The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-09
News of Montana
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M0ntana's Industrial accident board
has decided that injury received dur
ing the lunch hour. does not entitle
the victim to compensation. The rul.
ing Is In the case Of Seth Laurilla of
Midtown, who was killed by train
while going home to lunch from his
work in Il lumber mill.
Elimination of IL grade crossings
over railroads and construction Of
high and dry road on the sunny side
of canyon between Bearmouth and
Nimrod for 10 miles IA federal MD
projects well under way with 20
prisoners from the state penitentiary
on the job. according to j. N. Edy,
chief engineer Of the state highway
commission.
The Montana State college regimen.
tai band will start on it's fourteenth an
nual tour Of the state April IL. Con.
certs and dates are as follows: Town.
send, April Is: Helena. April 1G: Great
Falls. April II: Lewistown. April 10 :;
Harlowton. April 20: Miles City. April
q; Forsyth, April ~; Billings. April
q.
Because the Great Northern rail.
road lost his sheep dog. which was
travelling as baggage. f.. w. Priestly,
a sheephertler. has been unable to oh.
tain employment for several months.
to his damage ut the rate of 800
per month. SO he claims in suit filed
against the railway company in the
district court ut Great Falls. He asks
Judgment for $500. the value of the
dog, and $500 for his own loss of time,
| Two large land sales were made last
week ut Sidney, when the Peter NJ. An.
derson farm. adjoining Sidney. and
the HOlger Peterson farm. formerly
owned by Peter Anderson. ST.. were
sold to Wyoming parties. The total
consideration amounted to $75,ON
which shows that outsiders have un
bounded faith in the productivity OF
the irrigated lands of the wonderful
Lower Yellowstone valley.
Thieves broke n pane Of glass II
the back door of the Mission pool hal
at Roundup and gained entrance to the
building. They stole Il small safe bod
lily and taking it to the dump of thu
No. mine. ranSacked it ut theil
leisure Nothing of value was kept il
the safe and it was uncovered I'M
harmed. This is the second time with
in two months that the building In.
been entered
Fire. which originated near the fun
mace IN the basement of the chntea1
house. one of the pioneer hostlerie
OF Chote;,u. came near wiping out tina
structure and others adjoining it. Tn
building. which was of frame construc
tion. was very badly damaged as tn
fire spread to the upper floors. cuus
ing considerable loss to the first an,
second floors from fire. smoke an,
water. The loss is estimated AT 5000
with no insurance.
Governor s. Y. Stewart has appoin,
ed Attorney General s. {. Ford. u,
NJ. d. Hoyt of Glasgow. j. Bruce Kre
mer of Butte. and David Hilger q
LewistOwn as representatives of Mon
. tana ut a conference ~ be held ut tn
United States bureau of mines i
, Washington. ID. c.. to discuss the o.
and gas leasing act recently passed b
congress.
Building laborers of Billings. inclu,
ing the hOd carriers and common !;
bOrers, have agreed to work (lurin
the remainder Of the season at Il seal
decided on by the local arbitratiu
board following the demand Of til
union for an increase Of from 81 +,
Sc per day. The board granted IL F.:
cent raise to the common labOrer
but gave no increase to the hod ca
riers and other workers in the craft.
Victor. eight-year-old son of w.
Hutton of Great Falls. was critical
if not fatally, injured when the tin
of a pitchfOrk penetrated his sku
between the right eye and the e.,
The boy was playing with his hrothe
Roger. and they were using the for
when accidentally the lads head can
in contact with it.
The pathetic outcome of Il matrim
| NAL bureau romance was brought
light ut Kalispell when james
. Lang. deputy humane officer. was ca
? ed to Dickey lake. near Eureka
t take charge of the two children