The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-02
STATE BRIEFS


slaughtered by party of Butte hunters
in the vicinity Of Delmo lake. The car
casses are displayed here.
HamiItOn-Archie Velvik, wanted in
Wisconsin for wife and child desertion |
is heading homeward, accompanied by a |
deputy from his home county.
Great Falls-when the recent storm
broke, 80 men who were without funds
and out OF work were permitted to spend
the night in the basement of the city
Jail.
Sweetgrass-Knight g. Watson, Raw
mond, Alta, the heaviest shippers of Al
berta cattle through this port of entry to
Chicago nearly every season, shipped 80
cars recently.
Terry-Arne Karpenine, %, was arrest
ed and charged with being drunk and
spree he purchased two cans of canned
heat, police say.
Butte-'Peeping Tom" is back on the
job, according to local police. He is
described as tall and we'll dressed. He
makes speciality of peeping into win
dows around town.
Judith Gap-When the blizzard swept
Garnetu recently it caught Garneill resi-
dents practically without fuel. Appar-
emily car Of coal en- route to the CITY
had been sidetracked.
Observation-Disclosures Dobler, of Bonita.
has purchased 100000 feet Of Douglas
FIR, white pine and spruce timber in the
Missoula national forest, according to the
supervisor w. M. Nagel.
AnacOnda-Edna Roberts, colored, ar
| rested recently on charge Of having
stolen coat, is said to have bad police
record, according to finger prints and
pictures obtained by the police.
MissOula-An offer for the State uni
versity to debate at Harvard university
in May will probably be accepted accord
ing to N. B. Beck, coach. Tryouts for
the debate will be held this week.
Butte-Because his wife, Hulda, talked
in her sleep and frequently muttered the
name OF his brother, Frank j. Lescanetz,
Anaconda resident, has sued for divorce.
He asks that his wife's former name be
restored.
Great Falls-The age-old jack-knife
trick was successfully worked on Theo.
Ackerman Of Fife, who lost $50 on the
transaction, according to reports received
by the police. The fim-fiam men
escaped.
AHacOnda-While Ole Oldhaber was
loading an elk he had killed into his car
on the highway, deer stepped into the
clearing to see what it was all about. Ole
also loaded the deer into the car and
drove to town.
Livingstone switch engine and q
at crossing recently. The truck driven
by A. w. Scheley, carried a Wyoming
, license. 1t lost one front wheel and the
frame was sprung.
Neutrality-suspicious. TOO 600 tree
seeds were planted in the State univer-
sity forestry school nursery this fall. The
same number will be planted next spring
Prof. Door Skeels believes the capacit1
( OF the nursery will be 100000 seeds.
Y POlSOn-Walter L. Pope, well-knowI
2 Missoula attorney has been selected b!
the commissioners Of the Flathead irri
5 cation district here to represent them O.
district special representative at Wash
3 ington, D. c., in behalf Of the project.
i Butte-John Sullivan is alleged to hav
D parked his car in the 800 block On Mail
:, street. The machine left it's mooring
g and crashed into. the window of tn
o Butte Carriage works. John was charged
= with reckless driving and drunkenness.
Billings-When Louis Kish Of Chicag
! was arrested in Max Friedwalds store b
I Officer Gus Ehlerding he had a leathe
e jacket tucked under his coat, the police
e was compelled to steal because of hun
IS ger.
o Deer LOdge-While Mart Matheson an
:: Max Ulver were dressing the carcass of
y doe in the woods they were arrested b
u Thomas Peasley, deputy state game wal
e their hunting licenses were revoked for
g year.
BOuldeT-A meeting of teachers an
% parents Of Boulder was held, creating il
~ tereSt in organization of a Parent-TeacI
10 ers association. Talks were given /
~ Prof. w. w. Wahl, county high schoc
n and Glenn Heltemes, principal, publ
- school.
l. Great FaIls-Jens Borup was burne
TNxyf Fr
IN lowing crash with a street car at Il
eg intersection of Central avenue and Fiji
n street. The injured man was remove
D. from the burning wreckage by persol
ay who witnessed the accident.
Is. MissOuIa-A raid made by federal @
Il fcers in the vicinity of st. Regis results
ee in the capture Of two stills and consi
lit erable moonshine whisky. Sam Swa.
he burg was arrested and charged with pc
he SeSSing and manufacturing moonshi.
ty whisky. The still was found in smi
lis building hidden in the woods.
Is Terry-Following the destruction of t
light and power plant at Terry by fl
at the citizens, finding they would be wit
OF out service for several weeks, made Su
on a demand upon local merchants for gas
line lamps that the merchants sold
so, they had and could obtain from stol
n both in Glendive and Miles City.
10 BilIings-A gallon Of alleged moo
tto 3 shine, two chickens, an Angora cat a.
I1y household furnishings well mixed in
hC StCdebaker touring car formed a coo
tail which attracted the attention of 7
Us, lice. Erward Upgard and William
led berg, occupants Of the car, were jailed
tut a charge Of transporting liquor.
OF MissOula-Less than 100000 feet
"A merchantable timber was destroyed
III Montana and northern Idaho forest q
this year. In 1926, timber scorched
. flames totaled 793 ,000, 900 feet, valued
~ 81, ,456, ,799. This years loss was estima1
at approximately $4,000. Fire losses
1927 were not one-eighth Of per cent
1926 damages.
Great FaIIs-That the late j. j. M
selman, co-partner with Robert Mat
in the construction of the Pennsylva
apartment house here, was violently
sane for weeks before his death, and
several occasions had made attempts
end his life, was alleged here during
recent equity action instituted by Mat