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ambruii» non nunmir Proposal to Adjourn Juno 7 May Opposed Unless Relief Measures Passed The McNsry-Haugen bill will be sidetracked for at least three day* this week for other legation, including action on the tax revision report and the nsval conetructldD bill. 1 Defeat of the measure would throw the who»« farm relief situation la the Should the McNary-Haegen hill fall, the farm Woes to the house and agnate will make a streraous effort to hare some other form of relief 1er , latlon enacted at the last miaute, or falling In that will mow the preheat I plan tor adjearnmeot next month. urging tost sad a recess aver tie period j Washington.—Farm relief and rail road legislation are the only stumbling blocks to the plans of party leaders to adjourn this session of congress be fore June 7. J The whole Mane centers now around the McXary-Hanghen agricultural bill and the Howell-Barkley proposal to abolish the railroad labor board. Con st de ration of both has been begun to thé house and the senate la awaiting action there. air. JAPANESE FAT TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN FLYERS TtkSm .—The Assert ra n army amend J | Itowm B >«v after a bosy mend of | to Tokio Earing which mefc praise for their ae- [ the PariOc, to« May 25 tor Caaunrignare with that they would he glad hock to work" to preparation at their flight, and American of XL Their planes were left at Kan-1 An elaborate Japanese banquet toe famous Maple dub, at which Lieut. Gen. Taablmltm, chairman of the Joint my and. navy reception committee, aras hoet concluded Tokio** program of entertainment. Officers of high rank in the army and navy were pres ent, as were also members of the staff J s toitE te imytag tributes to the after tMr arrival here from where they landed May of the United States embassy. General Yashimltsu congratulated the aviators on the sur res« of their flight thus far. American ambassador Woods alto «poke. The flyers were received by Prince • Kunl, honorary president of the Im perial aviation society. The prince congratulated the Americans on behalf of the Imperial family. Wood Spending Lavishly London._Lieutenant Osborne Wood, of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, la tering the visitors at Monte Carlo a thrill, according to a dispatch. The atory asserts that Lieutenant Wood, who recently resigned from the United States army, is spending lavish ly the money he made In Wall street. Lieut. Wood, the dispatch declares, came to Monte Carlo with a Chinese servant, who acted as body guard and accompanied him wherever he went. The Chinese always carried a large bag filled with thousand-franc notes, and whenever Lieutenant Wood desired to spend money, which Was frequently. me servant would open the bag and produce the cash required. Tea oh Eskimo Boys on Ship Jnneau—The steamer Boxer, of the UP 1 ted States bureau of education, was here recently preparing to go south after her first season of service aa a floating Industrial school. Throughout the winter the Boxer car ried 19 students, Eskimo lads who had distinguished themselves In-the seventh 1 and eighth grades of the government schools near their homes. The young Eskimos were taught navigation, gas engineering and radio telegraphy. Unfermented Wine# For Synagogue Denver, Colo.—Unfermcnted wines will be used to a Denver Orthodox aynagouge to the future, and a rule prohibiting the use of fermented wine will be promulgated, according to an nouncement by Rabbi C. H. Kauvar of Beth Ha Midrash Hagodal. Rabbi Ksuver's announcement fol lowed closely that of Dr. W. S. Fried man, pastor of Temple Emmanuel, a reformed Jewish church. Free State Ratifias First Pact Geneva. — The Irish Free State, which was elected a member of the League of Nations last September, has Just ratified Its first league convention. Michael McWhlte. the permanent Irish representative here, has Informed the secretariat that the Dublin government has officially approved the treaty for the suppression of the traffic In ob scene publications. School Malden* Protest Dross Rules — Racramento. Calif.—California high sttboo) girl* have threatened to in voke the referendum to give them "freedom to dress." Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan has rereived request* from a number of Los Angeles girls.' asking If the wato not be wed hy them tp obtain a ruling «emitOag th«» to dram aa : V -, iff*, ■■ uniform ÉÉ : MOISIS URGE PEACE CRUSADE WANT MEETING OR NATIONS TO FURTHER REDUCE EXIST ING ARMAMENTS Springfield, Mas*.—The election of five bishops of the Methodist Episcopal J «hurt* *«» completed at the quad rennte! inference. May 23. after five *7- .