Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-11
MONTANA BRIEFS

Last SUNDAY on men were ruSneO
from Dillin to Wisdom by automobile, |
where they engaged in fighting forest |
fires.
Much anxiety is felt by relatives
and friends of Joseph Miller of Kali
spell, who mysteriously disappeared
while fishing in the Flathead river
The Rev. T. l.. McCutcheon, aged 6S,
a Methodist minister of Troy, was
stabbed twice in the left wrist by a
negro woman, bent on robbery, after
a struggle at Spokane Sunday night.
AS a result of the work of James
Brown, student of the University of
Montana and former resident of
Philipsburg, five new students will at
tend the university from there during
the coming year.
J. w. Whitfield of Livingston was
recently elected president for the en-
suing year by the Montana State Fun
eral Directors association. The place
of the next annual meeting was left
to the executive committee.
All members of the Montana state
guard who have not reported for duty
court-martialed, and it is expected
that rs members of the militia will
join their companies this week.
Judge John L. Sloane a resident of
Missoula since 1877 and one of the
community's best-known and most
highly respected citizens, died at Sc
attic recently. Funeral was held at
Missoula the first of this week.
A special train carrying $50 passen-
gers from Dillon made trip to Sal
mon City, Idaho, last Sunday, where
the day was spent in visiting with the
residents of that city and in seeing the
metropolis Of Lemhi county, Idaho
E. L. Sutton, convicted of forgery
last March in Montana and sentenced
to serve two years in the. state peni-
Tertiary, has been pardoned by the
state board of pardons. Suttons's pc
tition for clemency was signed by al
most every attorney in Great Falls
Following his arrest at Great Falls
on suspicion of having passed forged
checks, John Anderson, 46 years old
claiming to have family in Minneapo-
lis, has confessed to the forgery of
checks aggregating over $1,000, of
which he succeeded in cashing $3.50
worth.
Col R. H. Wilson, Fourteenth in.
fantry, U. S. A., has arrived at Helena,
: from Fort Lawton near Seattle, to take
charge of the battalion temporarily
stationed at Fort William Henry Har.
rison. Colonel Wilson was in com
mand at Fort Harrison several years
The military court established by
the National Guard of Montana since
martial law was declared September
l at Butte because of threatened riots
was attacked in a petition filed in the
United States district court for the re
lease on writs of habeas corpus Of
three of the nine men arrested by the
state troops.
While going to Lewistown from Kint
Bros. ranch in an auto recently, thu
car was overturned and w. e. Wray
employed at the farm, sustained {
fractured skull and is supposed to b,
fatally injured. Anton King, one o
the most prominent formers of Fergus
county, suffered concussion of thu
brain, but will recover.
The Judith Basin country is doing it
full share just now toward keeping VI
the worlds food supply. In addition
to large shipments of flour, some of i
going to the Orient, the Milwaukee
. has carried out within ten days 80
cars of high-grade wheat, and tn
grain is now coming into the elevator
II in stream. With the high prices no,
o. prevailing, farmers are not dispose
a. to hold on to their grain. Saturday
d train load of sheep went over the Mi
N waukee for the Chicago market.
= movement to impeach Mayo
: Lewis J. Duncan of Butte and Sheri1
=. Timothy Dricoll of Silver Bow count
~ was inaugurated Saturday, when
Major Dan J. Donohue, commander {
the militia maintaining martial Law
at gave citizens permission to have til
10 district court opened long enough
~ file petition. The petition addresse
u to Judge J. J. Lynch and signed by
IN citizens asks that grand jury be cal
10 ed to investigate all officers in the eli
re and county, and particularly Mayt
Duncan and Sheriff Driscoll.
The state fair will make Helena
10. city of conventions, as during IL
to week there will be many meeting
re held in the capital city. On Thursds
iii the State Automobile association WI
IN have its yearly meeting and durir
i'd the course Of the week there will
i'd meetings of the state farmers, swir
X, breeders and poultry fanciers. The r
at tail druggists will have their sta
10 gathering and the first meeting Of Il
nd county agriculturists will also be hel
The antisuffragists will vie with Il
suffragists, who will hold big pag
he ant on Friday, which is woman's d,