The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
MONTANA NOTES



Ut the board and Sid Coffee of Mis-
soula. vice president. With the APP
pointment of n. &. Arnett Of Wallis
announced by Governor Stewart. to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Joe Ch"fS>er 1T Forsyth, the board is
now complete as to the personnel.
bomb with the fuse burned down
to the metal and tar covering was dis
covered in front Of John Jonas taxi
derlhist shop in Livingston. The mo-
tive for the placing Of the bomb has
not been determined.
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{. .. Dunstall Of Geraldine has been
awarded $1,000 damages from Sir
Charles Ross, head of the former Ross
Rifle company. for injuries received
while using Ross rifle. The award
was made in Quebec, Canada.
Emil GrOnberg. owner of a Butte
meat market. has been arrested by a
special agent Of the department of
justice. for violation Of the federal
| charge against GrOnherg is that of
selling sugar at 70 cents u pound.
An attempt to divert the route If
| the Yellowstone Trail SO as to include
Helena and exclude Butte was defeat
Ell at the Western Montana Highway
convention in Deer Lodge last week,
m going to take Il long sleep to-
night. Paul Simonicl,. held at tn.
county Jail ut Billings as mental in
| competent. informed his five cell mates
upon retiring. About l o'clock the fol-
lowing morning SimOnich's body was
found with the head immersed in II
tub of water in Il lavatory adjoining
the cell.
Every labor union in Montana is mt
work except the BARRIERS i'm Billings
VINO struck for an increase from So7.M
II week tn S3t. according to S,euIl,u
Ely president of the Montana Feter,-
t1On OF Labor. Members of the Great
Falls Building Trades council have
tremendously completed an agreement
with employers for Il new scale effect
I'VE March |. and similar negotiations
are going ON in Butte between en-,
pl"yerS and the building trades conn
ell there.
Joseph \. Stewart. - years of age.
unmarried and residing with his par
ent>. was found dead irr his small wu-
rage III the Stewart home in Lewis
town. An investigation by Coroner
''rell showed c"nclu>ively that he had
been a>phyNiatrd by fumes from his
auto.
Hay Will he shipped to the elk herds
IN the Yellowstone park by the Amer
lean Red Star Animal Relief of Al
bany. \. u. IN the near future. accord
ing to adNice> received by j. l.. De-
Hart. state game and fish warden.
from Sidney II. Coleman. manager of
the organization for relief of animals.
: All whiskey and other alcoholic sub.
} stances confiscated by federal authori-
, ties. and all stills. mash ana other
= equipment and materials taken by tn.
r federal agents in enforcing the nation
3 al prohibition law. are to be destroyed
by the United States marshal after the
prosecution of persons charged with Vi
I olatl0n OF any part Of the national
statute is completed. This is the sub
stance Of an order entered by Judge
J. George NJ. R"urquin in the United
j. States court at Helena.
n Frank Hoell .Ir.. of Bozeman chary.
r ell with fal>ifying ii draft questionnaire
j. return was found not guilty by a Jury
t in federal court at Helena after II;
f short delibera,ion.
l. Jean L. Decker. western trail blazer
j. and until recent years active in news.
e paper editorial work in Montana and
on the coast, died last week in Il Bill
J. ling> hospital following an operation
Il Mr.. Decker WAS GO years old.
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# Grace Peterson. the two-t,uy-old
u daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Pc
= ,erSon of Mi>Soula. who was brought
d 10 life by the use of n pulmotor after
= her birth. died of commissions. Phy.
e >canS attending the case stated ihat
l. the shock to the infants nervous Svs-
Y TEN by The use of the machine probably
v was II contributing cause to its death.
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= The last Montanan in the \. T.. r.
l. has arrived home. He is Walter T..
:. ReiSS of Helena. who reached New
e York last week with the last coniin-
gent "f troops from France He tx
now in Camp Merritt and his official
discharge will officially close the par
ticipation of this state in the greatest
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