Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-01
MONTANA NEWS.

MONTANA NEWS.
Clinton Smith, an oldtime rancher of
Tobacco Plain, committed suicide re-
Gently by shooting himself with a 80
80 carbine.
Professor Condor, for eight years city
superintendent of Helena schools, has
received notice of election to similar
position at Providence, R. l., and will
accept.
Kalispell Odd Fellows have just
bought three lots, rs feet, on First ave-
nue. west and Third street, whore they
will erect a lodge hall. Five thousand
and five hundred dollars was paid for
the site.
The Spokane Jefferson society has
received word from Governor Edwin L.
Norris that the subject of the latter s
Jefferson day address in this city, April
13, will be "Policies of Jefferson, the
Creed of the Nation"
Plumbers who now receive Sc day
of eight hours at Great Falls have made
demand upon the master plumbers for
a raise of a dollar day with half hol-
iday Saturday. If the demand is not
granted the men will strike.
Eli Lumbardi is in the county Jail
at Butte accused of having shot and
killed Lad Petraneaovich and wound
ing Bozo Jakavich, presumably in con-
sequence of quarrel about game of
cards. The shooting occurred in sa-
loon.
After piling all his effects in neat
heap on the bed, writing note to a
friend and directing the details of his
interment, Peter Weiss, smelterman al
Great Falls, swallowed carbolic acid
He was found dead on the floor beside
his couch.
Charles Ordish, who trapped during
the month of February in the Yak
country, was fled with the county CLERK
and recorder his claim for bounty OF
10 timber wolves, which he trapped dur
ing that month. AS the state pays (;
bounty of $40 each for timber wolves
Mr.. Ordish' 8 claim amounts to 800
In addition to the wolves he also killed
several mountain lions in this vieinit,
for that purpose.
Governor Norris has received lette
from Secretary Ballinger stating tina
there will be no more cause for com
plant of dismissal of clerks in the fed
eral land Office in this state. Montan
is making half million acre lieu selec
tions for lands as substitute for land
, surrendered in forest reservations, and
| &c 10
own behalf through the governor, an
also for the benefit of new settlers VIII
are now focking into the state by tn
} hundreds. The secretary informs til
governor that extra clerks will be adde
to handle all business promptly. At tn
present rate there will be no govern
4 ment land left in the Great Falls di
4 trict by the first of July, according t
g the register.
: The supreme court has handed dow
six opinions, in one of which an in
q lpOrtant rule of law was laid dow
: Sarah Dunseth sued the Butte Electr
Railway company in the federal cou1
! for damages and lost in personal il
d jury action. She started it again
the district court and won, only to hay
r the judgment reversed and appeal di
g missed because it was once tried on i
d merits and adjudicated on the san
e facts in the federal court. In anoth
g case the superior court refused All
}. Miley damages against the Northern P
ciic for failure to deliver her at Il
% point to which she was tIcketed, b
10 at nearest point where train stoppe
IS because her ticket was purchased at
e lower rate than the regular fare. 9th
g issues were unimportant.
1t At recent meeting of stockholde
of the Boston and Montana Mining col
# pany, it was voted to go into the i
a Gently formed copper merger, all t
lie company's mines and smelters bel
n sold to the Anaconda Copper Mini
It company, holding company of t
a. merger, for 100000 shares of the latt
A. concern s stock, which has a par val
of $25. The Boston and Montana COZ
4, pany is capitalized at $3,750,OOO, the
a. being 10000 shares, of which all b
le so were represented at the meetir
N The annual copper production of t
lg company is about 100,000,0OO poun
s. of copper annually. The company ow
to the electrolytic smelters at Great Fal
the largest of the kind in the worl
81 1t was the largest subsidiary of t
lie Amalgamated Copper company and CO
as trolls number of the largest mines
e, the Butte district.
lg
MS A contented man is always rich,
lg though he is frequently broke.