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• VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 7 THE MINERAL \ INDEPENDENT SUPERIOR MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA THURSDAY JUNE 17 1915 $2.00 PER YEAR HOLLIS SHOT BTGRApAM SUNDAY Tarkio Man Wounded In Head and Abdomen When Neighbor Uses Gun to Settle Old Quarrel. CONDITION SERIOUS Graham Brought to County Seat With Charge of First Degree' Assault Placed Against Him. Pleads Not Guilty In Justice Court. Taken to Missoula to Await Trial. The culmination , of a leud of long standing resulted in the shooting of George Hollis, a rancher, Sunday morning, by his neighbor, William Graham, seri- ously wounding him in the head and abdomen. It was first thaight his recovery' doubtful, but Dr. Botsford, the local phy- *ician, reports favorable condi- tions and it is thought now he will recover. Graham, when interviewed regarding the matter, gave, in a peculiar southern drawl, a brief outline of the trouble existing r-bitween Mr. Hollis and hiinself, which has covered a period of about seven years, and which wart started over a 'government survey stake being cut, between ,/ sections 13 and l4tn1nship 1B, range PA north, which divided their respekive holdings. Just whopts.the line fence should be placed was threshed both in court and out, and is still a _mat- ter of dispute. Other differences arose. The energetic Hollis - at one time changed the course of a water right claimed by Gra- ham, thereby turRing the water back into its natural channel. This affair was settled in justice court in 1910, am being vic- torious. ever, his scored one whe* the county commis- sioners of Missoula county allowed him to close a certain road running across his land, and this decision was upheld by the commissioners of Mineral county. Then another ditch was plowed up by Hollis and fences cut many times by the Louisianian, an ar- rest following each transgression. At last it became a regular pack - a -gun sort of affair, with a series of petty annoyances, shdoting l horses, dogging stock, encroach- ing and poaching, each•individ- ual desperately in earnest, each positive that he was in the right. Early Sunday morning Mr. Graham, finding his stock being pursued by the Hollis dog, shoul- dered his gun with a grim de- termination to shoot the dog, and coming on to it fired as it fled toward the Hollis house. Mr. Hollis, hearing the shot fired, hastily loaded his shotgun which he accidenly disdharged in the house before going out to meet his adversary, and only reached the road when Mr. Graham, who was coming up the ditch on his own land; a distance of about 75 Ards from Mr. Hollis, opened fire, not with murder in his heart but with the intention of scaring him and put a stop to the sock annoyance. Dr. Botsford, Undershetiff Hoffman, County Attorney Hyde, with W. J. Fletcher, on being notified mo- tored to the scene of action, the wounded man was cared for and M. Graham placedesader arrest for aiseakilt with a rirsadlo araarnn in the first degree and brought to Superior, was arraigned in jastice court the following morn- ing, pleaded not guilty and was committed to the jail in Missoula until his haring, which will un- doubtedly be in a few do's. ficials. Mr. Hyde then read his answer which is published herewith. The more thoughtful and level headed members of the commun- ity have been puzzling their heads to know why it is necessary to call a grand jury in this county. They know that it will mean a great ex- pense for jurors, witnesses, mileage, per diem and numerous other things. They know that it All perhaps take weeks to come to any his talk to the League, let the findings and they know that after out of the . bag as to why he deems this . expense has been incurred it necessary to call a grand jury. If they will be no furthce alo,ng than he can prevail upon tl* Attorney now. . General, the Governor or the Jiidge Suicpose for the sake of argument, to appoint him as special. prosecu- that a grand jury would find a bine' tor, or if he can indiice the county bill Or indictment against some attornekto let hint assist, he is sure one; the next move would be for of a fat fee regardless of whether tne prosecuting attorney to enter a or not anilurther action is taken complaint and prosecute. But if and that, too, AT THE EXPENSE this investigating committee has OF THE COUNTY. any facts on which to base an in- This then, is the dilem4a in dictment, why not layliacm before which those self-sacrificing patriots the proseCuting attorney at once? who so ea ea); rushed in and se - Any,, member of this committee, or cured an tside lawyer find then - any citizen, can make out a . corn- selves. They must either dig tit; plaint and start the machinery, of for an attorney's fee or saddle the „ the law in motion as well isa a expense onto the county. We have grand jury can. , no doubt that a great Tarty un- Attorney Parsons, lowever, in thinkingly signe&the petition for OUT OE BAG CAT IS LET The taxpayers' league held their regular meeting at the school house Tuesday afternoon with J. W. Mac- Donald in the chair. After the reig- ular