The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-12
THE STATE

Ennis-The Madison Valley Com
mercial club is making preparations
toward a landing place neal Ennis
for the government airplanes which
are going to patrol the forest in this
section the coming summer.
Butte-After an absence of sew
eral days, H. C. Robinson of Butte
returned to the city to find that hides
valued at $1,000 had been stolen
from him. The sheriff's office was
notified of the theft and recovered
the hides. The thief is still at large.
Observation-Disclosures is interested
in a report that oil has been discov-
cred on the John Richli ranch near
Hamilton, close to the Marcus Daily
ranch. A number of people from
here made the trip UP the valley to
investigate the "strike," which, it is
said, was made while boring for
water.
Helena-The state accident board
has the cast of Morgan Combst of
Missoula and of Matt Mattson of
Hamilton. Mattson was killed by a
falling tree on January z. Mattson
was in the employ of the Latcham
Lumber company. He was standing
near one of the company houses
talking when he vas struck.
HeIena-The Gate of the Noun
tains, near Helena, has been defin-
itely selected by the Montana state
Epworth league as the location for a
permanent summer institute, accord
ing to word which reached Helena
from President Vernon e. Lewis of
Fort Benton.
Butte-Having been married since
1885, but finding it unbearable to
live with her husband any longer,
Jennie Kraemer filed a complaint
for divorce in the district court here
against Gustavus Kraemer, charging
him with failure to provide and
cruelty.
Helena-Burt Marsh, well known
Butte man, has been cited by the
state supreme court to appear be-
fore that body on February 16 to
answer charges contained in a petit
tion filed in the supreme court some
days ago. 1t is charged in the petit
tion that Marsh had engaged in the
practice of law without first having
been licensed to do SO by the court.
Butte-According to a call sent
out by the civil service, there is a
demand for stenographers and
typists in the government office in
Washington. Salaries range from
$1,000 to $1,000 a year with a bonus
of $40 per month. Examinations are
held every Friday by the office of
the civil service secretary in the
Butte postoffice building.
Butte-That the so-called Especial
sold at an increase of 5 cents
per quart, and recommended for
babies, has a high count of bacteria
and contains visible dirt, was the
statement made by City Physician E.
R. Grigg in speaking before a meet
ing of the Woman's club. Diaries
have been ordered to cease the sale
such milk.
Butte-On the complaint of a sew
enteen-year-old girl, Angelo Debenne
and Felix Alberigi are held in the
Jail, pending Investigation of
charges of white slavery and Illicit
distilling of whisky. According to
the girls story, she for four years
had been forced to wait on table and
help cook for 80 to 40 boarders at
the home of an uncle and aunt; had
been made to sell bootleg whisky to
the boarders and to live a life of
Butte-Howard Peterson, Z, son
IF Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Peterson, 1901
George street, shot himself last
week while visiting his sister, Mrs.
". johnson, near Wise river. The