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FORMER FROID GIRL IS BEATEN TO DEATH IN MINNESOTA TOWN . . , .... Victim Was Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. >uum * P. J. Olson of Froid— Suspect Is Held and Charged With Murder. -— The following article is taken from the Froid Tribune and will be of in terest to our readers in this vicinity who knew the dead woman and fami-, 1 he article was handed to the Tribune for publication, ALICE VIVIAN GAGNE "Alice Vivian Gagne, formerly Al ice Olson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. feter J. Olson of this place met death in a very sad and painful manner at Gemme), Minn., November 30, 1928, --first ly THE ■ * A Only Real Test k c. > • y if' BAKING POWDER i. is in the Baking a War best results use BAKING POWDER Same Price For Over 38 Years '|g ounces iorJÇ® MILLIONS OF POUNDS USED BY OUR GOVERNMENT I 5WWWrfMM?, UnuPuHuluKâluVuPi»? , i ool Î3 i ill m * * * * * HWKVVMIW 18; * Va It * ;5 : - i M * ; * II# r/Tv * .ft * a s Farmer-Labor Temple Plentywood Feb y Make your plans now to attend. Instruction will be by lec ture, charts, movie slides and actual demonstration on Hart-Parr tractors and tractor parts. It will be done in an easy, understand able way. You will enjoy the instruction and profit by it in your daily work. Questions are welcome and will be answered by the instructors. Personal problems will be handled individually by experts. All Ilart-Parr owners and others interested in Hart-Parr tractors are invited to attend. Come yourself and bring your neighbor. Free Lunch At Noon Plentywood Auto Co death being due to a severe beating administered bv FHw j ni . ST"' AtohadtTkenTJ 'r • r cour e and " e„n^ u in Gemmell and Xfr that woric j havTnTto resWeni l r y T ' Trine the vear, r* t mm e • umring tne years that she spent in F id ^ .. ___ , . , , rrom sne made many friends who were saddened to learn of her death, She was laid t orest at Gemmell on December 3; her parents and a bro- : ther, Oscar of this place, and another brother, Elmer and family of Minot, were among the relatives and host of friends who attended the funeral. Deceased was 34 years of age and j s survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Olson, four sisters and three brothers of this place, and a brother residing at Minot, N. D. Below is an extract from the Inter national Falls Daily Journal, where Edward Glasen, the youth who caus ed her death, U on trial charred with 1 degree murder. International Falls, Jan. 25.—The heading in the case of Ed. Clasen, charged with murder in the first de gree in connection with the death of Vivian Gagne, who died at Gemmell on Nov. 30, 1928 following, as is al leged by the state, a severe beating administered by the defendant on No vember 25, was before Judge Brown in Municipal court today. Clasen was first arrested change of manslaughter and was later released from custody on the ground that the state had not adduced suf on a ficient evidence to warrant his being held for trial. He was later re-ar rested and charged with murder in the first degree. At the hearing today, the state was represented by County Attorney Da vid Hurlburt and Asst. Attorney Gen eral Weland of St. Paul, for the state included Dr. W, F. Cant well, county coroner, Ed. Kepper and Joe Corbin, both qf Gemmell and com panions of Clasen. Witnesses , ^ r ' j W f^ testified that he had been ca " ed "> «»""« body of ana ^T*"' That c "aTl* Æ tak<m t0 Green s undertak.ng estobhshment in r ^ h<! ^ later 0 er - " T ° P ^ ?" th * b ° dy with a view to determining the cause , , B , dUbe or her death. His testimony showed the woman had two black eyes, a bruise ® n her ri ght arm, an abrasion on her r ^ht side and other minor injuries, in his opinion made by external vio i ence - He said that when he opened skull he found a massive hem orrhage covering the whole right side ^ be brain, sufficient in itself to cause death. He also found that three ribs on the riffht side of the dea d WOman ha f. ^ en b ^ ken ' P«>bably by a severe klck or blow * L-« , Cn 6 w ° aian was beaten; T, ^ /!? m °!f th f n two blows fT ,°f , T * ' ' hat be bad haard the gr0 ™ "<> that he had answered her call when she