The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-15
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Motion for new trial in the case
OF Philip Prjla has been denied by
Judge J. ]. Lynch ut Butte. Prila was
formerly Il member Of the Butte police
force, who Is facing II term in the pen-
itentfary, having been convicted in the
district court two months ugO on
charge of second degree assault and
sentenced to serve from one and q
haIf to three years in prison. l'rjla
was convicted Of shooting and wound.
ing man whom he placed under ar.
rest.
Marie Van der Weyst of Holland.
vile was brought to Chinook for med
ical treatment for badly cut ankle.
The injury was sustained when the
girl. who is 10 years old. ran in front
Of moving machine. the ankle be-
Ing caught by the blades.
Red" Morgan, fireman for the
Northern Pacific railroad. is dead in
Missoula from the effects of gas re.
ceived when the Hagenbeck 4 Wallace
circus train. to the engine of which he
was assigned. was stalled in the Null
Ian tunnel west of Helena.
Accused of shooting six horses, four
of which died. and Il calf. Heber
O(sreen and companion are locked
up In jail ut Bohemian awaiting trial
on charges of committing felony.
The horses belonged to Ernest Spieth.
rancher. O'Green is said to have sat
on the fence and shot at the animals
while they were feeding. His compan.
ion, juvenile, says O'Green shot at
them Just to see them rum"
Farmers living within six-mile ra.
dius Of Fort Benton plan to own and
operate lines to supply their places
with telephone service, electric light
anu power. Articles of incorporation
for the River Power Line have been
filed in the office Of the secretary of
state at Helena. The cOmpany's CAPT.
tai Is given at $1,000.
Before the minerals relief commits.
sion meeting in Butte, Henry Auerbach
Of the Auerbach Mining and Milling
company in the Philipsburg district
gave testimony in which he claimed
that the loss sustained by his company
was $3S.9l4..3 in endeavoring to pro.
duce manganese for war purposes The
Butte Central Copper company has put
In claim for loss amounting to $o75.-
Goo.
Hiram Shaver. while fishing at Del
mo lake near Butte. accidentally shot
himself through the neck. In STUN.
bling over rock he Jared revolver
from his pocket and the falling weapon
was discharged. He is not expected
to live.
The Rev. Leon H. Sweetland. It is
announced in Helena. has resigned
as president of Montana Wesleyan cal
lege. Prof. A. {. Lemon will assume
management Of the faculty and the
Rev. George Mecklenburg will become
business manager Of the institution,
Pleading guilty to the charge of
stealing quantity Of alfalfa seed
from James Rannel of Harlem. for
whom he was working. Carl HuxhOld
was sentenced to serve from one to
two years in the state penitentiary.
1t is claimed he appropriated about a
thousand pounds Of the seed and sold
it to Fargo seed house ut 25 cents
Il pound.
John O'Neill. II. is in the city emer-
gency hospital at Butte on the verge of
death from the effects of a concOc-
ton presumed to have been given him
by bootleggers.
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
brought in the district court ut Helena
against Peter Guillot by Theodore
ChristianSOn. who alleges that the de-
PENDANT. through negligence, ran into
him with an auto while he was riding
a motorcycle. and broke his leg and
otherwise permanently injured him.
&. f. Martin is being held on $1,000
hail on charges of having whiskey
still in his possession in Great Falls,
according to Robert f.. Flynn. deputy
United States marshal. with heatlquar-
terS in Helena.
Forestry officials ut BoZeman have
refused the request Of cattlemen to
allow stock to temporarily Craze with
in the area Of the Gallatin reserve
set aside for elk.
Montana will receive enough money
under the recently signed federal agri-
cultural aODrOnriAti On hill to add $40