The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
Newsof Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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covered. The warrants were for pay
for teachers in the Norma! school ut
Dillon and were on their way to that
city.
Earle Gernert. former secretary and
manager Of the United Products COM
pany, who was arrested In Billings
March 4 on Il charge. of embezzlement.
was released ut preliminary hearing
in Justice court. After the case was
dismissed Gernert stated that he would
start action against officials of the
company to recover S1O3.WO damages
for alleged false arrest and defama-
ton of character.
A shipment Of clover made from
Roze,n,,n to Sioux City was :;:3:2
| pounds. valued ut $16.64S. 1t was rails
| Ell by Hank auckland on 80 acres. 1t
| represented SIS, IN acre.
l.. X. Devlin. federal prohibition come
missioner for Montana. has decided IN
establishing headquarters at Helena.
lie formerly had offices at lIavre.
where he has lived for Il number 1T
years. AS yet the organization of his
department has not been completed.
NJ. s. Darling has been removed from
| office as L. :. commissioner 10y Judge
George NJ. Bourquin in federal court.
Darling was tried before the L. :.
court but the jury failed to reach Il
verdict and was discharged. Darlin.
was charged with having dated an af-
fidHvit of contest one day ahead of
time in order To permit Nicholas
1.yStre of Conrad to make an early
I, filing for Il contest on Il homestead.
The court held that although the les.
| timony had not seemed sufficient to
the jury I" Justify verdict Of guilty.
the evidence had been sufficient to
impell the court To remove the defend
ant from office.
Rod l.. Leg.nt. pioneer Of Montana
and prominent resident of Butte since
! 1867. died following an operation for
appendicitis. He was born in the state
Of New York in 1899. With two broth
cls he bought the steamship Gnllatin
ut ST. Louis in 1866 loaded ii with
merchandise and took boa, and cargo
Up the Missouri river to Fort Benton.
where they sold the vessel. They
then fleigh,ed their stock I" Highland
City. in the mountains south of Butte
a pioneer placer camp that flourish
ed before Butte was known.
Transferring Il piece of the femur
bone. six inches in length from one IT
his patients legs to the vertesra to
replace II section which WAS broken
two years ago. II Butte physician re-
stored the use Of the limbs of NJ.
Sahline>. an electrician of Butte. Sai,-
lines WAS knocked from the top Of Il
bnNcar by an electric shock while em-
ployed by the Montana Power conn
pany. He had been helpless since
that time and had spent his savings
in an effort 1" pr"lnng his life.
The Rev. Charles NJ. Donaldson. for
the past year financial director Of Mon
tana Wesleyan college. has been thos-
en- for the new president Of the inSti-
tuition for the coming year Reverend
Donaldson will continue his duties as
financial agent for the remainder OF
) the year. after which time he will
take over the full duties of preSi,lenr.
AT least * per cent of the ;OI ac-
credited high schools in Montana a,e
eNpectedSto be represented in the in
ter>ch"la>,ic track meet to he held 1T
NliS>oua May L. I" Il. according to
= DR. J. +. Rowe. chairman Of the COM
mittce in charge Of the meet.
7 Approximately three quarters Of
I million dollars was distributed anon:
!! the Indians of the Flathead tribe last
2 week. each member receiving II pay
Q ment of Soo43.b4. In eases where they
:. had not received the previous payment
of S111.76 the checks We're for $:,:h, 49,
!, The interior department will shortly
= ship two carloads Of elk from the Yell
lowStone park herds to feStock the
= RearM,w mountains. in the southern
:" part of the Relknap Indian reservation.
;. The shipment will he made under the
= supervision of the state game warden.
+, J. l.. Deliart.e
), The Montana State Federation 1T
WOman'> Clubs will hold it's annual
meeting in Billings June 9-1Oll.
- 4 permanent office Of the depart
r. ment of internal revenue will he Oran.
i. ed in Missoula on April II. This Az
IT. nOuncemem was made by james H.
:, Walsh, collector for Montana.