Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-07-08
MONTANA NEWS NOTES


The Silver Bow county courthouse has
about been torn down, to be replaced
by a modern building.
Blanche Cummings has been commits
stoned postmaster at the new postof
fee of Cummings, Carbon, county,
Mont, which is to be special supply
from Bowler.
Kalispell is to become an institu-
tional Catholic center. The Sisters of
Mercy of Cedar Rapids, Ia, are to take
control of the proposed new hospital,
according to arrangements just complet-
ed.
With the exception of the slight i'm
pairment of dry farm crops on the
bench lands of the extreme north part
of Montana crop conditions today in
this state are from 20 to 80 per cent
better than they were a year ago, ac-
cording to reports direct from the
grain-growing districts.
In most unusual divorce proceed
ing, Hattie League was granted di-
vorce from Clinton M. League recently
in Butte. They were married in Butte,
November 20, 1908, and soon after she
discovered that she was still the wife
of WILDER Smith of Cleveland and was
given permission to resume the name
of Smith.
In conformity with the demands for
increased wages being made by coal
miners throughout the country, when
the wage scale conference is convened
at Billings, Aug. 20, Montana miners
will demand an increase of 5 per cent
over the present scale, according to
Alex Fairgrieve, president of District
No. 81, United Mine Workers.
Mary Baker, aged 10, died at Butte
from effects of burns received from go
| ing into a clothes closet with a lighted
| candle. Clothes in the closet caught
fire and Miss Baker hurriedly placed
the lighted candle on the floor while
she endeavored to extinguish the fire.
She forgot about her own garments
and they came into contact with the
| candle flame.
After celebrating nearly two weeks
the federal grand jury Saturday sub
mitted its report to Judge Rasch and
was discharged. Forty indictments
were returned of 70 cases considered
the major portion of these are for of
lenses relating to Indian reservations
such as introducing liquor and horse
thefts. A number of offenses against
the postal service were also reported.
Amalgamated Copper company has
begun curtailment of its copper produc
ton according to the gest reliable in
formation obtainable, through operating
five shifts a week with reduced forces
Forces of men were laid off Saturday
night at Mountainview, Leonard and
Anaconda mines. This policy, it is
stated, will reduce the copper output OF
Butte camp from 2S,OOO,OOO pounds OF
metal monthly to about 100000.
For smashup on a piece of straight
track, the derailment of heavy freight
engine and IA cars five miles from
Kalispell, while bowling along at 6
rapid rate Saturday, is pronounced by
railroad veterans who viewed the scene
to be one of the most extraordinary OF
record. Two brakemen were injured
although not fatally, and the enginee,
and fireman jumped in time to saw,
themselves. The engine was running
backward, drawing long train, whe1
something dropped and the engine wa
derailed. The impetus of the train KEEP
1T going, however, for 200 yards o,
more and when it went into the ditcl
it flung out to both sides of the tract
several cars which were split open. TIL
engine was demolished and the tract
badly torn up.