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The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
AT THE STATE HOUSE
V APPROVAL

The state board of pardons has approved
the recommendation of Governor Holt for
the Communication of the three-year sentence
was convicted of horse stealing in Pondera
county in 1888, but was paroled from the
bench. When he was arrested for hitting a
man over the head with a club last Septem-
Der the parole was revoked.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
TOuRJST SJJRVEV

Chief Engineer D. A. McKinnon Of the
state highway commission has announced that
the next Montana tourist survey by that
body will start June / and continue during
June, July and August. Plans have been pre-
pared and materials requisitioned for con-
struction Of tourist survey stations at sew
eral PORTS of entry to be completed by
June /.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
DEFER POWER AGENCY

GoVernor Holt says That he has been in
formed by members of the state water con-
s%ervation board who attended the recent
meeting of the northwest regional planning
commission at Boise, Idaho, that the COM
mission decided the creation of a regional
deferred. The commission recommended that
to meet the immediate need, the United
States army engineers be authorized to sell
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
BIDS EOR ALTOS

The state purchasing department has un-
der consideration bids on $45, 900 worth of
automobiles for state departments and in
situations. The specifications call for Ga
light commercial and passenger cars and
included provisions for the trade-in of 81
automobiles in use now on an exchange value
of approximately $4,000. A fleet of 10 cars
for the state highway patrol is also listed.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
TRUCK

The state has awarded contracts for supply
ing the state highway commission with %
light commercial and survey trucks for a
total of s21,057.40. The contracts were award
ed as follows: Chevrolet Motor Co., Great
City, s3,756.20; Burgan-Walker Motor Co.,
Falls, s13, 234. 30; Ford Motor Co., Salt Lake
Helena, s1,983.20; and Smith Motors, Hell
ena, s1,983. 20.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
APPLICATION REFUSED

The Montana supreme court has rejected
the application of P. NJ. Cavanaugh and
others for an injunction to restrain the
Butte school board from building a new
100000 high school. The plaintiffs lost their
case in the Silver Bow district court and the
high court dismissed the appeal on the tech
nicality that it had not been filed within
the prescribed 60-day limit.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
BRIEF is FILED

RESPONDENTS brief has been filed in the
supreme court in the case of E. w. Car
michael, appellant, against Ray Snider, re-
spondent, appeal from the district court of
Lewis and Clark county. The suit involves
a sheep business, thousands of sheep and
S7,055.2 judgment awarded Snider.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
BAWDEN APPOINTED

w. E. Bawden of Glendive has been named
equipment engineer Of the state highway COM
mission to succeed A.. w. EngeI, recently
named state purchasing agent. Bawden has
been resident engineer in the Glendive area
for the last eight years. He is a graduate Of
Montana State college, an ex-service man
and a resident of Montana for 81 years.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
COMBAT DISEASE OF HORSES

The state livestock commission and live
stock sanitary board cooperating with the
federal biological survey are planning a cam
paign to reduce the loss of horses in Mon
tana from the disease of encephalo myelitis.
The disease attacks the brain and SPINAL
cord of the animal. Vaccination will be the
principal method of combat.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
RELIEF COST FOR WEAR.

Warrants amounting to 6 ,450, 625 have been
issued by State Auditor John j. Holmes to
meet expenditures of the Montana relief
commission between April, 1885, and the
present. Warrants issued on federal funds
totaled $500, 564, and those on the state
funds came to $1,000, O61. There is a balance
in the state fund of 81, 909, 93S.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
FLATHEAD COURT UPHELD

The F1athead county district court has
been upheld in the notification of a judg-
ment which had been awarded the Charles
Beard Co. against D. A. Stocking. Stocking
charged the defendant company had obtained
through fraud a Judgment against him for a
debt which had already been paid.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
CARTER COURT REVERSED

