The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-16
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning tho
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ng 1dISe SldleIleulS TO Juc SlPeI1u-
tendent of banks, accepting deposits
in an insolvent bank and mi.sappro-
p~riation of funds were filed against
John Dahlgren, former president of the
American Bank and Trust company
which closed January %, in the two
departments of district court at Mis-
soula. The charges against Dahlgren
are the result of Investigations insti-
tuted by the depositors committee and
the accounts of the bank, after several
months of work to reopen the bank
had come to naught. Efforts to locate
| Dahlgren are already under way.
Seeking Iron Mines.-Word comes
from White Sulphur Springs hat an
effort to buy up iron mines in that
| vicinity has been launched by a group
of eastern capitalists said to be con-
| nected with the Ford interests. The
| information states that this group is
seeking to buy up iron mining prop
critics and other o~re-producing prop
critics with the object of manufacturing
steel in Montana and possibly Living
ston may be thought of ia this con-
nection.
Fire Toll in Forests.-Difference be
tween the service fire season of 1924
and the light years of 1923 in the IA
tional forests of district No. 1 is in
dicated by figures compiled by the for
est service, which show that during
the last season there were 1913 fires,
which burned over 62,2O0 acres, while
In 1923 there were 674 fires, which
covered 1896 acres. This season LIT
fires covered 10 acres or more; last
year there were but 40 of this area.
Oil Operator Found Dead.-Mark G.
Rogers, Alberta oil operator and
ciate of several Montana oil men, was
found dead in his home at Lethbridge
suggest suicide, friends Of the Rogers
family at Great Falls were notified
later in the day. Because of an ap-
parent lack Of motive an element of
mystery is said to surround Rogers
death, which will be inquired into at
an inquest conducted at Lethbridge.
Second Case Develops.-The second
case of infantile paralysis to be dis
covered in Lewis and Clark county
adds another chapter to a story of
pathos. However, this case of the s.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton
Merritt, ranchers of the Helena valley,
Is reported to be not serious by DR..
Arthur Jordan, city-county health Of
ficer, and DR.. w. f. Cogswell, head Of
the state department of health.
Smallpox Epidemic At Sidney.-On
the heels of a well dissipated typhoid
fever epidemic, the Sidney community
now has an epidemic Of smallpox.
Thirty developed cases have started
within the last week. The general
Of patients are children, although
some cases run to ages as high as 20.
In the second grade of the public
schools, u cases have so far developed.
ImpaIed on Pitchfork.-Bud Cahill,
ICED 10, was impaled on a pitchfork
handle while working in the harvest
fields near Wolf Point. He jumped
rom a wagon, striking the end of a
,itchfork handle which was standing
n ap upright position. The handle
penetrated his intestines and tore
through his abdominal cavity. He was
ushedl to the Wolf Point hospital.
Find Body in Creek.-E. e. Murray,
Dillon harness maker, was found dead
n Black Tail creek near Butte. He
lad been missing since September 26.
His divorced wife, Mrs. Ida Murray,
md a ~17-year-old daughter, Marion,
i've in Whittier, Cal. Pending results
If an Investigation, friends of the dead
nan, who was 70 years of age, cannot
explain the circumstances of his death.
Woman Burns Home.-Mrs. Marian
Christensen, 40 years old, pleaded
,uilty to setting fire to her home in
Three Forks on the night of Septem-
,er 80, in the district court, Oct. 6, and
vas sentenced to serve from n to
wo years in the penitentiary at Deer
lodge by Judge S. B. B. Law.
Caught in Gazing Ditch.-While n
aged in repairing a rusted valve in
water main ditch at Havre, Dan
Sheldon and Ray Ellis, were partially
,uried, the crush of the debris break
Sheldon's collar bone and injuring
lin internally. Ellis suffered only
minor injuries.
Parcel Post Cream.-According to
.dvices received at Broadus, the farm
RS of Ranch creek from August 10 to
september 10, shipped 220 cars of sour
ream to the Hanford Produce COM
ANY at Rapid City, S. D. For the
most part, this cream was sent by par
ell post.
Crushed to Death.-Edward Burke,
on of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Burke, was
.ccidently killed at Havre in the
ards of the Great Northern railway.
lie was pinned between a box car and
guides on the oil tank on a loco
lotive and was crushed in the stomach
hips.