The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
FrOHa Our Helene corsespOndent.l

A&N0AM O4A az &AHGnW@A4GMAsN
For the purpose Of enabling st0ckmen
Of Great Falls and vicinity to take adj
vantage of the feeding facilities created
by the new beet sugar factory at Chinook
the Great Northern railway has obtained
permission from the Montana railroad COM
mission to publish a new tariff on cattle
and sheek from Great Falls with permits
sion to Craze at Chinook. This rate, which
is virtually a rate to Chinook for a feeding
period and return TO Great Falls, will he
come effective at once. 1t carries a slight
reduction from the old rates.
8 o g
Tn supreme court, in an opinion written
by Associate Justice A. p. Stark affirms
the judgment Of the district court of Silver
Bow county in the case Of j. r. Silver
against S. g. NORM, involving payment
the erection of residence halls at the state
university at MissOula. NORM had en-
tered into a contract with one James WEIGH
by which the latter agreed to furnish the
required stone for $500. Thereafter, and
before delivery Of any of the stone, WEIGH
made an assignment to ]. r. Silver of
Butte, Of $1,000 Of the money to be due
him under the contract.
= 9 9
There was q manifest abuse Of judicial
discretion on the part of the district court
of Silver Bow county, when the court de-
MED the motion Of the Boomers Feery Lum-
Der company, Ltd, for a change of venue
to Lincoln county Of the big damage suit
instituted In that court by George w. At
kinSOn, according to an opinion of the
supreme court which requires the district
court to grant the motion. This was an
action instituted by Atkinson against the
lumber company and IA individual de-
PENDANTS, to recover $4,000 alleged actual
damages and 100000 exemplary damages
for false Imprisonment and abduction
ayerred to have been committed May q,
1923, pursuant to a conspiracy.
The state railroad commission announces
the indefinite postponement OF a hearing
on Interstate freight rates which was
to have been held Nov. 6. The hearing was
asked for by all carriers in Montana. An
Increase corresponding to an increase asked
OF the Interstate commerce commission in
Interstate freight rates was requested. The
Montana case is not to be reset unless
application for the increase is again urged
by the carriers.
After two legal skirmishes between q
battery Of attorneys representing school
district No. 4 of Rosebud county and the
attorney generals department, the MOn-
tana supreme court has handed down a
sweeping decision affecting every count
IN the state. The court holds John Nc
GraWs Rosebud county treasurer, respOns-
ible for more than $4,000 Of school dis
triet funds wiped out in insOlvent banks.
The second decision is on rehearing of the
case, asked by the attorney general, to
which the school district demurred, and
amlli1leS and stresses points brought out
IN the original opinion. According to in
depreciation by the attorney general the
decision means financial stringency in
many counties which have been afflicted
with bank failures.
. o o
MOntana's supreme court gave illegal
search and seizure another setback when
an opinion was handled down reversing
the judgment Of the Custer county dis
trict court in the case against Frank
Gardner and ~remanding the case for a new
trial. Gardner was convicted when q
search warrant was issued on information
OF Mrs. Arthur Demid, and entry OF his
/ nWnmfunn rnvnnfoH 1~fsnIno evanI 81, 4H0 ~.4~
u~facture Of liquor. Gardeners attorneys
asked the court to suppress as evidence the
articles 0und Ia the raid and were over
ruled. According to the complaint made by