«* balloting. The Rev. Wallace * Brown, of Syracuse. X. T.. the only P* 8Tor fo advance to the episcopal office, was chosen on the fourteenth ballot. The other four chosen to fill vacancies on the board of bishops ere by death or retirement were: Dr*. George A. Miller, of Panama City, ropenntendent of the Central Amerl mission: Titus Lowe, secretary of) the board of foreign missions. New Fork City: George R. Gross, president of De Panw university, and Benton T. Bradley, executive secretary of the \ FIVE NEW BISHOPS ELECTED Quadrennial Conference at Spring field Elevates Five Men to Epiecooate centenary movement to India, special committee of 18 appointed to j frame the church's attitude toward I war reported to the conference a pro gram for an extensive peace campaign. t suggested the calling of an ineterna-1 tloaal church conference on the evil f president Coolldge to call a conference of nations for drastic I armament reduction and to f America to lead to a crusade for world peace. VOLCANIC ERUPTION 18 MENACE SAYS VOLCANOLOGIST Hilo, T. H.—Despite the present ap P*™ 1 * quietness of Kllanea volcano, Roy Finch, the volcanologist, believes I that * nmjor explosion may occur at an 7 moment. The region he considers *• dangerous as ever. T wo dust column* were thrown up 4- 000 fret 8 and 9 o'clock May 23, but thera wa * no ejection of rocks. There have been 48 earthquakes In | last 18 hours, but the volcano has been quieter the last few days. The earthquakes to the Pau district I hava caused cracks In the earth 200p | fp et wide, according to Oliver Emerso n i other diseases are spreading alarming ly throughout Russia. There Is an scute shortage of quinine and other essential drugs end the authorities are the volcanologist. Diseases Spread In Rusais Leningrad, Russia. — Malaria and Ending It difficult to combat epl { dwD, c«- According to a report present N the Epldemlcologlcal congress here there were more than 6,000,000 c * ie * °* ma,erl a In Russia last year ; a,BO S®* 000 f** 88 of *P«tted typhus, of recurrent typhus, and 50,000 I ° r acnrT y- Th * large stocks of quinine and ®tber drugs left by the American ( ^ administration on Its withdrawal haTe ***** «bauated and the Russian •* nltar 7 officials are forced to make | Bew Purchases abroad. j • • I Harriot Confers With Polnoare j Paris.—M. Herrlot. leader of the radical party and potential premier In | the naw French government, was re celved by Premier Poincare in con ference, May 28. In a two-hour talk w,th the P ram, w. M, Herrlot was glv- j en a general view of how the current affa,rs of the French government 8tood and an ldan the responslblll t,a8 be will assume If he becomes pro- I mler.- - -1 The outgoing premier and his prob- ( ab,e 8 w«•® ^ ' 880 ^■ dlrtussed many Impor tant questions including the Dawes reparations plan and Frances relations | Chinese Bandit* Kill American Peking. China.—The reported mnr-1 der by bandits near Nan gw a Fukien provlnce. of Jay Dlnsmore, an Amerl can lumberman of Seattle, has been called to the attention of the foreign office by the American legation. Dlnsmore. If Is reported, was shot hy I bandits and died two days later. His bodv was taken t0 Foo Chow. Klangsl I I A Briton named McKay, who was captured, is still In the hands of the outlaws. •• — . . Beet Sugar Makars In Meeting Minneapolis, Minn.—Beet sugar man ufacturers from the west and centra) west states will attend the annua) meeting of the United States Beet Sugar Manufacturers association to be held here June 5 to 8. Localities in which sugar beets are grown and refined. Minnesota. Michi gan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah. Idaho, Montana and California, will be represented. Get* information on Teapot Demo Washington.—Turning - Etede tern porartly from the examination of wit nesses relating to corruption chargea the special federal oil grand Jury has received some technical Information regarding the Teapot Dome. A W. Ambrose and F. B. Tough of the Interior department were quew Boned and the Jury then adjourned. The tot of wltn exhausted and if the prompt attend ance of some of those sought can be »reared the inquiry probably win be to aow fairly well concluded *oon. SEGBETKBnSSETOI COMMITTEE MEIK Witnesses Tall of ActlvEtloo of Do pa riment of Justice Agents Washington.