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The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

! After several Intellectual attempts
to start his manure spreader, recently,
John Sanders, of near Belt, invest1-
gated the machine and found his seven
year old son Carl, caught in the GYM
der. The youngster was rushed to
Great Falls hospital where his injuries
were found to be many severe cuts
and bruises about the body and head.
No bones were broken. He will re-
cover.
The Madison river, near Three
Forks, is reported in a stage OF hlgh
water due to melting SHOWS and inun-
dation of that part of the Forks known
as Old Town, about a mile below the
present town, is feared. Several resi-
dences are already surrounded by
water and many easements have been
| flooded.
The Miles City delegation to the
hearing on the North and South rail
road, held in Sheridan, Wyoming, has
returned home with hopes that the af-
fairs of the road will be Strengthened
out and construction work be resumed
in the spring.
Edwin Lake and P. E. Hubbard
business men of Baker, have brought
in a gas we'll on their business prop
erty, a block from the main street.
and will use the gas to heat their
places of business, a picture show and
hardware store.
A jury in the district court at Bill
lings recently awarded Miss Genevieve
Becker, of that place, $500 damages
for broken heart, said heart alleged
to have been shattered when Omar
Bearss refused to marry her.
The Swiss cheese plant at Victor,
which was destroyed by fire last No
vember, has been rebuilt and has re-
sumed operations The new plant Is
an even more substantial structure
tha nthe first one.
For three successive years Montana
has led all other states in gaining new
members in the Congregational church,
according to the report of Rev. Elmer
A. Johnson, state superintendent of
Congregational churches
Alleging that two prominent physi-
clans of Hamilton were negligent in
treating broken leg, w. o. Powell of
that place has brought suit for dam
ages to the amount of $23,47670.
Out of a total of 1892 Great Falls
school children examined recently, CAT
were found to have goiter. Next to
that defective teeth led the list. Only
256 were listed as having no defects.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
COYOTES ARE KILLING
MANY GAME ANIMALS
Government Hunters Stationed in Sun
River County to Check
Depredations

| Until the mountain lions there are
| disposed of, Curtis Matteson and Roy
Vance, hunters of predatory animals
Tor the biological survey, will remain
| n the Sun River district, although the
| opinion of Lloyd Thompson, assistant
predatory animal inspector, who, with
Matteson and Vance, killed four of
the animals recently, the number of
lions in that district has been over
estimated.
Thompson considers it improbable
that many lions would stray from the
game country on the Flathead and
Swan rivers Those there now were
probably unable to get back over the
mountains after the deep snow.
Matteson and Vance are two of the
three lion hunters now employed by
the biological survey in Montana. G.
e. Beebe, who is stationed in the ter
ritory surrounding Columbia Falls,
holds the state record in the number
of kills. He is now in his third winter
and has 46 lions to his credit.
Government reports state that
mountain lion will kill an average of
100 elk or large foraging animals in
year Thompson thinks this estimate
is high.
Coyotes are causing more damage to
game than any other animal, he says.
They have forsaken their former
haunts on the prairie and in the foot
hills for the mountains, where they
yearly kill large amount of game.
During the winter Of 1921-1922, it
was estimated, coyotes killed l,5U
game animals in the Thompson river
country, a territory 33 miles long and
three miles wide. This was nearly as
much game as was killed by hunters
in the entire state that year.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Booze by Mail Plot Nipped

Philadelphia, Pa.-Twenty-six in
dictments naming 81 men, % of them
purchasers of liquor. were returned
mail order liquor violations. Isaac
Bullifant. alleged head of the mail
order scheme, was named in every
Indictment. The men indicted are
from four states. According to feder-
al officers, the scheme comprised a
distribution in four states through
mail orders sent here, the liquor being
shipped by railway express by Bulli-
fant and his agents.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
champ Sucker List of World

Kansas City, Kan. THE 10000
stockholders and bondholders in the
Uncle Sam Oil corporation, whose as
sets were ordered sold, in federal
court here, constituted the greatest
sucker list the world has ever
known, Fred Roberts, former United
States attorney from Kansas, declares
Although the face value of the out
standing securities is Approximately
$3OO00,O00, A. L. Bertger, attorney for
the receivers, believes not more than
S5.OO0,OOO was realized by the COM
pany. He said the physical assets
would bring not more than $200,O0O
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
JUDGE PRAY TO Open
COURT IN GREAT FALLS
Newly Appointed Federal Dlstrlct
Judge Summons Grand jury
In Power City

