Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-02-20
MONTANA BRIEFS

January was the third successive
month with deficient snowfall in most
of the mountain districts of Montana.
James p. Murphy, aged AZ years, for
merly a resident of Butte and at one
time president of the Miners union,
died at his home in Salt Lake recently.
John H. Burgess will be tried in
Miles City upon the charge of murder
ing Sheriff William Moses at Rosebud !
in January the change of venue asked |
for being granted.
This spring the city of Bozeman, in
order to conduct it's business on ba-
sis strictly cash, probably will vote
on the question of issuing bonds to the
amount of $150,OO0.
G. w. Price of Butte died recently
in Evanston ILL., Mr.. Price, who
was more than IA years of age, came
to Silver Bow county in 1864 and re-
sided a few miles west of Butte.
The action of the city council of
Helena in passing an ordinance reduc-
ing water rates 25 cents is null and
void, because the public utilities COM
mission has not concurred in the &C
ton.
AS a result of his being recognized
on the street by the Butte postoffice
inspector, Ned Tracy, against whom
there is an indictment charging burg.
larry of the postoffice at Silver Star,
was taken to Great Falls.
According to a letter from State
Dairy Commissioner Arthur Scholes.
thousands OF pounds of inferior Argen-
tine and New Zealand butter are being
shipped into Montana, relabeled Mon
/ tana butter, and sold as such.
Joseph Moody, Waterman for the
- Great Northern railroad at a tunnel
: four miles from Fort Benton, Saturday
: night shot and killed a Japanese sec
$ ton foreman whom he claims to have
= discovered in a compromising position
: with his wife.
A registered mail pouch, believed tC
contain $4,000 and other valuables, dis
! appeared from the Northern Pacific
!, depot at Billings last week. Postoffic,
: inspectors under the direction of the
: Spokane headquarters began searcl
: for the missing pouch
1t is expected that 16 Kinks, mum
bering GA players, will compete 70
D the several prizes offered in the cours
of the second annual bonspiel of tn
Is Butte Curling club which starts a
Butte February 81 and continues o.
Is through Femruary "a, emitting Sur
n day, February %
After celebrating for a little owe
three hours the jury in the Cheste
murder case at Havre found that Lao
q inner Chadek was guilty of murder i
:. the second degree for the killing G
D Adolph Schudar at his ranch nea
y Chester on January g. Judge Matthew
g sentenced the prisoner to 30 year
- in the penitentiary.
o. temporarily blocked consideration c
Senator Meyers bill to authorize tn
a. sale of three sections of public cos
ID lands in this state to the Republic Goa
company for use of the Chicago, Mil
n waukee & st. Paul railway, which,
d is said, had been unable to get coal TO
a. operation from it's competitor, tn
IL snf1
1t against selling public lands for such
.e specific purpose.
u Though many of the leading men
IL bers of the Montana State Dairymen
" association could not attend, the NEE
ing of that association in Bozema
last week, the close of the Farmer
Week program, was attended by abot
~ 80 men interested in creamery an
dairy work. The old officers will hol
office for the coming year. They are
>" ]. H. Bradley, Cascade, president; Y
c. Whaley, Townsend, vice president
% and R. c. Jones, Bozeman, secretar
treasurer
la After strong competition the debat
% I6dInS lndl VIII lCpAtoNAN eAO
Dr. State college in debate with the Ur
versity of Gonzaga and the COLES
of Missoula have been selected. A
bert Emerle and David Steele w
meet the Missoulians at Missoul
with Emmett Riordan as alternate. De-
Iangohr and A. Paul Thompson W
debate Gonzaga at Bozeman. The
debates will both take place on Mar
12. BY this triangular debating leagl
each school has a debate on its hon
platform.
The coroner's jury at Glendive foul
that Roy Johnson acted in self-c
/ tense in killing A. ]. Steele, and job
son was discharged from custoo
Young Johnson and Mrs. Steele swo
| they were stopped on the Yellowsto
| river bridge Saturday by the woman
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