The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-16
STATE BRIEFS

through the right foot while attempting
to load high-powered rifle in his auto
mobile.
Butte-Building permits issued here
during the past IL months total $6,787, |
according to M. r. Welsh, commissioner
Of public works.
Butte-Fourteen bootleggers forfeited |
bonds of $3.50 each, and this with other |
fines collected totaled $2 1876 at the close |
Of two days court sessions here.
n-Superintendent Tom Jack |
son of the Northern Pacific shops has de- !
MED the rumor that the shops will close |
for one month following January 1.
LewistOWn-George H. Kirk, formerly
with the Stanford Sales company has as
sumed his new duties as cashier in the
Farmers National bank, Harlowton.
Butte-Ten buildings in Butte have
been rated as fire hazards by the state
fire marshal. They will be ordered torn
down in the immediate future, it is said
Great Falls-When thieves entered the
Mckenzie Wallace service station they Sc
cured 40 pennies from the cash register
They stole several automobile accessories.
! Laurel-About 40 members of the Ku
Klux Klan attended church here recently
The Rev. Mr.. Shively spoke on Thanks
/ giving. The men marched to church in a
body.
! Havre-Mike Gibson, convicted of
forging a check for $40 on c. E. Smith, a
Cottonwood rancher, was sentenced to
serve one to two-year term in the peni-
tentiary.
Libby--Twelve carloads of Christmas
trees for shipment to Tacoma were cut
in the Warland district. Four thousand
cords of wood will be shipped to Wash
ington.
Butte-Patrick sidley. charged with
misappropriating $4,000 in cash Of the
pleaded not guilty at Butte. He is at
liberty under bond.
Great FaIls-The chamber of COM
merce, Great Falls, will hold it's annual
meeting Jan. IL. The meeting has been
called by Will Steege, chairman Of the
. entertainment committee.
Great FalIs-AAead Campbell, manager
of the F. G. Campbell ranches on Free
man creek, says the grass is high on the
range, and while it is bent by the snow
it is in excellent feeding shape.
AnacOnda-"Fear in the Heart is Worse
) than Dandruf in the HAIR" was the
+ subject of a paper read to Rotarians at a
/ recent luncheon by DR.. G. E. K. Vidal OF
I the Galen tuberculosis sanitarium.
2 MissOula-The Garden City Machine
! works and the Missoula Iron WORKS have
s been combined, according to an an
: nouncement made here by J. L. Nichols
l and Bert Sinkler, proprietors of the for
: mer firm.
> Great FallS-City and county taxes col
a lected have totaled over million dollar;
according to the respective treasurers
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau
e railroad paid $11,4 ,44z. Strain Brothers
I taxes totaled $10,500.
Butte-Fred Henningsen staged his an
: nual rabbit hunt at Point of Rocks
Seventy hunters participated. More thar
] 200 rabbits were killed and presented tC
!, the Salvation army for distribution tt
, the poor Of this city.
LeWistOwn-A large number of dele
e gates from White Sulphur Springs, Har
! j lowton, Roy, Hilger, Stanford, judith
" Gap, Moccasin, Hedges and Coffee Creel
: attended the recent district Christian
% 70 Endeavor convention here.
: Butte-James Whalen was fined $40 b
d Judge Shea after the magistrate was con
J. vinced that the accused man had broker
s platter over an unidentified woman
= head. Leo Flynn, who hit his wife il
the jaw, was also fined $40.
k, Deer LOdge-Ray Singleton, the guar
l., killed at Folsom, Calf, during a recen
e, mutiny and attempted break for libert
We by prisoners there, was once a guard i
the Montana state penitentiary, accord
TX ing to Mayor Frank Conley.
n Butte-Chief of Police Jere Murph
10 and Frank Roe have gone to Montrea
where they will testify for the govern
ment in the murder trial of Mir. an
Mrs. George Mcdonald, known in Butt
40 as Mr.. and Mrs. Harry j. Carter.
lts " MissOula-L w. Glodt, arrested an
~ charged with rifling United States mail
= y has been released on a $500 bond. tt
&c penalty for rifling the mails, accordiI
,C ~ to the United States postal regulation
.oT is not more than five years in prison n
more than $4,000 fine, or both.
-ar HarIem-W. H. Reed of the Big FL
has brought the crew of surveyors wor
ing on the proposed Great Northern raj
way branch to Harlem. The route b
ed been surveyed and workmen, includil
a Chief Engineer Watkins and Consultil
nd Engineer Hoagland, are returning
Ter headquarters.
ell Wolf POint-The people Of this ci
mt and community were overjoyed upon I
nd ceipt Of the news that the bureau Of pu
lie roads had approved the Wolf Poi
bridge project and the suggestion Of t
state commission that sufficient milea
lar be designated to connect the bridge 81
me with the federal system.
nix PlentywOOd-Jeanette Lundquist,
OILS high school student of Plentywood, W
ley was run over by a heavy oil truck M
on. % driven by a 14-year-old lad, died.
. Campbell, Plentywood, and DIR. Fawce
Outlook, remained in constant atten
ance but internal injuries were so {
treme that the case was hopeless.
NIissOula-A cablegram to Mr.. and M
? A. j. King from Tientsin, China, tells
the birth Of a son to Lieutenant a
6 Mrs. Claude McQuarrie. Mr.. McQuar
is their son. He is a former State III
versity football star and was captain
z the team of the y. s. Military acadel
: at West Point. This is the McQuarri
q second son.
!: Great FaIIs-With the death of Geo
]. Raban, 81, at the family home he
Great Falls lost another if it's pion
= citizens who lived to see what was OF
a frontier town grow into one of
largest Of the states cities. Mr.. Rat
came to Great Falls in 1888 and was
lively engaged as a certified public
countant up until five years ago, WI
he retired.