The Bozeman courier., October 01, 1926, Page PAGE TEN, Image 10

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LIBERTY LEAGUE
TO GUARD RIGHTS
CASCADE CITIZENS ORGANIZE A
COMMITTEE FOR PRO
TECTION
Sam Stephenson, President of First
National Bank, Great Falls, Heads
New Organization; Will Prosecute
All law Violators
Cascade County Liberty
longue" was organized ait Great
Falls at a meeting of citizens for
the purpose of guarding the con
stitutional rights of citizens of the
city and vicinity from alleged il
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legal activities by dry agents or
men pretending to bo prohibition
officers.
Sam Stephenson, president of the
First National bank and one of the
originators of the plan for the forma
tion of the league, was named perma
nent chairman. Dr. A. F. Longeway
was named vice president, Dudley
Crowther, secretary and Shirley S.
Ford, treasurer.
A plan for the league's work in
remedying the alleged condition at
Great Falls will be drawn up by
these officers and an executive com
mittee to be appointed by Mr. Steph
enson.
The league is the outgrowth of sev
eral "holdups" of motorists in this
district by men who claimed to be
prohibition officers.
Prosecution of all law violators,
regardless of whether they are cloth
ed with authority by a state or
federal governing body, was urged.
Placing of state prohibition en
forcement agents under bonds upon
which suit may be brought if illegal
acts are committed, leaving direc
tion of the activities of the agents
to the discretion of the various sher
iffs of the state and clothing of all
enforcement agents in distinctive
uniforms were among the suggestions
offered for eliminating of alleged il
legal practice.
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State D. A. R to Meet
State conference of chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion will be held at Butte October
7 and 8, it has been announced.
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Anything and Everything
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Montana's Meanest Man
Montana's meanest man k&s been
He entered
operating at Bridger,
the Methodist Episcopal chnrch par
sonage while the pastor, the Rev.
A. C. Fenton, was at church and
stole |18, representing a special mis
sionary collection. Earlier in the day
the collection box in the primary de
partment of the Sunday school in
which the little folk put their pennies
on their birthdays, was emptied.
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RAINS DISCLOSE
MYSTERY GRAVE
BONES IN CUSTER COUNTY EX
HUMED BY SUMMER'S
WASHOUTS
Skeleton Believed to be that of Hunt
er or Trapper Who Roved Plain«
Near Miles City About 50 Years
Ago; New Burial Plane Made
Buried probably between 45 and
50 years ago in an unmarked grave
at the source of the middle fork
of Stagger creek, within less than
150 yards of the present location
of the Montana Bell drilling rig, in
Custer County, the bones of an un
known white man, exposed by a
washout daring the past summer
were reinterred in another grave
near the spot a little above the
head of the middlo fork, by Ade
Leosch, assisted by Lou and Fred
Grill.
The body had been buried with
out a box about three feet below
the surface in a grave about five feet
long and from the indications of
the position of the bones was laid
with the legs below the knees bent
under. Rushing waters had carried
away large portions of the earth
splitting the grave in the middle
lengthwise, leaving an indenture in
the bank containing a part of the
bones, the rest being carried away
with the falling earth. A careful
examination of the fallen earth re
sulted in the recovery of many parts
of bone, including the skull parts,
scapula, joints and jaw, as well
as other small pieces that crumbled
quickly when handled.
Mystery surrounds the discovery of
the unknown and unmarked grave.
From the size of the thigh bones it
I is believed that the man must have
! been at least well above six feet in
height. The spot in which the grave
was located is about five miles north
of the Yellowstone river from the
Nelson ranch. Whether he was a
prospector seeking wealth in the ad
jacent hills, cattleman, victim of an
Indian party, a soldier, a trapper, or
a hay cutter looking for meadows
away from the immediate river bot
tom lands may be only conjectured.
That he was accompanied by others
is indicated by the apparent fact
that he was buried beneath the soil
nearly a half century ago at least.
