The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
MONTANA NOTES


Passenger brakemen on certain runs
Of the Northern Pacific in. Montana are,
now permitted to wear, Overalls and
Jumpers, instead Of the customary blue
uniforms. according to information re-
ceived in Nlissoula from the general
superintendent office. Brakemen on
the Rocky Mountain division have ask
ed permission to don the same ap-
parpl under similar circumstances as.
granted on other divisions.
Tony Deiltman. one Of the Helena
men tried and convicted during the
World war on a charge of sedition I'M
der the Montana law. was released
from custody following an order from,
Judge K. Lee Word Diminishing the
case, on motion Of County Attorney !.
X. Wine. The motion was based pri-
marily on the ground that the find
ing> Of the state supreme court re-
versing the district court. would make
Il second trial absolutely futile.
Forty gallons Of confiScate,l wh>key
We're poured by the Billings police, into
Il gutter before Il large crowd whose.
eyes were sad even as their lips TESTED.
The "hooch" was seized in recent boot
Logging raids. The police convinced
the onlookers that real whiskey was
being destroyed by occasionally pass
ing bottles and jugs to individuals to
be smelled. After the first sniff the
officers invariably and quickly regain
ed the containers.
Two Great Falls railroad switchmen
were badly injured in the yards of the
b. NJ. Slnelter when Il terrific gnle
tore the top off Il box ear on which
they were riding and hurled them to
the ground.
{. w. Burns has been elected biShnp
of the Helena district Of the Methodist
conference ut meeting just closed it
Des Moines. Inquiries among Helen;.
Methodist> in regard to Bishop Burns
former connections We're made without
enlightenment. Helena was again nam
ed as the principal residence for the
bishop. This is the third consecutive.
time that this city has been chosen.
An alleged "bOy bandit ring. men,
berS Of which are said to have had
headquarters in a shack they built ~,
a vacant lot in Laurel. and who ar.
reported to have confessed to Il Ion.
list of depredatiOnS. including break
ing into warehouses and stores and
daylight pilfering in Laurel shops. is
believed by officers to have been hrak-
EN- up with the. arrest of % Laurel
youths ranging in age from II to It,
years. and including the son of a min
lister and youthful scion of Il prominent
Laurel banker.
A Big Timber bee man sent to Texas
for Il large consignment of the insects.
While still some miles from their des-
tination a case broke and the inhnbi-
tants sailed forth and took posses
sion of the baggage car holdin: ii
until the arrival OF the train in Big
Timber. Luckily the bee man was ~,
the station platform. waiting for his
pets, and he soon rounded them un.
The Billings city drainage ditch.
which has protected the city from IL
rigation flood waters for o6 years
claimed its first victim last week
when Donald kennert. the two-year.
old son of w. H. Kennert. deputy
county clerk and recorder, was drown.
ed in the stream. The ditch is to
be closed this year.
For many months punch boards and
sticker cards have peen operated in
cigar and confectionery stores AMI
pool halls in Great Falls. Last week
that mild type of gambling was pm,
out of commission under an order
from Sheriff J. =. Burns. The boards
| disappeared and arrests will follow in
the event Of any temperance.
While running disk harrow south
Of Malta recently Miss Allie Huyle
was severely cut by being thrown in
front of the disk when the team ran
away. She was brought to the Malta
hospital and is recovering.
| Swan Hanson of Billings has filed
suit against the Montana Power com
pany for $4,000, charging that the
corporations dam near his ranch WAS
operated SO that in the spring of
every year it ruined crops and dam
aged improvements. The dam is not
equipped with proper facilities to pre-.
vent flooding. he alleges. In 1917.
1913 and 1919 water spread over the
land. causing $1,000 damages to crops
and $4,000 improvement damages, he
says.