The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-12-21
THE STATE.


Dillon.-Beaverhe county trap
pers have killed 200 wolves. and coy
otes during the past year.
Judith Gap.-A sneak thief en-
tered the postoffice here and stol
money order blanks numbered from
1857 to 1900 and the money or
der stamp.
Butte.-An investigation of tn
prices of foodstuffs and other com
modities is being made here unde
the auspices of the Good Government
club. A special committee will max
a report shortly.
Missoula.-The University of Mon
tana will make it's debut in intercol
legiate wrestling in the spring whe1
it's champions will meet teams from
the Oregon Agricultural college an,
the Washington state college in tn
gymnasium here.
Bntte.-A private presentation O
'"The Runaway Princess a moving
picture play, was given here will
Judge Bourquin as the guest of hon
or in connection with the suit o
Charles G. Cowan against the Mutua
Film corporation for alleged in
fringement of copyright.
Butte.-The local fire department
answered So calls last month, estab
fishing a record for frequency o
runs, but the total loss for the month
was among the lowest. A warning
has been issued against the careless
use of candles during the holida,
season.
Great Falls.-Chief of Police Rob
ert Pontet, after peing suspended
from office for several weeks under
charges of misconduct, mistreatmen
of prisoners, physical incapacity ant
immortality, has been reinstated with
out a hearing through the dismissa
of the charges by the police commits
sion.
Deer Lodge.-Further extension O.
the identification of the milwaukee,
lines is likely to be authorized with
in short time. OF the 440 miles
covered by the original appropria
ton, less than 80 miles remain to- be
finished. This stretch is in noun
famous country where the snow i:
AZ inches deep.
Butte.-Three times between Lew
istown and Butte, John Fink, 20
years old, picked open his handouts
while he was en- route to the state
penitentiary at Deer Lodge to serve
a term of rs to 100 years for the
of J. Gillis, a Fergus county
homesteader, in Gillis' cabin last
June.
Great Falls.-J. T. Arlington, a
pioneer of this section, is dead al
Providence, R. l., aged "a. Mr.. Ar
mington came to Montana at the time
of the Great Northern extension and
handled several contracts in connec-
ton with that construction. He was
heavily interested in Neihart mining
Butte.-As her husband has re-
signed his post as vice president OF
the First National bank of this city
to take effect the first of the year
Mrs. b. B. Weirick has announced
her intention of giving up her con-
nection with the state board of char
tiles. They expect to make their
home in California.
A'AA10os~AeSs
students are abliged to work their
way through college, DR.. J. M. Under
wood, professor of economics and
president of the Montana chapter of
the American School Peace league,
has declared himself in opposition to
the institution of military drill at
the state university. He declares
that military drill turns out automa-
tons.
MISUNDERSTANDING it is not too
early to prepare for prohibition, John
P. Bahnsen, local cigar dealer. has
decided at once to establish a lunch
cheonette and soft drink stand, pat
rons of which will be limited exclu-
sively to "men only" No seats will
be provided for patrons. They will
be expected to eat standing, the same
as they have been drinking standing
in the saloons.
Butte. - II have often been
but never before have
been chained" said Judge Michael
Donlan, on being presented with a
watch and chain by the members of
the Butte bar, recently. He has
sat on the criminal bench of Silver
Bow county for ten years, and dur
ng that time has sentenced 1,427
men to the penitentiary. The total
If his sentences, with time deduc-
ions for good behavior is s,041
1ears.
Dillon-Henry Crittenden has been
appointed treasurer of Beaverhead
county to serve from the first Mon
lay in January until the first Mon
lay in March. The appointment is
'equired by the circumstance that
9uy Gray, county treasurer-ele
will not assume office until March,
While Fred Rife, present county at
orney, has been elected county clerk
md recorder and will assume the du-
les of that office January