The supreme court has reversed the judg-
ment of the district court of Carter county
by which Sherman Clay Patton was acquitted
of the charge of being the father of the
infant son of Lorna Drake. In the lower
tribunal a jury returned a verdict of not
guilty. The supreme court has remanded
the cause with orders to grant a new trial.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
SOWING WHEAT GRASS

E.. K. Bowman, state hail commissioner, fol-
lowing a trip through northern Montana.
reports that many farmers in that area are
sowing considerable ground to crested wheat
grass, forage crop, and that general pros
poets for the winter wheat crop in that
region are favorable.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02

the son Of Vincent and Lydia (Bolton)
Thompson, natives of eastern Tennes-
see and Virginia. He attended public
schools in mountainous eastern Tennes-
see until he was IA.
His father, a member of the 10th
federal Tennessee cavalry, was killed
in action against "bushwhackers' dur
ing the opening years of the Civil war.
Henry left the mountain school and
tried to enlist. Fourteen years was too
tender an age for a federal soldier, the
recruiting officials told the youngster,
but they ordered him to the scout
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
Henry c. Thompson
Is Called by Death
PIONEER SERVED IN TWO WARS
AND IN INDIAN CAMPAIGNS
OF OLD WEST

Henry C. Thompson, who left his
home in the Tennessee mountains at
the age of IA to fight for the union
in the Civil war, died at Miles City
a few days ago. He was So.
His services in the Civil war, the
frontier Indian campaigns and the
Spanish-American war won for him
the honorary title of colonel"
Thompson was born in Washington
county, Tenn, Dec. 81, 1047. He "a
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02

One hundred fifteen of the projects in
Montana's $11, 900, 900 highway program are
now under construction, according to D. A.
McKinnon, chief highway engineer. The en-
tire program will be under contract after
the boards letting April 8.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
ANTO

The total Of auto drivers licenses sold in
Montana this year is far above that at the
same time a year ago, according to Walter
Beck, assistant supervisor of the highway
patrol. lie said that the 1886 sales to date
number 124,769, as compared to ZIG, 1886 for
all of last year.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
EXEMPT FROM TAXES

The state board of equalization has re-
ceived official notice of the approval of a
congressional act which exemrts from taxa
ton all preferred stock, capital notes and
d~ebentures owned by the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp. in national banks, state banks
and trust companies.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
STATE N LEASED

With more state lands under lease this
year than for a long time, the state stands
to profit to the extent of 800, 900 or more
If 1886 proves to be a favorable crop year,
according to Leon Choquette, field agent for
the state land department.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
FEES ARE DENIED

The Montana supreme court has denied
Oscar Regis $17,385.02 in executors fees for
extraordinary services he asserted ne per-
ton of the estate of w. A. Clark, III. The
high court upheld the Silver Bow district
court decision in the case brought by Regis
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02

his attention to mining, and laid the
a claim about a mile below the camp,
where, with a crude, wooden decker
he took out raw placer gold at the
rate of 5000 to $500 per day.
Then came the discovery of gold in
Alder gulch. Stapleton and Colonel
Mclean were with the great stampede
of Bannack miners who followed the
Fairweather discoveries to the new
camp.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
MEET PLAGUE THREAT

The state health authorities are planning
an intensive drive to eliminate ground squir-
rels and other rodents in Montana which
have been found infected with bubonic plague.
Numbers of them were found in Beaver
head county last year. The federal labora-
tory at Hamilton will cooperate in the work
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
To RECOME STORES

The state liquor board has ordered the
liquor agencies at Bainville and Harlem, raised
from the status of agencies to the position
of straight liquor control board stores. Tht
board has decided not to open any new stores
for at least three months.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02

against the lower court and Judge Frank
L.. Riley. Regis was awarded the compensa-
ton by Judge t. E.. Downey. On motion of
Thelma w. Clark, executrix and residuary
~legatee, the order was set aside by Judge
Riley.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
LIQUOR

Thu new state liquor warehouse now under
construction at Helena will be ready for use
some time in May, according to members of
the liquor control board. The board has
adopted a resolution to the effect that none
but state liquors may be stored in the build
Ing.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
REPRESENTATIVES, RESIGN