Judge Charles N. Pray OF Greap
falls, who was named the second FED
sral judge for Montana on January Il,
has received his commission and taken
mis- oath of office and will open MS
first court in Great Falls with a grand
jury term. Judge Pray announced Of
ficially that his headquarters will bes
IN Great Falls and that he and Judge
George NJ Bourquin have divided the
state so that the latter would hold
court terms in Helena, Butte and Mis-
soula, Judge Pray to hold terms in
Great Falls and Billings, with Glas-
gow Havre and Kalispell added if the
present bill creating them places Of
court becomes a law. Both judges
have concurrent jurisdiction, and liti-
gants will file in the nearest court for
the convenience of witnesses and
others concerned. AS Montana is still
one district an added deputy clerk and
deputy marshal will be located at
Great Falls, and perhaps later another
clerk and deputy.
The headquarters of Judge Bourquin
will be in Butte.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Consolidation Petitions o. K.

County Clerk and Recorder Mallory
of Silver Bow reported to the county
commissioners that the petitions re-
Gently circulated contain more than a
sufficient number of signatures to
order an election on the question of
consolidating the governments of the
city of Butte and the county of Silver
Bow. The question may be submitted
to the voters at any time within the
next 140 dayS. The election may CO.
incide with one of the spring elections
to prevent extra expense.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
OIL LOOTERS SPENT
MILLIONS IN BR|bES
NEWSPAPER EXPOSE BOUGHT
OFF BY SINCLAIR DECLARES
DENVER POST MEN
COOLIDGE SIGNS ANNULMENT
InuLiry viii be Extended to Investl-
gate Sinclair Activity in
Foreign Fields

Washington.-A new angle has de-
veloped in the senate oil investigator
with the testimony of Frederick q.
Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post
that Harry f. Sinclair had entered into
a contract to pay him and his asso-
ciates $10O0,000 in settlement of
claims growing out of rights asserted
in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana,
has told the senate that every vestige
of these rights had been denied by the
federal government.
According to Bonfils' testimony, the
contract was entered into in Kansas
City after he had sent a reporter of
his paper to the home of Albert b.
Fall, in New Mexico, to investigate
rumors regarding the leasing of Tea
pot Dome to Mr.. Sinclair by Mr.. Fall
as secretary of the interior and after
publication of one article in the Den
yer Post, attacking the leases by
analysis and theory"
The contract was signed, he said,
after two conferences between Mr..
Sinclair and Mr.. Bonfils, his partner,
H. H. Tammen, John Leo Stack, a
Denver oil man, and H. S. Schwartz,
their attorney.
The opening up of this unexpected
line of investigation made it necessary
for the committee to defer the hearing
of William B. McAdoo, former secre-
tary of the treasury, which Mr.. Nc
Adoo had requested in a letter sent to
Chairman Lenroot.
The field of the oil investigation was
the senate of resolution by Senator
La Toilette, Republican, Wisconsin,,
directing the oil committee to inquire
into and report upon the claims of the
Consolidated Oil company to
oil lands situated within naval reserve
No. 2, in California.
Senator Dill, Democrat, Washington,
a member of the oil committee, pro-
posed that the senate go even further
by inquiring into what part Mr.. Fall
had in efforts to obtain fields in Co
lumbia, Mesopotamia, Palestine and
Persia and other foreign countries.
President Coolidge signed the Walsh
oil lease annulment resolution, but he
a memorandum in which he
took exception to the language in the
preamble. which declares the leases
were made in violation of the law and
under circumstances indicating fraud
and corruption.
The president also sent to the SEN
ate the nominations of Silas H. Strawn
and Atlee Pomerene as special govern
ment counsel in the oil lease cases.
They were referred to the oil commit
tee, where a fight on them was fore
cast
Another development was the issu-
ance of subpoenas by the oil commit
tee for a number of witnesses, includ-
ing John G. Shaffer of Chicago, pub
Usher of newspapers in number Of
cities Robert McCauge of the Pioneer
Oil company, and Frank Kistler, presi-
dent of the Producers & Refiners Oil
of New Yor.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Cat Creek RoxaItx SPOOL

