The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-07

Butte-Mrs. Mabel Potter, wife of
DR.. Peter Potter, member of the
county exemption board and Miss AIDE
line Hedges were instantly killed
shortly before noon Sunday at a Mil
waukee railroad crossing when west
bound No. II struck the roadster in
which they were riding. The machine
was carried a distance of 120 feet.
The automobile was thrown to the
right of the track and the bodies were
thrown clear of the wreckage. Infor-
nation available tends to show that
the car, driven by Mrs. Potter, was
proceeding at a rate of ten or fifteen
miles an hour. The crossing at this
point is not blocked o is the view of
the track in either direction obstruct-
ed. According to Milwaukee officials
the engineer of the train, Frank Nc
Avoy, stated after the accident that
he noticed the moving at a slow
rate of speed, coming from town. The
this point. The engineer stated to
superior officials that of a sudden the
machine, as it neared the crossing,
seemed to gather Roadway and he
had no time to slow down before the
engine was upon the car.
Great Falls-Several posses of citi-
zens of Cutbank are securing the
country for two negroes who, at IL
Monday night attempted to assault
Mrs. Tucker, a Great Northern oper-
ator stationed at the west end of the
double track a short distance west of
that place. The woman was alone in
an outfit car, but succeeded in fighting
the bruites off until they were fright
ened away by a white man. When the
word reached the town practically all
the men turned out in the search and
threats of lynching were rife. Up to
1:3O this morning the assailants of
the woman had not been located. She
suffered no injudies other than
scratches.
Great Falls-Some sort of a horse
epidemic seems to be raging along
the Missouri river between the Big
Falls and Portage, a distance of
20 miles. Many people have lost
large numbers of the equine animals.
the nature of the disease or the cause
of the deaths have not been ascer-
tanned.
C%hinook-A real game of stud polk
err with stacks of chips representing
real money, was broken up at the Sill
YER Dollar here by Sheriff Buckley,
who raided the place. The men in
the game were ordered to put their
chips in their pockets and were then
taken to the Jail, where each confessed
to taking part in the game.
Anaconda-The difficulty in the
Transmission of mail to and from
America and some of the European
countries, and the long steps between
letters was illustrated by the case of
a Hungarian smelter worker here.
This man has just received the first
letter to come from his wife since the
war broke out. The wife lives at
Brozovic, Hungary. The letter came
here through the good offices of the
Red Cross. and the mar was delighted
to receive it and hear from his rela-
tives.
Fairfeld-D. H. Cready put his Ford
machine in his barn after midnight
and it was stolen before morning.
| Cready lives three miles southeast of
Fairfield. When he discovered the
theft he started to follow the tracks
of the car, but without success. The
authorities were then notified, but last
reports are that the machine is still
missing,
Helena.-At the request of Presi-
dent Pat Carney of Waterloo, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Montana state fair association, Secre-
tary Horace Ensign late Tuesday sent
out letters to the board members call
ing a meeting to be held here on June
~. At this meeting, several proposed
features of the fall exhibition will be
discussed and decided upon.