts are not signed in the near future.

Landowners In the five districts in Blaine county have not signed the required percentage of land and owners to the In many cases neglect to attend to the matter is responsible but there is some Butte, Feb. 1. When is a hod carrier not a hod carrier? Is a member of the Workingmens union invading the jurisdiction of the hod and mortar boys whon they set about digging a sewer? Are the hod carriers Invading the Jurisdiction of the WorklngmenB union when they demand control over street work? Is sewer building to be claslflcd as belonging to the hod carrier division of labor? These are questions which Mayor Archie McTaggart had to battle Thursday. The mayor decided the question was too deep for him and referred it back to the unions with the request that they obtain a ruling from their national officers. President James Graham of the Montana Federation of Labor, after venturing an opinion of his own, decided that President Green of the A.

F. of L. must settle it. In the oplniuii of some, the matter may be finally referred to the national building rode authorities or even to the president himself. Besides the question of union Jurisdiction such problems as: How high Is up? How old Is Ann? shrink into nothingness.

While the matter is being ruled on a group of Butte workers will mark time. There will be no more sewer building until It is satisfactorily settled. The question was raised when the hod carriers, some 50 or 60 strong, are said to have swooped down on members of the Workingmens union who are employed, according to city officials, in digging the ditch for the Clark street sewer and pulled them off the Job." The hod carriers declared that their union had Jurisdiction over all sewer buildinf and lhat all Otner union members were barred from such work. Thursday afternoon group of hod carriers and a couple ot committees of the Workingmens union waited on the mayor to ask him what he is going to do about it. We claim jurisdiction over all work on streets, from curb to curb, the Workingmen's representatives said.

We claim control of all street repairs end all sewer building, the hod carriers said. The mayor made a'qulck decision. In view of the opposing attitude of these two unions, he said, we will suspend all sewer work until the national officers of the American Federation of Labor decide this question. If you are anxious to get to work you will lose no time settling this dispute." HEADED BY BAILEY Hamilton, Feb. 8.

Bailey of Corvallis, prominent Bitter Root valley rancher, was named president of the Missoula factory district of the Sugar Beet Control Production association, at a meeting held recently In Mssoula. The Missoula factory district is made up of seven communities, with a director in each region, Other officers named were: E. J.FriCe,"Mole8e,"vtce'presL dent; M. M. Oliphant, and John J.

Flynn of Missoula, treasurer. Members of the production control committee are -G. Strangp, W. A. Grooni, Poison, and Ed Turnbull of pold Creek Flynn is alternate committee member.

Cleveland Wallace, Tos-ton, is the seyenth director, A final checkup on augar beef contracts before the agreements aVe forwarded to Washington, was begun. The first beet con tracts from Ravalli county went In Monday, Charles E. Jarrett, emergency county agent, said Tuesday. This was the first meeting of all seven of the directors from the different districts at which time artli cles of Incrporatlo were drawn up. A budget was.

adopted nft plana were made for the operation of the association until; July 1, Assisting in the organization wag 0. H. Bingham, state sugar beet supervisor. Butte Arnold Miller, Buttes 23-year-old cbeckar champion, haa received an Invitation to enter the Pacific Coast, checker championship tourney in Beattie' beginning Great Falls, Feb. United States District Judge Charles N.

Pray, today granted the Montana Power company a temporary injunction restraining the Montana Railroad and Public Service commission from putting Into effect Us order reqairing the discontinuances of the power companys initial charge of $1.25 on natural gas rates. The hearing on the companys petition for permanent restraining order was set for February 13 at Helena. In the companys petition it was charged that the order of the commission was in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution, alleging that Commissioner O'Connell was prejudiced against the continuance of existing rates prior to the hearing. Confiscatory Another cause of action is based on a charge that the order is confiscatory and that it requires the company to sell and distribute natural gas at a loss. INJUNCTION SERVED The temporary restraining order was received here yesterday afternoon by the U.

S. marshal's office for service on the members of the public service commission and Attorney General Rayinond T. Nagle, Chief Deputy Robert -Flynn announced. Service was made last evening. Application for the injunction was filed following the order issued Thursday by the commission lug the Montana Power eompanyjo discontinue its $1.25 Initial charge for natural gas.

