The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
MILES CITY CUTS
RATE ON POWER
REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT
Is CONTEMPLATED FOR
CONSUMERS
Rights of III. G. Young, Forsyth At
tOrney, to Continue i'm Practice are
Challenged; State Land Depart
ment Announces Land Sales
By Our Helena COrrespOndent.)

City water consumers Of Miles City.
served by the municipal plant. will en-
joy q reduction In rates OF virtually rs
per cent, according to q plan approved
today by the state public utilities COM
mission. In addition TO the water rate
reduction the council also plans cutting
electric light rates 20 per cent and elec-
trical heating 25 per cent.
According to the plans outlined to the
commission by Cary A Becraft, superin-
tendent and Mayor w; Y. Smith, the
larry to consumers using 5000 to 100000
gallons. No free service is given by the
municipal water plant and it has been
making a comfortable profit. The reduc-
ton was worked out by the city council
and submitted to the state board for ap-
prOval.
Recommending revocation of the license
of ii. g. Young, Forsyth attorney, on the
ground that he is guilty of deceit and q
crime involving moral turpitude," Judge
George Patten of BOzeman has filed
his report with the supreme court as its
referee to hear disbarment proceedings
j brought against him.
motion to adopt the findings has
been made by II. S. Hepner, special pros
ecutOr appointed by the court
Charges against Young involved the val
tdity of a deposit slip with purpOrted to
show deposit Of $50 currency in a For
found that no such deposit ever was made
and that Young knew that the certificate
was false and fraudulent and was made
for the purpose of deceiving and defraud-
ing the bank.
Young denied the allegations Of the
complaint and has filed with the court
an affidavit purpOrting to show the source
or the deposit represented by the deposit
slip.
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State land sales in five northern MOntans
counties have been set by the state lant
department. The series of sales will opeI
at Chinook October 16, where lands il
Blaine county will be sold. Valley county
lands will be sold at Glasgow, Octobe
1S; Roosevelt county lands at Wolf Point
October 10; Sheridan county lands a
PlentywOOd, October 20, and the Daniel
county sale will begin at Scobey Octobe
y. The Daniels sale is the largest. Abou
neighbOrh0od of 12S,O0O acres. About 30
600 acres is to be offered in Sheridan
. county.
After the claim had been kicked aroun
for two years from the legislature to tn
2 board Of examiners, thence to the su
, preme court and then back to the stat
board, action was taken by the board o
examiners allowing George Reitz a fla
$1,000 in payment for injuries sustaine
at the University Of Montana when he fel
, down an open elevator shaft while a stu
dent at the institution. The legislature dele
{ gated the payment of the claim to th
5 state board and fixed a maximum of 81
300 The board instituted a test cas-
before the supreme court, claiming tha
action of the legislature in delegating tn
5 authority was illegal. The supreme coul
passed it back to the board, the OpiniO
! holding the action legal. After hOldin
the matter in allegiance for months, th
,. board finally paid the claim. Physician
report that the boy, who has recently bee
: employed as a forest ranger, must under
lgO another operation. Attorney Hug
Adair has handled the case.
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: Montana motorists will wear the gree
e next year. J. q. Murphy, state purchas
q ing agent, has ordered $1,000 autOmobi
license plates for next years use, to /
enameled green, with black lettering. Abol
$4,000 truck plates were ordered.
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Attorney Roy B. Lockwood of Helen
department commander of the disable
American veterans, has been appOinte
marshal of the Montana state Supren
court. He takes the place of Ed Aher
who recently resigned to enter the pra
tice of law at Havre.