Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-30
MONTANA BRIEFS

SldI6uCt "A. may VI VI
must plead to a charge of criminal IL
bel in the district court.
The county commissioners at Bel
grade have the steam grader busy i'm
proving roads of the county.
Some coal is now being hoisted from
the old Gebo mine, up Spring creek
The company expects to employ about
hundred men.
The funeral services of Mrs. Mary E.
Powers at Deer Lodge Saturday were
largely attended. She was one Of
Montana's pioneers.
Frank E. Blakeslee, proprietor of
the Blakeslee hotel, resident of Big
Timber for Is years, committed sui
eide recently. He was afflicted with
cancer.
Roy Barnes, formerly deputy sher-
iff and one of the best known mining
men in Jefferson county, was instant
ly killed by cavern near Corbin
last Tuesday
Arrested in Lewistown less than two
days after the burglarizing of the Sill
yer Dollar saloon in Sand Coulee, Ar
thur Cox, now in the county Jail, has
admitted the crime.
Six local electricians of Great Falls
were arrested recently charged with
kidnapping and shipping out of the city
Emil Stretch another electrician, who
no. t< r,,,tt
fair" job
Mrs A. E. Mercer was probably
fatally injured and Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dali and young girl were seriously
hurt when an automobile in which the
party were going for fishing trip
lunged over steep embankment near
Bigfork, 20 miles south of Kalispell.
w. A. Clark of Livingston has been
in Miles City purchasing horses fol
the French government and looking
over Park county horses with a view
of purchasing those which meet the
exacting demand of the French in
spector and are not held at too high
price He says hundreds have al
ready been bought around the state.
Dealers in grain in Montana who
are in touch with the situation say
that, according to reports, the condi
tions in this state are first class fol
the crop of winter wheat next year
and it is expected the acreage put II
that crop will be 80 per cent larger
than it was this year. Winter whea
averaged % bushels to the acre II
Montana this year, according to graiI
men.
Muckie Mcdonald and Joe Bradley
former president and vice president
respectively, of the Butte Mine Work
ers' union, and four others who wer'
arrested by the military as result o
the disturbance in Butte, appeared be
fore Judge Donlan in the district cour
Saturday and refused to plead to tn
charges against them, and Judge Dor
Ian was forced to enter pleas of no
guilty for them.
Sheriff John Berkin, while huntin
for l. w. WIS near Butte discovere
what he believes to be a dynamit
cache. The cabin, located near tn
poor farm, was raided by the fore
from the sheriff's office, and in add
ton of many articles of clothing, !
sticks of dynamite were discovers
three rifles, so feet of fuse and dyn'
mite caps and revolvers. Mike Vld
and Tony Vidh were placed under a
rest.
Following the discovery of porto
of the body of Henry Elmberg,
wealthy hog rancher, in the smoulde
ing ashes of his home, three mile
south of Butte Sheriff John Berk
arrested John Ensign on charge
murder. Elmberg's throat had bee
cut. and it is believed his assailal
burned the house to conceal the Grim
Ensign was recently arrested and
leased on peace bond for havli
made threats against the life OF Ell
berg.
The interstate commerce comm
sion has decided case involvil
grain rates from Montana to caste
destinations, that 'the reasonablene
of freight rates can not be gaug
solely by the ability or inability
shippers under depressed market &C
ditions to market their products wi
profit under existing rates" 1t W
further held that the rates assail
we're not unreasonable.
State Odd Fellows Elect.
The grand lodge of Independent
der of Odd Fellows Of Montana ele
ed officers for the ensuing year
Butte as follows.
Grand master-Wiley Mount1oy
Three Forks.
Deputy grand master-W. H. CO.
land of Butte.
Grand warden-J. e. Parker Helel
Grand secretary-R. w. Kemp,
soula.
Grand treasurer-Philip Dodson
Missoula.
Short term grand representative
Frank e. Davis, retiring grand m
ter, Bohemian.
The atata Rehekah assembly ol<