The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-02
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

During the recent meeting Of the
state board of education at Helena
the board approved the selection of the
Heber ranch near Helena as IL site for
the vocational school for girls and the
employment of Miss Edith Kassing OF
Philadelphia as superintendent of the
school. 1t is expected the school will
be opened in the buildings now on the
ranch in February and that work will
start on new buildings in March.
Young women now detained at the
industrial school at Miles City will be
transferred to the new school.
A $4,000 brick edifice for the Oakcs
street congregation of the Methodist
Episcopal church Mt Helena will re-
place the frame structure. which was
destroyed recently by fire, it is am
nounced by the Rev. \. Il. Pummer.
the pastor, as the result of plans made.
Construction work is to start in the
spring. The basement Of the old church
Will be rooted over for services.
against vaudeville shows. public dances
and soft drink parlors by the Living
Ston city council. The new taxation
is part Of an effort to overcome the
loss of saloon license money and the
lessening Of city funds through the
new assessment law.
Some of the old Sllacks of Butte
that are both an eyesOre and Il fire
menace are to he torn down by the
city authorities for firewood for needy
families. according to plans by the
fire chief and city fuel administrator.
Helena is also following this course
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Martin Ea2an has brought an action
at LewistOWn against Arthur Miller 10
recover some $4,000. the value Of II
bunch of horses that he alleged the
| defendant contracted to pasture and
care for through the winter. The
plaintiff alleges that the horses all
starved to death.
The city Of Havre has no alien en-
ployes on its payroll and it does not
intend to have any, according to infor-
nation received by the state industrial
accident board from the officials of the
Hill county city.
One thousand nine hundred pounds
of brown sugar. 400 pounds of com
meal, prunes and raisins, five rifles
and shotguns, all of which were seized
in recent raids on illicit liquor stills.
will be sold at public auction within
80 days, according to F. L. Mann, dep
uty collector of internal revenue. The
materials were seized in Butte.
.
An organization of Billings business
men which has taken over mine No. 4
at Bearcreek from Yegen Bros. and is
mining coal for use at Billings, volun-
teers being employed, has applied to
the state industrial accident board for
compensation insurance under the
state plan.
Following the withdrawal of the op-
eratives of the Burns Detective agency
from the Union Bank & Trust company
robbery case at Helena, George Rlod-
gett and James Ford, implicated by
Charles Stevens, the bank messenger.
who is said to have confessed that
the theft of the $4,000 registered pack
age was fake holdup, and who have
been charged with larceny. have been
released from custody on their own
recognizance. Information collected
by the detectives has been turned over
to the county authorities, who report
no further developments in the case.
Stevens is still in Jail.
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Waugh @. Bennett Of Roundup was
found guilty Of arson and sentenced
to one to three years in the state peni-
Tertiary. The jury was out 10 hours
before being able to arrive at "A YER
diet. Bennett was charged with set
ting fire to n small building occupied
by him as u meat market after illSnr-
ing the contents for considerable
sum. The building was not owned by
him.
Title to lieu land comprising 74,1l1
acres. mostly Of an agricultural char
acter, has been received by the stale
from the federal government. The
land was selected two years ago by
officials of the state land office Ar
plications to purchase some of it have
been received. hut until now it has
been impossible to sell. as the title
of the state land had not been per
fected.
Football This season cost the Uni
VerSity of Montana about S3.4O0, .r-
cording to Il meeting of the eXecutivt,
committee OF the A. $, L. Nj. The rN-
pcn>eS for the season were S.l.,nh,.
| While the receipts We're 81 900. Wash
inston State received 81 600 for play
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