The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-16
News Of Montana
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A Mexican military mission, main
tanning close secrecy as to the object
of their visit to Montana, spent We'd
nesday night in Billings. 1t consisted
Of Col. Francisco ]. Raygadas. sub
chief in President Obregon's staff ;
Lieut.. Col. e. Goldbain Padila, a dap
per person of pointed mustaches, swag-
ger stick and nifty uniform, and e. A.
Arnold, an interpreter.
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According to word received from the
field Thursday. oil has been struck IN
we'll being sunk near Three Forks,
Just below the 0OOfoot level. =
Adj. Gen. Charles Sheridan Of the
Montana State Militia has been spend.
ing few days in Boxeman discussing
the organization Of a troop Of militia
there. From the interest shown by
men with whom he talked, 1t is prob.
able there will be q company formed
during fall.
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Julius Hansen, q former teller in q
Lewistown bank. arrested at Shreve-
port, L.. recently on a charge of steal.
ing over S2O.OOO from the bank, rep
resenting the amount carried off by
Hansen on the night of October Is,
1917, when he left Lewistown in an
automobile, Saturday pleaded guilty
and was sentenced by Judge Rudolf
Won Tobel of Lewistown, to from seven
to IA years.
A monument of native stone, erect
ed in honor of the soldier dead Of
Rosebud county, was unveiled in For
syth with impressive ceremony We'd
nesday evening.
Every chamber of revolver was
emptied when C. II. Sellers pursued
Eugene II. Horne across the main
street of Laurel, according to authri.
ties there VIII have issued Il cmplaint
Of first degree assault against Sellers.
Sellers claimed that Horne. who is an
employee in the Sellers cafe. forged 81
check for $3.50. No one was hit by
the six bullets discharged.
Fire of undetermined origin com.
pletely destroyed the printing plant Of
the Hysham Echo in Hysham. pub.
lished by w. 0. Ensign, and also
burned the Sawyer and another store,
entailing Il loss of $4,000.
To have lived for more than two
weeks with bullet lodged in his
brain. and finally to have been dis
charged from the hospital, just three
weeks after the shooting. was the ex-
perience Of George Mooney, who left
Columbia hospital at Butte Tuesday,
following successful operation in
which the lead was removed.
The annual convention Of the Rocky
Mountain district Of the Luther League
Of Norwegian churches opened Friday
AFTERNOON AT Great rails.
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Twenty-three Mexicans were arrest.
ed In various parts Of Billings by the
police Thursday night in search for
two Mexicans who early Thursday
morning assaulted n sheep man on a
street corner and robbed him of $40
The Mexicans are held on vagrancy
charges, and more will be arrested il
the sheep man is unable to identify
his assaiants among those now in Jail,
the police say.
J. G. Link Of Billings was elected
president Of the Montana chapter Of
the American Institute of Architects
at the chapters meeting at Billings
Thursday. George H. Carsley of Hell.
ena was named vice president. and w
r. Plew of Rozeman, secretary-treas.
urer.
4 destructive fire at the mine of
the Independent Coal Mining comnanv
near Roundup Friday. burned the wash
house and bunk house and came close
to destroying fine new tipple which
had been completed lately.
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Fairview won the championship for
eastern Montana last Sunday when
the Fairview ball team defeated Glen.
dive by a score of Z to 6.
There are 10 changes in the faculty
at Montana state college this fall.
This number of new faculty members
includes five professors and heads OF
departments. the others being instruc.
tors and assistant professors.
Among the other resources of Win.
nett gold discovery on the land Of
Michael Jozovich, six miles west OF
that place. is the latest attraction.
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