The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-07
the STATE

Helena Constitutionality of Mon
tana's prohibition law was upheld by
the supreme court.
Helena-The state railway COM
mission has extended to December
20 the time limit for installation of
connection at Lombard from eastern
Montana points to Helena.
Helena-Gov. 8. v. Stewart, who
retires ON January 3, and his law as
s0ciate, John g. Brown Of Helena,
are to become attorneys for the Mon
tana Bankers association at the first
Of the year, It was announced in Hell
ena following meeting Of the execu-
tive committee Of the bankers.
Helena-Dr. John L. Treacy was
elected chairman Of the county box
ing commission, officially known as
the Lewis and Clark county athletic
commission. at the first meeting. The
other members Of the commission are
John NJ. Power and Kirby Hoon. Her
bert L. Brooks was chosen secretary.
New York-Wage reductions aver
aging about 80 per cent under the
union scale prevailing In the. mems
VAVSASn8 1uVU0tKy 01UOO AVVV0U1VOEe
1919. were announced by the Cloth
Ing Manufacturers association, In
making public its new piece work
schedule.
Great Falls - The plant Of the
Great Falls Brick & Tile company.
which normally employs about Is
men, closed this week, upon compile
ton Of the orders for building ma
terial for the new Liberty theater and
the Steele building.
Billings Stephen and James Bob
lit, brothers, confessed robbers OF
the Galloway jewelry store at Laurel
on December 3, were given sentences
of from five to 10 years in the state
penitentiary. The two were arrested
at Lincoln, Neb., and all Of $4,000
worth of jewelry taken from the
store was recovered.
Great Falls - Three hundred
quarts Of choice Canadian rye, toge-
Their with some moonshine whisky
trickled down the sewers Of Great
Falls toward the Missouri river when
United States Marshal ]. L. Asbridge
disposed Of that quantity of liquor
which had been seized by federal Of
ficers.
Butte-1njured in an auto mishap
about 10 days ago, Paul Russell Eat
on, %. q driver for the Henningsen
Produce company, died at the MUIR
ray hospital without having seen his
newborn son, who arrived two days
after the accident. He had been un-
conscious most of the time since he
received his injuries.
Roundup-1t is probable bill will
be introduced in the coming legisla-
ture providing for the creation of a
new judicial district to comprise
Musselshell and Golden Valley coun-
ties. AS at present divided the dis
trict also contains Treasure and
Rosebud counties, which means a dis
trict really too large to be handled
by one Judge.
Butte-A 1O-year-old boy brought
about conviction of his aunt and his
uncle ON charge of Bookkeeping in
police court. It was not due to an in
advertence on the part of the boy
but was the result of his cold state.
ment of the facts. The case was that
of Frank and Anna Kingsbury and
the boy was little William Moyle.
The court imposed fine of $50 each
on Kingsbury and his wife.
Great Falls-Mrs. Ben wilkins re.
ceived official notice from the wa,
department that her son. Schuyler H
Haynes. 80, private in the Sixteenth
infantry, medical department, First
division, U. s. army, had died as q
prisoner Of war near scissors, France
on August l, 1918, and was cited for
bravery in action. Mrs. Wilkins was
surprised, as her son returned here
from France, March, 1918. and for
the past Is months has been working
on one of the daily papers of the
city.
Lewist0wn-The directors of the
Fergus County Wool Growers asso.
citation went on record as favoring
the truth in fabric" bill and the
Sinot embargo bill, pending In con.
eress. and have sent messages to the
Montana delegation urging support
for these measures. The board is op-
posed to selling the pooled wool at
this time and favors a meeting dur
ing the first week In February to for
mulate plans for 1921. when 1t IL
hoped a strong state pool may be
formed.
Butte-The largest crowd, probab-
", in the history Of the city. and GER
tainly the largest, it is said. that has
appeared during the present admin
istration, was docketed in the police
court Thursday of last week. when
SO offenders were charged with prac-
tically everything ON the book of or.
dinances and several with offences
against the state laws. Among the
crowd were ~ drunks. % female
Migrants. several Migrants of the
male variety, gamblers, bootleggers
wife beaters. dog-biting case, in
sanity and disturbance cases.
Great Falls-Sentence of so days
Imprisonment imposed in the federal
court last spring upon c. ]. Martin
of Great Falls will not be served, des-
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