G.. w. Fowler of Billings, assistant works
progress administrator for Montana, and E.
r. Ormsbee, assistant state national youth
administrator, have resigned their positions
as members of the Montana house of repre-
sentativeS.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
ROAD

During the first half of March there were
lap men employed by contractors on rs
highway construction projects in Montana,
according to D.. A. McKinnon, chief engineer.
of the total 1874 were Montana men and
remaining SO were from out of the state,
the engineer said.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
APPEAR

DR.. w. j. Butler. state veterinarian, says
that state health authorities have received
word from widely separated areas in Mon
tana of the appearance of woodticks.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02

power produced at the Bonneville dam under
terms approved by the federal power commits
sion.
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-02
ROAD LETTING

More than 81, 900, 900 in highway construc-
ton contracts will be awarded by the state
highway commission at a meeting in Helena
April 3.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
COUNTY FILINGS
CLOSE SATURDAY

Filings for federal, state and ju-
dicial offices closed at midnight,
Wednesday, June 10, in the office
of the Secretary of State at Helena
Mont. Filings for county offices
and for members Of the state leg
islature will close the coming Sat
urday, June 20, in the offices Of
the Sc county clerks and recorders
of the Sc counties of Montana.
A total of 124 candidates filed
with the secretary of state, the
heaviest in the history of the Of
flee. The total paid in fees was
$6,807. The amounts received were
as follows:
Office, fee, number. total, re
spectively:
United States Senator, $500, 8,
$4,000.
Members Congress, $500. IA, ST.
10000.
Associate Justice, SIS, 2, $3.50.
Governor, $75, 7, $525.
Lieutenant Governor, SO, 7, $40.
Attorney General, $45, 6, $270.
Secretary of State, SAP, 6, 1852.
State Treasurer, SAP, 7, 1924.
State Auditor, $42, 5, $210.
Supt. Public Instruction, $50. 5,
$4,000.
Public Service Commission, $40,
10, $4OO.
District Judges, $48, AT, $2,256
The last filing made was COM
pleted at one minute before IL
midnight. It was that of Ernest
Peterson of Bozeman, candidate
for the Democratic nomination fol
attorney general. :,
Ten minutes later Sam Mitchell
and his entire force were busy
making preparations to speed uI
the preparation of the lists to bt
sent to the county clerks and re
corders. Before June 20. the date
of closing of nominations for coun
ty offices, the state forms, read!
for the printers, will be in th'
hands of very county clerk and re
corder in the Sc counties of Mon
tana according to Secretary o
State Mitchell.
eve realize the necessity O
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19

mer E. Hershey, Dwight N. Mason,
John E. Patterson, all of MissOuia
and ]. D. Taylor, Hamilton.
District 5: Lyman H. Bennett,
Virginia City; Frank E. Blair, Vir-
GINA City; J. E. Kelly, Dillon, and
Henry G.. Rodgers, Dillon.
District 6: Benjamin E. Berg,
Livingston.
District Z: Frank P. Leiper,
Glendive.
District 8: H. H. Ewing, C. F.
Holt, John Mckenzie, w. H. Meigs,
D. J. Ryan, Warren TOols, all of
Great Falls.
District 9: r. M. Hattersly of
Conrad.
District 10: Stewart McCono-
chic of Lewiston.
District IL: J. E. lockwood of
Kalispell, Dean King, Kalispell.
District II: C. B. Elwell, Havre.
District 13: G. w. Demel, Guy G.
Derry, o. F. Goddard. Ben Har-
wood, Robert N. Jones and Robert
c.. Stong, all of Billings.
District IA: William L. Ford of
White Sulphur Springs.
District 15: S. E. Paul, Plenty
wood; Ernest L. Walton, Wolf
Point.
District Is: Stanley E. Felt of
Baker; S. D. Mackinnon and Ru-
dolph Nolstead both of Miles City,
and Robert E. Purcell of JOrdon.
District II: John Hurry, Glas-
gov.
In the printing of the tickets,
the judiciary tickets will be on a
separate ballot entirely from the
party tickets.
Each voter will be given all the
tickets, Democratic, Republican
and Non partisan judicial tickets.
The voter can select between the
Republican and Democratic ticket
and vote either one that he or she
prefers.
The voter can also vote the non
partisan judicial ballot.
With two candidates for assO-
ciate Justice and two to be chosen
for the final ballot, there will be
no primary contest over that Of
flee.
In district 2 where two judges
are to be chosen, four nominees
will be picked at the primaries IS
only one of the five candidates
there is to be eliminated. That is
in Butte.
In District 4, (Missoula district)
three of the seven candidates will
be eliminated at the primaries.
In District 8, (Great Falls) two
of the six candidates will be elimi-
mated at the primaries. In The
other districts all the candidates
on the primary ballots will go On
the official ballots at the Novem-
Der election.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
FARM ELEVATOR
CHIEFS TO MEFr
AT GREAT FAILS
Managers lana and Dirs.,.
viii Hold State MI esti5oo'
on June "a