The herring has always been re
garded as a mystic fish by the High
landers of Scotland. They believe it
is subject to various occult influenc
es, and when, as has happened,, the
herring deserted old haunts, the
Highlanders indnlged in queer prac
tices to lure it back.
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Excess Uric Acid Gives Rise to Many
Unpleasant Troubles,
AUTHORITIES agree that an ex
jC\. cess of uric acid is primarily
due to faulty kidney action. Reten
tion of this toxic material often
makes its presence felt by sore, pain
ful joints, a tired, languid feeling
and, sometimes, toxic backache and
headache. That the kidneys are not
functioning right is often shown by
scanty or burning passage of secre
tions. Thousands assist their kidneys
at such times by the use of Doan's
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are recommended by many local peo
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MILES CITY CUTS
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REDUCTION OP 25 PER CENT
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CONSUMERS
Rights of H. O. Young, Forsyth At
torney, to Continue in Practice are
Challenged; State Land Depart
ment Announces Land Sales
(By Our Helena Correspondent.)
City water consumera of Miles City,
served by the municipal plant, will en
joy a redaction in rates of virtually 2ft
per oent, according to a plan approved
today by the state public utilities com
mission. In addition to the water rate
reduction the council also plans cutting
electric light rates 20 per cent and elec
trical heating 25 per cent.
According to the plans outlined to the
commission by Cary A. Becraft, superin
tendent and Mayor W. Y. Smith, the
water rate reduction will apply particu
larly to consumers using 5,(100 to 100.000
gallons. No free service is given by the
municipal water plant and It has been
making a comfortable profit The reduc
tion was worked out by the city council
and submitted to the state board for ap
proval.
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Recommending revocation of the license
of H. Q. Young, Forsyth attorney, on the
ground that he is "guilty of deceit and a
crime involving moral turpitude," Judge
George Y Patten of Bozeman has filed
his report with the supreme court as its
referee to hear disbarment proceedings
brought against him.
A motion to adopt the findings has
been made by H. S. Hepner, special pros
ecutor appointed by the court.
Charges against Young involved the val
idity of a deposit slip with purported to
show a deposit of $85 currency in a For
syth bank in favor of Young. The referee
found that no such deposit ever was made
and that Young knew that the certificate
was false and fraudulent and was made
for the purpose of deceiving and defraud
ing the bank.
Young denied the allegations of the
complaint and has filed with the court
an affidavit purporting to show the source
of the deposit represented by the deposit
slip.
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State laud sales in five northern Montana
counties have been set by the state land
department. The series of sales will open
at Chinook October 16, where lands In
Blaine county will be sold. Valley county
lauds will be sold at Glasgow, ' October
18; Roosevelt county lands at Wolf Point.
October 19; Sheridan county lands at
Plentywood, October 20, and the Daniels
county sale will begin at Scobey October
21. The Daniels sale is the largest. About
900 tracts are offered, comprising in the
neighborhood of 128,000 acres. About 30,
000 acres is to be offered in Sheridan
county.
After the claim had been kicked around
for two years from the legislature to the
board of examiners, thence to the
preme court and then back to the state
board, action was taken by the board of
examiners allowing George Reitz a flat
$5,000 in payment for injuries sustained
at the University of Montana when he fell
down an open elevator shaft while a stu
dent at the institution. The legislature dele
gated the payment of the claim to the
state board and fixed a maximum of $7.
500. The board instituted a test case
before the supreme court, claiming that
action of the legislature in delegating the
authority was illegal. The supreme court
passed it back to the board, the opinion
su
holding the action legal. After holding
the matter in abeyance for months, the
board finally paid the claim. Physicians
report that the hoy, who has recently been
employed as a forest ranger, must under
go another operation. Attorney Hugh
Adair has handled the case.
Montana motorists will wear the green
next year. J. E. Murphy, state purchas
ing agent, has ordered 89,000 automobile
license plates for next year's use, to be
enameled green, with black lettering. About
16,000 truck plates were ordered.
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Attorney Roy B, Lockwood of Helena,
department commander of the disabled
American veterans, has been appointed
marshal of the Montana state Supreme
court. He takes the place of Ed Ahern,
who recently resigned to enter the prac
tice of law at Havre.
