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BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 25
City Council
Services From State Examiner Office
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A bill from the state examiner's of
A hurried search
of the records by the mayor failed
reveal the fact of payment for the
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services claimed m the bill, and the
matter rests until a detailed search of
the records can be made. The mayor
was under the impression that war
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ranis nao oeen issued in payment oi
the examiner s fees for the first three
years specified in the bill, but was not
positive in the matter.
AH councilmen were present at the
«Âricïrsrwkfwïlu,,...
absent from the city.
G. G. Nohl appeared before the body
with the statement that a charge for
sidewalk construction in 1919 anpear-1
ed in the citv tax list of Ethel Nohl
J and cited the' fact that the said side
walk was constructed in 1916 and the
cost of same paid in full in 1917 Mr.
Nohl stated that he realized thé cor
rection to be properlv made would
entail a rewriting of the assessment
roll and a complete checkup of the sur
veyor's work, but desired the council
to pass some sort of a resolution >n
order to nrotect the title to the nro
perty in future and to show clearly
and officially the error existed On
motion the citv clerk was instructed to
"So" ™"
Palls, who was in charge of the work
of sidewalk construction in Belt in
1919, and request him to correct the
error, and also instruct the city treas
tirer to correct the same in his Records,
Mr. Nohl thanked the council and re
tired.
The city wateroverseer reported
mimpfng 3 0W1.000 niton, of «.tor io
November, a drop of nearly a million
gallons from that pumped during the
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fice for fees amounting to $200 cov
ering the years 1918-19-20-21 was the
first topic to come before the city
council at its regular
last
session
• Thursday evening.
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rvwimof « . or , c 1 ' re L atte nu , ng t Oj
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fu n.,. aestroyed the house
also. There was only one calf in t L hp
anl 6 ° f '
was burned.
». •"P'""". th *,' i' wa * TJ" Mr '
darin* the d„ Without *ivln* Ihr
remark much attention Harv enquired
Wh ftold 8 bv fa th h e e f the e r n t d h ed t
wJXAvf Ä he r Uldn f
Ms. Siegling was "not "LTlteTZ
place, but afterward he appeared and
• - when questioned indifferently stated}
that he did not remember whether he
set the fire or not, and apparently did
not care.
The Weggcland boys, attending the
Goodman school, noticing the flames,
went to the assistance of Mrs. Sieg
ling, who with Mr. Siegling was alone I
ä/Ä^S'^r^iRBCBipts
section hands, coming down the Nel
reaching Armington telephoned £
Herb Siegling and V. Ross immediate
ly got into a car and went la the
ranch, reaching there in time to save
e thousand bushed# r*t wheat stored in ]
the bam. which had not yet taken fire
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The holiday vacation oeriod for the
teachers and pupils of the Belt dis
, trict was decided upon to begin Friday
' ni«4if »w* m K<.r 9?°«nd endirxr Tnes- 1
ääs
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there wa, considerable informal die,
tbCr T JS!L M
^udI. CuL^rt^rt^aWe^ddi
tion to the enn.lCmt "n b^h the i
grades and the High school since the
onening and a substantia! increase In"®
revenue to the district derived there
from While the need of an additional
buildine was touched upon in the gen
eral discuasion ft apneered the r on
« rmans nf ooinion that snvthing in Um
w Ty of JxDMn,Zr ^ "t of toe quc^
2 uTSXnTstS of X ^
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« î mi »Sid the opinion that there was
eï%£T *mrnhr m keegtog jrp lhe
mrw—trt «txndMftl «f «nrftwimt
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in the way of financial burden*
CO
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tell
Schools Close 23rd for
Week's Holiday Vacation
f
-1 irrigation months. No report was re
ceived from the city treasurer.
Warrants Nos. 5033 and15061, drawn
on the street fund through error, were
presented by George S. Browning for
correction and the clerk was instruct
) ed to correct same,by preparing a res
toj olution transferring them to Improve
! Distr ) ct . No - 2 ' „ , .
