The river press., 1913-06-18
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

DlI-IINGo, y me ~ u l'eSs the city
Va q .i.oso - u-!e 70 snow cause TO
the contrary, Judge Bourquin of the
federal a's'r,c. ccn-. I'll! or J-ce l3i
mske permanent 40 injunction re
straiuinE The city from proceeding
with tie construction OF q mnoicipal
waterwOrks system. The citation to
appear was Issued on application Of
the Billings Waterworks company, s|
New jersey corporation.
BUTTE, June l0.--A torientisl rain
yesterday afternoon swelled Silver
Bow creek, which flows through tho
lower part Of Bu,t., asd disclosed the
unacceptable corpse Of . man. Un.
less the body had been buried in the
creek bed or in grave very close to
the edge Of the creeks bank, the ~.
thorities are puzzled at whence came
the remaius. Death had ensued sp.
parently about three weeks ago
whether by foul means or not the oh.
GERS up to . late hour tonight had
been unable to determine, although
murder 10 suspected.
HAR1owToN, June 10. Albert
Yantz, rancher, twenty-seven yesrs
old, shot and almost iustsntly killed
Jess Lockhart, about q mile out Of
Harlowton, at two o'clock yesterday.
The trouble seems to have been the
culmin alton of quarrel that has been
pending since last winter over the loan
Of fur overcoat by Yantz to Lock-
hart. During the quarrel William
Lantz, father Of the young man, took
hand and was severely cut by .
blunt instruments. supposed to be the
butt end Of revolver.
GREAT FALLS, June IO.-Followiug
upon the failure Of Great Falls attor.
neys to obtain from Judge Bourquin
In the federal couet an order placing
. receiver in charge Of the s1sirs Of
the Waller Montana Land and Water
company, such an order was secured
from Judge Ewing of the district
court who has been citing this week
| at Chu0teau. james T. Stanford, who
several months ago was discharged %
receiver of the former company, was
appointed receiver and his bond fixed
at el00, 900. The action was taken fol.
lowing the fling OF q mech anics' lien
for s225 900 by Robert Russell, Den.
YER contr actor, who has been doing
the construction work on the project
during the past year or two.
BILLINGS, June ia loose plank
in the load Of old lumber upon which
she was riding to Billings threw g..
year-old Dorothy Dickey under the
front wheel OF the wagon and her body
was so badly crushed that che died
without reg raining consciousness. The
slipping of lumber frightened the team
which was being driven by an older
sister, and she and two other girls
were thrown out, but not Injured.
HELENA, June 1.-THE state tax
commission has determined upon the
method to be pursued in assessing
state banks, which follows the opin.
ion of Attorney General Kelly and
meets with the approval of the banks
which were represented at tod ay .
meeting. In brief 1t ia required that
oil liabilities be deducted from their
solvent credits and tax and the re.
ainder OF the property to the corpora.
tion.
BUTTE, June ll.-Msyor Duncan's
resign alton with those OF five of the
socialist aldermen 10 sought BY the
radicals and disgruntled followers OF
the mayor. The executive will have
to stand trial before . grievance com.
mittee, aud then II the charges that
he 10 . ''capitslist politician" and
10 acting oontrar to socialiet princi-
pies are proved, the fate of Butte's
mayor will be determined by . 70.
ferendum vote OF citizen and non
citizen socialists.
CUTBANK, June 1.-THE thirteen.
year.old son of c. D. Blake, who lives
about ten miles northeast of here, met
death by fslling into a we'll. The fam.
lily was hurrying home to escape q
storm and when they reached the
house the father jumped from the rig
to help out his son who was q cripple.
They had driven up to the we'll and
the boy jumped into his fathers arms
and the latter stepped back to turn
for the house and plunged to the bot
tom of the we'll about ten feet deep,
with the lad in his arms. The father sus.
tanned serious injuries, and the son
suffered internal injuries from which
he died.
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