The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-04-01
News of Montana
BUTTE MAN SUES RANcHER.
Says J. 3. CaIIen Al.
ienated Wife's Affections.

"hiCA ANACh |
OF Butte is plaintiff and J. B. Callen,
a weltto-do rancher near Wisdom, in
the Big Hole basin, is defendant.
Tlnchinskey, in his complaint, states
that on Sept. Is, 1909, Callen induced
Mrs. Tinchinskey to leave her home in
Butte and go with him to his ranch
IN the Big Hole basin under promise
of providing her work at a good sal.
airy; that at the time his wife was
was nervous and excitable and worry
ing over debts caused from the opera
ton, having pledged her diamonds,
worth 81 900, for money.
Tinchinskey, says he did not again
see his wife until a month later, when
he went to see her at a hotel in Butte.
There he found Callen and his wife
occupying the same room. He de-
handed an explanation and was or.
dered from the room. He says that
his wife and Callen induced him to
sign away rights to a piano and house
hold furniture, which, he believes,
were taken to Callen's ranch. Then
Callen induced his wife to again re-
turn to the ranch with him by Offering
to pay for music lessons, give her
horseback rides and other induce.
ments.
The defendant says he has been in.
formed and believes hat Callen and
his wife have had improper relations;
that they had put up at hotels as
man and wife. and that this state
Of affairs has existed for five months,
all of which We're against his consent
and wish and that he has suffered
great distress of body and mind as a
result, damaging him in the sum Of
$4,000. The plaintiff prays for judg-
ment against the defendant.
Callen is pronounced to be we'll fixed
financially and a man about 60 years
of age. Joseph McCaffery and Joseph
II. Griffin of Butte appear as attor-
neys for the plaintiff.
Addition to Virginia City School.
Virginia City.-The board of
trustees of the Virginia City school
district has called a special election to
be held March IL for the purpose of
voting to bond the district for $4,000
% build an addition to the school.
aouse. This move is made imperative
as the present school building is en-
tirely inadequate to accommodate the
departments necessary in u%p-to-date
graded high school,. The faculty has
been laboring under great %disadvan-
tage for several years and the time
has arrived when something must be
done in order to keep the school in
line with other institutions of the
state.
The present school building was
constructed in 1875, n is a good
building, but it is not large enough.
1t is proposed of the building, two
stories in height, thereby aifording
sufficient room for other classrooms,
laboratories, etc. 1t will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 to do this and
is is proposed, if the proposition
carries, as it doubtless will, to issue
10 81 1000 bonds, bearing interest at
3 per cent. payable in 20 years and
redeemable in 10 years.
Railroad Project for Madison Valley.
Virginia City.-There is a proba-
bility that the Madison valley will
materialize in the near future. A
movement to that end has been
started by p. A. Morrison of Nc
Allister. who is sending out to the
farmers of the valley postal cards
containing a number of questions as
TO the amount of tonnage each could
furnish a railroad in the ven one is
built. Mr.. Morrison has for some
time been in communication with
eastern capitalists in regard to the
construction of an electric road
through the Madison valley and has
received assurances that if the on
mage is assured, the capital to build
the road will be forthcoming. The
company behind the proposition is
said to have ample capital. being
capitalized at $40, 900. 900, and is look
ing for just such a proposition as the
Madison valley affords.
Evangelist Gets 600 Converts.
Evangelist gets 900 Converts.
Anaconda.-A series of revival
meetings have been held in Anaconda
during the past month was conducted
by Evangelist Lowry and Chorus
Director Moody under the auspices OF
the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist
and Christian churches of the city,
and the most intense religious fervel
has been in existence. Prayer meet.
ings were held at private homes in all
parts of the city and the total number