! The much discussed matter of rals
j nfi . tbe revenue of the city by licenses
for poolhalls, soft drink establish
nients and similar business enterprises
i w ^ c * 1 has been before the council off
- I and on for the past three of four
^ yeara> ag . ajn came up for a thorough
• discussion, but no definite action re
j suited, and after allowing the current
\ b '^ 8 as audited, the council adjourned,
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A * d ,f tun * 8 an d several new
°# e "'rl? d ^fî WI pro ^ ra J n
Da / S carnival, to be
ecember 30-31, if the elaborate
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| U n t ^r E.re departmeJt mateial ze
irü . .u « aeparcmeni maieranze.
7^ the , affair will be a repetition of
as ^ y ear s success there is little doubt
f 8 cho8€ ,n c " ar ^ e ^ av ® benefit of
fszzu-r-rv!''
t v, ev intend »hall mart ih,. ».éont -
the hivh snot in fupv «.„.ini nr a
As an entertainment that .' nnB „i,
! < 0 all the peoole reirardle«« ll , r
i ;" n dition the revfval of ?he recreà
j tions indulged in bv the virile and nur
I ged sôuls who rJ?.nli fh ïr i ^
f n t h e days wluifVach man was a Taw
hi„S?
i nB . to his own individual ii.rMa Ki.a
! ä popular note thaUa lrres.sfihle Th!
people whom Harte V^e Twifn I5d
(W P r literary hJhS haw
in nrint aS S^nlu^ and
Russell hiiv 4 ' n r. •crvwi nn* 1 v *
ha l vepas 9 e d < o n P but e their achif'venréTfta
«rd rffiitSa have L?an
f? e 'Tfir**" ^
ineff iccable and .An. ialK- t tr
descendant« liv ** ,
; nossessés an abJrtdn^ df f t ( h PS K
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: ful imitatioli th ^ atUfm P ts at pIa y
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special invitations to notables of the,
M^lrTlnd ' Shaï' :
rard were named 1, tLf :
ad «rtis.ng. A special meeting of the
fire department will be held Thursday
evening, December 22. at the K. of P.
cIub ro °n'- to perfect the final ar -,
rangements.
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W m. Fiuhr of the Belt Valley j
Creamery was a, business visitor In
Greal Falls ysUTday
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Indicate
Biggest Wheat Crop
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pl«*<l with a conservative estimate of
the amount of wheat still in the hands,
«ff the farmers, it appears that the
[1921 crop of wheat of the Belt Valley
is one of the biggest in the aggregate
ever raised here. M. Kotchkin, man
ager of the Farmers Mill A Elevator
company, stated that on Monday even
ing his receipts of wheat for the sea
«> n amounted to an even 100.000 bush-!
ei *. * n<1 U P 10 yesterday noon the re.
"«»Pt* at the Rocky Mountain eleva
tor, according to Manager Brady,!
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" Z iï'n". ! S7.'rrt,rt 5 "o«.ît
during the past week, though not a
day puses Wiüiout several load, be
handled
The »borp rise in wheat price, last
week brought In quite a. few loads
8 »*" nearby farmer* who were sup
P°«ed have haujed their entire crop
c* r Ty in the season, and this fact is
inclining the elevator «Ten to the be
that a number of farmers still
bold a part of their crop. The bulk of
tK wheat that rem.ms in »V torroers
bin, is In the foothill regions, where
a* -2 — h» 7 »<. .
long distance from the elevators, and
.1« thiwAtog was dime lato
w tn« »«Mon. eonsMOrYitly it Will be
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reach the market..
According to figures given out this
weak at the two local elevator*, ceu
Start Something
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CommittCC KepOlt SetS Ott t IfC"
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A volumimous report by a commit
1 tee appointed by the Cascade County
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Tax P a y ers League. makes some
charges in the matter of county ex
penditures after an investigation of
the county offices. The report is in-j
formal and states that county govern->
ment in several respects is being con-jui
ducted on an unbusinesslike basis, that
public funds are being paid to private
concerns for services that could be bet
ter and more economically performed
by county agencies and that there ..
duplication and even triplication of ex
penditures and efforts by certain coun
ty officials.