-The order was handed down after a hearing that concluded here last Monday. The company presented a large amount of evidence relating to its rate structure, and showing that Its gas operations had resulted la a loss In each of the three years since -the system' was Installed. It also submitted evidence to show that the Initial charge was a part of the regular rate structure. The attorney tor the public service commission presented several witnesses, some of whom were gas Butte, Feb. I.

James Boffer, 622 girth 'Wyoming street, has found Ford truck, stolen at, Whitehall ore than a year ago, only to dls-ver that a. Butte high student also timed ownership. Local police, ho helped recover the machine eterday morning, are a little con-sed about It all and nobody seems 'know now Just, who has the congest right to the trttek. Until this ownership question Lm up, Mr. Roffer bad been implimentlng himself upon a fine iece of' detective work.

Just at hristmaa-time, in lilt, the truck as stolen from his garage at rhltehalL He notified Jefferson unty authorities, but no trace of ie stolen car could be found. Walking along' a Butte street Wednesday morning, be paused to a truck, with three youthful issengers, cross in front of him. ot until It bad passed did he icognlae the unmistakable color id shape of the missing Whitehall achlne. Yesterday morning, accompanied Officers James Mooney and El-ter Powell, he went a-touring and nally located the truck and Its rw owner, "Shanty" Crowley, well-nown Butte youth. Crowley exhibited papers show-ig he had purchased the truck for i from the Sherman A Reed ga-ige.

Garage officials explained tat the machine had been picked by police Dec. 22, 1212, in Butte, here it had been abandoned hey held it several months and, hen no claimant appeared, sold to recover storage expense, they ild. One suggestion of many offered the mixup was that Roffer re- srehaso the car from Crowley Uher than pay the greater ex-tnse, the garage storage cost lould Crowley relinquish the ma-ilne. "Even at that, it would take me kind of sore to have to uy back a car that had been olen from me," one officer de- 4 Butte Pilots Plan Entering Air Derby Next Fall Butte, Feb. l.Don Owsley and Stanley Cavill, two well-known Butte pilots, to enter the $100, 000-mile air derby to be staged next October from Miami, down the east coast of South America, north up the west coast of the American continent to B.

and back to Miami, they announced yesterday. Their plane will carry an auxiliary fuel tank need by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh la his famous "Spirit of St. Louis" flight The Lindbergh tank with a ca -partly ot 15 gallons was one 'of carried hr the, famous Jlyer on his New York-to-Paria flight Daring his tlalt to Butts In the fall of JH7, the tank left at the local airport either because of a l-- v.lt because be was carrying too much extra weight for his tour.

The rt5e container Is now the prop-t of Preston Ramsey, Butte min aviator. YOUTHS ARRESTED FOR PILFERING OF POSTOFFICE BOIES Red Lodge, Feb. 1. Three local youths were apprehended here during the week by federal and local postofflce authorities, in cooperation with city police officers, and faced, with charges of opening com-blnatlons on postoffice boxes here and removing mail. Other complaints of a less serious nature were also lodged against them.

Out of deference to the youths parents, names were not revealed by the authorities. Postmaster L. H. Tooley sUted that the youths were given severe lectures on the seriousness of Umpering with the United States malls by the authorities and by their parents and then turned over to the custody "of the latter. Dillon Boy Makes Exceptional Record Dillon, Feb.

1. An exceptional record of scholastic accomplishment has been set by Donald Light, son of Prof, and Mrs. Lee R. Light of Dillon, who recently received his degree of doctor of engineering at the age of 23. The degree was awarded at Dresden, Germany.

A graduate of -the Dillon training school and the Beaverhead county high school, he received a freshman scholarship at Harvard and graduated from that college in 1932 with a B. S. degree. He studied at Stanford university following his graduation, and after receiving his M. A.

degree went to Germany to continue bis studies further. SEVEN COUNTIES TO TAKE PART IN RECREATION SCHOOL' SESSION Til INDOZEN YEARS Butte, Feb. 1. For the first time in about a dozen years, it is stated, a woman has entered the contest for the nomination of alderman. Mrs.

Alice Powers of 2011 Johns street yesterday filed her petition to enter the primaries as a candidate for the democratic nomination for alderman or "aider-woman from the seventh ward. Mrs. Powers is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Leary, well-known, old-time residents of this city.