,,,. GREAT FALLS, June .
Proximately $50 maH Oaole .lOe-AN
doctors of co-operatigeoe rs and 4.
from If m all parts of the S sts gtle'at0a
OF them members of the Ss' y, most
National Cooperative F S1Ie FaMea
sociatiOn, will hold then ,et tI!r As
nual meeting here June "a ellrd az,
guests of the NationoI n q as tie
pOration. ' Orsln Cor
Highlights of the sess;on
a; a business meeting schedpsIsLi I e
last from 10 a. m. to 6 n S' Nc t. .
a banquet starting at 7 n r n H. and
in the palm room of Hotel q j. POL SGS
bow. O'e' nan
Principal speakers on Il.
gram will be M. W. T ys Rlo-
Washington Representative % ~ e
Farmers National Grain co u he
ton; D. L. O'Connor, presiddgN U'a :,
the Farmers Union Terminal a ~, y
citation, New Rockford, N, IA a'' .
c. Adams, president Of the = d.! !,
for CoOperatives, Spokane. OS M
Kicker, editor of the Fa ~, ",
Union Herald, St. Paul, and 7 I
Diamond, federal crop statistic Il ~
Helena. '''''a
Others to be present. with 4,
possibility that they will dal% sl'
short talks, are H. r. Rolpb, nros;
dent of the Farmers EducaFti ISo,I
and Cooperative Union, JOHN. 4
P. Bruce, commissioner Of sgrior i
ture, and Tom Kane, chief IF I II,
division Of grain standards any
marketing, Helena.
President of the Farmers Ma
tional Cooperative Elevator asso
citation is H. D. Myrick, also Dresi
dent of the Square Butte Elevate
Co. Secretary is A. E. Kathan d
Brady.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
Sands and Stewart Last Minute
Surprise Candidates for Senatorial
Nomination on Democrat Ticket

