The river press., 1914-11-25
MONTANA NEWS RBIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

ceived here from Zortman of the acci.
dental death by electrocution last
night of William Lutz, who was en-
ployed as an electrician at the Ruby
Gulch power plant.
Helena, Nov. 17-Samuel T. Hauser,
former governor of Montana, who died
last week in this city, left personal
property of the value of $12O,OOO, and
real property of the value of $1O,4OO,
according to his will and petition for
the probate of the same filed in the
district court today.
Havre, Nov. 17.-Lester Anderson,
the 14-year-old boy who was arrested
certain extent resembled one of the
about week ago and who implicated
William Morton, blacksmith, Of this
, city on the charge that he, Anderson,
was paid to set fire to the building by
, Morton, was committed to the reform
school by Judge Frank N. Utter. The
boy will be kept there one year or un-
til such time as ordered by the Judge
,, to be dismissed I
! Great Falls, Nov. 17.-What to a
certain extent resembled one of the
old time land rushes took place today
in the vicinity of Dutton, nearly 40
miles northwest of this place, when
a tract of about 10000 acres of land
was thrown open to settlement. This
land had been withheld from entry for
number of years under the Sun riv-
er irrigation project. but with the cur
tailment Of the scope Of that project
it was made subject to filing. !
Billings, Nov. 17.-That the public
is demanding more and more each
year in the way of service and that to
meet this requires the raising of more
revenue than is now available was the
statement of Mayor Clarence Smith of
Butte at the opening session of the
third conference of Montana munich
palities here today. City Attorney
Alex Mackel of Butte favored the as
sessment of all property at full value
as one of the means by which this ad-
ditional income might be secured, the
law now limiting city levies to not
more than 10 per cent of the assessors
valuation.
Helena, Nov. 1S.-Judge Bourquin
today sentenced Al Tinker, who was
found guilty of manslaughter by jury
in the federal court, to seven years
in prison. Tinker is an Indian who
shot and killed another Indian, Jerome
Gambler, on the Fort Belknap reserva-
ton a month ago.
Glendive, Nov. 1S.-The swaying
body of Edward Varco, age %, was
found in his store at Lambert Sunday
morning by an employe, according to
advices from that town today. The
corpse was tightly buttoned in an over
! coat. Varco had only lately started
in business and no reason is assigned
for his suicide.
Billings. Nov. 1S.--Additional cases
of foot-and-mouth disease were discov-
cred today in a herd of cattle at Ter
ry, Mont. and the animals We're de-
stroyed. Extremely rigid quarantine
has been established, and all dogs and
cats are to be killed, as it is believed
exposure to the disease has been wide
spread. Officials fear it's spread to
other local herds. and extreme pre-
cautions are being taken.
Helena, Nov. 1S.--Before an appeal
can be taken from an order of coun-
ty board of commissioners denying or
i, granting petition for liquor license,
not less than 20 freeholders must take
it, held the supreme court today in
annulling an order of the district
| of
order of the county board granting a
saloon license to A. NJ. More at Hing
ham. Frank Spaulding was the only
appellant from the order.
Butte, Nov. 1S.-The statewide pro-
!, hibition of saloons and the liquor traf-
| fic vii be the principal issue in Mon
tana in the year 1916 and will over
shadow completely even the president
ial election, is the belief of the men,
bers of the Ministerial association,
who talked over the situation yester-
day at their meeting. The opinion was
unanimous that the influence of the
women's vote would be a great factor
and now that Oregon, Washington and
Colorado have gone dry and most of
ludilO lS VI IIC! lIouSut IL
! would not be difficult to add Montana
to the list.
Great Falls, Nov. 1S.-Although he
fell a distance of five stories to what
seemed almost certain death. l.. l..
Wagner of Helena is in a local hOspi-
tai with excellent chances for an
early recovery. Wagner was employ
! a1 a folding q %
of the elevator shaft of the new Ford
Bros. building, when the heavy coun-
ter weights Of the elevator fell, strik-
| ing the scatfold, causing it to break.
| Wagner was thrown down the shaft.
! landing upon the roof of the elevator
cage, which was at the bottom. Wag-
ner sustained only fracture of the
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