The administration of the county
P° or farm ca »>e under fire in the re-1
port, the investigators claiming that
the farm, instead of being self
porting was unproductive and a source
0 f expense to the taxpayers. It is also
charged by the committee that many
0 f the county dependents are not being
cared for at the poor farm, but are be
inR: Rent to the 9<?v, ' r » 1 Great Falls P ri '
" annual T «P« nw
$25,000 to the county. The report
ca n ed attention to the fact that many
0 f the county patients could be treated
a f poo r farm and suggested that,
,h - ~«î ° f «•
county could construct a hospital and
»Ornately effect a saving of $46,000
a S$ ar ' , , „
The report also called attention to
* C T 8 of iture in
^ T ay coun ^ 8U PP^ es ' a
' at the mi,oa ^ bi,lfl of certain county
uln * *° f ° Und '' onsiderab,p
0l ™. reat \ al18 . .
W , hen at the
mPetinp of the J pa Ç? c Frid *y
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pre *.* nt and wa ® mo, î ed to rpmark ™
irardine the suirp'estion in the report
o* at r a ^ ra î' <> charges of County
Surveyor Day in using his own car he
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"I have done my utmost,' Mr Korn
mpr8 sa '^- "to compel the use of coun
ty ' owned car ® ' n transactin,y county
hu8ineH - hut 1 have B,way * bepn OD -
nosed by the other two commiasioners.
When I have opposed the allowance of
s,,r,e,: 7
Dav. wh,ch often amounts to a consul
^ble sum. my stand Is overruled bv
th '' other who seem to
believp U is nro ^ r to 8
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,„d roïnlv .ItomrV. .M« in hiring!
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--'^s7bootlcggcrt and gambler,'". ' T
not saving snvthing against the«,
1 tbF>v m<>an alright ,
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BOBflTHSETS60DBS, *200
a a. —w».rt
Judge H. H. Ewing, Andrew Boboth
pleaded guilty to the charge of illicit
selling of lijuor and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $200 and to serv e 60 days
jail Boboth went to Great Falls!
yesterday noon, after being allowed tolin
come to Belt to arrange bis affair*
begin serving his sentence
Boboth was arrested about six weeks;
»go in the general raid made through
out the county in which 6« alleged
bootleggers were bagged He at first
entered a pie. of not guilty, but when
th. »«. U, trt.i rt-t.jrt« h,.
guilty. He operates the place on
WgL '**
known »« the Anaeonda wif, and nmp
Prt-d U. h. th. — ta t.
B«ii at .**. *•«*»»
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During the number of years 1 served
^« county „ sheriff, 1 never spent a
nickel of the public s money for the
, crvlc * a 0 { a detective. When 1 spoke
0 f these expenditures to a taxpayer
the other day the present sheriff
threatened to 'knock my block of,' but
you can reai assured that 1 am going
stay with the boys who are striving
to reduce taxation.
Mr. Kummers also stated that he had
done all in his power to curb the pow
er» of the county officials in making
minor purchases.
County Surveyor Lay took excep
tlon to the remarks of Commissioner
Kummer» and m an interview next
day is quoted as saying:
'The remarks made by Mr. Korn
mers wi the effect that 1 have three
sup-(county cars at my disposal and am re
jceiving 20 cent* a mile for the use of
my private car, and that 1 am getting
rich, are the statements I object to.
Kummer* saw to it that he told just
enough of the truth to mislead the
P ub bc. He attempted to poison the
^P le ' 8 minds against my department j
and concluded with an absolute un-l,,.
truth. The commissioner was unjust
in his remarks, and was prompted by
bitter, personal feeling and jealousy,
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road and bridge work besides my own.
The road supervisor uses one and'my
field engineer the other. The third
car j s „ Hudson used by the county
superintendent of schools, by the com
missioners and any other county offic
e r who has any business in the coun.
try. This last is charged against my
bovortment. .l.houkh it .. pr.ncip.il,
used m other work.
-If the ^ public is anxious to know
^bat use is «ade of the county cars it
nnght be well to investigate and learn
Who drove the third car during the
summer, and for what purpose it
mused. Mr. Kommers has didveii that
car more than any other off.cial
year.
