The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-21
MONTANA ITEMS.

James Boner aged 101, believed to
dead at Virginia City.
The Second Infantry band of the
Montana National Guard favored Spo-
kane with several selections during
their short stay in the city while
coming home.
Under the continuing act of congress
for the support of the national guard,
the state of Montana has been appor-
toned the sum of $11,77S.77 for it's
troops, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1908, and ending June 80, 1909.
Of this sum $S8340S is to be used for
arms, equipments and camp purposes,
and the balance for the promotion of
rifle practice.
E. H. Stage, aged about IS years,
was crushed to death between the cage
and elevator walls of the Monticello
apartment house on Broadway, Helena,
recently. The supposition is that he
attempted to board the elevator while
it was in motion and missed his foot
ing, being caught in the abdomen. He
has no known relatives, in the west
at least
The Montana national guard is at
Camp Stanley, American Lake, Wash.
The guard goes into camp the best Or
ganized, best equipped and altogether
the best appearing citizen soldiery
thus far seen there. The little regi-
ment brings full military band of
% pieces, each man professional.
Interesting statistics are to be
cleaned from the returns of the vari-
Gus county assessors to the state
board of equalization, as well as that
body's assessment of the railroads for
the entire state. AS compared with
last year, the assessment for the en-
tire state will show a decrease of
about 100000, due to the falling off
in net mine proceeds of approximately
100000 This is occasioned by the
down of several months in the great
copper mines at Butte. The mine pro-
ceeds eliminated, the total assessment
would show a gain of $14,000,000 in
round numbers.
Through railroad lines are assessed
at $17,5OO mile, with others varying
from $4,000 to $4,000. There are so
miles more sidetrack than last year
and 1870 miles more of main line. The
railroads will pay taxes on $44, 900, 900
this year.
The total realty values are $124,117
9S3 and that of personal property $751;
7S9,SS7, which, with the railroads,
swells the grand total to $249,9O7,S7O,
as against $253, 100000 last year.
Freda, the 16-year-old daughter of
Conrad Bauer, living ~ miles from
Billings, was kidnapped recently by
two men, who held up Mr.. Bauer and
demanded his money. There is no clue
to the perpetrators of the crime.
Freda is now in Jail at Billings, to-
gether with Ernest funston and Jack
Howard. She says she is in love with
Hunston and run away with him. She
was in mems attire when arrested.
Funston and Howard refuse to talk.
H. l.. Frank, for the past 80 years
one Of the most prominent men of
Montana died Monday night in Cincin
natl. He was 81 years of age and ma
tive of Ironton, Ohio. He was never
married. Mr.. Frank was Mason of
high degree, and at the time of his
death was grand master of the grand
lodge Of Montana and inspector general
of the SD degree.
Sam Cone arrested last Monday 10
men on charges of having sold liquor
to Indians on Flathead reservation.
| Jack Chisholm, charged with assault
upon Miss Rihcards at Fortine last
September, was sentenced at Kalispell,
to term in the penitentiary to five
years at hard labor.
Joseph Fracas, TIE 11-year-old son of
Mrs. Fracas, living at Kalispell, fell
into pond and was drowned last Mon
day.