This Is said to be the first timo that she hns over been a candidate for public office. At the city hall it was stated that the distinction of being the first woman candidate for alderman belongs to a Mrs. Quay, who Is said to have filed for that office about a dozen years ago. There have ben several women candidates for city treasurer and one for the office of mayor. The only elective city office to which women have not thus Jar aspired is said to bo that of police magistrate.

Butte, Feb. 1. The final count In the School of Mines hirsute competition was made last night down to the last whisker. Donald Slddens, a freshman dark-horse from the wind-swept plains of Hinsdale was proclaimed the champion whisker-grower and was awarded the degree of D. T.

Doctor of Tonsorlal The contest started a month ago to avert civil war on the campus. Students from Butte and other places got Jealous of Anaconda students who had become embroiled In the winter carnival whisker-growing fiasco. Anacondas entrants scored double nullo but took some satisfaction home with tbemwhen a Butte rtwdeuilo the prize tor making the worst attempt according to Judge Melville Sayer. John C. Babbitt of Butte sprouted the handsomest set ot facial brush.

A shaving set was his reward. Efralmson pocketed a bottle of hair tonic as a prize. The other Judge was Registrar W. Milton Brown. The Judges refused to come out from behind a set of Sherlock Holmes alfalfa.

A whisker-dance served as a background. The blow torch test was one ot those administered the contestants. Congenital hayseeds were barred. Representative From Miles City Is Wanted In Railroad Hearing Miles City, Feb. 1.

The. question of the Miles Cilx Commercial -club sending a representative to Washington, D. to represent the community in connection with the further consideration to be given to the possible securing of funds for the construction of the Montana-Wyomlng railroad, was bofore the officials on Wednesday. Secretary J. H.

Bohllng stated that he had a communication, In the form of a telegram, from Berlin Boyd, secretary of the chamber of commerce at Casper, In which It is stated that at a tneettng ofnh e'board and inr dustrlal committee on Tuesday It was voted to send a representative from that city to Washington to make a strong effort to secure the railroad project, provided that Montana and Colorado would aiso-send a representative. Those on Relief Get Cod Liver Oil Plehtywood, Feb. A shipment of 1,200 bottles of cod liver oil to be distributed through FERA channels for direct relief was received here, says E. Prendergast, Sheridan county relief administrator. Two carloads of potatoes are on the way.

Four carloads of hay arrived. Two were unloaded at Reserve and -the rest brought to Plentywood. The hey will be distributed through fural rehabilitation channels. -r Slpce 1908 the federal goverament has returned to Montana counties as their share of'the national forest receipts. Tbe'funds are used for county road and.

school purposes. 1 IRE HELD IN BILLINGS Billings, Feb. The (funeral for Verne C. Caldwell, Yellowstone county representative, who died of general blood poisoning Wednesday night, was conducted in the family home today by the Rev. Forrest W.

Wprts, pastor of the Flfst Methodist Episcopal church. The bodywas en-tombed firthe Billings mausoleum where Masonic rites were conducted. Later it is to be buried in the' Caldwell family plot in Michigan. One New York department store has 55 different 'shades of nail polish on sale. district which may be represented are Stillwater, Carbon, Big Horn, Musselshell, Rosebud and Prairie.

Other counties lifted also may be represented, Mts. Anderson said. The course will be given for both men and women. Delegates must be elected representatives of some club or group aud must agree when enrolling for the school to attend at least seven sessions. Bank Clearings in Falls Climb Sharply Great Falls, Feb.

1. JP Improved business conditions are reflected in clearings tor the three local banks during January. The clearings havecshgwn a steady increase foy several months. They', total $2,323,295, as compared, with ct. $1,591,169 In January, 1934.

This is an Increase of $732,126 or more than 46 p.er cent. It was the biggest January in clearings since 1932, when they totaled $2,468,543. Great Falls There were only 35 accidents at the Great Falls plant of the Anaconda company during 1935, It was shown In the annual report of it. Capies, general plant Superintendent. There were 65 accidents during the pre-vlous year.

NEAR ROCKER BY THREEJUTTE LIDS Butte, Feb. 1. The frozen body of an unidentified man, about 60 years old, was found near Rocker thta morning, by three Butte boys. Apparently the man had been dead two or three days. Indications were that- he had fallen, striking his head on rocks, and had dragged himself about 20 feet toward the highway.