speed" said he. We know that
with such an unusually large bal
lot and so many candidates, it will
take more time than usual to get
the ballots ready, proof read and
on hand to accommodate the alb
sent vote applications. For that
reason we will get the ballot form
to the clerks of the counties at the
verv earliest moment possible so
they can get them into the hand
of the printers" said he.
The scene at the state capitol
on the night of the last filings
was most interesting. There was
a large crowd and much suppress
sed excitement. Last. minute ef-
forts to get prospective candidates
either to file or not to file COM
bined with reports of surprises
coming" made the situation tense.
Naturally the greatest interest
conferred around the United States
Senatorship and the Governorshlp.
The last minute filings of for
mer governor and Associate JUS
tice Sam V. Stewart and by Chief
Justice Sands for United States
Senatorship on the Democratic
side bringing these two into the
contest with Senator Murray and
Congressman Monaghan had been
rumored but the actual filing add
od tO tho intprot G
The same situation existed as
to the governorship. Reports that
Miles Romney would file and that
he would not file were rife during
the two last weeks and many bets
were made on that. He himself
had declared consistently all the
way through that he would file and
he did SO.
The filing of Tom Larson and
Jess Stevens for the Republican
nomination for United States SEN
ator came as a surprise. 1t was
generally understood that Frank
Hazelbaker would file as a con-
testant against Robert Pauline.
The complete list of candidates
for federal, state and judicial place
is as follows:
United States Senate
Democrat: Joseph P. Monaghan
Butte; James E. Murray, Butte;
w. B. Sands, Chinook; Sam v.
Stewart, Helena.
Republican: L. Ray Carroll,
Roundup; Hugh Egan, Lewistown;
T. 0. Larson, Choteau; Jess H.
Stevens, Great Falls.
Congressman
FIRST DISTRICT
Democrat: I. J. Collins, Ana
conda; Lucy T. McLemore, Hele-
ma; George M. Motion, Dillon; Ed.
ward J. Nichols. Deer Lodge;
Jerry J. O'Connell, Butte.
Republican: H. l.. Hart, Helena
SECOND DISTRICT
Democrat: Mike Holland, Great
Falls; Jas. T. O'Connor, Living
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
-. r sparlinr. FIaxville.

Republican: C. E. Baker, Lew
istown: J. S. Benjamin, Columbus;
John oliver, Ekalaka; Raymond
Sheldon. Ekalaka; F. A. Stockdall
Billings.
Governor
Democrat: Roy E. Ayers, Lew
istown; Frank f. Hayes, Butte;
Elmer Holt, Miles City; Il. j.
Maury, Butte; Miles Romney,
Hamilton.
Republican: Frank Hazelbaker,
Dillon: Robert Pauline, Kalispell.
Lieutenant Governor
Democrat: Hugh r. Adair, Hele-
ma. Oscar Frederick, Great Falls;
John r. Page, Philipsburg; Bert
Replogle, Lewistown; Samuel B.
VIM, Anaconda.
! Republican,: Howard A. john
son, Butte; r. G. Linebarger,
Havre.
Attorney General
Democrat: John w. Bonner,
Helena; H. R. Eickmeyer, Great
Falls; H. J. Freebourne, Butte;
Ernest A. Peterson, Bozeman.
Republican: S. R. Foot, Helena;
John Slattery, Great Falls.
Secretary of State
Democrat: u. S. Anderson,
Butte; J. J. Brett, Butte; Sam. w.
Mitchell, Butte.
Republican: Earl J. Holman
Butte; J. E. Ritchey, Conrad; Len
ard Young, HObson.
State Treasurer
John w. Nelson, Helena; R. j
Quigley, Helena; Albert St.George
Butte: Ray N. Shannon, Thompson
Falls; Paul T. Smith, Boulder.
/ Republican: Dan j. Muir, For
syth; F. L. SOrenson, Helena.
State Auditor
Democrat: R. A. EmmOns, Ana
conda; John ]. Holmes, Great
Falls; R. V. Jennings, Helena.
Republican: E. J. Parkin, Boze-
man; George P. Porter, Helena.
Supt. Public instruction
Democrat: Rex C. Haight, Grass
Range; Frank H. Livingston, Wolf
Point; Ruth Reardon, Anaconda
w. R. Wyatt, Basin.
Republican: Elizabeth Ireland
of Havre and Helena.
Railroad and Public Service
Commission
Democrat: Horace 7. Casey
Butte; Andrew Christensen, Chi
nook; G.. J. Cullen, Wibaux; Joh1
T. Kelly, Red Lodge; Peter Meloy
Townsend; w. P. Pilgeram, Arm
lington; Earl T. Rossm, Missoulai
Roy u. Veach, Helena.
Republican: Arthur G. Dubie
Butte; Charles l.. Sheridan, Great
Falls.
Associate Justice Supreme Court
| Non-Partisan Judiciary Ticket:
Albert H. Angstman, Helena; Joh1
A. Matthews, Helena and Town
send.
District Judges
District 1: A. J. Horsky and
George w. Padbury, ir., both Of
Helena.
District 2: John T. Andrew, T
E. Downey, J. J. Lynch, Frank I
Riley, A. Tyvand, all of Butte.
District 3: R. E. McHugh anC
Roy A. Michaud of Anaconda.
District A: Ralph Arnold, AL
bert Besancon, Leon l.. Bulen, FL
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
FOUR NEW CASES OF
SPOTTED FEVER

