The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-04-01
MONTANA NEWS.

NUN ANA C0US
Clinton Smith, an old-time rancher of
Tobacco Plain, committed suicide re-
Gently by shooting himself with a 30
80 carbine.
Professor Condor; for eight years city
superintendent of Helena schools, has
received notice of election to a similar
position at Providence, R. l., and will
accept.
Kalispell Odd Fellows have just
bought three lots, IS feet, on First ave-
u 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
Jefferson day address in this city, April
10, will be "Policies of Jefferson, the
Creed of the Nation"
Plumbers vino now receive Sc a day
of eight hours at Great Falls have made
a demand upon the master plumbers fol
a raise of a dollar a day with half hol
iday Saturday. If the demand is not
granted the men viii strike.
Eli Lumbardi is in the county sjai
at Butte accused of having shot anC
killed Lad P~etraneaovich and wound
ing Bozo Jakavich, presumably in con
sequence of a quarrel about a game o.
cards. The shooting occurred in a sa
loon.
After piling all his effects in a nea
heap on the bed, writing a note to
friend and directing the details of hi
interment, Peter Weiss, smelterman a
Great Falls, swallowed carbolic aciC
He was found dead on the floor besid
his couch.
Charles Ordish, who trapped durin
the month of February in the Yak
country, was filed with the county cler
and recorder his claim for bounty 0
10 timber wolves, which he trapped du-
ing that month. AS the state pays
bounty of $40 each for timber wolve
Mr.. Ordish s claim amounts to SO
In addition to the wolves he also kille
several mountain lions in this vicinit
for that purpose.
Governor Norris has received a lett,
from Secretary Ballinger stating thi
there will be no more cause for col
plant of dismissal of clerks in the fe
. eral land office in this state. Montal
= is making a half million acre lieu sele
] tions for lands as substitute for Ian
surrendered in forest reservations, an
4 getting no results, made protest in
q own behalf through the governor, a
A also for the benefit of new settlers W
II are now focking into the state by t
hundreds. The secretary informs t
governor that extra clerks will be add
to handle all business promptly. At
present rate there will be no govel
: ment land left in the Great Falls d
trict by the first of July, according
the register.
r. The supreme court has handed do
n six opinions, in one of which an
i. portant rule of law was laid doy
"A Sarah Dunseth sued the Butte Elect
Railway company in the federal co
for damages and lost in a personal
jury action. She started it again
- the district court and won, only to h:
:, the Judgment reversed and appeal {
missed because it was once tried on
n merits and adjudicated on the sd
facts in the federal court. In anot
. case the superior court refused A
70 Miley damages against the Northern
nc eifc for failure to deliver her at
do point to which she was tlcketed,
at nearest point where train stopI
because her ticket was purchased a
q" lower rate than the regular fare. OF
issues were unimportant.
u At a recent meeting of stockhold
, of the Boston and Montana Mining c
" pany, it was voted to 60 into the
Gently formed copper merger, all
a. company's mines and smelters be
Id sold to the Anaconda Copper Mir
company, holding company of
merger, for 1900, 900 shares of the la
"a, concern s stock, which has a par VI
ma of $25. The Boston and Montana C
the pany is capitalized at SO, 900, Il
wn being 10000 shares, of which all
ing so were represented at the meet
The annual copper production of
to company is about 1OO,OOO,OOO POI
of copper annually. The company o
fish the electrolytic smelters at Great F
ide the largest of the kind in the VIZ
has 1t was the largest subsidiary of
lte, Amalgamated Copper company and
ing trolls a number of the largest mine
ms the Butte district.
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