Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-11
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Welliver was seriously wounded near
Stryker recently by accidental dis
charge of al automatic pistol.
Fort Shawl. E. Baldwin & Sons
shipped q carload of honey from here
recently. 1t contained over 38 tons and
was billed to Seattle.
Helena.-Mrs. Eva Binzel, 80, a pio-
neer Helena resident, va killed re-
Gently one night when she fell from
an open window in her bedroom.
Malta.-Chinese pheasants are nu-
merous in the timbered land along
the Milk river while the Hungarians
are found farther out ON the prairie
or in the foothills.
Butte.-The Anaconda Copper Min
ing company's tax bill in Montana this
year is $2,307, 194. Checks for 81 ,502 1903
of the total were issued recently. The
remainder will be paid before May 81,
1881.
Kalispell.-Oscar Anderson, A, wood
cutter and eX-service man, sustained
a badly crushed foot, which was later
amputated, when he attempted to
crawl between two railroad cars in the
yards at Whitefish.
Anaconda.-One squirrel was the only
food William Blake, 80, had during the
four days he was lost in deep snow
southwest of Anaconda. Exhausted
and his toes frozen, Blake was found
recently at a ranch, about As miles
from where he and a companion were
measuring a timber stand.
Kalispell.-Counsel for Dan D. Dun
can has been denied a change of venue
in the case in which Duncan is charged
in two separate counts with the murder
of William Bud" Meas and Russell
Austin. Meas and Austin were shot
to death last Aug. IT, after an argu-
ment over ownership of a robe.
Libby.-The Libby Rod and Gun club
has decided that the hunting season
for deer should be limited to from Nov.
/ to Is and that there should be no
shooting within $50 feet from the main
road, that only buck deer should be
killed and that there should be more
game wardens during the hunting sea-
son.
Bozeman.-Max Stubler, alias Mack
Stewart, was acquitted here by a dis
trict court jury of a charge Of dis
posing of liquor to a minor. Sheriff
officers testified a trap had been set
to obtain evidence of sale. Stubler
told the jury he had refused to give
beer to Jerry Miller, II, and that the
youth later stole the liquor.
Butte.-Mrs. Alfred Dezlin and her
~3-year-old daughter, Betty, were re-
covering at a hospital from burns re-
ceived recently when the Dezlin home
caught on fire. Fire originated from
an overheated kitchen stove, according
to firemen, and the woman and child
instead Of fleeing safely through the
front of the house, chose the back way,
which was aflame.
Bozem a n.-George Matthew, 33,
ranch hand, was found guilty of second
degree assault by a district court jury
in connection with the wounding of
Everett Morris, rs, last January. The
defense commended Morris shot himself
after becoming respondent from drink
ing. Morris testified Matthew wounded
him after an argument.
Deer LODGE. Bierman, who is
employed in Deer Lodge, has a ranch
about one-half mile from Finn. On
the ranch is a large vein of Ignite
coal, and of such fine quality that 1t
pays him to haul it to Deer Lodge, this
being used in his W home. He plans
to develop the mine for commercial
purposes.
Hardin.-Charles w. Hutton, deputy
game warden for Big Horn county
brought in from the Sarpy section the
~carcasses of four deer-one doe and
three bucks-which he found on the
ranch of Richard K. Wight, residing
on the divide between the Big Horn
valley and Tullock creek. Mr.. Wight
appeared before a justice Of the peace
and entered pleas OF guilty to two
charges-one the killing of a doe, the
other the killing of more than one
buck in one season. He was fined $5C
on each charge-S100, which Wight
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