routine business was taken care of, Harry H. Parsons of Mis- soula gave a short talk on the pro- gress of the investigation instigated by the league against the county commissioners, and the calling of a grand jury which, he stated, would probably be in session in the county within the next few weeks. This jury is to be composed of representative men of the county who will render a just decision. Attorney Parsons referred to a letter recently received from the Attorney General, regarding county attorney Hyde's attitude in the matter. Mr. Hyde then took the floor and stated that he had also received a letter from the Attorney General stating that that office had been informed that he was averse to prosecuting the county commis- sioners or other county officiit j believed that the expenditure of county funds upon the public highways being his duty to stand by saidofi keag a a w naction a tt t o e r r e w g h a n o t t h h e e rn dis f c ro re m tio e n xe of the board and that I could not bring rcising their discretion in such matters. -However, I did state that I would take the matter up with the board, and I d4d so with the resultthat all new work on roads ceased until such time as the taxpayers of the county could agree as to what work they wanted done, and of this decisio?tt ied a later meeting held here on May 22nd. I wish now to chara erize the statements that have been made to you \as absolutely false and misleading, an i to reiterate that I am prepared to `siphold the I kws of Montana and to prosecute any violation thereof without fear or favor. I count the fullest investigation of my official acts, and my purpose is, in all respects, to fulfill my duty as couttty attorney of Mineral county as indicated by my record in office up to the present time. -Viry respectfully yours, W. L. HYDE, County Attorney. THE LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY GPNERAL June, 4th, 1916. Hon. J. B. Poindexter, ttorney General, Helenyylontana. Dear Sir: I sin just in receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst., and in reply thereto beg to state as follows: That I have had no reliable information, directly or indirectly, except such as Is contained in your cdflimunication, to the effect that the commis- sioners of Mineral county have been,drawing excessive mileage, charging for being in session when they were not and dealing in county script as well as selling goods, wares and merchandise to the county in violation of the law. Neither these matters as a whole, nor any of them, have ever been presented to me by any of the taxpayers of Mineral county, or at all. Neither have I been requested by anyone to make an investigation or insti- tute proceedings for the recovery of any money illegally drawn, nor to prosecute -the county commissioners for any violation of law which they oe either of them might be guilty of. It is absolutely false that I have ever declared that it is my duty to, or that I must or would stand by the com- missioners and that I would not investigate charges properly made or prose- cute tbe commissioners if the facts should warrant such a course. On the other hand 1 beg t o : state at this time, that upon the receipt of reliable information to the effect that either the commissioners or any other officer of this county is violating the law I will make prompt and thorough investigation and take any action, civil or criminal, in the prem- ises that the facts warrant. I further beg to state that at a meeting held in Superior, with about 30 individuals present, on May 17th last, certain matters concerning the ex- penditure of funds by the county commissioners on new highways, and their failure to spend money' on certain other highways in a different por- tion of the county, were discussed. While I was not present durink the whole meeting, I can state positively that, while I was there, there was no intimation made that the county commissioners had violated the laws per- taining to their office. After leaving the meeting I was recalled and in- formed that a resolution had bren passed by persons present requesting me to restrain the commissioners from expending any further moneys on the public highways, except where absolutely necessary, and I was told at that time that particular reference was had to new work being done on roads between Saltese and Taft; that it was the intention of the taxpayers to se- cure the services of an attorney to prevent further expinditures on these roads, but until that could be done they desired me to restrain the board. I explained at that meeting that my position as county attorney made it my duty to defend the county commissioners in any action brought against them, or any other officer of the county while in his official capacity; that cat grand jury. But are the levelhead- ed taxpayers of the county willing to let the disgruntled few burden the county with this expense, be- fore so much as even presenting the matter to the proper authorities for tion? I seriously At a former meeting of the tax- payers' league, presided over by r local attorney, of which the secre- tary was a local attorney, and the