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1't Vs sr LAURE OU 00' al Jo Official Paper of Yellowstone County VOLUME 40 NO 34 LAJJREL MONTANA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 1949 FIVE CENTS Laurel Red Lodge Draw ourney ops Coaches Meet To Work Out Schedule For District Event Opening Here Feb 23 Bear-creek Bridger Given Byes a I -4 3 io CUVSPDRTflLS Womans Club Enlists Aid Of Garden Clubs Council For War-Delayed Project at the box office each session for general admission The portable bleacher section will be the reserved portion with the permanent seats on general sale TO DEFEND DISTRICT TITLE Above is this years editon of the Laurel high school Locomotives basketball team last years winner of the championship in district 6 class Laurel team members left to right in this picture are Bob Stickel-berger manager Bob Dantic Don Miller Bob Kass Keith Willis Bill Sorg Wayne Hageman Bob Sorg Leo Yeager Ralph Hodges Jim Wilson Nprman Lais Jim Phillips and Glen Anderson coach Kimberley Is With Airlift For Berlin SELECT ADDITIONAL OFFICERS DIRECTORS OF COfflMERGIAL CLUR Report Stock Feed Condition As Acute Men Machines Battle Snow Drifted Roads To Reach Ranchers With Feed Fuel Supplies Hay For Later Use Should Move Now Laurel and Red Lodge were voted into the two top spots for this years district 6 tournament and were placed on opposte sides of the triangle when coaches met here Sunday No attempt was made to cede other ithan to separate the two clubs By a narrow margin the vote of the 12 schools gave the other two byes to Bearcreek and Bridger over Columbus This is the first time in 10 years that the Cougars were not ceded in the top four for district play By means of a draw Bridger went to the Laurel side of the bracket and Bearcreek to the Red Lodge side After considerable time and discussion the next four teams could not be clearly defined and so positions were determined by means of the draw The first four games to be played on the loser-out basis placed Absarokeei against Columbus and Park City against Belfry in the Laurel-Bridger side of the bracket Placed with Bearcreek and Red Lodge was the Joliet-Roberts game and the Fromberg-Edgar game Four games are slated each day eliminating four teams Wednesday The remaining eight teajze wrili plvan- to the elimination basis to determine the two clubs that will advance to the divisional tournament two weeks later i Thursdays games wdll "oSthe ceded teams in action for the first time In the afternoon sessions Bridger will meet the winner of the Park City-Belfry game followed immediately by Bearcreek and the wunner of the Joliet-Roberts mix At 7:30 Laurel will tangle with the winner of the Absarokee-Columbus meet and then Red Lodge will take on the winner of the Edgar-Fromberg game Officials for the tournament include referees Clarence Hofma'n of Worden and Bob Rae and Ed Bayne both of Billings Timers are Art Trennery and "Wayne Willis with Leon Foote and Sam Bliss keeping the official score book For the first time in some years reserved tickets w-ill be sold for the district tournament Reservatons can be made for single evening sessions or for all three nights beginning Thursday No reserved seats are being sold for Wednesday or any of the afternoon performances Some 400 seats have been set aside and alloted to each of the 12 participating towns on the basis of school enrollment A deadline of this Sunday has been set for 11 towns other than Laurel to sell their quota those that are not pickea up by that time will be returned to Fred Graff the tournament chairman to be sold to Laurel fans on a first come first served basis If not sold before game time they will be available at the gate More than 80 seats will be available Byam Girl Wins In Essay Contest On Industrial Tour Mrs Mabel Peterson teacher at the Bvam school has been informed that the Billihgs Kiwanis clubs committee on boys and gifls activities has judged Marietta Fujios essav Industrial Tours the winning girls essay in a recent contest The essay described a tour of industrial I 1 supplies available trucks train movements and' other services Orcutt -believes that an accurate check otv-llytpck losses cannot be made until early May There is a known loss of 775 sheep on four ranches in Carter and Powder River counties: Most losses of cattle are reported among calves Heaviest losses ae expected in March and April Meanwhile south central Montana counties are experiencing almost equal difficulty in getting out hay supplies for shipment to eastern Montana Thousands of tons of hay are snowbound in fields in Park Meagher and Gallatin counties While much of this h'av has been sold and will be shipped as soon as possible it will still be some two weeks before it can reach hungry stock in eastern Montana Only 20150 tons of hay was listed for sale in these counties last week and an estimated 7000 tons were sold during the week Ic is anticipated that -most of this hay will be gone by March 1 Needed hay must be