The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-02
MONTANA NOTES


The confession of 70 youths in Butte
to series of thefts which resulted
in the discovery by the police that II
quantity Of revOlvers, watches. jewalry.
gum. candy and other merchandise had
been taken from merchants follow SIM
liar events in other nearby towns. RE-
Gently police in Anaconda rounded up
II sons Of prominent local people. and
in the juvenile court all these boys
were ordered sent to the reform school.
but through a technicality the boys
were later released on bond.
According to State Parole Commits
sioner Clifford. the AL prisoners now
confined in Deer Lodge is the lowest
mark recorded in II years. This con-
,ltion is attributed to the success vt
the parole or honor system. which, has
been brought to Il high mark Of eff
ficiency in Montana.
One of the largest taxi,lermy collec-
lions in the state has been donated to
the Butte Y. NJ. {. A. by Mrs. Tpnne
T.. Davis Of that city. The collection
was left as part of the estate of John
+. Davis. 1t consists Of birds and ami
mails, native to Montana; rare curios
and mineral specimens.
J.. V. MuttSOn. who now lives in
Browning but formerly Of Cut Bank.
has received the unwelcOmp advice
that cut worms have destroyed in the
neghborhood of 100 acres of wheat
on his farm Il few miles north of Cut
Bank. This is a hard blow. rs Mr..
Mattison has already lost two crops
from drOuth and up to u week ago was
very optimistic as to his prospects Of
having a bumper crop this fall. as all
his grain was seeded early and was
growing rapidly.
A motion to protest all efforts to
repeal the Nolstead prohibition act was
adopted at the Montana Federation If
W"man'S clubs convention at Billings.
The 500 delegates and visitors in at
tendance also voted to support any po-
litical convention which would declare
against the repeating of the act this
year.
According to figures compiled by
State Bank Examiner Mt;raw. the
cash resources Of the states banks are
totalled at $132. 2::,,2 .7N.76. This fig
'lre does not include the resources on
deposit in eight national banks doing
business in the state, figures Of which
were understandable.
Reports from 20 counties to Com
missioner Of Agriculture and Publicity
Z. -. Greenfield. show that climatic
conditions up to June 5 were excel
lent in this state. The reports also
show that there is an abundance "
good grass and all classes Of livestock
are getting into the best Of shape very
rapidly. Wheat seeding has been COM
pleted in Montana.
Miss Helen q. Fredericks of Mis-
soula is the twentyfir>t Montana wom-
an to be admitted to the practice If
law in this state. Her credentials We're.
approved and she was admitted by the.
supreme court in Helena last week.
along with Stuart McHaffie. also nf
MiSS"nla. and Charles Spanger Bald
win OF kalispell. All Of the new ;t-
torney> are graduates of the law lie
partment Of the Montana State uniy.r-
sity.
> A. r. SpriggS. chairman Of the state
, Industrial accident board has been in
? vited by the department of labor Il,
Washington to act as chairman Of the
l International association of industrial
= accident boards and commissions at lis
0 meeting in Washington. u. c.. in Sep
\ TENDER.
: In compliance with the last wish 81
Y her husband. who died in Anaconda i,
!. October. 1918. Mrs. Elizabeth snyder
n has had his body exhumed AMI ha.
e left with it for Budapest, Hungary
+ Owing to the war she was unable. I.
i make the trip earlier and since III,
!" armistice has had hard work securin;
r. passports.
r. Judge Law Of Bohemian has denle,
10 the motion for change of venue +
Cascade county of the case of NJ. i
Schutter and other farmers against til
Montana Grain Growers corporatio,
and A. ]. Walrath, its president. an
other officers.
"a Fifty-three young men and wome
40 We're graduated from the M"ntan
os State college ut Bohemian in the elias
~ Of 1920. George Irvine Christie. dire,
a. tor of the extension department {
g. Purdue university. was the speaker .