"Mr. Kommcr's atatement to the as
sudation was a grandstand play from
»tart to finish. If he is sincere in his
av °wed desire to cut county expense,
he could recommend to the other com
missioners that the boanl wind up it*
•• ™ riv •• i 1 »'" 111 ' >»»*•
m onth and adjourn. The board once
conducted the county's business in i
froni 8ix u , n daVR . b y t , ob „. rv< . that
Mr, Kommers collé ts a salary for evil
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Whether „r not the .cti.itie. of the
ir.r. c,n i«
any real benefit to the taxpayers or
not, it certainly appars to have stirred
up things around the court house. |
BOW CASE UP OR SATURDAY
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Berg and Isabel Lowry, in which dam
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« «>" mcurreil while said cow was in
castigating the back yard of lbe house
Armington «copied by Misse, Berg
and Lowry, is called in the district
»ftort on Saturday The alleged d«m
age to the cow occurred a year ago
last September, and the rase ha. been
put over from time to time, but is ex
,~ctod to be fought out to . finish this
Urne. Leo C. Graybill is attorney for
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uuna 4 Saturday, Uer^mrH'r .'«r.
Nrt. Pny c n,,.-n
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n * n £ Mater ial io B. V . H. S. Lineup
Tlie Belt Valley High School Athle
tic association are determined to put a
real basketball team in the field this
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sea * on and **>?* who 9uccwd »'
making the quint intend to compete in
the state tournament at Boieman next
» pr i n g There is little doubt but what
wil , have , 8tro d this
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season, as all of last year's team aFe
out f° r practice, together with several
very promising candidates who have
hopes of getting in the game also.
Active practice started last week and
»very evening is given to two or three
hours hard work under the direction of
Coach D Amour. McCoy, Pattaner,
Butts, Lester, Shannon and Spogen of,
* a8t years team are determined to
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and Mr8 William Junkermeier of
Armington coulee, Mis* Garnet Junk.
ermeier was joined in wedlock to Lin-,
coln jr WeKmr of Great Falls, Rev,
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Chr,aU,ph Kellar of Great 1<alU offi *
ciating. The weddinK took place yes
terday momina at 10 o'clock, the
y ^,^ «. th ,. !o-cLock"
train for Los Angeles via Salt Lake,,
and after visiting other coast cities!
will return via Seattle. They will be
at home at the Lexington Apartments,
Great Falls, after January 16.
The ceremony was performed in the
living room of the Junkermeier home,
which was prettily and appropriately
d^ocord for U» occo.loo Mr. if,
H, Sauers, sister of the bride, acted as
maid of honor, and Oscar Juniutrmaiar,
brother of the bride, as best man. and
Ruth Junkermeier, niece of the bride.
as flower girl. Mr* Oscar Junker
meter presided at the pi*no, perform
ing appropriately to the occasion. The
this)bride was beautifully gowned in Hom
.me «ilk, wfth .trean.er. of whh«i
satin. Her veil of tulle was entwined
with lilies of the valley, and is dis
tinguished as having been worn by
her mother at her own wedding. The
bride also carried a large bouquet of
Ophelia roses and lilies of the valley
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mediately after the ceremony to the
bridal party and guests, the table be-l
ing beautifully debated with pink
he predommating color.
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ta the Cr.il Northern office, in Grjti«**
Kail«
Mr. Wagner is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota and hold. »
R.^wa^lompany 'to GrTaf
p a ll 8 y '
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Deoutv Sheriff Ed Donovan of Nei-1
hjm wag { Belt ovrr ni ht Thursday
returning from Great Falls where he
assisted the sheriff s oÆce ln a gamb
ling raid
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Funsf al Ssrvicos of
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Pioneer Physician
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waB a member of Palestine lodge, A.
F. A A. M., at Stanford, the funeral
srevices being conducted under the
ritusl of the fraternity by W. M. Les
ter of that lodge, assisted by Rev. AI
« xander Alton of Belt and Rev Snow
of Raynesford. Messrs. Meredith and :
Packard of Stanford and Messrs Me
Conkey, Kierstead, Kennedy and Le
land of Belt also attended the funeral,
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ö*'- Williams came to Montana 45
year, ago a* an army doctor, with the;
rank « f m *> or - HewasiiUUonrtl.tstory.
