The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-09-19
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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Governor Sam Y. Stewart has named
II. c. Hall Of Havre as Judge in the
Seventeenth judicial district. succeed
ing John Hurley. resigned to become
an associate justice of the supreme.
court. Mr.. Hall served in the artil-
Iery during the war. He is ii son of
the late J. Ii. Hall. state railway conn
missioner, and is a graduate of Ann
.ArbOr.
Fred McATurray. Il conductor for the
Northern Pacific railroad. must appear
before the federal court at AIinneapo-
lis to answer Il charge of having at
tempted to ship whi>key in Pullman
car from Minneapolis to Seattle. as
the result of a hearing ut Deer Lodge.
ut which Harry X. Kellim Of Helena.
assistant to the L. S. district attorney.
who saw the whiskey loaded on the
train. appeared for the government
An ordinary Montana winter will
bring about railway tieups and a car
shortage which will make it impossible
to supply the demand for coal. accord
ing to the prediction of the state rail-
| road commission which has issued IA
warning to the people Of the state to
lay in their supplies Of coal ut once
The situation is becoming serious. ac-
cOrtlng to the commissions statement.
Failing to jump clear of grain sep
aratOr upon which he was riding when
the machine tipped to one side. An
ton Spilde. of Doley. in the north
eastern part Of the state. was instantly
killed. The separator was being pull
ed through II field by tractor and
when Spilde fell under the machine
one of the rear wheels passed over
his head, crushing it.
| The orange growers of southern Cal-
ifornia are hungry for Montana APP
PIES if the shipment Of three cars of
Bitter Root fruit to Los Angeles is
to be taken as an indication. The
first of the fruit shipment is begin
ming to arrive. with an increase ex-
pected daily until the season is over
Leon Thomas, an inmate of the state
penitentiary at Deer Lodge serving IL
term for forgery. effected an escape.
from that institution. according to in
formation received by Butte police.
Thomas is we'll known in Butte He
was serving Il term of from one and Il
half to three years.
Within half mile If the Yellow
stone county court house at Billings.
claims h. T. Dickinson. is Il field Of
sapphireS. In proof he exhibits
handful of beautiful gems, just return
ed to him from Denver and ST. Louis
cutting shops. Beyond the foregoing
indefinite direction Mr.. Dickinson re-
fuses to indicate the location of the
, bed.
According to reports received at di-
visional headquarters in Minneapolis
from less than half of the chapters
in Montana. Red Cross home service.
in the state ministered to 400 famf-
!, lies in July. Complete reports. it is
believed. would bring the total of
those to whom service has been rem
dered well above 10000 Over 5000
was expended in money relief by the
reporting chapters.
Joseph Antonich of Butte has been
awarded $40 in his suit against John
Doe Jones. .Antonich grew n nice gar
den until Jones' chickens got into il
:, and. according to the evidence offer
. ell. rendered it valueleSs. The damage
was estimated at $50 by the owner.
but the court cut $40 from the esti-
;, mate.
Eight new lawyers. one woman and
seven men. We're added to the bar at
Montana when the supreme court re-
convened after its summer recess The
new attorneys are: Paul NJ Paulson
Roy: Treesa NJ. Fitzgerald. KaliSpell
Ira ]. Stage. Anaconda: Dennis r.
Naughton, Butte: George w. Swords
:. Billings: Hugh Thomas Carter Hell
;. ena: George A. Lester. Forsyth; w
- F.. Castleton. Deer Lodge.
, ye\ei"plliei'l vi !; pronounced HefN
IS to result in the establishment il,
Billings of an adequately equipped
. landing field for airplanes. A tract
Of land within the city limits has beer
=. donated for the purpose by Chri.
:, Yegen on condition that it be equip
= ped and maintained. Art Barry. com
- mander Of the local post of the Ameri
can Legion with other infernStpj mar
sons has agreed to furnish the fiel,
;. with all the necessary equipment.
Adherent> of the proposed I.ibert
=; county won Il preliminary victory owe
- the board of commissioners of Hill
!, county when the state supreme cour
>. issued Il writ of mandate directin. tn