The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
SdteT0pics

Cities and towns all over Montana
will be much interested in a decision
by Attorney General Poindexter to
the effect that the public service
commission has no jurisdiction in rate
making in municipalities where fran
chises were granted before the crea-
tion of the commission and where
such franchises contained schedules
Of rates to be charged the citizens.
On Thursday Of this week the Con-
rad Flax Fiber company shipped to
Belfast, Ireland, 10000 pounds of lint
and tow. This is the first consign-
ment of fiber ever shipped from Mon
tana. It was shipped to the main
Irish spinners in Belfast. After a
number of weeks spent in repairing
the mill and installing new machin-
cry it is again ready to begin work.
On the grounds that the statute un-
der which the government sought to
collect 81 for every head of sheep
grazed upon the Grow reservation by
the Ash Sheep company only applied
to horses, mules and cattle, and upon
the further grounds there was no evil
dence of substantial damages, Judge
Bourquin Saturday ordered an injunc-
ton entered restraining the defend
ant company from trespassing on the
reservation and judgment in the sum
of 81 damages and costs.
Baldwin Schenck of the Warrick
country started on his way to Big
Sandy last Thursday in the storm to
make final proof on his homestead.
The snow being very deep, the horses
which the stage man was driving be-
came nearly exhausted before the
journey was nearly completed, and the
two gentlemen were compelled to
stay over night in the cold. AS re-
suit Baldwin received badly frozen
foot by the time they reached town
and it has been necessary for him to
remain in town for medical treatment.
1ndeterminate sentences of from 10
to 20 years in the state prison have
been given George Thompson and
Earl Chandler, convicted of holding
up and robbing Emil Hottiger, 4
rancher, of $270 in broad daylight on
November 16, within sight of the Bill
lings court house. Edna Chandler
and Gladys Thompson, who were ar
rested with the two men and held on
separate charges Of shoplifting,
pleaded guilty to petty larceny. The
women were sentenced to six months
in the county Jail. The quartet was
arrested in Great Falls.
AS result of the adoption of dras-
tic measures at Missoula in an en-
deavor to raise the standards at the
university, 18 students of the school
have been notified that they have
failed to "make good" in their stud
les and might as we'll pack their
trunks and return to their various
homes. President Scheuch deplored
the fact that these students were
forced to leave school because of their
poor work as shown by the result of
the semester examinations which end
ed last week. He stated that Mon
tana has demonstrated it's prepared
ness in athletics, but from now on it
is going to be prepared in scholar
ship.
AS part of the program of the
"dry" forces in the prohibition cam
paign which is now in full swing all
over Montana, Dawson county has pc
titioned the county commissioners to
set date for an election, at which
it will be determined whether or not
local option shall prevail there. Word
hos reached the state house that a
sufficient number of signatures have
been secured, and that the petitions
are now in the hands of the county
commissioners, who are required to
check them up and see that they COM
ply with the law. The law states that
one-third of the taxpayers in coun-
ty, who are electors, must sign these
documents before an election can be
ordered.