The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-17

1ENSl1Y TOLD IL
With no fire chief yet appointed to
succeed Thomas Daily, who was re,noy.
ed by the Helena city council. John
D. Mcleod, commissioner of puhlic
protection. has broached to the conn
Gil u plan for the elimination Of the
chief. having two captains. one in
charge ut day and the other at night.
The systems employed in other Mon
tana cities are being considered by
the council to work out plan that
will be satisfactory.
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Reports from Dillon are that the ia.
nous old silver mines at Hecla. owned
BY the Knippenberg interests. are to
be opened on a large scale. These
mines, second IN extent among the sill
yer properties in the west. have been
practically idle for Il quarter OF Gen.
fury and never have been fully sam
Piled or surveyed since their discovery
more than 20 years ago. The mines
lie in Beaverhead county In the noun
tains. II miles west Of Melrose.
Charles f. Wood of Poison. employ
ed by the Mission Range Power CON-
pany at Poison. sustained a shock Of
10000 volts and lives to tell the story,
according to the report received by the
state accident board. Physicians re.
porting the accident consider Woods
escape with his life remarkable. He
was on a stepladder measuring q piece
Of wire. The current jumped to his
right hand and through his body to
his great toe. where It was connected
with an iron frame. He sustained
minor bruises and hole in the great
toe Of his left foot.
No big losses by hail have been re-
ported to the state board Of hail In.
surance from the storms Of. August 70
and q, according to f. X. Bowman.
chairman. The storm brought hail to
several places in Cascade and In the
southern part Of Saltwater county.
As most Of the grain was cut. the dam
age was small, Mr.. Bowman said.
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One thousand unsktlleti lat,orers, at
wages averaging IS day for road
work, are wanted by contractors on
federal aid highway projects in vari-
GUS parts Of the state. according to r.
S. Zahniser. principal assistant to the
chief engineer Of the state highway
commission. The work will be con-
tinued until snow flies, Mr.. Zahniser
says.
A Catholic church il to be built at
Bainville this fall, according to plans
that have been announced by Father
ORourke aud members of the local
congregation. Already more than $3.-
600 has been subscribed and the So
licitors hope to have enough in a few
days more to make it possible to start
construction Immediately. The church
is to cost $1,000, according to plans.
Wholesale poisoning of stock Is TAX
ing place in the vicinity of Big Sandy.
where 81 head OF horses were recently
killed. Three horses. the property of
Ben Erickson and others, were rang
ing on the Mcdonald pasture. eight
miles out of Big Sandy. Hay. soaked
with paris green, was scattered about
the pasture. So far no motive for the
poisoning has been learned.
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An extensive lottery equipment was
destroyed at Billings after Eth Ping.
the owner, had paid fine OF 500 in
police court on a gambling charge. It
is declared that Ping did rushing
business with his game Of chance.
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Helena's population is 19,O37. a de-
crease of 47S since 1910. or 3.s per
cent, according to the announcement
Of the census bureau at Washington.
Taxpayers Of the Deer Lodge CON-
munity nre in favor Of building a new
city water system at a cost Of $423,3777,
tabulation Of straw vote taken dur
ing the primary election shows.
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Alter trying nine ullIerent methods
with view Of retaining a big acre
age in McCone county. the state engi-
neer for the first time reports adverse
" to the Montana irrigation commits.
sion on feasibility Of creating Il dis
trict. In his report to the state COM
mission he recommends that the
Rrockway district be not created I'M.
til data are available on the water
supply: that interest in the district he
kept alive ind the scheme not
dropped"
Transcript on appeal in the personal
injury suit of A. G. Weldon against
Herman Schwanz from Yellowstone
county. has been filed in the supreme
court. Schwanz is the appellant. Wei.
don sought Sl5.OOO damages and in
addition S15ON eyemnlarv on3 MAN;