Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for week of October 22, 2014

October 22, 1914

100 years ago

Local News: Both plumbing shops have consolidated and from now on will be known as the Malta Plumbing Company.

More Local: There was no school Monday on account of it being a legal holiday and a number of teachers took advantage of the holiday and spent a few days at their homes.

Not Local: The Chinook Opinion says the small boys of the city who are causing so much damage to property that special police should be appointed to assist the officers in keeping the peace.

Election Day Help: So many lovely girls have come out of the Montana sagebrush country to help in the equal rights campaign that suffragists at headquarters are considering the advisability of opening a matrimonial bureau – after Election Day.

October 26, 1939

75-years ago

Headline: Hales Bowdoin Home threatened by fire; mouse gets blamed.

A wandering mouse with an appetite for matches is being blamed for a blaze that might well have destroyed Charles Hales’ home in the Bowdoin community a few nights ago. A member of the Hales family awoke in the middle of the night to find a pile of lath and paper burning against the outside of the house. The debris came from alterations being made inside the house and it is believed matches in the pile must have been lighted by nibbling mice.

Once before a similar incident threatened the Hales home. That time a blazing kitchen cupboard was discovered in time to prevent serious damage, and again it was a mouse with an appetite for matches which received the blame.

Editor’s Note: There are no editions of the Phillips County News for October, 1964 at the Phillips County Museum. If you have any copies of those papers, the museum would love to add them to their archives.

October 25, 1989

25 years ago

Headline: Strong right arm takes Freeman to 3rd

The sign at the edge of town could read: “Home of Randy Freeman – almost World Wrist Wrestling Champion.”

The 28-year-old local resident employed at Malta Ready Mix didn’t quite make it to the top of the world – he settled for third place – but his ride since entering the sport of wrist wrestling last April could bedescribed as meteoric.

“I placed better than any right-handed Montana man” has ever placed in the national championship, Freeman noted.

Headline: Debbie elected

Debbie Demarais, daughter of Sharon and Delmar Demarais of Malta, has been elected a Student Council Representative for the Confederated Salish Kootenia College in Pablo, Montana.

Debbie is a student at the college majoring in Human Services.

October 27, 2004

10 years ago

Headline: Outlaw’s .45 revolver missing from museum

A .45 Colt revolver once owned by the infamous outlaw Dutch Henry has disappeared from its display case at the Phillips County Museum.

Sheriff Tom Miller said the missing gun was reported Sunday morning about 11 a.m. when a museum employee noticed it was missing from its display case.

The revolver was on long-term loan from the Montana State Historical Library. The Jim Watkins family of Malta made it possible for the gun’s return to Malta.

News files: 10-years ago.

A total of six of the 19 black footed ferrets that had been planted here had been killed by coyotes.

Headline: Malta Community gets statewide literacy award

The Malta Chamber of Commerce and community of Malta received the Montana State Literacy Award last Thursday.

Malta won the honor after Elementary School Librarian Lynn Nevrivy submitted a wonderfully written letter nominating Malta.