moved before thawing weather occurs since it cannot be moved during high water and deep mud Supplies of range pellets are continuing good but cottonseed and soybean cake is very short Weakened livestock will have to be fed heavily during March and at least part of April Spring losses will be geatly reduced by supplies of feed being moved now Spaeth Silesia Stephenson Keown Jacob Dietz Edgar Morris Bauwens Fromberg William Currie Bridger and Le-Roy Laughery Belfry William Weber Yegen was among the 10 high for the fourth year and Connie Fink Maudru and A1 DeMeyer 'factory for the third year A special award by Peter Yegen Jr was made to John Weigand of the Yegen station named in honor of the donors father an' ealy-day Billings merchant and banker Smmons superintendent of- the Filings factory presided as toastmaster Fieldman of the company presented awards to the station high growers and Mann assistant superintendent to the 10 high growers and the high sugar producer Roach of Denver executive vice president of the Great Westrn Sugar company- was the principal speaker He Said that although some thought at the beginning of the season the price for beets might be as low as $950 per ton the growers of the 1948 crop have already received $1203 with fair prospect $17or more than $13 per ton The growers quandry in the spring of 48 was caused by a change-over from the former guaranteed price to an indefinite price that would be set by the selling price of refined sugar (Continued on Page Six) iwui FebeJ A- critical livestock and feed condition exists inthi'tc southeastern Montana' couiAiesv where scores of men and machines are battleing snow-drifted roads to reach ranches with feed fuel and supplies Orcutt extension livestock specialist at Montana State college reported here today after making a survey of the situation in 13 counties In Carter Powder River and Rosebud counties the situation is most critical and it is frequently a 24-hour a day operation by men and machines to reach ranches with supplies Often after trucks reach a ranch the fast drifting snow makes it necessary to replow the road back to the "highway so the vehicles can return to reload For many ranchers small planes have been the only means of getting supplies In Carter county the county commissioners and the Carter 'County Livestock association are sending out planes at their own expense to aid distressed ranchers Road clearance in the storm stricken area is being handled by county commissioners the state highway department and the bureau of land management County extension agents have turned their offices into clearing centers for information on feed During the summer of 1941 the Laurel Womans club met with officials of the state highway commission and of the Northern Pacific to form plans' for landscaping and beautifying all four entrances to Laurel and the high-i way running through the city Because of the war plans were laid aside for a more fitting time for such a project Now after almost eight years the Laurel Womans club aided by the Laurel Garden club the Unity Garden club and city council has begun revival of the project A committee composed of Mrs' A Johnston chairman and Mrs Price as represents- tives of the Laurel Womans club Mrs Barney and Mrs Heebner representing the Laurel Garden club and Mrs Sommers and Mrs John Allwin representing the Unity Gar- den club met at 4:30 Monday afternoon of this week to dis-- cuss a method of procedure with Mayor Thomson and Lester Dahl Northern Pacific roadmaster The project for this year will involve preparing ground and planting the area on the north side of the First- avenue fnder-pass to connect on the east with the grassed plot of the Commercial club building and continuing east to the depot to connect with the work already start-" ed there by Dahl Leters were written this week to Ephland district engineer of the state highway commission for information regarding easements along the highway and lor assistance from the highway department- and to Davis division superintendent of the Northern Pacific at Glendive for suggestions and assistance from the railway company Representatives from the landscaping committee presented their project to the city council at the latters meeting Feb 15 Coun-cilmen readily agreed to give the committee any assistance practicable to complete the project J-Parker was appointed a representative from the council to work on the committee with Mayor Thomson Mrs A Johnson said this week that suggestion from interested citizens will be welcomed and appreciated WES IS ELECTED PRESIOEJIOFPU Mayes was elected presi-' Vdent of the Laurel Parent-Teacher Association at the first meeting of the group Monday evening Feb 14 in the high school auditorium Other officers elected were A Freeberg first vice president Fred Graff second vece president Mrs Adolph Strand secretary and Mrs Henry Frank treasurer Mrs Harold Price temporary chairman presided at the meeting and introduced Mrs Scott of Billings president