The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-11-30
THE STATE

Steyensville-A canning factory t.
cost 100000, is to be built in the
Bitter Root valley, near Stevensville
Glendive-The new 100000 de-
pot of the Northern Pacific, just com
pleted, will be dedicated on Deem
Der 20.
Butte-Mrs. M. j. Cornell, former
" a we'll known society leader OF
Butte, was killed in an automobile
accident in Los Angeles a few days
ago.
Acknowledgement Governor Nell
son j. Story, Jr., of Bozeman, arrived
IN Helena last week to take over the
relns of the state as acting governor
Ior the next 10 days.
Scobey-By heating a fire shovel
and burning a hole through the roof,
Two prisoners, Dave Danforth and a
young man whose name has not been
learned, escaped from the county Jail
mere a few days ago and are still at
liberty.
Great FalIs-There are more elk
In Lewis and Clark county than in
any other section in the United
States, not even excepting the famous
jackson Hole country in Wyoming,
1t Is claimed by guides in the Sun
river country.
Missoula-H. M. Smith, an cleo
trician formerly employed by the
Northern Pacific, was almost instant
ly killed at st. Regis when a shot
gun he was cleaning was accidentally
discharged.
Helena-The tax of one cent a gal
Ion on retail sales of gasoline in Mon
tana, passed by the last legislature,
has already yielded $270,808 to the
state school fund and $135,404 to
the state general fund, according to
figures from the office of State Urea
surer ]. W. Walker.
Harlem - A freight train which
passed through here one day recent
ly set fire to Charles Johnson's hay
meadow at Matadore. A stiff gale
was blowing at the time and it was
only a few minutes until five stacks
baled hay were on fire.
Kalispell-Claude Johnston, while
working with a portable wood saw,
sustained a severe fracture at the
base of his skull and now lies in a
state of coma at the local hospital,
grave doubts held out for his
recovery.
Butte-Bernard King, ex-police-
man, recently dismissed from the To-
cal force for being intoxicated while
duty, did not fare very well be-
lore Judge Jackson here when he
reinstatement by. a writ of
mandate. A motion to quash was
sustained by the court and Kings
,ase was thrown out.
Twete-A. L.. Bolstad, a farmer
lear Twete, reports that this week
lie lost five COWS and a heifer which
we're poisoned from eating rye straw
which had been taken from a field
hat had been heavily poisoned last
ummer with grasshopper poison.
oseph Sch1ais is also reported to
ave lost two head of cattle from
be same ause. These are the first
eports that have been made of stock
aving become affected by hopper
olson in the straw.
Missoula-That Russell P. Jonah,
by nearly 20 aliases, stole a
uantity of government transporta- :
ON requests, meal requests and
requests from offices of the :
'nited States veterans bureau and
travelling over the country using
requests illegally, is the infor-
sent out by the bureau of in
estigation of the department of JUS
ce and which has been received by :
lie Northern Pacific in Missoula. ,
Butte-"Well l guess we are ready I
CO." With these words, Isaac
owman drew a revolver from his {
)cket in the bedroom of his home
418 East Granite street and after :
a shot that narrowly grazed b
q head of his wife, Hilma, as she
arted to flee from the room, locked :
Q door, and seating himself on a :
ID turned the gun towards his head, 0
llled the trigger and missed; then
serted the barrel of the gun in his s
outh and fired again. Bowman :
ed instantly. -