cried for help, and that he took Glasen by the arm and said, "Come on, that is enough, with Glasen he then left the house but later returned and found the man in bed, evidently suffering, with her eyes discolored. Corbin's testimony was along the same lines except that he did not wit ness any part of the scuffle. At the conclusion of the state's case, Henry Funkley, attorney for the defendant, moved .for a dismissal the grounds that the state had failed to make out a prima facie against the defendant, ment was taken until 2 p, m. at which time arguments pro and made. Kepper testified that he was with He said that wo on case An adjoum At the conclusion of toe attorneys' argument this afternoon Judge Brown issued an order holding Clasen to the May term of the district court to an ftast t mUrd V n first degree. At the same^ time he ordered Kepper and Corbin, witness es, to be required to give reemr"« con were ances for their appearances in the sum of $500. It is hardly probable i that either of them will be able to **« bail " the Sm " deraanded " d they will be forced to remain in ""'y ^ here Until court convenes » May. of_ - __ ERRING SON BROUGHT PAflfRYHNFÄTHrD BALK B I mo r A1 HtK /\mT rmirnn ON IH KM « AKilF VII 1 1 VIiniiUL - I i Dam Turootte Turns Son Over to Au •thorities. Pleads Guilty to Charge of Wolf Point, February 2—A burglar who gained entrance to the -Stennes McConnon hardware store Monday . ,, , , . . „ . . , night by breaking in a rear window, took seven or eight dollars in silver and pennies, at least a dozen pocket knives and possibly other merchan through the same window through which he entered and left in the tin shop a pair of leather harness lines and n mhn , _ . ' .. .y. i- i ,, Chief of Police Ed. Nichol was able to track the thief for a ways but lost the trail in the beaten streets. A very Robbing Wolf Point Store. dise. The robber made his getaway hot tip was given the chief, however, informing him that Joe Tourcotte 1, had given a new pocket knife to Tom Door, junior, and had displayed some change, including a quantity of pen nies. Investigation proved that Tour cotte had left town and Mr. Nichoi was preparing to go to Trenton, N. D. where Turcotte's father lives, with the expectation of finding Joe there, Thursday night Dan Turcotte, Joe's father, came to Wolf Point, bringing his son with him. When Joe showed up at home for no particular reason 'H"- fatl ' er that something^ was wrong, and Joe confessed to him'j -1 what he had done. When questioned by County Attorney Foor he told the I whole story and ^ wrorèT , j _ / , , ... „ .„I Jud ^ e Gordon who . bound him over to the district court with bonds of $1,000 ; which have not been furnished. The defendant will be taken before Judge ! ! Paul in district court on February 13. MONTANANS (Continued from page One) bey, T. H. Shipstead of Scobey and J* Wallace of Plentywood, J. O.'Toole, T. others I In the evening there was a big time several others. They were joined at the depot by Phil Bourassa, Hank Krebsbach, Jack Moore and P. Quinn, F. Cooper and many from eastern Montana, Big Time at Alexandria at the Alexandria Hotel, where the former residents of Montana put on a giant reception for the new arrivals, ; A1, the notables were there including Gary Cooper, Montana movie star, and his father, former Justice Cooper of Helena, Attorney John A. Colman, formerly of Lewistown, Attorney Ed . ... , _ ., ,, m . „ ^, XT ., , Fitzpatrick of Butte, "Tip" O Neil of Shelby, Miss Nellie Brennen of Mrs. E. B. Wirick of Butte and many others too numerous to mention. Af ter having refreshments in the spaci hall off the Mazzanine floor of the big program was put The entertainment did not ter minate until the wee sma hours of the ous Alexandria a on. morning. As the strains of the state i song "Montana" were being heard all over the lower floor of the Alexan dria, Chas. Cohan, former editor of the Butte Miner and author of the famous lines, was discussing the re cent election with two Montana news paper men and "Swede" Murphy. He ! seemed more interested in the internal i affairs of Montana than in the way thousands sung the song he penned one night in Butte several years ago. Plentywood People