—The senate Daugherty committee has been told that repre sentatives of the department of Jus tice not only had sought to "framd Senator Wheeler," Its prosecutor, but had spied on Its members and its wit nesses and had spirited away the fa mous diaries of Gaston B. Means, working with It as an Investigator. One of the witnesses was W. O. Duckstein, who said he knew about the "'bole proceeding because his wife J« '»«j ®f e " tofthe » wa5 81 « ^ "JJ; « ™ A description of ex.enslve detective operations conducted hy the depart m <'nt of Justice with regard to Gaston B. Means was given the committee by P. Burras, a special agent of the department. Çuckateln. whose wife is a secret a *ent °* ibe department, and anthoi ot th e famous ''Mary'' message that fl » npw1 ln fhe oil > n 0nlry, then fold the committee that a "crew of operatives,'' men « n <J women, led by Walter Pettit and a man named O'Brien and clalm ,n * t0 work under direction of Hiram Todd, "pedal assistant to Mr Daugherty, had been used to spy on committee members and witnesses. He Glared Pettit and O'Brien said they " wer< * «oing to railroad Gaston Mean* t0 th * penitentiary." and "frame 8en ator Wheeler," the committee prose cutor. SHIPPING BOARD SPENDS BIO SUM TO BREAK STRIKE Washington.—Investigation of the Shipowners' association and the Pa . rifle American Steamship association, on the Pacific coast, for "possible vto latlon of the Sherman law," Is under way, Thomas F. Rice, special assistant to the attorney general, testified be fore the house shipping board Investi gating committee, Rice testified he had received In formation that the shipping board had spent $160,000 to break a strike In | 1919 on the Pacific coast by "opening | up opposition employment offices and | ers to the expenses of these agencies. Although no direct Information had contributing Jointly with private own | shown money to combat the st rike was | tlons from Washington." authorized from Washington, the wit ness said, his Impression was that dls buseraents were made by the .district I manager at San Francisco on instruc Oppose Farm Relief Bill Washington.—The McNary-Hangen farm relief bill now before the house was opposed as "hopeless of adminis tratlon and futile as an aid to the farmer" in a circular sent to members of the house by the Chamber of Corn merce of the United States. | The circular, signed bÿ Eliot H. Goodwin, resident vice president of the chamber, attacks the bill as a price fixing scheme "which would 1m mediately bring to a halt all enter prise* related to the particular com modify bought and aold by the gov ernment." "With a government agency which fixes the price* citizens cannot com pete," It was said. "Even co-operative enterprises of producers would have to cease operating, as to fact some of ihem have already recognized by vot Ing to dissolve. If the bill Is enacted " - snd civil ceremonies of solemn splen dor, Italy's Unknown So ldie r w as la id to bis final resting place May 22. under Italy's Unknown Laid to Rest Rome. — With Impressive military the altar In the center of the Victor Emmanuel monument. The sound of military drums and mournful music from the vestibule of the monument where It had been placed temporarily 1«** December to permit completion of the entire monument. Borne by rep resentatlves of every branch of the service the coffin was carried to its | Anal resting place, Rebels Burn Bridgoa Nogales, Arlz.—Rumors of minor revolutionary movements In northern Senora are current, coincident with reports of the burning of three railroad bridges between Nogales, Sonora and Cananea. The fires were of Incendiary origin, according to railroad officials, who have annulled trains to Cananea until new bridges are constructed. Big Dirigible Flies Again Lakehurst, N. J.—The big dirigible Shenandoah, pride of the United States navy. May 22 successfully com pleted Its first test flight since Jann arv 16. when the big ship was torn loose from its mooring mast here dur ing a violent storm. Exhume Body for Identification Sioux Palls, »8, D^—Doctors and field representatives of the T T n't<-<t States veterans' bureau were on their way to Minneapolis. May 22 with measurements of the remains of a war veteran buried aa Arthur Frazier at Niobrara. Neb. The measurements will be submitted at once to archaeolo gists at the University of Minnesota who will he asked to deduce whether the body burled la that of an Indian. If It hi not, the body cannot be that of Frazier. Indian World war veteran, whoa* Manda totest hois alive. i tha Increase Rarest Output— B T. Per ruson, forest supervisor of the Bear fOO til n i tiftnSÎ frtrajf s I— » _ . » * s*»« avast luruu, it m tne Bull* water district where he will be _ gaged In the administrative work of checking up timber sales, for the pest year, and the outlook for 1924 sales. Thirty-five million two hundred thou sand feet of timber was cut from the national forests In District 1 In the first quarter of 1024, according to a report Issued by the forest service