December payment for oil royalty
from lands in the Cat Creek field in
which the government has an interest
amounted to $12,O11.59. There was o
slight falling off in the productions
from the Wildschutz and Green tracts,
the two largest producers in that field
during December. The increase in the
price paid for crude during that month
over November however, more than
offset the decrease in production, the
check received showing a gain of more
than $1,000 over the receipts for the
previous month.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Fall Questioning to Cease

Washington. - Further efforts to
question Albert B. Fall, central figure
in the oil investigation, have been
abandoned by the committee. This
decision was reached upon advice of
the special government counsel, Silas
H. Strawn and Atlee Pomerene. They
recommended against questioning Mr..
Fall further unless he would waive
immunity. The committee was ad-
vised that Mr.. Falls decision to stand
on his constitutional rights was ire
vocable. Contempt proceedings against
Fall may be instituted, however.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Boulder Billet Doux UnweIcome

Cayeman stuff, in the form of boul-
der billet doux, bounced off the door
of his beloved in token of undyng
love- is not relished by comely wild
ow of Butte, according to information
filed with the county attorney of Sill
yer Bow against Fred Game.
Mr. Game, the county attorney
states, exhibits his affection by throw
ing rockseat the door of his beloved's 8
residence. Mr.. Games attentions ac-
cording to the widow are not recipro-
Gated, either in the matter of rocks or
through any other medium. She has
charged her expressive suitor with dis
turbing the peace in complaint filed
in Justice of the Peace court.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Jurors Petition for Comforts

Jurors who have been serving in the
Rayalli court are of the opinion that
when - men good and true are pre-
vented from separating over night
they should have some sort OF ade-
ouate accommodation at the hands OF
the county. Feeling that way about 1t
the Jury adopted resolutions, one OF
which follows: "Our sincere appeal
is hereby made that reasonable and
proper rooming space and bedding be
duly provided for the jurors who by
dint of circumstances are compelled
TO remain all night in jury conference.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
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Woodrow Wilson was a member OF
the American Legion, holding caro-
in Dawson post No. % of Glendive.
Mont. When the former president was
on his tour of the west in 1919, the
Glendive veterans organization de-
cided on making him an honorary
member. A suitable card was provid'
ed and the presentation made while
the presidential train made a brle1
stop at Glendive. His name still Is
carried upon the rolls of the post.
A mountain lion measuring nine feet
eleven inches from tip to tip, said tc
be one of the largest ever killed in the
Libby district, was bagged recently by
hunting party The big eat was
taken in the Pipe creek area after
several days of tracking.
The 1924 annual convention of the
Montana State Press association VIII
be held in Lewistown on date to be
fixed soon, it has been decided by OF
ficials Of the association and the ex-
ecutive committee.
James M. Burlingame of Great FAILS,
Montana, was appointed manager I'D
Montana of the Coolidge pre-conven-
ton campaign.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
WASHINGTON LOOKS
FOR CABINET CHANGE
Persistent Rumor in Capital Puts
DENLY in Retired Class; McAdoo
Volunteers Testimony

WaShington-A without YER
ification, rumors of pending caDlnel
changes are persistant. While there
was no formal statement from the sec
retary of the navy, It was understood
he would not resign under fire. More
over, it was said that no suggestion
that he had quit had come from the
White house. 1t was added that no
intimation had been made to the sec
retary that his continuance in office
as a defender of the oil leases would
prove embarrassing to the special gov
ernment counsel in the court proceed
ings they might bring to attack the
validity of the transactions.
After disposing of the DENLY resolu-
ton, the senate still will have before
1t the proposal for an appropriation OF
100000 to defray expenses of counsel
in the oil cases; the Dill resolution
calling upon the state department for
diplomatic correspondence as to nego-
tiations for oil concessions in Column
bia. Mesopotamia and many other for
eign countries and the Wheeler reso-
lution, demanding the resignation OF
Attorney General Daugherty.
Mr.. McAdoo will appear before the
committee as voluntary witness. He
plans to tell the circumstances under
which he became counsel for the Do
heny companies, in relation to their
Mexican affairs. He will elaborate on
his letter to the committee in which he
stated that his employment had no
with the leases of naval oil
in Wyoming and California.
After hearing Mr.. McAdoo, the COM
mittee plans to interrogate J.. Leo
Stack, of Denver, regarding the con
tract Harry F. Sinclair entered into |
with him and Frederick G. Bonfils, |
publisher of the Denver Post for the |
payment of S1,000,000 in settlement of
,laims against subsidiaries of the
Oil company of Indiana in
he Teapot Dome, to which Bonfils has
testified Sinclair had paid $1,000,00O.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
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100000 Frauds Exposed