Entertainéd j The "Montana Utopia Group the eastern Montana people are re ferred to here,- were entertainde lav ishly on all sides. Pete Marron was j invited to a party at Hollywood where many moving picture celebrities par ticipated. When some of the movie ladies heard that Pete Marron was big sheep man, they gathered around him. They asked him several ques tions as to how he took care of the sheep. He told them that he had dis covered a substitute for sheepherders and was now raising several police as $ IZI ft: l_l m JË WILLISTON AUTO WRECKING CO. Reail and Wholesalers in Used and New auto parts A Complete of New RING GEARS. PINIONS AND WHEELS Mail orders given prompt atten tion Williston, N. D. Phone 112 203 2nd St. dogs. "Police dogs are natives the prairies of eastern Montana, Mr. Marron told one screen beauty.' "I catch them young and in their wild «.estate and domesticate them." "Won't yea send me some of those wild police pups, Mr. Marron?" said one bTauty . „ui. • , -, I to Mr. Marron with a wistful smile. f j I j i.... tut . j , , ... ;•?== = tfme" present Big Dance at E1 Pati0 Monday mght > followin S the arriy - al of the Montana delegation, there was a Grand Ball given in their hon or at the El Patio dancing pavillion. Around the edges of the famous hall were booths named after every coun ty in Montana. They were filled and people who had not met each other for years met while the strains of music guided the dancers' feet on : the splendid floor in the center. Sher ! i dan , c °unty had a " fu ]| house" " its j booth. Daniels and Roosevelt and | even Powder River had several - pe0 . p l e in their booths also. At intervals some movie star was introduced and they gave an exhibition of their skill ; or merely thanked the audience. Dur I ing one of these intermissions the eyes of several people were focussed upon a man dancing the "Black Bot to« 1 " in the center of the hall. It I was Phil Bourassa, the Plentywood I hotel keeper. As he became noticed orchestra played up a suitable air and Phil demonstrated that he "could do his stuff" as well as the best of them. 0 ..... , , . , I Several visiting Montanan s took trips to the site of the Montana Utop ia Colony in the Antelope valley, j Starting from the balmy air of Los Angeles they passed at the foot of ' snow capped mountains before they reached the celebrated valley where is grown the Kadota fig. They were surprised to find such a diversity of Trip to Utopia Site ^ California. Judge Bour £ ^heweek V and°was one of the first to buy five acres for a winter home. Several eastern Montana peo P le als0 bought some of the land and w* Ä'nÄ" n California that thev cal1 their 1 own. ! lrt ° re Entertamm ' ents The hospitality of the people of Los Angeles seems to know no bounds as jfar as the ^sitars from Montana are concerned. There will be another get together affair at the El Patio on the night of Feb. 7. The invitation cards read: "You are most cordially invited to be present at the Greater Montana Frolic at the beautiful El Patio Ball room, Thursday night. If you are transplanted from the Treasure State to the 'Land of Gold en Poppies' you are asked to share in the night of good fellowship, Feb. Feb. 3, 1929. 7th. About the middle of February a big Montana picnic is planned to be held at Sycamore Grove. This will be the Montana event of the season in south em California. From Glendale, Hol lywood, Santa Monica, San Diego and even far away Tia Juana, former Mon tana residents will travel on that day for the purpose of meeting old friends and renewing old acquaintances, Woolgpowers Hold Convention Several Montana woolgrowers, who came to Los Angeles on the excursion SÄ«-; vention. Pete Marron left along with a crowd. Some other Montanans have taken a trip to Las Vegas, N. M. wher ® th f e is ,, a , c0 .V;. idera ^ e + i, b0 u;™ now based on the building of the big Bou j der dam> Butte, According to federal statistics the cost of erecting an average building in the United States is divided, 68.2 per cent for material and 41.8 per ( cent for labor. - I The Producers News, $8 a year. ! _ 1 i j a 1 1 | j of a •A s® I c A Tip for the j Wise Housewife! 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