Memories for Wednesday, August 4, 2021

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

August 3, 2011

Malta to begin the process to go to water meter billing

The City of Malta has started the process of implementing a water billing system using meters.

At last week’s meeting, the city council agreed to contact Randy Roberts and Harry Whalen to discuss the procedures involved.

Water meter billing could begin in January, officials indicated.

Malta Swim Team captures state championship in Class A

The Malta Swim Team captured the first place trophy in Class A competition at the state swim meet held in Chinook this past weekend.

The local swim team beat out four other teams in its class.

Brett Amestoy, Nicole Arnold, and Kevin Henry each earned first-place medals, Amestoy in the 100 breast, Arnold in the 200 IM, and Henry in the 50 breast.

Showing at the Villa

Transformers Dark of the Moon starring Shia LaBeouf

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

July 31, 1996

County Fair Opens Thursday

Final, last-minute preparations are underway in Dodson for the 81st Annual Phillips County Fair that begins this Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Dodson Fairgrounds.

In addition to Friday evening’s headline attraction of the fair, Country and Western singer Toby Keith, a “Cowboy Hypnotist” will provide entertainment Saturday night and a Marionette/Puppeteer will venture around the Fairgrounds Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Wagner, South Wagner gather for a big reunion

Former Wagner and South Wagner residents and classmates gathered together at Sleeping Buffalo for a community reunion June 22-23, with over 250 attending.

The last reunion was held 31 years ago in 1965 at South Wagner Four Corner School. Four Corner School was built in 1936-37 and closed its doors in 1967.

Because of the rain, most of the day was spent inside the Buffalo Barn reminiscing about the past. Looking at old pictures and albums on display, along with a Reunion Book that included a map of the valley designating where former residents lived and where present residents live.

Barry McNamara of KMMR served as emcee. Colleen Dillon of Saco was in charge of taking photos of the various groups.

Ninety-four-year-old Cecil Leo from Havre was the oldest visitor. 85-year-old Clarence Misfeldt was the oldest teacher present who had taught at the Sharp and Skinner Schools.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

August 12, 1971

Veseths Retire From Show Business

Fifty years in the theatre business in Malta will end this weekend for Carl Veseth.

With the final performance at the Valli Drive-in this Saturday night, the Veseths have stated that the Villa Theatre in Malta will not be opened next summer.

Carl Veseth came to Malta on July 4, 1921. He opened the Palace Theater in the building on Central Avenue built by his father, Ole Veseth. During the years of the Palace Theatre, talking pictures and air conditioning were introduced by the Veseths. In recent years, they built the new Villa and Valli Theatres.

Mr. and Mrs. Veseth will vacation for a while at Flathead Lake. Their plans for the future are indefinite at this time.

New Sign

A new time and temperature sign was erected on the southwest corner of the First State Bank on Tuesday of this week.

The sign intermittently flashes the correct time and temperature in bright lights visible both night and day, and is an attractive addition to the downtown Malta area.

Showing at the Valli Drive-In Theatre

Support Your Local Gunfighter starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

August 1, 1946

Gold Mining is Resumed in Little Rocky Mountains

The mining camp of Zortman, 50 miles southwest of Malta in the Little Rocky Mountains, which probably holds some kind of a record for having alternated between a boom town and a ghost town more times than any mining camp in the state, is edging towards a boom again after languishing in a ghost town existence since emergency orders placed a ban on gold mining operations back in 1942.

Three shifts of miners are working, the big cyanide mill is in operation again and a shipment of gold has been made. The town of Zortman, itself, is reviving again. A cabin camp has opened, a garage, a restaurant established, and the empty cabins in Ruby Gulch are showing signs of habitation as miners’ families move back.

Resumption of work at Ruby Gulch this summer is under the direction of Ed Sholz of Whitehall, as general manager. August Ramboseck of Eureka as superintendent and Max P. Klimper of Zortman as mill superintendent. The greater share of the stock is owned by Mrs. Katie B. Whitcomb, widow of the late Charles Whitcomb, and members of her family.

Malta’s Water Supply Unlimited For Any Use

While many other cities and towns are hoarding their water supplies, rationing its use for irrigation of gardens and urging their citizens to conserve, the residents of Malta, with an unlimited supply at their disposal, are splashing around using more than 750,000 gallons per day, according to figures from the city office.

The latest estimate places Malta’s population at 2,800. At this rate, an average of about 296 gallons of water per day is used by every man, woman, and child in the city.

The city well, located at the end of Fifth Avenue, has been producing a steady and undiminished flow of water so pure it has never been necessary to treat it with chemicals, since 1913. The well is 41 feet deep and 15 feet in circumference. It is curbed with concrete. An electric pump with a capacity of 750 gallons per minute pumps the water to a storage tank on a hill south of town.

Showing at the Palace Theatre

The Bullfighters starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

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100 Years Ago - 1921

- Bennett Lake farmers, meeting to discuss the coming harvest season, had decided that the price for threshing wheat was to be 10 cents per bushel.

- Emil O. Fossum of the Neilson community in the northern part of the county, had walked the 55 miles to Malta to be present at court to receive his citizenship papers. Others who received their citizenship papers were; O.F. Marquardt, Alfred Brooker, August Boos, George Questeaux, Robert Murdock, Lynn Berdan, Frank Hendershot, and Henry Compton.

- The body of Harold Clark, killed in action in France, was being returned to Malta for burial. A military funeral was planned.

- The city council had decided to hire a night watchman for the summer months.

- A band concert and program of talks, to be presided over by A.F. Winkler, president of the Malta Commercial club, was being arranged as entertainment for the Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. social touring club stop in Malta. The party was on its way from Duluth to Glacier Park.

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118 Years Ago – 1903

- The Circle C, Circle Diamond, Milner and Price, and Bear Paw Pool cattle outfits were preparing for their annual fall roundups.

- “Calamity Jane” died at Terry, South Dakota, on August 1. She requested that she be buried beside “Wild Bill” Hickok at Deadwood. Several Malta oldtimers had known her well.

- D.M. Vaught had been hired as principal of the Malta school. The school board had also provided $300 for a school library. State Superintendent Welch had donated 75 volumes for the new library.

- Judge D.C. Kenyon had fined Jack King $25 for seining fish from the Milk River.

- The Board of County Commissioners had decided to build a new jail at Glasgow. It was to be a two-story structure with 12 cells.

- C.H. Stevens was building a law office east of the W.H. Martin residence.

- Dr. G.W. Clay had received a beautiful St. Bernard dog from his father-in-law.

- A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gallinger.