The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-12
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

In an opinion by Chief Justice Brant-
ley, the supreme court has made an
order dsbarring J. w. Callicote Of
Bowdoin, Philips county. This step
was caused by Il petition filed in the
supreme court by the office of the
attorney general alleging that CALI
cote had pleaded guilty to charges OF
maintaining Il nuisance in conducting
Il place where intoxicating liquors
We're sold.
Bishop John T. Carroll was in Butte
priests of Butte. Anaconda. Bozelun
ana MisSoula on matters pertaining
to the diocese to be disposed OF be-
fore the bishop departs for Rome to
visit the pope soon after Easter. Bish-
op Carroll stated that he is assured
ii is possible the Great Northern rail
way will grant the old Hebgen base
ball park grounds in Butte as the site
for the new Catholic school, which il
to cost more than 100000.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
Russell lumber yard at Billings, with
an estimated loss of $4,000. This was
the first lumber yard established in
Billings. Four horses were burned to
death in the flames.
George Diedrick. assistant cashier of
the Farmers State bank at Highwood,
experienced II peculiar and painful ac-
cident recently. While sitting al his
desk he Sneezed and threw his shoul-
der out of joint. which neeessitated
the administration of an anaesthetic
to have it replaced.
Lump sum settlement of 81 AT will
be paid to Carl Ryders by the state
Industrial accident board. Ryders sus-
tanned an injury to his right eye while
pounding on wedge with sledgs
hammer. A tiny piece of steel flew
into his eye and became lodged back
Of the eyeball. which necessitated re-
moving the eye to remove the splinter.
Land that produces more per acre
can be bought in Montana at about
one-fOurth the price of eastern land"
says G. D. Greenfield, commissioner of
agriculture and publicity, in card
which is being mailed by the thou
sands to all commercial clubs and
railroads in this and other states i'm
proof of the great productivity of Mon
tana lands.
Missoula banks have now on deposit
something approximating $4,000 in UNI
claimed accounts, according to repre-
sentatives of the four institutions in
the city.
Alex Dederer, employee of the Boor-
man Lumber company of Great Falls.
has presented report of an injury
to the industrial accident board which
takes first place for minor injuries in
the vast number received by the board,
according to officials. The reports,
however. are sought by the board on
all cases because of subsequent diff
culties in many cases. Dederer was
brushing his right hand over his coat
when the lead in pencil pierced his
thumb three-eighths of an inch.
Ripe olives, containing bacillus
botlinus. caused the death of five per-
sons and the illness of another ut Java,
Flathead county, last autumn. accord
ing to advices received in Helena by
the state board of health from the L.
s. bureau of chemistry. where the SAM
pies of suspected food We're analysed.
The same poison caused deaths at De-
troit. Mich. Canton, O., New York and
Memphis, Tenn.
Clyde beaverton of AbsarOkee en-
tered plea of guilty to charges Of
grand larceny at a preliminary hearing
before justice Of the peace at that
place and has been bound over to the.
district court with his bonds fixed at
$1,000. beaverton was arrested short
ly after the discovery of fire WHICH
destroyed the flour mill at AbSaro-
kee, and was asked to explain how
he acquired a wagon load of articles
missing from the mill. He has not fur
niShed bonds.
More than four million acres of Mon
| tana land We're treated with poison
bait in 1919. according to figures from
the farm bureau headquarters at Boze-
man. 4 total of 5000. go acres of pr-
vate land. 41a.2OO acres of state land.
and $1,000 acres of federal land We're
treated with the poisoned grain in 20
counties.
Having completed the checking and
summarizing of applications for seed
wheat under the seed grain and relief
bond issues. the commissioners OF
Teton county announce that 5O,73O