Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-26
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Five prominent men, including
Creighton Largey, the millionaire;
were fined $40 apiece in police court
in Butte for exceeding the speed lin
it in automobiles. They pleaded gull
ty. The cases are the first of cam
paign instituted by the chief of police
to stop automobile speeding.
The will of Peter Larson, multi-mil-
lionaire railroad contractor, mining
magnate, lumberman and FIGURING mill
owner, has been filed in the district
court. While the bulk of the estate is
left to his wife and daughter, pro-
vision is made for practically every
church, hospital and charitable insti-
tuition in the city of Helena, as well as
his brothers. The will contains a
clause that if any legatee shall file a
contest, he or she shall be disinherit-
ed The estate is valued roughly at
SIS, 900, 900.
A wreck occurred on the Northern
Pacific between Garrison and ElIiston.
so miles west of Butte. Little damage
was done.
Harry Delaney of New York was
shot and instantly killed recently in
a brawl in a house in ...e restricted
district of Whitefsh. The shooting
was done by woman named Ma
thews, who was drunk at the time of
her arrest and will give no state
ment.
c. M. Stubs, well-known resident
OF Stanford, recently kidnapped his q
year-old child from it's mother in the
main business street Of Great Falls in
broad daylight and at time when
that thoroughfare was crowded. The
greatest excitement resulted. Stubs
tore the child from its screaming
mother an drapidly bore it away, pur-
sued by wrathy crowd bent on sum-
marily Furnishing the kidnaper. Stubs
was arrested.
While engaged in working on an
electric light pole at one of the big
transformers in the rear of the CITY
fire station at Billings, Mont, Lewis
Z. johnson, line man employed by
the Billings Water Power company.
was electroeuted recently.
The geological survey estimates the
copper output of Montana in 1906 at
2SS, 4S5,517 pounds, which is greater
than the output Of any other state.
Arizona is second, with 262 $3.50. 1O3
pounds. Michigan is third, with 229.-
4S5,617 pounds.
Two heavy storms coming from On
postte directions met each other near
Cascade Saturday afternoon, resulting
in terrific wind and hail storm. dur
ing which hailstones fell measuring
as much as one and a half inches in
diameter. Crops were ruined in the
storm zone. During the storm light
ming killed a ranch hand, name un-
known, several miles from Cascade.
he was struck while driving a band
.of sheed to shelter.
After representing Madison county
In the legislature two years ago
Frank B. Lindsrman was appointed
assistant secretary of state. He served
until Saturday, when he resigned to
engage in business in Helena. Secre-
taEV Yoder appointed David Pizsr of
Helena his successor.
Ao DOuy oF FSoSco9 Denbfey, who
was drowned in the Clarh's Fork re-
Gently, has not yet been recovered.
James R. Davis, aged %, an actor
IN the Grand opera house stock COM
Pany, while speaking his lines during
sundays matinee at Butte was sud
denly seized by what physicians pro
nouncSd heart failure, and toppled to
the stage corpse. The audience
was at once dismissed. Davis came
to Butte from Chicago about three
months ago. Ne leaves a widow and
a 3 year old child