Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-01-09
MONTANA BRIEFS

Another lot of forest homesteads
around Libby will be opened for set
Element and entry on March 4. There
are over ~ claims, embracing about
$500 acres.
William Haggerty, formerly of Butte
and now one of the best-known mining
men of the northwest, is successor to
G. c. Anderson as general superintend-
emit of the Red Lodge coal fields.
With the quarantine of the county
fail at Butte because of 16 cases OF
smallpox have broken out among the
prisoners held there question OF SUI
premacy between federal and state Of
ficials.
The legal business for the first time
in the history of Butte was in the
hands of a woman, Miss Charlotte NC
Auley last week. She has for sew
eral days been transacting all the
business of the office.
The murder of Adolph Schudor, who
resided 10 miles from Chester, Is re-
ported by his son, whose age Is 10
The son went into Chester and gave
himself up to the police and stated
that he killed his father in self-defense.
Miles Cavanaugh, a pioneer mining
man of this state, died at his home
in Helena recently Of pneumonia, at
the age of 81 years. He came to Mon
tana in 1862 For several years he
was commissioner to classify mineral
and non-mineral lands in this state.
Mrs. Sally Brundy of Butte has been
adjudged sole owner of the Henry
Brundy $175,000 estate In decision
given by Judge McClernan. This
brings to an end long controversy
between nephews, nieces and other rel
atives, who claimed to be heirs, and
the widow.
So much is said of Butte's copper
production that we are prone to forget
the importance of that bi-product-sil-
YER At the average price Of silver in
1918, the Anaconda company's silver
output yielded just about $500, 900 for
the year just closed. The Anaconda
is the largest silver. producing mine in
this country.
A. w. Heidal of Great Falls, who
was appointed assistant United States
district attorney last August by Attor-
ney General McReynolds, refused to
resign recently when called upon to
do so by United States District Attor-
ney B. X. Wheeler. Mr.. Heidal states
he will INTO resign until asked to by
the attorney general.
Though Montana's cattle shipments
have been steadily decreasing in the
last few years, seemingly more per
sons are engaged in the bushes sthar
ever before, for in 1918 total of 661s
brands were recorded, the largest mum
Der in one year in the history of the
office, according to D. w. Raymond
secretary of the state board Of stool
commissioners.
Two hundred or more Montanans
who are planning to spend the winte
in California, will journey to the mec
ca of tourists in special train pro
vided by the Oregon Short Line ant
San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt LAX
railroads to be known as "The Mon
tana Special" The train will leav'
Butte at 700 o'clock the evening O
January q and will travel straigh
l through to Los Angeles after tw
1 hours and half stay at Salt Lake.
"Rustling" cards issued by tn
1 miners union at Butte to the numbe
: of 1000 indicate that number of me
Y are seeking employment in the Butt
l mines and are unemployed in the cit,
+ All the mines of the Anaconda and II
dependent companies are operating a
full capacity, employing more me
y than ever before; but there has bee
e such an influx of miners from tn
:. Calumet country as result of tn
s strike there that there are more me
y now than work can be found for.
Armed, one with a high-power riff
and the other with six-shOoter, job
:, Liebe and Carl Marquardt, for year
: fast friends, fought duel in the
4 rooming house at Butte after quarre
|. ing because Marquardt had riddle
|
Lehn, their landlady, and had le
Liebe behind. The men exchange
: seven shots and Liebe is in the no
!. pital with shattered arm which ma
q have to be amputated. After tn
II shooting the men embraced and shoe
l. hands, declaring they had no caus
to quarrel.
t There was filed in the county r
It corder's office at Great Falls Monda
a a mortgage whereby the Montana PoN
q der company places lien upon i
properties in this state to the extel
> of $75,00O,0 900 in favor of the Guara
. ty Trust company of New York. TT
company is the owner of seyer
8 power plants located at various poin
u in the state, including two at Gre'
u Falls, and has at present under co
: struction two immense dams, one
:. the great falls of the Missouri, ne;
:. here, and aonther at Thompson fal
- in the western part of the state. Mue
.. of the power from these two dams wi