The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-05-21
THE STATE

Butte-Bernard McGrade, forme
Silver Bow county commissioner
died at the emergency hospita
where he had been taken followiny
fainting spell in the business dis
trict.
Helena - The famous Diedtmal
sedition case, one of the first to hay,
been tried in Lewis & Clark county
has, under an opinion of the supreme
court, been remanded for new trial
Diedtman was convicted in 1918.
kalfspeH - Flathead county has
made requisition upon the state high
way commission for six trucks and
one caterpillar tractor in addition tc
Ia trucks previously obtained fol-
road work.
Great Falls-Found guilty of q
statutory offense against the 15-year-
old sister of his deceased wife Allen
e. Watson, former restaurant man
was sentenced here to a term of not
less than six nor more than ~ years
in the penitentiary.
Vaughn-Drowned Dec. 28 near
this place by breaking through the
ice of the Sun river when he went
to secure bucket of water, the body
OF William Raper, an aged rancher,
has been found about II miles be-
low this place at Sun river park.
Butte-Teachers of the Butte pub
lie schools have been granted flat
increase of $500 per year for the
coming school year, the school board
eliminating the summer school in
order to conserve it's funds to meet
this raise.
Butte On instructions of the
court the jury in the case against
Policeman Andrew Brady found him
not guilty of participation in the
murder of Sylvester ]. Prenatt for
whose killing four men had already
been adjudged guilty.
GlasgOw-For the purpose of en-
couraging the cultivation of corn in
Valley county as forage crop the II
banks of the county have each donat-
ed $25 to be offered as prizes. The
county will be divided into four dis
tricts and cash prizes of $50, $50
and $40 will be awarded in each.
Dillon-Frank Nelson, 81, the old
est member of the American Legion
in Montana, is dead. Nelson en-
listed as an engineer at the outbreak
Of the war, giving his age many years
less than the actual figure in order
to get into the service. He served in
France.
KaIispelI-Robert W. Main, who
came west in the 70's and served the
government as a courier and dis
patch bearer and who engaged in
indian campaigns under Generals
Crook and Miles, died recently at
Columbia Falls where he had resided
or nearly 80 years.
MissOula-A standing army of L.
100 men will be maintained blythe |
ederal forest service in guarding the
orests of Montana and Idaho against |
ire during the coming season. Of
hese 625 will be patrols or smoke
hasers, the balance to be made up of |
rail and telephone crews.
Sand COulee-Two masked ban
Its, believed to be the same as had |
een operating in Great Falls, lined |
Ip the proprietor and four customers
# Moras soft drink saloon here and
ecured 1923 from their persons and
he cash register. They could not
e identified
chool student, was killed or drown
d when the automobile carrying a
arty of Belt young people went off
ne road into Belt creek. His body
Tas found two days later lodged {
gainst beaver dam half mile be-
wv the scene of the accident. j
Kalispell-On the farm of G. w.
-yde, near Kalispell, has just been s
lstalled the largest private irriga- i
on plant in the Flathead. By i
leans of a 40 horse power electric {
Iotor a centrifugal pump raises &
alter from the Whitefish river a dis {
nee of 105 feet and throws an
ght-inch stream upon the land. II
Big Sandy-Explosion of gasoline f
lille he was engaged in cleaning q
'me clothes caused the death near II
ere of rancher by name Praeter.
oys working in nearby field, see 4
g smoke, ran to the farm house
here they extinguished flames
arted by the explosion and found
raeter dead.
Great Falls-Officers of Cascade
unity are endeavoring to locate A.
Woodruff, former secretary of the il
lscade County Trades & Labor as D
mbly and financial secretary of the b
i'll & Smeltermen's union upon v
filed by other members of F
e union charging him with. the a
appropriation of 1880 of the
ions funds. fl
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