The state board of health has
received word of four new cases of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever in
the last week. There was one each
from Carter, Garfield, Rosebud
and Valley counties. There were
IL new cases of smallpox and 40
of scarlet fever reported. There
were Ia cases of measels and 70
of influenza.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
She LOST 20
POUNDS OF FAT

Feel full Of pep and possess the
slender form you crave-you cant
If you listen to gOssipers.
To take of excess fat 90 light on
fatty meats, butter, cream and Mg-
ary sweets - eat more fruit and
vegetables and take a half teaspoon
full Of Kruschen Salts in a glass Of
hot water every morning to sllml-
nate excess waste.
Mrs. Elma Verille Of HavTe de
Grace, Md, writes: II took Of %
lbs,-my clothes At nae fine now"
No drastic cathartics-ne Const.
pation-but blissful daily bowel 40
ton when you take your little daily
dose Of Krusch0n.
MILLER'S PHARMACY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-19
FILINGS CLOSED
ON JUNE 10

Total of 124 Candidates
Pay Secretary of State
$6,SO7 in Fees for Fed
eral, State and Judicial
Filings
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
JAFS|E SC0RNS
QUESTIONING

TRENTON, N. j., March 81
G.N.SO. * Coincident with re.
ports - Unconfirmed ones - that
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
changing in some important de-
tails the story he told on the wit
ness stand at his Flemington trial,
today came rumorS that DR.. John
F. Condor has flatly refused to be
questioned by Gov. Harold Hoff-
man in the reopened investigation
into the Lindbergh case.
An aide. Of the governor was
quoted as saying that "Jafsie" had
turned down every overture made
to him by HOFFMAN. It had been
understood he would submit to
questioning at his home in New
York.
The reports Of a change in
Hauptmann's story had the car
penter admitting he might have"
seen DR.. Condor before his trial,
possibly on frequent trips to City
Island, uptown New York city
summer resort.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21
* Street Flood Loss
Placed at $4,000

the cost Of cleaning out the base
ments and first floors Of the
many plants.
While workmen sent by the Dis
trict government were busily clear
ing the silt from the street itself,
private firms today were employ
ing hose, pumps and shovels to
remove water and debris from their
premises.
The Smoot Sand and Gravel
Corporation reported loss of sew.
eral thousand dollars. Much valI-
able equipment, including trans
formers and motors, was removed.
other firms which took the pre-
caution Of safeguarding movable
materials and equipment were the
Ready Mixed Concrete Corpora
tion, Schroff Bros, Maloney Con-
crete Company and the American
Brewing Company.
Estimates Of losses follow:
Ready Mixed Concrete Corpora
tion-Several thousand dollars.
Potomac Cement Storage Com
pany-UneStimated.
William King and Son (coal
Observation-Disclosures.
Warren-Ehret Company roof
ing materialS-About $3.50.
w. T. Galliher and Brother
Qumber)-Slight, since all valu-
able lumber had been removed.
Wilkins.R Rogers Milling Com
pany-Probably considerable. in
the hundreds Of dollars, but no
official estimate.
American Brewing Company
Unknown, but some damage re-
ported.
schroff Brothers (hauling)-
Five thousand dollars in ruined
gasoline, etc.
Potomac Builders Supply Com
pany- Three hundred dollars in
periShable building materials.
Foster and Lloyd (restaurant)-
Equipment wrecked, loss will ex-
ceed $1,000.