principal speakers were a local at- torney and a law student, it was moved by an advocate of home in- dustry that the league go to Mis- soula and hire a good attorney to to do something to somebody. And now the good attorney is arranging for a fee—TO BE PAID OUT OF THE COUNTY FUNDS. Consistency, thou art a jewel! EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR MISSOULA'S'OREAT STAMPEDE The greatest show ever staged in western Montana is but two weeks distant. On the dayaf July 2, 3, 4 and 5, Missoula wi put on a stampede in which the champions of the'world will com- pete for honors in the riding, bucking and roping events. All plans for the great event are now completed and every- thing is in readiness for the big celebration. Every hour of the da'Y s haii'been provided for. In the mornings there will be par- ades, the netrer-before-attempted sour -parachute drop baloon 'as- cension, and concerts by the An- aconda Copper Mines band and the University of Wisconsin Mil- itary band of 60 pieces, 41 which is being brought to Missoula espe- cially - for the stampede. The afternoon will be devoted to the The stampede contete sr. he bucking, riding and roping • ontests will be held in the main- arena, and in addition there will be relay races, pony express races, cow- boy and cowgirl races, Indians' races, steer bull -dogging and steer roping% In the evening there will be held the Frontier Town celebra- tion. Here frontier life in all its wildness will be pictured. There will be gambling dens, where the players deal with stage money with as nnIch abandon and en- thusiasm -- as though fortunes ere at stake, dance halls and other scenes of a like ma - are that go to make up the town of the early days. Another of the ad- ded attractions of the evening will be a flight by an illuminated aeroplane. This will be the first time that such an attraction will be offered in western Montana. The various events offer espe- cial interest to Montana because of the' many Montana entries in the contests. In the bucking and riding -contests Montana has furnished 19 riders, seven . of these being from western Mon- tana. Thus far the list of en- tries has greatly exceeded at such an early date the number entered in any previous show. To date there are already entered 30 in the bucking contest, 10 strings of four horses each in the cowboys' relay race, 7 strings of four horses each in • the pony ex- press race, 24 in the steer roping and tying event, in which list are included contestants from as far annth aa T.V0 0 Q ft +1,,, horse race, 17 in the steer bull- dogging contest and three in the cowgirls' race. The number en- tered is extraordinary for a date so far in advant(of the contest. I Entries will continue to come in I up to the night before the stam- pede, as the lists, with the ex- ception of the steer roping and steer bull -dogging are open until that time. The various parades will also feature the big celebration. There will be an historical parade on Monday morning, picturing the important events in the history of this section of the state, cele- brating Missoula's fiftieth anni- versary. In addition there will be automobile parades and par- ades of all contestants. In the historical pageant parade prizes will be offered to the best dressed cowboy, and cowgirl. Prizes will be . r divided $20 to the winner, $10 to the ones taking second and v $5 for the third place winnea,' making $70 in prizes for this feature alone. Every effort is being made to accommodate the great crbwd which is. expected. In addition to Missoula's hotels an4 rooming house facilities, lists of rooms in private residences have been made. Messenger service has 44:44.,,..4 a.\ their destinations. The local boy scout troop will furnish this service. In this way each guest will be provided with a guide an no time will be lost in findin locations. GOPHERS ITIN FROM TARKIO _ Last Sunday afternoon the Su- perior Gophers won from the Tarkio nine by a score of 8 to 7, William (Shorty) ,Sturdevant's men making six runs in the first inning and keeping the lead through the game. The game lasted one and one-half hours. A. H. Franklin umpired the game. The line-up was as fol- lows: GOPHERS Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moore, c ...... ....1 0 0 0 0,, 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 1 0 0 Ives, lb, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moore', 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Krulatz, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olson, as 0 - 0 '0 0 0 0 Dwyer lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coyle, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o Cisler, rf 0 0 0 0 Q 0 0 1 — — — — — — — Totals. 6 0 0. 0 0 1 0 1 - 7 , TARKI0 • .- Innings 1 2 3 4 '6 6 7. 