of district 4 and Mrs Hartley state program chairman also of Billings who then addressed the group on projects programs of P-T-A units Mrs Scott and Mrs Hartley called for questions from the floor and a discussion period followed One hundred and thirty-four persons joined the new organization following the business meeting Mayes announced that he was calling a meeting of officers for Wednesday evening Feb 16 and said that standing committees would lje selected at that time He also announced that a committee would be appointed to select a regular meeting date for the organization A social Hour with refreshments completed the evening Engagements With Rams Fill Time Before Tourney Red Lodge Downed The Laurel Locomotives and the Billings Central Rams Will wind up the pre-tournament schedule with a home-and-home series this week The first game is called for the Billings court Thursday and the second in Laurel Friday Both games will be preceded by the teams from the two schools with the Laurel game called for 7:30 Laurel and Billings have met on two occasions this season with each team winning on their own court and have slated the additional games to keep in trim with the tournament dates set back one week In the first game the RamB won with a fourth' period rally that saw them gain 22 points wnd Aitotal count of 55 to 48 Later in the season the Locomotives opened in the first period by counting 21 points and then playing the Rams even-up to win 55 to 51 This weeks games shape up much the same fashion The Rams have dropped but three games in 19 losing to Hardin and Miles City in addition to (Continued on Page Two) REDUClNK IN SHOPFORGEORDERED Newton general foreman at Laurel car shops of the Northern Pacific announced this week that a reduction of 25 men in the shops force w-ould become effective Friday Feb 18 The reduction he said was necessary because of heavy falling off in railroad business The reduction cuts the force from 361 men to 336 The necessary four-day notice was posted Feb 14 in accordance with an agreement between the company and the shop crafts organizations IS LECTURE SUBJECT Truth pays off in advertising whether by the w-ritten or spoken word Strand Hilleboe advertising manager of the Billings Gazette told Laurel Rotarians Tuesday when addressing them on Truth in Advertising The guest speaker was preceded by John Laird club member who told of the inspiration which created the Rotary International foundation fund and how the fund is being hised Laird said the idea of the fund was conceived in 1917 and was activated at the San Francisco convention in 1938 when the aim was for $2000000 to bfe is international good will A subdivision of the funds is for rehabilitation or at least im- mediate aid for unfortunate Rotarians in war-stricken countries Clubs as well as individual members are asked also to send food and clothing packages abroad a Rotary program whose success ip indicated by letters of acknowledgment that come by thousands Another section of the fund is for exchange of students among countries on the assumption that when intelligent people know each other well they will live in greater harmony with (Continued on Page Three) Pfc Bervyle Kimberley with forces of occupation in German writes that he is at Marburg and is supervisor of 100 men of the ground crews of the Berlin airlift He says the weather is mild and that he likes the country the most beautiful he has seen in Europe HELD WEDNESDAY Former Railroad Worker Succumbs To Illness Of Several Months John Philip Ostwald 72 a resident of Laurri i dnce 1908 died at his home' Monday after an illness of several months with arthritis He was bom Oct 2 1876 in Russia a son of Mr and Mrs John Philip Ostwald and moved to Lincoln Neb in 1906 He came to Laurel in 1908 where he was employed in the Northern Pacific railroad car shops He and Katherine Elizabeth Frank were married at Joliet Jan 18 1900 He was a member of the German Congregational church Surviving is the widow a son George Ostwald of Laurel five daughters Mrs John Klein of Laurel Miss Mary Ostwald of Livingston Mrs Dick Stratford and Mrs John Gibb of Billings Mrs Jack Moore of Powell Wyo and 10 grandchildren Funeral services were conducted by Rev Haemmelmann Wednesday afternoon at the First Congregati onal church Mrs Montel Frank Miss Dorothy Miller Mrs Virginia Meyers and Mrs Margaret Frank sang In the Garden and A Christians Goodnight MrsHaem-melmann was their accompanist Pallbearers were Philip Behm Fred Feuerbacher Philip Klock-hammer Henrv Fox Adam Schreiner and Philip Schreiner Burial was in the Laurel cemetery I DIES III DEER LODGE Mrs John Burke 83 a former resident of Laurel and mother of Carl Burke died Monday in Deer Lodge Mrs Burke was born in Hanover Germany Feb 14 1866 She came to St Joseph Mo at the age of 16 and lived with two brothers until coming to Montana in 1884 She married John Burke at Great Falls in 1891 Mr Burke died in 1940 Survivors include two sons John Burke of Livingston