The name of a local elothlng company was on the band ot hie hat. Deputy Sheriff Charles Malloy said It appeared the man had been walking along the. railroad tracks and had fallen down the grade, striking his head on a pile at rocks. Acting John! Corbitt ordered the body placed In Duggans Merrill mortuary pending investigation. The body was found by Wilfred Hugo, Ralph Waters, and Arthur Nlckols.

Nell Sheehan, a section foreman for the B. A. A P. railroad, said he had noticed the man on the tracks a few days ago and had offered to take him to Rocker. At that time, Sheehan said, the man appeared in a weakened condition.

U. SJRGHWAY 191 Bozeman, Feb. 1. The Gallatin Way to West Yellowstone and south from West Yellowstone to the Idaho-Montane line has been designated es U. S.

highway No. 191, Fred Brown, resident engineer for the Montana state highway announced he had been informed yesterday. Previously the route had been designated as Montana highway No. 187. With the new route number and the route designated as an U.

8. highway, tourists from the south may follow that route number from California all the way into Bozeman where it joins U. S. highway No. 10.

Previously, it has been pointed out by tourist experts, northbound travelers hesitated about changing from a U. 8. to a state highway and cast about for alternate Other changes make the Gardlner-Llvingston-Great Fells route U. 8. 89.

It was formerly known as Mon-Una 87-W, Another change will make U. 8. 10 run vie Butte and will call the route via rfelenaU. 8. 10, alternate." Previously they were called U.

S. 10-S, and U. 8. 10-N, res pec tlvely. The route signs will be changed by May 1.

Billings. Feb. 1. A recreation school, one of two to be held this spring in Montana and the fourth to have been held in Billings in three years, is scheduled for May 7, 8, 9 and 10, according to an announcement Wednesday by Mrs. Doris Anderson, home demonstration agent.

W. P. Jackson of the National Recreational association, who conducted a school for recreation leaders here two years ago, will direct the May session which will be an advanced course presenting different material from that which he gave In his previous school. Seven counties may send delegates The attendance wlli be limited to between 60 and 70, according to the demonstration agent. Besides Yellowstone, counties in the son arrived a few days ago at Livingston on the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited, on his- way to OxYoke ranch.

He was Don F. Puldo, of New York City, who will remain as a guest of the ranch for three months. He is a son of-John F. Puido, former United States Ambassador to Spain. PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR DUDE-RANCH BUSINESS THIS YEAR LACY SUITS WORRY STRAIGHT-LACED Miles City, Feb.

1. Prospects for dude ranches in the Northern Pacific railway territory In the Rocky Mountain areas of Montana and Wyoming this year are brighter than they have been at any time In the last five years, A. E. Harmond, local agent is Informed in a communication received from H. Croonqulst, secretary of the Dud" Ranchers" agsoctattdnrHirttateirmnt la based upon inquiries of prospective dudes and surveys made by representatives of the outstanding ranches, some of whom already are making bookings for the season In the large cities of the East.

Factors which will draw attention to this form of vacation, Mr. Croonqulst said, include the unprecedent-; ed low fares offered by the railroads, the announcements that travel pleasures will be greatly increased because of air-conditioning of railroad equipment, the natural gain in interest in dude ranching as it becomes better known and the stimulus which has been given to travel in America Dude ranch operators, following these surveys which have been made," are making substantial expenditures to improve their properties for the convenience and accommodation of their guests, Mr, Croonqulst said. Already, bookings have been made for entire families located In fashionable sections of the East. As the nation comes out! of the depression, he pointed out, there is enlarged demand for recreation, end the dude ranch Is admirably adapted to the accommodation of such vacation ists. The first dude of the 1935 sea Checker Tournament To Be Held by Havre And Malta Players Havre.

Feb. Checker players of MelU and Havre will bold a tournament here Sunday, five play-era coming from Malta. Play will be at the Havre hotel. Members of the visiting team will be Tom Slmanton, James Leo. H.

P. Jacobson and Carl Walden. George Snyder, Tern Furlong, Harry Leeds and Andy McGutyn'wM make up the Havre team. An additional player is still to be named on each team 1.