at Missoula. During the same period in 1923 the cut was 21.615,000 fact. The Increase for 1024 is about 70 per cent. The amount of the timber cut In the first quarter la $83.748.74, amounting to about $2.75 per 1,000 feet. Of the total of 847 commercial sales of tim ber made In 1923 from the 24 national forests of Montana and northern Idaho, 759 were under $100 In value. This means, federal foresters say, that the national forests are fulfilling an Im mediate purpose of contributing to the Industry and development of the small er communities adjacent to the na tional forests. Cayuees a Problem—What la to be done to rid Montana's ranges of the ca.vuses, estimated to number a half million, that are depleting the forage and which serve no useful purpose! This is a question that B. A. Phillips, secretary of the state livestock asso ciation, is attempting to find the an swer for, with the co-operation of the livestock men who appointed a com mittee at the recent convention at Dillon to work on the problem. The automobile baa destroyed whatever market there for the en 900-pound range pony, Secretary Phil lips declares, and month by month their numbers are Increasing on the range until the public pastures are overran with them and the problem has become a serious one. Secretary Phillips states that livestock men esti mate that one range horse consumes or destroys twice as much range as cow, so If the worthless wild horse could be driven out of Montana, he declares, additional range would be supplied for approximately a mllllop cattle. Coal Industry Grows.—Coal mining Is rapidly becoming one of the most Important Industries In northern Mon tana. Large coal areas are extensively scattered through all of the upper Milk River valley, and It la said there is almost an Inexhaustible supply. There are several coal mines operating both north and south of Chinook, hut the most largely developed Is the Milk River coal mine, two and one-half mtlee from Chinook. The mine has been tunneled over a half mile, and the coal Is being taken out below the 100-foot surface. Already $054)00 has been expended In developing the mine, and It is expected It will be more high ly developed the coming year. Gold Strike at Basin.—What many beljeve to be the greatest gold strike of recent years was made In the Katie mine of the Jib Consolidated company at Basin. The strike was made on tha 400-foot level, while the high grade vein Is four feet In width. Streaks of several Inches are Interspersed throughout the ledge that will assay better, than $200.000 a ton. One sack of ore taken by Manager O. H. Brln ton to his office weighed 10 pounds snd was valued at $1.000. In the opinion of Mr. Brinton, the strike Is a continuation of the old vein that In Montana's territorial davs ranked tha Katie with the Cable. Drum Lu ram on and other famous gold mines. Mountain Uon Killed.—The hide of so enormous mountain Uon that waa bagged by Richard Johnson of Fish creak ha» hoen on display at Missoula. The animal, which measured nine feat ■me Inch from tip to tip. was killed by Mr. Johnson at the head of Petty ;reek, it Is reported. The animal had •»een killing deer In that section and Mr. Johnson started out after him. ■fl His dog treed the animal after a long thase. and Mr. Johnson shot him with in* difficulty. Bleeping Bleknece Case. — H. A Mlneeu. a Milwaukee hrakeman. Is seriously III at Holv Rosary hospital at Miles City, suffering from sleeping sickness. The cause of the aliment ms not been determined by physicians. QUOTATIONS OF INTEREST TO MONTANANS. Week Ending May 24. Mlnneapoli Grain Prices {Station hosts at points in Montana to king a S9^c freight rate. Wheat No. p 1 dark northern. 97c; No. 1 northern, 98c; dark hard winter, *6c; hard winter, 84c; corn. No. 2 yel ow. 78V4c; flax. No. 1. $2.00. v ChlcÄ go Livestock Cattle., top. $11.40; average. $11.00; logs. top. $7.50.; average, $7.90; sheep, fiat clipped lambs. $14.75. New York Metals Bar sliver, ounce. 96Hc; copper, H>„ I2%c; lead, 7*c. Work on Custer Highway. —Con » traction work has been commenced on he second section of the aeto Custer Battlefield Hlway recently contracted to the Pioneer Construction company ff Baseman. This section of 17 mile* «tends from the Cmrter battlefield to Lodge Gras*, and to to be a gravel sur Every effort te being faced reed. mt d* to eliminate railroad crossings, aad toe new read will fallow the Bar tagten track* for the entire distance Whm this section to completed- 86 UKlg* Oreaa «Œ b* graveled reed null HELPS HGHTERS CHECK FOREST ARES ? Conflagration Is Qrsduaily »sing Controlled Though Situation Is Stitt Serious Although the small showers that vis ited Missoula