and Carl Burke of- Laurel and seven grandchildren The body arrived here from Deer Lodge Tuesday evening and is at the Laurel funeral home where funeral sendees will be held Friday at 2 pm" Burial will" be "in the Laurel cemetery Rev Father Shevlin of Columbus will officiate Pallbearers will be Frank ONeill Andy Vanberg Frank Parker James Speare Reid Harris and Gene Weiber Additional officers and directors of the Laurel Commercial club were elected at a reorganization meeting Jan 31 by those who had been empowered to do -eo -held -its annual meeting Jan 19 The club at its annual meeting named Dr A Nottingham president and chose three directors A Cromwell Heebner Harold Isachsen and Meyer Harris' Under the new by-laws they were authorized to complete the two lists At the reorganization meeting directors added were Scott Harlan Russell Packard Gene DeFrance Howard Carter Oliver Wold and George McCormick Wold served last year as president Other officers chosen wrere 'W Fenton vice president Packard treasurer and Hugh Sweeney secretary Standing committees appointed by President Nottingham are: Drainage 'and Flood Control Peter Thomson chairman and Laird (Continued on Page 6) Modern trends in education were both described and illustrated Wednesday evening at the ladies night meeting of the Ki-wanis club by Robert Hamilton of the Billings junior high school faculty The Johns 'and Marys in some schools are now seeing many subjects in motion or as still slides while hearing an accompanying teaching lecture by one of the local faculty members or by one who prepared the lesson at some distant place The method is relatively new thouglTNisedyto some extent in 'teaching the armed forces dur-mg the war and because it is yet'inthe experimental Stage it' is I a controversial subject among! the teaching experts them-selves'The tenor of his remarks and his record in using the system successfully indicated to the Kiwanjans iand their guests that Hamilton' favored it as a valuable' epptribution to his work He' spoke of it as a tool and remarked that other tools of the profession had been critcally examined at their advent such as in 1823 when text books were regarded bv their opponents as eventual replacements for live instructors and again in the early 1920s when movies might be a threat to thousands of women and men who were then engaged in instructing vouth The books turned out to be aids and time will make silent and talking slides aids also Hamilton affirmed He accompanied his lecture with demonstrations of three ma- chines he had brought for the' purpose The first was a small projector with a large volume of light that is designated for still slides which may be accompanied by printed text or oral lecture The second was a wire recorder that is finding a multitude of uses in class rooms and lecture halls Although in the (Continued on Page Three) Areas 10 High Beet Producers Are Honored By G-W At Dinner plants which the club sponsors ench fall for the honor students International added $375000 from -of all rural schools in Yellow-1 jts own fun(s Since the idea stone county caught fire $2200000 has been Marietta is to be a dinner collected part of which has al-guest of the Kivanis club Feb jeady been spent The object contributed by club members The 10 growers with highest yields in the Great Western Sugar company's Billings "factory district and a number of others with highest yields at eight individual stations in the district were honored by the company at a dinner Feb 10 in the Northern hotel ball room- at Billings Among the many guests were those outstanding in beet production together with representatives of various departments of community business banking and the press and high ranking local and general officers of the company The 10 high producers were Walter Kinsfather Hesper John Weigand Yegen William and Fred Rauchle Knox Clarence Engle Hysham Henry Amen Jr Hesper Connie Fink Maud-ru Harry Staley Yegen A1 DeMeyer factory William Weber Yegen and Martin Linse factory The highest sugar producer also honored was Ed Verhelst of Big Horn whose 3122 acres produced 4005 tons or 1283 tons per acre Among Hie Jiigh-station growers some 34 in- number were John Weigand Yegen Jacob Lackman Siding 2 Walter Kiris-father Hesper Alex Foos Laurel Alex Fox Spurling Charles Hilderman Park CityjJohn Rutt Youngs Point Wt and Charles Peterson Columbus Alfred 22 when she will read her essay and will be presented with: her award Altar Society Holds Card Party At Hall At a card partv sponsored by the altar society Tuesday evening at the parish hall prizes in five hundred were awarded Mrs A Elliot and Herman Kukas and in pinochle the arizes were won by Mrs Leo Dietrich and Mr Denny Mrs Early was chairman of the hostesses who serred lunch SNOWBOUND VACATION Mr- and Mrs Fenton have had as a' guest several days this week Mrs Fentons nephew Jack Peterson of Huntley Jack is a student at the Junior high school at Worden which is closed because of snow storms I.