Chicago, Ill.-Bench warrants for Sc
men. supposedly residents of Chicago,
who were recently indicted in the fed
eral courts in Arkansas for use of the
mails to defraud were issued here by
James r. Glass, United States commits
sioner, at the request of James A.
O'Callaghan, assistant United States
district attorney. The latter said he
had been informed the men had OBJ
tanned about $3,000000 by swindling
people throughout the country.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
OVER THE GREAT DIVIDE
II II X
A Concise Recount of Montana
Pioneers Who Have Come
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JORDAN w. B. Jordan, who
founded the Merchants and Drovers
bank in Miles City in 1881. and who
waspromnent in the upbuilding of the
eastern part of the state, died at his
home in Pasadena, California.
WEISMAN--J John Weisman, one of
the first miners to reach Cooke City
in the early days, died at the home of
William Kearns, at that place, at the
age of 70 years.
TILTON--Mrs d. w. Tilton, widow
of D. w. Tilton, publisher of "The
Montana Post" the first newspaper
published in the state who came to
Alder Gulch with her father, o. B.
Barber in 1884, died at her home in
Butte.
LEVY-Barney Levy, who in 1884,
established himself in the hotel busi-
ness in Butte and has since that time
been one of the most popular hosts
in the metropolis, died at that place.
SILVERMAN-Mrs NJ Silverman,
aged 70 years, resident Of Helena
since 1868, when she made the trip
from Missouri up the Missouri river
by steam boat to Fort Benton and then
overland to the capital, died at her
home there.
MORITZ-G Moritz, who in 1877
stagecoached from Utah to Virginia
City, and in 1888 started mercantile
business in Bozeman, which he later
sold and returned to Virginia City,
where he engaged in business until
1919, died at the home of his son IN
Manhattan at the advanced age OF 80
years.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Falls to Instant Death

Dronning 100 feet from trestle on
the Great Northern northwest OF
Meaderville to the rocks below, Theo-
dore Britigan, 80, bridge carpenter,
was instantly killed. Britigan had
been in Butte, making the return trip
on small railway speeder. 1t became
stalled, and Britigan was pushlng II
in an effort to get it started when,
according to two companions who were
with him, he stumbled. and without ut
tering a sound fell over the slde OK
~. trestle to the rocky gully below.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
TenantIess Jail

"There hasn't been a soul in the city
Jail for more than a month";" declared
o. T. Ragland, police judge of Living
ston, recently.
In December there was but one ar
rest and that man, who was accused OF
disobeying minor city ordinance, for
feited his bond. 1t is the first time in
four years, at least, that Livingston
jail has been empty more than 30 con-
secutive days, according to Mr. Rag
land.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
ReheIs Reoccuny Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz, Mexico.-Orizaba, Cor
doba and Vera Cruz have been reoccu-
pied by revolutionary forces. Martial
law was declared in Vera Cruz by or
der of the revolutionary general, Edu-
ardo Logo A few cases of lootin2
were reported in Vera Cruz and vicin
ity. General discomfort exists among
the populace here due to lack of work
and hunger.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
No Wooden Bridges

At their regular meeting the county
commissioners of Beaverhead accepted
the two steel bridges spanning the
Beaverhead river at DAILY spur and
Anderson lane. With the completion
of these structures, not a wooden
bridge across the Beaverhead in that
county is left.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Three More oil Fraud Convictions

