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News of Montana
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broken neck is supposed to be fatal,
Hosendn is still alive at a Lewistown
hospital where he was rushed, and is
said by his physicians to have a good
chance for recovery.
AT a mass meeting at Alberton, the
home of State Senator o. G. Willett,
who has been pronounced leper. it
was decided not to oppose the official
decision to put him and his wife on
farm near there pending their removal
to leprosarium which it is said is to
be built in California. The meeting
had been called to protest against
keeping Senator Willett on a farm
near Alberton.
The taxpayers of Hamilton will soon
have chance to decide whether the
city shall purchase the water works
from foEmer Senator w. A. Clark. who
is owner of the property. The city
council is arranging for a special cleo
| ton to be held in the near future. The
plant is offered for $4,000, to which
is to be added $1,000 THAR is to be ex-
pended at once to make q clearing
pond and chloride publication sys
TEN.
The plant of the Moore Milling Co.
at Moore has been destroyed by fire.
The plant was valued at $4,000, but |
the loss is partly covered by insur-
ance. A small lot of wheat and wheat |
flour was destroyed and another small |
lot damaged by the fire.
telegram urging the Importance
of the continuation of the Flathead ir-
rigation work has been sent by Coy
ernor Stewart to Senator HI. T.. MYERS.
The message went forward after Rep
resentative Harbert and other Iegisla-
tors from the interested district called
upon the executive.
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The Minerals Separation & Refining
company of Chicago has written to the
state industrial accident board for in
formation concerning any old abandon
ed lead or copper smerters in Montana.
stating it is seeking a location for the
establishment of an Industrial customs
smelter.
Many cattle buyers from Canada
have been in Great Falls seeking stock
for customers in the dominion. They
took advantage at once of the removal
of the export duty on cattle going
from the United States to Canada. 1t
is said that the demand for cattle is
greater north of the line than it is on
the south side. {
George Desmond who robbed the
postoffice at St 1gnatius of S155 in
stamps and was brought back from {
Long Beach, Cal, must serve one wear
and day at Leavenworth. Desmond ]
had $119 of the stamps on him when I
caught. {
Judge Taylor of the district court '
at Billings has fixed the date of April i
10 for the hanging of Juan Cualle a s
Mexican, who shot and killed Patrol ]
man Enos Nelson ON the night of De |
cember Is, last ]
A school gardener is to be employed
% superintend the school gardens in
Missoula. He will be retained for a :.
period of six months. In order to
give ample time for making gardens
when the season arrives there will be
sessions during March Lat
,r in the spring weeks vacation will
De spent in preparing the gardens. g
A petition asking the district court
o eniOin the trustees of the MissOula
chools from elecring anyone but J.
]. Williams, incumbent, to the super =
during the next three years -
las been filed in MissOula. The pc :. :,
itioners charge that the trustees fail :.
d to observe necessary formalities in "
alling a special meeting last month ~
t which a majority voted TO notify 20
Williams that his serv- y.
ces would not be wanted next year. VI u,
the notice was not legal Superinten -
ent Williams, under the Montana ~
aw, is automatically elected for ie
hree-year term. u
SO
Hotel and rooming house keepers of III
lutte at recent meeting declared
ar on the laundry trust they allege M
xists in Butte. They plan to estab-
Sh a cooperative plant to do their r,
fyn washing.
HI. J. Hammill of BoZeman was
warded the general contract for the
.ection of the new Junior high school of
hiding IN that city. When complet- ia
the building will cost approximately ty
$4,000. wi
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The Great Falls city council has es.
He'd an election to settle the ques- tb,
On of issuing storm sewer bonds in fin
e sum of S235,000, for Monday, 90,
oril /.
Fifty-two men were arrested in q ~
Id on alleged gambling places in
lite by squads of officers from the I'm
lice department and the sheriff's