The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
MONTANA NEWS BRlEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
Helena. Jan. 27.-When asked today
what his views were regarding the
dancing of the tango, Bishop J. p.
Carroll said he had v seen it
danced. He added that his knowledge
of it was founded only on hearsay
but he had heard it had a tendency
toward immortality, and therefore the
church would be opposed to it, as it
was to all things possessing similar
tendencies.
Helena, Jan. H.-Robert E. Knud-
sen filed suit against the Mountain
States Telephone company for / 5000
in the district court this morning. He
alleges that on June 6, 1913, while
working between Wolf Creek and Cas-
cade as a lineman for the defendant
company, he climbed one of the poles,
and when at the top it tipped with
him, causing him to fall and suffer
a broken ankle and other injuries,
resulting in his permanent disable
ment.
Kalispell, Jan. 27.-What is prob
ably the most novel publicity method
In use in the entire northwest is now
In operation at Glacier Park station,
the eastern entrance to the new ma
tional park. A mammoth %searchlight
has been placed near the depot, and
when a passenger train pulls in 1t
is swung into position, lighting up
the hotels at the big resort. In clear
weather the rays are powerful enough
to illuminate the jagged cliffs of the
mountains in the background.
Helena, Jan. 27.-Bounty hunters
are doing a much bigger business this
January than in previous Januarys,
according to r. M. Hawkins, clerk Of
the state board of examiners. Claims
a year ago amounted to $11, 0O0. This
month they have increased to SIS, 900.
The only explanation advanced is that
the winter has been so mild and open
livestock losses have been slight,
livestock has been better able to pro-
tect itself from predatory animals,
and consequently the wolves and coy
otes have more readily yielded to
bait in the traps.
Butte, Jan. 27.-The committee on
teachers of the Butte school board
will recommend the serving of notice
on all teachers that their positions
will be considered vacant at the ex-
piration of the present term. This
action of the committee is taken for
the purpose of avoiding the state law
which provides that teachers not no
titled of their dismissal by February
first shall be automatically re-engag-
ed for the following year. 1t is the
intention of the present board to clear
positions and have teachers all make
new applications so that the new
board to be elected in April may have
a free hand in engaging the teachers.
The action will affect upwards of 200
teachers.
Helena, Jan. 27.-Divorced persons
in Montana who have remarked with
in two years were not married at all
except within the pale of the common
law, under a ruling made by Judge
J.. Miller Smith in the district court
today, in which he denies the appli-
cation of Harry c. Cotter for the ap-
pOintment of a special administrator
of the estate of Mamie Cruse-Cotter,
and grants hat of Colonel Thomas
Cruise for his own appointment to
that position. This ruling, if affirm
ed by the supreme court, will force
hundreds of persons to be remarked,
and will prevent district court clerks
from granting marriage licenses to
persons known to be divorced until
two years after the judgment was en-
tered in favor of the innocent party,
and three years for the guilty party.
Helena, Jan. 2S.-The question of
whether or not the Montana statute
is invalid prohibiting divorced per-
sons from marrying zgain in less than
two years will loon be submitted to
the supreme court. w. D. Rankin,
attorney for Harry c. Cotter, stated
this morning he will apply to the
court for a writ of review and man.
damus in the matter of the appoint
ment of Colonel Thomas Cruise as
special administrator of the estate of
his daughter.
Helena, Jan. 28.-George Booker,
Montana pioneer, secretary of the
Helena lodge of masons upwards of
40 years, and recorder of Algeria tenn
pie since it's organization rs years ago
died this morning at his home follow
ing a stroke of paralysis a week ago.
Mr.. Booker was formerly engaged in
| tho JSv0Nvy ond 1otnr IN th~ -,S~-
business. He is survived by a wife
and daughter and two sons.
Bozeman, Jan. 28.-"Beef in the
United States will never be cheaper
than it is today" declared Prof. Her.
bert w. Mumford of Illinois in ad-
dressing the stockmen. 1.-THE reason is
that the days when beef was cheaper
the buyer really made his purchase
at cost price making no allowance for
| the value taken from the land Now