The river press., 1914-12-16
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State,

Glendive, Dec. Mrs. Lillian Stoll.
ard has been arrested and charged
with murder of F.. 4. Garringer,
hOmesteader, as an associate of her
father, Benjamin Harry, her brother,
James f. Harry, and Lester | Black,
in the commission of the crime. The
three men were jailed on the charge
some time ago. Garringer disappear
ed from his homestead. The police
found his body buried near Mrs. Stol-
lard's house.
| Butte, Dec. S.-Federal Judge Bour-
quin upheld the state blue Sky law"
in decision which he handed down
this noon dismissing the suit of the
National Mercantile company against
/ William keating, state investment
commissioner, ex-officio. The defendant
was assessed the costs. The court
scored the company which sought to
enjoin enforcement of the law upon
being denied the privilege to transact
, business in this state.
Butte, Dec. 7.-Dennis Herlihy, we'll
known in political and liquor circles
of the state today was stabbed in the
, stomach, it is alleged by Robert Con-
nell, a friend, who became enraged
when the two were engaged in friend
ly wrestling in Herlihy's saloon Her
lihy sprang into the iimelight during
martial law when he refused to obey
the proclamation to close saloons and
the troops wrecked his place, pouring
mt q Of ioSo hold
out no hope for Herlihy's recovery.
Kalispell, Dec. 7.--As a result of
three hOldups, which have taken place
in this city in the past few days, the
building occupied by several suspects
was surrounded this morning by 25
men from the police department and
the sheriff's office and five arrests
were made. The men gave the names
! of O'Malley, Livingston, Conlin,
Schurtz and Wrenn. all of whom, it is
said, have been employed by the re-
clamation service at Browning. They
arrived in the city Nov. q and have
been under the suspicion of the police
ever since.
Missoula, Dec. S.-The biennial re-
port of DR.. E. B. Craighead, president
of the state university, presented to
the state board of education at Helena
yesterday, is an interesting document.
The growth of the university indicated
in this report, is surprising. The en-
rollment at the university for 1912
1913 was 34S, and for the year 1913
1914, 5O7, for the year 1914-1915, to
date, III. With the enrolment of the
mid-winter forestry session, and the
normal increase in the second semes-
ter, the total attendance for the cur
rent year will reach approximately,
1000.
Butte, Dec. S.--Suit alleging viola
ton of the federal statute restricting
employment Of railroad men to 16
hours of continuous labor was filed in
the federal court against the Great
Northern Railway company by the
United States government yesterday
through District Attorney b. X. Wheel
er. The complaint sets forth that the
action is commenced at the instance
of the Interstate commerce commits
last the Great Northern kept an en-
tire crew of five men in service 1S1I
hours between Clancy and Butte. The
law provides a fine of $500 for each
offense and since working each mem
ber of the crew more than the time
permitted constitutes a separate Of
fense, Judgment for the sum Of $2,500
TO- Il IrI ~
BoZeman, Dec. S.-Guilty OF robbery
as charged was the verdict of the jury
in the case of the state of Montana
againet Lazar Tomich, who was ac-
cused of taking dynamite from the
Stewart mine at Butte for the pur-
pose of destroying Miners Union hall
in Butte on the evening Of June %.
The jury retired at 3 O'Clock and re-
turned verdict in Is minutes, ieav-
ing the sentence to the court.
Helena, Dec. st. A. NARROW, chair
man of the Belgian relief committee
in Helena, yesterday issued state
ment, showing that Helena had sub
scrbed $1,7OO toward the purchase of
flour for the starving refugees in E,u-
rope. The money will purchase l25
barrels, or two small cars, which will
be carried to Europe on the maiden
trip of the new steamship, "Nor1h-
western Miller
Miles City, Dec. title Eastern
Montana Corn show closed last night,
after exhibiting for five days. The
counties of Rosebud, Musselshell, Gus
ter, Dawson, f'allon, WibauX and Rich
land were represented by exhibits. Be
tween 5000 and 10000 ears of corn
We're displayed and the display fur
nished ample evidence that corn can
be successfully grown in Montana
This fact has been appreciated here
for some years but shows like this
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