The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-07-26
STATE NEWS.

ress at the well drllilng camp on the
F. w. Schauer ranch three and one
half miles west of Laurel, one of the
workmen narrowly escaped being shot
bv a tool dresser naved Spence. ac-
cordinp to reports here by witnesses to
the fracas. Spence now is in iail at
Laurel. The name of the other mar
was not learned. The trouble is said
to have taken place Friday forenoon at
the camp. Spence and his reported
rival had some words, following which
Spence is reported to have drawn a
revolver The other man grabbed
Spence's arm, and Spence pulled the
trigger. according to the report. the
bullet striking the ground between
the intended victims feet. At that
point in the fray, the cook is said to
have taken a hand, beating Spence
over the head with a potato masher.
Spence went to Laurel where. after
getting happily liquored up. he re-
marked that he had "shot a guy at the
ranch" He was locked up and the
disturbance investigated.
Judith Gap-Mr. and Mrs. Jones.
who registered here at the Delan hotel
as being from Caldwell, over in JET
ferson county, were taken into CUSTODY
Tuesday by Marshal Coleman. Com
plant has been made that thew had
entered an eating Rouse here and
that being dissatisfied with the
amount of sugar por.ioned out to them
the man took a sack Of sugar from his
pocket and took several ~spoonsful HIM
self and helped his wife to moore.
There being no justice here at the
time, the marshal took them to Har-
lowton, where Judge Mcfarland gave
them a $25 fine. Witnesses to their
using the sugar stated that the man
appeared very boastfui of his ability
to avoid the regulations of the eat-
ing house.
Observation-Disclosures of the lower
Deer Lodge valley are in an ugly,
frame of mind and rumors are current
that a tar and feather party that was
narrowly averted a few nights ago
may vet be pulled off. A Young
ranchman enlisted and left his wife at
home. A former sdmirer of hers i'm
mediately began playing her attention
and they became so noticeable the
community became aroused and q
meeting was held. A bucket of tar
and plenty of feathers we're obtained
and the delegation started for the phil
anderer's home. H pleaded for mercy.
promised to cut out his attention and
to enlist in the army. He started for
Deer Lodge, but when he arrived
there, instead of enlisting swore out a
warrant for the arrest of his visitors,
The ranchmen hurried to Deer Lodge
and the matter is now in the hands
of the council of defense.
Havre-A fatal automobile accident
occurred near East Havre last week,
and the victim of it was Alderman
Thomas Wunder of Havre, who was
killed in a smashup. Mr.. Wunder, C.
c. Brundage and several others were
out o a fishing trip, and started home
in a motor car. The driver of the car
by accident drove it into the ditch near
the bridge that crosses Bull creek. and
the machine overturned and Wundel
was crushed under it. The deceased
was foreman at the Great Northern
shops at Havre, very well known and
prominent in politics. He leaves a
wife a widow and two children.
Butte-SeiZed with cramps, Francis
Lester, IA years old, drowned while
swimming in Lake Avoca yesterday.
Fort Benton-If a COW belonging tc
John Coloff had given birth only tc
one calf instead of two calves, a Grim.
inal prosecution would not have beer
instituted against Bert Logan anC
the latter would not have started E
$4,000 damage suit for malicious gro
secution. Colof claimed Logan appro
priated one of the calves. Logan claim:
he had found a newly born calf aban.
doned on the open range and in g
nearly starving condition. He took il
home and one of his COWS claimed it
he asserts. Coloff says he drove the
calf's real mother to Logan's and il
claimed the calf.
LewistOWn-Thomas Salamoun, sor
of Vaclav Salamoun, aged II years
was run over and instantly killed here
today by an automobile driven by
Marion Maury, a prominent citizen
The boy was riding a bicycle, the whee'
being struck by the car and the boy
falling under the rear of the automo.
bile. Mr.. Maury is ~exonerated from
blame, as he was travelling we'll with.
in the speed limit and made ever,
effort to avoid the boy, who seemed tt
lose control of his bicycle, and turned
in front of the car.
Livingston-After a hearing befor,
Justice Shipton at Big Timber, J.. B
Furley was eXonerated, of a charge O.
murder, and was released from Gus
ody. He was accused of killing Henri,
Van Goor, a farmer of Sweet Gras.
county, and the justice decided. afte,
hearing the evidence that Furley hat
shot Van Goor in self defense. Fur
ley was represented by H. j. Mile
of Miller and O'Connor. 81 am ola,
to be cleared of the charge of murder
said Mr.. Furley, who was in Living
ston yesterday, although l had n,
doubt as to the outcome of the affair
l feel that | was justified in the &C
and my conscience is clear" Furle,
shot Van Goor on the latter's ranci
near Big Timber last week, after they
had had a dispute over the use O.
water in the irrigation ditch which
served their respective ranches. Jus
tice Shipton ruled that the evidenc,
showed that Van Goor had menace
Furley with a shovel and that Furle,
shot to defend himself.
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