The river press., 1914-10-28
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

pedTeu oeloTe the county commission
ers this morning and asked permis-
sion to appoint 20 extra deputy sheriffs
for 80 days. The sheriff believed that
J it was absolutely necessary that he
should have at least that many more
at his disposal for the time mention
ed. He did not believe that after the
80 days he would require any more
than the regular force. The request
was granted.
Butte, Oct. 2O.-Mayor Clarence A. |
Smith was arrested late this after. |
noon by Sheriff Berkin and Under
Sheriff Jock Kellar on a charge of |
criminal libel. The warrant for the |
arrest of the mayor was issued by |
Justice of the Peace Doran and was |
sworn to by Otto w. Pufahl. The
charge of criminal libel grows out
of an article published in the Butte |
; Socialist, of which Smith is editor, in
, which personal attack was made on
Pufahl.
! Butte, Oct. 20.-Merchants' depart |
ment of the Butte chamber of com. |
merce tonight went on record as fav-
oring reduction of race meetings in |
first class counties from 30 to 10 days,
and the legislative committee was in
structed to exert all efforts toward Sc
curing the enactment of an amend.
ment to the racing law providing for
such curtailment. The merchants al
SO will seek law in the legislature
providing for the payment of the fall
property taxes in two installments,
such payments to be made at the dis
cretion of the county commissioners.
| Helena, Oct. 20.-Another pioneer
of the state died in Helena today. 1t
was Warren Craig, founder of the
town of Craig, on the Great Northern,
in this county. Mr.. Craig came to
Montana in 1864, locating first at Vir-
ginia City, where he lived for 10
years. Then he came to this county,
located at what is now Craig and en-
gagged in farming. He had lived here
ever since. He was 80 years old and
was native of New York state. He
is survived by nine children. seven of
whom live in Montana.
Lewistown, Oct. 2O.-An important
arrest was made by the sheriff's force
here early this evening when Arthur
Cix, undoubtedly the man who crack
led safe at Sand Coulee, Sunday night
getting away with nearly 5000 was ar.
rested. A good deal of the money
stolen was in nickles and dimes and
Iexpecting that the crook, if he came
here would undertake to change this,
all the banks and pool halls were CIV
en- description of the man. He turn
ed in a lot of this small change at
one of the banks, and as result the
officers soon had him located in
pool hall. On being arrested about
$14O was found on him of which over
$40 was in nickles and dimes.
Bozeman, Oct. 21.-Prof. Alfred At
kinson, head of the agronomy depart
ment at the state college, returned on
Saturday from Wichita, Kan. where
he was Montana's only representative
at the dry farming congress. Though
the program was good and the con-
|
the broad general field covered by the
congress is handicap, and the inter-
est taken is somewhat less than it has
been, so much so that there were no
bidders for the 1915 congress.
Helena, Oct. 21.-J. T. McGaughey,
assistant general freight and passen-
ger agent OF the Great Northern
railroad, yesterday received letter
from H. A. Noble of st. Paul, general
passenger agent informing him OF eX
tensive improvements recently made
in the passenger equipment of that
road. Thirty all-steel passenger coach
es have been delivered to the company
recently and are being placed in serv-
ice as fast as practicable. Trains No.
and will be fully equipped within
few days and the other principal
trains little later on.
Kalispell, Oct. 21.-On account of
the high rate charged by the city for
water, the directors of the Y. M. G. 4.
have closed the swimming pool at that
institution. When Mayor Pauline ad-
OoQ IlVe Hills W luc city lax levy W
meet the interest and other expenses
of the water plant, it was generally
supposed that rates would be reduced
Under the new water rates proposed
the public schools and the Y. M. C. A.
will have to pay about $3.50 per month
in the aggregate for water, but even
this is cheap compared to the price
which the small consumer must pay
under the new rates.
Harlem, Oct. 2O.-Eli Peter Isaac
son, 36 years OF age, homesteader
living six miles north of Zurich, was
overcome by gas at the bottom of a
9O-foot we'll yesterday afternoon. The
body has not yet been recovered.
Isaacson and neignbor had been