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336 Man Caused Fires
Of the 1331 forest fires In the dis
trict this season 336 were man caus
ed, according to P. J. O'Brien, law
enforcement officer with headquar
ters at Missoula,
comprises all of Montana and por
tions of Idaho and Washington. Of
this number 112 civil and criminal
This territory
cases were prosecuted.
20 cases now pending.
There are
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Butte's Insanity Decreases
Insanity In Silver Bow county has
decreased 50 per cent since the war
period and since 1923 each succès-,
sive year has marked a considerable
falling off in the number of mental
cases brought into district court at
Butte. During the hectic years of
the World war from 100 to 110 men
and women were annually brought
before Judge J. J. Lynch and a com
mission.
TATE BRIEF
Cut Bank—The handsome tile building of
the Cut Bank Light A Power company has
been completed.
Wolf Point—John Cnrran of Poplar hah
been appointed deputy treasurer to take
the place of William Bhea, who recently
resigned.
Glasgow—Valley county Is preparing the
largest corn exhibit ever sent to the north
eastern corn pore seed show to be held at
Harre in October.
Louis Calahan, who was found
dead near the railroad tracks was killed
by being struck by a passlag train, a cor
oner's Jury decided.
Harlc
Lewlstown—Walter
. . , Bwlnnett. pioneer
Tockman of tfceWlnnett county, has sold
? ™ 1 , 8 cat V e ' head > to Carl Huntley
of Wisconsin, the deal Involving $40,000.
Helen*—Enrollment of Helena's public
school teachers in the Montana Education
association is expected to be 100 per cent
according to Superintendent John Deitrlch.
Great Foils—Jack Abrams was elected
chef de gare of the Great Falls 40 and
8 society, playground of the American
Legion, at the annual election held
centlj.
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Butt«—Enrollment at the state school of
mlnee at Butte, will exceed any previous
enrollment of approximately 200. Two new
classes will be added to the school's reg
ular curriculum. *
Great Fail
Al . . , Lorraine Thompson, 17-year
old girl, was deprived the right to oper
ate an automobile for 90 days as the re
sult of her arrest on a charge of ex
ceeding the speed limit.
Missoula—Dean C. W. Leaphart of the
State university law school, who under*
went an operation at St. Patrick's hos
pital, was taken to his home In the Rattle
snake and Is now resting easily.
Helena—The trial of W. S. Goodyer for
larceny of funds from the Farmers and
Mechanics state bank, will be held In the
November term of court according to Coun
ty Attorney George W. Padbury, Jr.
Great Falls— A serions situation exists
as regards the Black Ba*le water supply
and analysis shows that the water now
used is unsafe, according to announcement
ficer >r Thomas Walker, city health of
Butte— Dr. H. J. McDonald, pioneer phy
sician of this city, has left for Seattle
where he will sail for a tour of The Orient
His traveling companion will be an old
time friend, A. M. Chisholm of Duluth
midd. 9
Anaconda—The Margaret and Imperial
theaters have been purchased by the Wa
KkÄ" 6 " 4 < * >mpanyi operators of the
Bluebird theater, in one of the biggest re
years traDS * erS * D Anacon< ^ a to the last few
Falls—Ralph Lowry, recently con
struction engineer at the McEav dam In
*} as been transferred to the Sun
River irrigation project to supervise
construction o fthe Gibson
Beaver creek.
the
reservoir at
Butte—Arrangements for the National
^?i >1 1 Gr D W w rs . convention which will be
held in
January are now in the
hands of a chamber of commerce com
mittee of which Senator Harry A. Gallwey
is chairman. J
Butte—Steve Lockner, age 38. and Wil
li a in Isaacsen, a .ere 37, both miners, were
instantly killed the other day in a blast
ing accident at the Mountain consolidated
mine on the 3,000 foot level. There
no witnesses.
