Memories for the Week of February 25, 2015

100 years ago

February 25, 1915

Local News:

*Joe Olson, who had a leg broken a short time ago by falling in a well, is now at the hospital in Glasgow and reports from there say he is getting along nicely.

*The County Commissioners are in session again this week and have about all the business they care to attend to. Tuesday they made a contract with Mr. Varney for the basement and top floor of the new building he is going to put in place. The basement will be fitted up for a jail and the top floor for a courtroom.

*Assessor Roy Lee was telling us a few days ago that there is less property in the new county of Phillips than he had any idea of. Everyone he talks to tell how little they have and how much taxes they should pay. He further informed us that from the way the reports were coming to him that he expected that most of the taxes himself this year. Now any time an assessor will do that we are in favor of getting him a life job .

75 years ago

February 24, 1940

Headline: 200 attend Charter Night of Kiwanis – Malta Gathering called biggest of kind ever held

Two hundred Montana and Canadian Kiwanians and their wives and guests were in Malta Tuesday night to present the new local club with its charter, in what was described by visitors as the most heavily attended charter night ceremony ever held in the state.

Kiwanis clubs represented included those of Glasgow, Butte, Havre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Sidney, Fort Benton, Billings and Helena.

Headline: Malta People see new locomotive

Malta people who were on the alert here during the last few days have caught a glimpse of the new Diesel-powered locomotive which the Great Northern Railroad company is trying out in the region. The outfit is a General Motors product and is being tried out with extra heavy loads over both mountain and prairie divisions in the west.

50 years ago

March 4, 1965

Headline: Robinson Bridge may be linked in rustling case

Phillips County's involvement in livestock rustling activity, reported by William Cheney, executive officer of the Montana Livestock Commission, is on the upgrade in Montana, is largely due to the fact that the Robinson Bridge over the Missouri River in Phillips County is the only link for several hundred miles between north and south Montana, law enforcement officials here say.

The theft of more than 200 head of cattle from a Wellington D. Rankin Ranch in Blaine County where an action is pending in district court is related only by the fact that the old KRM Ranch in Phillips County is a Rankin property and some of the recovered cattle were brought to this county for the winter.

Headline: No roller skating

Because of the parochial school tournament at the City Hall Sunday, there will be no roller-skating that day. The regular schedule will be resumed the following week.

Headline: A High School Student's Six Rules for Being Popular

1. Own a car.

2. Be a good conversationalist.

3. Own a car.

4. Have a good personal appearance.

5. Own a car.

6. Have a sense of humor.

25 years ago

February 28, 1990

Newsfiles: 10 years ago

The Malta Cable TV Office will open its doors for business on Thursday, Feb. 28, according to Earl Granger, vice president of management and engineering for Vigilant Satellite Service. The cable TV system will carry 10 channels.

Headline: Saco High names Girls' State delegate, alternate

Taunya Erickson, daughter of Lyle and Joyce Erickson, has been selected as the Saco High School delegate to attend Montana Girls State which will be held from June 10 through June 16 at the Carroll College Campus.

10 years ago

February 23, 2005

Headline: Local Cowboy fulfills his first goal of winning NRA Saddle Bronc Title

Guy Simanton of Malta captured his first NRA title by pulling together three solid bronc rides at the NRA finals in Billings recently.

Simanton won the average by 18 points and finished with $8,008.43 in prize money for the 2004 year – the most money won by a single event competitor.