The river press., 1914-08-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Our.
inQ the Past Few Days

ing the Past Few Days
Missoula, July 3O.-Serious charges
were made against Albert A. Shat
fer, an employment agent here. TO-
day by number of men, who allege
that he took money as fee for Sc
curing them job; that they went to
Garrison where the work was promis.
filled.
Bozeman. July 3O.-One hundred
prisoners from the state penitentiary
who are now at work in Flathead
county on the roads there, are to be
brought to Bozeman within a few days
and put to work on the roads in
Rocky canyon between Bozeman and
the BOzeman tunnel, according to a
letter just received from Secretary
Metlen of the state highway commits.
sion by Charles Callaghan of the
board of county commissioners. The
road upon which the men are to work
is the main road between Butte,
Bozeman, Livingston and Billings.
Helena. July 3O.-News was re.
ceived here today that mass con.
vention will be held here Aug. 10 of
employers and consumers who are
opposed to the proposed initiation of
wOrkingmen's compensation act.
The object of the meeting is to be
''the creation of state organization to
deal with the matter of compensation
legislation" The call for the conven-
tion is signed by H. G. Miller, C. B.
March and D. B. Barber, a commit
tee representing the lumber manu-
facturers and loggers of Flathead and
Lincoln counties.
Glendive, July 3O-Joseph Love,
aged about 21 years, was drowned
here late this afternoon while swim.
ming in the Yellowstone river with a
number of other young men. Love
had gone some distance above the big
wagon bridge to swim down to one
of the piers. He was unable to make
a landing and was swept on down the
current until exhausted and sank be.
fore help could reach him. The body
has not been recovered. Love was
a Northern Pacific brakeman and it
is understood his parents reside in
Kansas.
Gardiner. July 3O.-Federal soldiers
today continued to search the noun
tains and canyons in Yellowstone
park for the two bandits, who held up
most Of the stage coaches in the park
and robbed the passengers of about
$4,000. Altogether 165 visitors to the
park were robbed of the cash they
had in their pockets. The number
would have been greater had not one
of the drivers of one of the stages
suspected something wrong on near.
ing Spring Creek canyon, where the
hOldup occurred and drove back and
warned the following coaches that
something unusual had stopped the
stages at the canyon.
Helena, July 3O.-That men who are
committed to Jail for non-support
should be made to work and their
wages given to their families, is the
belief of County Attorney A. H. Nc
Connell. who has given the matter
considerable study. Hardly a day
passes but the county attorney is
sought by some anxious wife or moth
er who pleads for the arrest of her
husband because OF his failure to pro-
vide his family with the common ne.
cessities of life. Other states, includ-
ing Oregon, have laws which require
that those convicted of non-support
shall serve rockpile terms and their
wages given to their families, and Mr..
Mcconnell will make an effort to have
a similar law passed in this state at
the next session of the legislature.
Butte, July 31.-Because there is
now no market in sight for the large
copper stocks which producers have
on hand, curtailment has been made
absolutely necessary. Con F.. Kelly,
vice president of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company. declared tonight
in discussing the closing of the Great
Falls smelter and reduction works,
and suspension of seven Butte mines.
Missoula, July 31.-After command.
ing them to stop, Motorcycle Police
ItdL T1clu Opcucu lLIc I'll Two uccluS
holdups last night, wounding one,
while the other escaped. The two
masked men entered a restaurant and
secured $40 from l.. P. Botsford. Mr..
Botsford followed the men and hailed
Policemen Held. who gave chase i'm
Mediately. The men were more than
block away when he commenced
firing. At the third shot one of the
rien fell wounded in the leg. The
other holdup has not been apprehend-
ed.
Great Falls. July 31.-Harold Gies-
ey. a young rancher % years old. who
lived near Monarch, was committed
to The insane asylum yesterday. 1t
was shown that last Monday he at
tempted the life of his mother, and
had for some time acted in a way to
indicate a deranged mind. He asked
his mother to come to a spot in q
field at the ranch Monday. and then