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Laurel—Another dividend by the defunct
American ban kof Laurel has been paid
by the receiver. George W. Graft. This
was the third dividend paid bv the bank
since its closing last May, making a total
of 70 per cent.
Sweetgr»«
_ John Powers, a resident of
Montana for 48 years, died here a few days
ago at the age of 70 years. He came to this
state in 1SS0 from Wisconsin, locating at
Butte. In 1908 he moved from that city
to Sweetgrass.
Lewlstown—For the sixth time within
three years the store of the Hanover Mer
cantile company at Hanover was entered
by burglars the other morning, A email
sum of money and considerable merchan
dise was stolen.
Poplar—Excavating for the new Catholic
church here was begun a few days ago.
Bids for the building will be let as soon
as the excavation Is finished, and It is
planned to have the building completed
by December first of this year.
Hamilton—A modern apple packing plant
to being rushed to construction at Darby
18 miles south of Hamilton. The building
is a brick and concrete structure of two
stories, the first being a concrete base
ment with a 25,000 box capacity.
Great Falls—Cigarettes In wholesale
quantities were stolen one night recently
by burglars who forced an entrance into
the P. J. Gies warehouse. The cigarettes
were, however, recovered by Captain Fred
Locker, acting chief of police.
Lewlstown—In the Flatwillow section of
Petroleum county during an electrical
storm, a stack of alfalfa on the Henry 81
bert ranch was struck by lightening and
more than 200 tons of alfalfa destroyed.
The loss amounted to more than $2,000.
Anaconda— O. B. Hundley, assistant re
duction superintendent at the Chile Ex
ploration company reduction plant at Chu
quicamata, Chile, and Mr*. Hundley have
been spending a few days in Butte and
visiting the smelter and mines.
. . Payne, a well-known
rancher in Helena valley, committed su
icide by shooting himself in the head with
a shotgun. The tragic deed was committed
in bis bedroom. The heavy charge from
the gun blew his head almost completely
off.
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Helena— E. T,
Butte—A decrease of 103 from last year
in the first-day registration of the city's
public schools was shown in figures given
out by Supt. A. H. Douglass. The enroll
ment total, which does not Include that
of rural schools la this district, is placed
at 7,lo0.
An expenditure of not lest
than $30,000 will probably be required for
the establishment of a municipal bathing
pool, fully equipped and modern in every
respect, according to specifications com
pleted by R. J. Woodward, deputy city
Great Fall
engineer.
Harlem—The city conncil has voted to
purchase a fire siren and In addition to
pay Into the treasury of the fire depart
ment $1 per hour for each fireman who Is
in attendance at the fires, the number to
be turned in at each monthly meeting for
auditing.
Great Falls—A levy of $35,196.03 will be
imposed on property benefited by city
garbage service In order to defray cost
of maintaining the service daring the
year ending September 30, 1926, accord
ing to a resolution adopted by the city
council.
While driving bis car around
a carve and while apparently looking
either to the side or rear of the car, Char
les B. Douthit hit a cow In the road, his
car rolling over a six-foot embankment
near Hodges, Mont., on top of him, almost
Glendlvi
instantly killing him.
Forsyth—Anton 81mkm died snddealy
while at the sheep camp of bis son, John
Semion, near Sumatra. Ml. Semion, who
was 71 years of age, bad gone there with
his son to take some supplies to the cam
and was talking and laughing
the moment of bis death.
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Greet Falls—Large tracts of land In fonr
counties and stocks, bonds and securities
of more than $100,000 face value in
aggre
gate and other personal property, all own
ed by the Simeon 8. Hobson estate, have
beer ordered sold within sixty days by
District Judge Stephen J. Cowley.
Missola—When he stepped from the east
track of the Northern Pacific near Clinton
as a train approached, David Berry, 35,
Northern Pacific section laborer, was kil
led by a train approaching on the west
track. He stepped from the path of one
train onto the other track in front of an
other train.