8 n Nichols, p.....2 1)\ 0 0 0 0 , 00 0 Smith, a 1 0 0 0 0 00 1 Nichols, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 Anderson, lb 0 0 0 1 0 10 Mills,3b 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 Miles, ss 0 0 0 0 0 00 Holden, lf 0 0 0 0 0 00 Stringham,r1 0 0 0 0 0 00 Holden, cf 0 0 0 0 0 00 Totals 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 SUNDAY SERVICES OVER THE COUNTY Superior: Sunday School at 1:30.p. m. Preaching service at 8:00. Alberton: Sunday School, 10:00a. rm. Junior League, 3:00 p. m. Epworth League, 7:00 p. m. Quartz: Sunday School at 2:00 p. in. Cobden: Sunday School at 11 a. m. St. Regis: Sunday School at 10:00 a. in. MANY GRADUATE FROM 8TH GRADE At the recent eighth grade examina- tions held in different portions of the county the following pupils were grad- uated: District No. 3, Superior Helen Ray. District No. 2, Alberton Mildred Lind, Helen Walters, Vernice Thorn, DeDoss VanAlstine. ,• District No. 4, Cyr George Holden, William Daigle, Ma- mie Johnson. District No. 5, Quartz Essie Donally, Dan Smith, Robert Graham, Janie McDonald, A i ibert Snow, Mabel And i erson. • District No. 6, St. Regis Dee Pelarske, Raymond Hentz, Joe ,Boucher k, a THE WOMAN'S AID TO GIVE A PICNIC The Woman's Aid will hold their annual picnic July 8 in the Wilkinson orchard, the ideal picnic grounds at the rear of the •Superior hotel. Everyone is invited to come and contribute some- thing for the table. A j , special invita- tion is -given to the male members of the community to be on hand when the repast will be served. The next regu- lar meeting will be held with Mrs. Mac- Donald at the Superior hotel. The ladies are planning to stage a play in the near future. The commit- tee fur arrangements met with Mrs. MacDonald Tuesday afternoon and is composed of the following ladies: Mes- dames Stillenger. Hargave, Harman, Schoenfeld, MacDonald. DE BORGIA MINING'CO. TO BEGIN OPERATIONS DeBorgia, June 15. ---The mining proprrty of the 'bite L. C. Ingalls will Lie owerateii inis summer ny trke MOCK- hold4r purchasers, the organization be- ing known as the Gold Crome Mining company. The stamp mill will be re- odeled arid additional stamps put in, this property haw' g large deposits of free milling gol ore. Plans are being laid for rtensive operation. GMT RACE AGAINST TIME I . From Chitgago to Seattle By Auto 14o, 100 Hours Is Fe - at Attempted By the Yellowstone Trail Associ- ation. FORMAL DEDICATION Walter Beck of Missoula Will Make 17th Lap of Auto Relay Between Missoula and Wallace In Five Hours and Five Min- utes. Trial,Run Made Tues- day Night. At 3:15 p. m. Friday, June 18th, Walter Beck, agent for the Cadillac automobiles, leave Missoula in an eight-cyli er car o ke, and start on he 17th lap of the automobile relay race over the Yellowstone trail from Chicago to Seattle. Mr. Beck will run from Missoula to Wallace, a distance of 132.6 miles; the time allowed him is five hours and five minutes. Dedication Ceremony This 1. the dedication of the Yellow- stone trail to public use as a transcon- tinental highway reaching from the Great Lakes to Puget Sound. H. 0. Cooley of Aberdeen, 4. D., secretary of the Yellowstone Vail association, planned a run over the trail from one end to the other. In order to make an appropriate one, and at the same time give a thorough test to the excel- lence of the trail for transcontinental travel a plan of relays from Chicago to Seattle has been arranged, which by its features takes the nature of a race against 'time on a big scale. Letter to Seattle Mayor , Mayor W. H. Thompson of Chicago was the first person called upon to help in this plan, and he readily con- ented to write a -letter to the mayor of Seattle and dispatch it by automobile over the Yellowstone trail. The Yel- lowstone Trail association, on its part, promises that the letter will i be deliv- ered to the mayor of Seattle in 100 hours, or less. In addition to the let- ter from Mayor Thompson,' the relays will tti•ry a banner. This will be mounted and transferredIrOdi one Car to another. The color of the banner will be yellow and the lettering black, reading \Chicago to Seattle Over the Yellowstone Trail in 100 Hours.\ It is desired that the roads be clear and in as good conditiolekas possible so that our part of this exceptionalrun will be creditable. This is one of the eaost notable automobile events in hie - try and its success will be Of much advertising advantage and importance to this county.. Put forth your best ef- fort to have our highway in tip-top shape and watch for the yellow streak tomorrow. \ A Trial Trip On Tuesd4 night about 11 o'clock a party consisting of Walter Beck, Mas- sey McCullough and Ralph Stiff, auto- mobile men of Missoula, passed through Superior enroute to Wallace. Thyb- ject of this trip is to familiarize themselves with the road, preparatory to making the recprd run trilorrditr. • RIBERDY GETS APPOINTMENT St. Regis Man Will Finish Unexpired Term of the Late Shertff. At the regular session of the county commissioners held last Thursday morn- ing, EdwardiF. RiberdiWas appointed' sheriff of Mineral County to finish the unezpired term of the late A. F. Klug- ing!). Mr. Riberdy will take up his new males immediately after moving his family to the county seat from St. Regis. The new sheriff brings to his office unquestioned ability, be being a man well versed in public affairs and the heaviest individual tax payer in the county. Chas. Hoffman will eontinue as under sheriff. • 9 •
