Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-06-12
MONTANA BRIEFS

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Twenty-six million pounds of WOO
as the Montana clip for 1914 is the
prediction.
Plans and specifications have beer
received for Bozeman's new fedora
building, and are ready for any pros
pective bidders.
The state public service commission
Of Montana has raised the minimum
monthly charge for residence lighting
from 80 cents to 81.
Joseph Mowatt, convicted of Grim
inal assault upon his 13-year-old
daughter, was sentenced at Lewistowr
to 25 years in the penitentiary.
The first summer school ever con
Quoted by the Agricultural college
opened Monday, June 8, and will con
tinue for six weeks, closing July II.
Burned from her ankles to her fore
head Saturday afternoon when her
clothes took fire from an exploding in.
cubator lamp at Bozeman, Mrs. Ray
Martin is not expected to live.
The Corvallis bridge across the Bit
ter Root river has been condemned by
the county commissioners and closed
to all traffic. The Corvallis bridge is
on the main Bitter Root county road.
The death recently at Canyon Ferry
of Thomas Cooney, removed another
pioneer Of Montana. Mr.. Cooney came
to the territory in 1868, and had lived
for many years on the ranch where
he died.
The summers session at the Mon
tana state normal college opened on
Tuesday morning and was the largest
in point of attendance in the history
Of any summer school in the state.
More than 200 attended.
According to street talk at Hamilton
there is possibility that the appoint
ment of B. E. Harbert as chief of po-
lice will be contested on the grounds
that the officer has not been a resi-
dent of the city the required length of
time.
The state central suffragist commit
tee met recently at Lewistown and
formulated plans for an active cam
paign throughout the state for the fall
election. Reports from the various
counties were of an encouraging ma
ture.
2. S. Nicholson, rancher living
near Somers, was killed in runaway
accident near Holt ferry, his uncle, ].
M. Nicholson, was probably fatally in
jured, and his wife, who crawled into
the bac kof the wagon, escaped unin-
jured.
Dispatcher w. E. Watts and wife
left Whitefish Sunday for Jackson
vile, Fla, where Mr.. Watts goes as
q representative of division of the
Great Northern to attend the train
annual convention.
Also has Thomas Woodford Kane,
'ormer president of the Train Dis
)atchers' Association Of America; E.
W. Weston, chief dispatcher in the
livingston Northern Pacific offices,
md Mrs. Weston and HI. N. Pcwley,
dispatcher
DR.. William D. Campbell, the dentist
Who extracted a tooth from the mouth
# 9-year-old Alma Hodge last week at
Suite, few minutes before she died,
tated at the coroner's inquest that by
mistake he injected a strong solution
4 cocaine into her gums, thinking it
vas local anaesthetic which he had
lways used. This was the cause of
he girls death.
There was an informal conference at
he state capitol Saturday in which
Governor Stewart, Attorney General
>elly, Secretary of State Anderson and
1. McCusker, secretary Of the Peo-
les Power league, took part. There |
7as nothing given out officially about
he conference. which discussed the
uestion of the test of the constitu-
lonality of the initiative and referen-
UNI amendment, but after 1t was over
fcCusker said:
THE situation has been somewhat
and understand that in the
curse Of the next 20 or 80 days a
landamus action will be instituted to
est the validity of the amendment.
State Dairy Commissioner A. G.
choles is authority for the statement
hat Montana's butter production has
Dubbed over year ago, and 20 900
ounds of as good butter as Is manu-
actured in the country is being turned
ut daily. During the next three
lonths, Mr.. Scholes says, the Treas
re state creameries will produce
nough butter to supply the home mar
ct, and there will be no excuse for
ny merchant to ship butter in from
le outside. l
Each Of the 10000 or 10000 odd
oters In Montana win receive some
me in August from Secretary Of +,
tate A. M. Anderson a copy of the
'imary campaign book, containing
le names of the candidates, argu- :