Olendive—John Holm has recently been
awarded the contract for building the large
addition to the Elk's building here. Work
has been begun and will probably be poin
ted this fali. The new addition will
I 60 by 50 feet and two stories in height,
making the entire building when completed
90 by 140 feet There will be a full I
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Quick Quaker—Cooka in 3 to 5 minutea,
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Wheat Growers Co-operative association
to recover $2,500 which he alleges to be
due him for his services In soliciting ship
ments of wheat from divers persons for
the Minnesota concern, and also for his
services in advertising this co-operative
association.
Knllspell—Changes in office were made
at a recent meeting of the executive board
of the Kaiispell Women Voters. Mrs. John
Laux, who has been first vice president,
was advanced to the position of president,
and Mrs. Robert Pauline was made first
vice president. Mrs.i Emma Ingalls was
named treasurer to fill the vacancy caused
by Mrs. Owens' removal to Whitefish.
Chinook—Colonel E. II. Williams, state
adjutant general, recently visited in Chi
nook, looking over the possibilities of
placing a guard company here. The Amer-.
lean Legion post is fostering the idea and
members endeavored to convince the col
clty was the logical place for,
the new company. Several other towns
Ma.lt* —Two informations have been filed
County Attorney H. L. Wolf, -Tr . in the
district court before Judge C. D. Borton
at Malta against J. E. Arnot of Glasgow,
charging him with perjury and with hav
ing made a false financial statement for
the purpose of obtaining credit and there
after obtaining credit from Phillips.couuty
for the First National bank of Malta, of
are seeking the new unit, including Bil
lings.
which he was president at the time of
closing.
Butte—Chung Lung, experienced in laun
dry work but not in automatic elevators,
fell to his death here the other afteruoou
when he opened an elevator door on the
fourth floor of an apartment house and
stepped into the shaft, forgetting that he
had left the elevator at the floor above
while collecting soiled linens from bis
clients.
Bakeiv-Fearing- the board of commission
ers for Fallon county would dispense
with a county agent, Evan W. Hall of
Miles City, agricultural agent for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, in a
recent interview with the Fallon county
officials, urged the retention of the county
office.
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Oil Men to Meet
The second annual convention of
the Montana Chapter of the Rocky
Mountain Oil & Gas association will
be held at Hotel Rainbow in Great
Falls Decemberl, 2 and 3, it was de
cided at a meeting of the associa
tion's board of directors held at
Great Falls.
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6 BUTTE MINERS
GET HERO AWARD
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A story of heroism underground,
a story of six Butte miners who
risked a terible deoAh to carry
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from a large powder magazine a
A. C. M. CITES ACHIEVEMENT
OP FEARLESS
MEN
Discovered Dynamite Magasine Afire
and After Shooting a Warning,
Plunged into Smoke Filled Room,
Carried Explosive to Water Ditch
half dozen burning boxes of pow
der, amounting to 300 pounds of
explosive, wiiirh endangered the
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lives of fellow miners and made
imminent an explosion and possibly
a mine fire which might have tak
__ _ toll in Ilf« and nmn.
©rty came to light the other day,
when C. L. Berrien, superintendent
©f h lines for the Anaconda Copper
Mining company cited the half doz
en men for bravery.
There was such an emergency at
the Mountain Consolidated mine dur
ing the early morning of August 18,
and each man was presented with a
check for $200.
Mike Gavin, John W.
James Preston, Thomas Kilgallon,
James H .Murphy and Jerry D. Mur
phy.
Their names are
Rodechek,
Kilgallon at 1:15 o'clock in the
morning on the 2,8000-foot level
found the dyamite magazine afire,
and after shouting a warning to a
motor crew and directing them to
alarm the shift bosses, plunged into
the smoke filled magazine and seiz
ing two boxes of burning powder in
his arms, dipped them into the water
ditch.
he was forced to retreat, and a sta
tion tender assisted the nearly over
come miner to the station.
By this time the others had ar
rived with helmets and, although
blinded by the stifling smoke and
fumes which filled the station, by
following the car rails were able
to stumble to the magazine, and re
moved four more boxes of burning
powder. Gavin and Kilgallon received
Nearly overcome by smoke
burns on their hands, necessitating
hospital treatment.