and western Montana recently, did not amount to a great deal, they were Instrumental to help ing foresters to control six dangerous blazes In the Blackfeet forest, north of that place, according to reports re ceived there. i. The rains have not, however, rellev ed the serious situation which is con fronting the forests to the northwest and west. Several serious blazes still •re burning. The Grouse creek fire, 150 miles northeast of Sandpoint, Idaho, which J has covered more than 10.000 acres ( of federal and private lands, Is de- I scribed as one of the worst conflagra tlons that has occurred to years. The blaze broke out on propertv belonging to the Humblrd Logging company and has destroyed 9,000 acres of their tlm- 1 her as well as 10,000 acres of govern ment forest. H. R. Flint, chief of fire protection, who is on the scene, stated in a mes sage to headquarters here, that there I is little that,can be done for the time being to stop the flames. T OIL news! treasure state actTvjtt f BRIEFLY RECOUNTED The Midwest Refining company bas acquired more acreage on the Big Lake structure of the Lake Basin, scene of Montana's newest oil discovery, 80 miles northwest of Billings, when drilling agreement lovllvtog 200 acres, well up towards the top to sections IS and 14, a mile and a half from Hepp No. 1, was entered Into with F. G. Ost land of Minneapolis, who secured the lease some time ago from the Harrison Operations at the Hepp well are held up awaiting arrival of a new control head. The control formerly Installed was broken and a hurried call was sent to other fields for another. The hole Is st'SI full of water pumped In to kill off gas pressure so as to render ce menting of the six-inch casing more Oil and Ges company. easy. Rigging up for Moddrell No. 2, a Mldwegt offset of the Hepp well, la continuing rapidly. Interest in the structure continue* as keen as the first day the well was brought In. New* arrivais at the boles attest to Interest of other oil centers In the discovery. Tbe impetus given development In the Kevln-Snnburst field In the last few days by the completion of fl Se Foe ter-Sweeney well near Sunburst, and the Tan Meer well, was further stlmu la ted when the Dakota-Montana No. 2 was drilled Into production. Excite ment which began to grow with the completion of the Sweeney well was perceptibly increased when the Van Meer well was brought in, but when the Dakota-Montana began to hnri oil over the crown block there followed the greatest stir the field has known | since the Kevin and Sunburst discov eries store reported. The _ Gas Products company has brought in another gasser on the Beck man farm on the outskirts of Baker. Gas was struck at the depth of 800 feet making mis the shallowest gas well in the Great Baker field. This comes as somewhat of a surprise as me well was drilled on the western side of the anticline where It was sup posed If gas was found at all, K would be at a greater depth thsn where gas has been found In the field. It plainly proves as has been stated many times by those to a position to know that there are a great many surprises to store when this srreat field is develop I ed. The Great Baker dome has never turned out a dry hole yet although mere have been abont 15 wells drilled to date. Rimini Mins Has Raying Ore An assay received In Butte from th - Lee Mountain, property at Rlmlnl shows values totalling about $100 a ton. The exact assay figures were 18.1, lead : 71 ounces In silver, $3.90 In gold and 9.9 per cent arsenic. > The property, which comprises 16 adjoining patented claims are con trolled by C. W. Geddes of New York, who Is at present at Rimini. The ore received to Butte was encountered to the main tunnel about 1.400 feet from the portal and Is 600 feet below the surface. New School Building Planned An election has been called by the trustees of the Superior school die trlct to vote on a bond of $20.000 to erect a new auditorium and gymnaai nm According to the plans It will be of bride and will be erected near the present school building. Buckskin Mary Salto for I reden Mr*. The*. Qlbeon of Havre, known to the riding world as "Bockskin Mary." rider of wild horaee and queen of the rodeos has salted from New Tori to company with a troupe of cowboys, buckaroo* aad wild were performers, for London to pnrtlelpate to s wild west show to be held there during the tetter pert of June. to "Marie 'jtoteette Olbeoo" but as 'Rockakin Mary" toe wOl appear on the bill aid to ? Thursday, May 29, 1924. ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER SHOOTS UP COURT Rices 11 Shots in Courtroom, Then Turns Gun on Himself In flicting Se ri ous Wound _ John O'Leary, defendant In an al leged bootlegging charge in federal court, fired 12 shots is the crowded courtrodm at Butte, May 21, when called for sentence. Using two guns, be appeared to shoot without any par ticular aim. The first 11 shots went wild. He used the twelfth on himself, inflicting e wound to the head which W,U P robab >7 P TOVe faf al. Federal Officer Nick Bingham, who wu 8lttln * clo8e to O'Leary, grappled w,t h the gun-wlelder and It .waa after 8,ngham ha d floored him that O'Leary * hf>t hlm *** lf ,n the head, the bullet ent *rtng the back of the head and * fractured skull, " You feIk,W8 b*« 1 bett * r ™ove out," °' Lear 7 88 <d to those standing near b,m before he began firing. Boms ob *^ L Jud * e Chariea N. Pray re ma ' n ^ seated and composed during the shooting. Court waa adjourned foi the day. . O'Leary Is a native of Butte. Friends claim financial reverses had unbaV ancad bis mind recently. He Is griev ance man for the Great Northern rail way. His parents are to Los Angeles Part of Lake Closed to Fishing Considerable of the eastern section of Georgetown lake will be closed t« fishermen during the coming season according to notices posted along the lake by Deputy Game Warden Me Oafferty. Thlp action was taken te provide for propagation of suffi I riant number of fish to keep George j town hatchery working at capacity | next season. a j the deputy game warden, all of th* I east shore of the lake, beginning at tr posted notice west of the mouth of Stuart Mill bay, also one-half mile north and south of the month of Flint creek and 800 feet off shore will be | closed to followers of Izak Walton. Neither will there be fishing In Stuart I Mill creek or bay, or Mill creek, as these waters are closed permanently, | .' .■ — having a spire and belfry added to the I chnych, and the belfry will house ai> historic bell. According to the notices posted by Historic Bell Hangs at Libby The Libby Episcopal congregation I» This bell was taken j from a British man-of-war on Lake Erte In 1812. It fell Into the family of Archdeacon Hooker of Montana aa <l Trfts used for several generations *• a form bell on the old homestead in | New York by the Hooker family, Abouth two years ago a brother of the archdeacon visited the old home *tead and on leaving sent the bell to the archdeacon to Montank with the rennest that It be given to some Mon tana church. Accordingly it was pro ** nted to the Libby church, which ha» I «m« come into possession of a roll« of considerable value and historic In i tb e big dam of the power plant at Mllltown broke under the pressure ol the river waters. The break will In no way affect the big power dam to the river, or the ser vice of the Missoula Light A Water company, it was said. During th# high water seasons me water In me river Is higher than the discharge of the turbines and the data was bnllt to wall out the river water from the channel for me discharge from the tnrblnea. After the break occurred the gate» of tt»e main dam were opened and mere was a noticeable difference lt> the height of the water above. tereat Dam Breaks At Mllltown Damage estimated at $100,000 war »«used when the diversion dam below « Modem Camp at Oser Lodge Tourists visiting the Deer Lodge ^the" j camp will find many of comfort» and conveniences had in their homes. One of the new features added is a telephone. To meet the needs of the women travelers, electric Irons and I standard size hoards were put In the rest room. An antomohlle washing machine has been set up near the river bank. Travelers find on their arriva» here, a grassy plot shaded with many trees and bushes, on which to make their camps. In addition there are five brick cooking stoves, a large sup ply of dry wood and plenty of hot and cold water. ;. Convicts Escape from Prison Farm Equipped with a rifle, two pound» of ammunition and 25 pounds of pro visions. two convict* escaped early May 20 from the state prison farm at T ** r Lod * fc Both men were senr ,n * "«««' sentences for grand lan 8nd ha(1 b*® 11 ,n prison the same ,en * tb of tlme __ They are C. C. Mercer, sentenced 1» W!baax <™ nt 7 *» fro® fonr to eight years, and George Palmer, Yellowstone county, four to eight years. » Driving Tunnel to Vein of Copper to en effort to de v e l op the copper belt at the Hootona-ldabo line th* Richmond Consolidated company 1» driving a tunnel near Adair. Montons, which It la thought should top th* vein 1.800 feet below the surface. At pres ent the tunnel te in more than 1.600 and It la expected to hit the vein within tea days. » The Richmond and other adjacent - properties have been surface showing* at / and in the event that th* veto has 4n Monta na will have a new