Fort Keogh, near M «les. City, and later
itt Fort Magtnnts, and over 30 years
ago resigned from the army and lo"»b-,
[td at Barker for the practice of medi
cine. When the Ba " k <' r mine* wer« ;
closed down some 26 «g o. he ^
located »ranch on the bead o A ow
creek and established a home amid
beautlfu sunroundmg. tor J^wsl j
years, later renmv^g to Megmb
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., i 4 K»r«t m . n and
M> J • nmri and Umring Jïspo^
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H.d . m. * 1 . »< |
The funeral of Dr. J. H. Williams,
■pioneer physician of the Beit moun
tains, who died to Great Fall* Friday
!jat the. age of 69, wa* held Monday at
Dr. William*
j hold their places on the team and are
windmar into form in fine shape, but
ft"* JewaU *
Go a sack, Shirley and Johnson, corn
prising the second team, are going to
be real contenders for places in the
first squad. Björne Johnson is a Sen
1 ' or , w 'f b basketball experience,
trL* ?* SSjLS'JSSS!" AU**,».
acting as temporary captain. All the
players are in excellent physical con
ditlon, as all of them were out every
( evening for the past two months on
( the football field. Most of them show
much improvement in speed over last
year's form and all of them have de
veloped and added weight from last
season. A schedule of games with
other high schools of this district is
now being arranged and Coach
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before the holiday*.
„J," X!*' £1—1 "aÏ&i** 0 tre **'
ury. the High School Athletic
tion will on Saturday evening at 8
2^!°°^ £'Y® * »bow at the auditorium.
Thl *. W> be ent * It ^'
ment* gtven here this winter. The
talent has been rehearsing for several
| ' ve ** CB and 8 high class bill will
be presented. Tne program includes
» very funny pan tom mine entitled
''The Lamp Went Out, showing Eddie
a, . t . l ?f hand80, J« Î** 1,0 f nd
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i vuiimn.
Imystery play given by » talent
ed cast, a two-roel movie feature and
»^Vtra I musical numbers. ABtok^
1 " b.
Un -hildren
U ... l,, lla „.i in htlv j n _
a ^ t " £ " a fJ" ^ "ZmZT .Ä
f .. debA «»ill nutstand
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a , f ^ t *
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tt88<)rl8,l " n , n ( ul ^ j'*'* I ? < ®
! »t énd .^Cl * nZZL.r
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money * w,,rth '
resenting the firm of Mct'ue A Hteph
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cha . r £* of the *V >r ? *L now JL* H :
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al)U ünt! ' * nd at th * pnce8 »«med
WHJLeïlÆ^.lâlÏ Ur
'SiJtaSrf
^ ( > ntra) 0*XW has been oper
uted under that name for the past 10
years, opening first in the McShane
building near the auditorium, remov
m * Waldo Hotel building on the
completion of that buildipg eight
Thebusmesswa. orgmi
i*ed and operated by Blomquiat Bros.
until soH t.. May A Sampson in 191«.
Mr, Sampson sold his interest to I'ercy
interest in the buainess, but sold out
w Mr ^ ^ * m " n,h
assoc ia
Who Kissed Barbara " a
as good as any show ever put on here
and no one can afford to miss it.
Th.- price is 36 cents for adults and
The proceeds
for Benefit of Creditors
Monday morning H. M McCue, rep
stock has
ago,.
Alleging that $6 had been taken
from the till of her store, Mrs. C. L.
Hackshaw, proprietress of the ColUg«
Bakery, caused the arrest of Mis* Min
me Foratrum and her appearance bs
fore Justice of the Peace P. J. Shields
: of Great Falls last frwfay.
Mrs. Hackshaw told the court that
the defendant had been left in charge
of the bakery several times and that In
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pJM
leged theft was £°'T r "
Mrs Hackshaw M mMImt
Mil for defendant n.ovÿ
for dism issal of the case and the co'trrt
TOstamed the motion *** ' *[ ,
that the complaining
more than cimimstantia l -
offer in "PP°îJ b< " **_.
Coaniml lot Mi»» V or8t ^. » »
not asked to take
at the conclusion o t g
he would file . dama fL« <t m X""'
Mrs, Hacks haw for allured mal.CK.us
■''ÏÏT'ÂUa- h» .h»*, tort» .
_...... _ o , -nrt ttor-e wK
îf^ Krfore «njtojed her ans firne
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Court Dismisses Gass
Against Forstrum Girt
;