Dallas, Texas. II Gordon ingalls,,
Robert Edmond ingalls, and Richard
RAIDER were found guilty on all except
three of the Is counts in the indict-
ment charging them with using the
mails to defraud in alleged oil promo
tions. by a jury in federal court here.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Million Dollar Bond

In district court in Deer Lodge,
George w. Winston approved and or
dered filed the $1,0O0,000 bond Of
Arthur J. Lochrie and w. f. Gullette,
who were appointed by the court as
special administrators of the estate of
John N. w. Bielenberg. Letters of
special administration were issued.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
State Checker Tourney

Announcement is made by Fl. I'll.
Lepper, president, and DR.. r. R. Fra
zier. secretary, of the Montana Check
er association, that the checker tour
nament for the state championship
will be held at the Commercial club
rooms in Helena commencing Febru-
ary % and continuing through Febru-
ary %.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Huerta Leaves Vera Cruz

New York.-Adolfo de la Huerta,
leader of the Mexican revolution, and
his staff have left Vera Cruz on a
steamer for a secret destination, ac-
cording to information received here
from reliable quarter. The rebel
troops, the advices stated, were evacu-
ating the city.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Demand War on "Gas" Trust

Lincoln, Neb.-Following a confer
ence with Attorney General Spillman,
Governor Charles Bryan announced
kilograms will be sent to President
Coolidge and Attorney General
Daugherty, calling on them to pro-
ceed Immediately under the Sherman
antitrust law against the gasoline
industry
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Butterfly In Havre

Signs of spring accumulate. Only a
few patches of dirty snow remain in
spots about Havre and to make it more
hopeful Arthur Anderson and Ray
Hunt of that place announce the cap
.ure of regular butterfly.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
EIans Down 80 DAYS

Flags on all federal buildings in
Montana will remain at half-staff for
30 days, according to a telegram from
Washington, in observance of the
death of former President Woodrow
Wilson.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
ScanJan Nominated

Joseph D. Scanlan has been nomin-
ated by President Coolidge to be regis
ter of the land office at Miles City,
Mont.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES
AMENDMENT DEFEATED

Washington.-The house de-
feated a resolution proposing
a constitutional amendment to
prohibit issuance of tax-exempt
securities. The vote, which
came after two debates, was
247 to 1873. or seven less than
the required two-thirds. The
Republicans, with II excep-
tions, voted for the resolution,
as did 60 Democrats.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Ford Bid Up

Washington.-The Mckenzie resolu-
tion, seeking early consideration OF
Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals,
probably is before the house rules
committee.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
A STATE SHOW WINDOW

Every week in these news col
umns Montana is presented IN true
coIors to our readers. Week after
week the progress and prosperity
of many communities is chronicled.
together with the odd and interest
ing happenings that go to make up
the news of the week. Montana is
coming, not going. Her greatness
I is today and in the coming days,
not in the days gone by. Let the
folks back east know what Mon
tana is today, not what she was in
early years. Send copy OF this
paper back east.
THE EDITOR.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
Rebels Defeated at Octian

Mexico City.-The federal
forces have achieved an over
whelming victory over the reb-
els after II hours of furious
fighting on the banks of Lerma
river at Octian, according to a
report made by Gen. Amaro
Varbaldi to President Obregon.
Heavy casualties were suf-
fered by both sides.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
ALLEGE BOY STOLE HORSE
TO RIDE TO CHICAGO HOME

Louis Schnifitz, IL years old,
working for his uncle, Rudolph
Schafnitz, feeding cattle near
Custer. became homesick for
Chicago, and mounting horse
belonging to farmer started
east. He was arrested on
horse-theft charge at Hysham.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14

Many new oil tests are planned for
the Baker gas field this spring.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14

The California company, subsidiary
te the Standard of California, has
brought in a 300 barrel well, known as
Dobson No. 4, from depth of LICE
feet in the west end Of Cat Creek.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14

The Campbell WELL Kevin'
Sunburst field, is practically a com
mercial producer Drilling had enter,
ed the Ellis sands a depth of two feet
when work was suspended on it until
spring.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14

''Fifty-six" Petroleum, in the fiscal
year ending January 10, produced l0,-
$50 barrels of crude, most of WHICH
was stored in the field.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-14
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