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10 THE HELENA DAILY INDEPENDENT, Salt Lake City, Oct. 15 --(IF)-- Tascall Boyer, alias George L. Hutledge, war declared by a coroner's jury this afternoon to be the f-layer of three persons, shot to a near Bountiful, a Sunday cvening. Orlando Eon man. county attorney of Davit, the killings occurred, said he file lirst degree u.urder charges against Dover A score of persons crowded to a a i the courtroom in the i ciiv hall, where the inquest was held.

From the 11 -witnesses who testified. County Attorney Bowman elicited the story of the reign of crime in and near the peaceful country town that left three dead wounded in its wake Seen By Daughter Blanche 23-year-old mghter of' Mrs. Blanche Nelson, one of the three i i testified liow she had seen Boyer peer through a window of her home late Sunday night. At a time, although slie was then ignorant of mat fact, her mother's beaten and lav in a ditch near the town cemetery. She said she first knew Boyer bv sight about two months ago in the lunch stand of a packing plant where her mother was employed.

Boyer visited with her mother occasionally when he went to eat at the restaurant, she testified. Other witnesses included neighbors of Mrs. Nelson and of Mr. and Mrs. John Loren East, the other two victims of the slayer; their lelatives and officers who arrested Boyer, found blood stains on his shoes and a hastily-washed salt of clothing in his apartment, and upon the cushions of his automobile Talk of Mob While the inquest was being conducted in Bountiful, Boyer was held in the city jail here.

Threats of mob action have been heard at Bountiful, it was declared today by Sheriff Joseph Holbrook. Employes of the packing plant have talked storming the Davis county jail ar Farmington if Boyer is taken 'here, the sheriff said. "We have decided to keep him in Salt Lake City or county jail for the present to avoid trouble," the sheriff added. Cheyenne. Oct.

of Police T. Jos Cahill said 3-DAY SALE of Manufacturer's Sample FURS Smart Coats that represent the greatest values of the season in two attractiv groups. $4950 Lapin.s Bering Seal and Laskin Lamb Kid Very Fine Imported Blocked a Lapins, Fine Quality Northern Seals and French Seals GOLDBERG'S Montana's Leading Furriers 58 N. Main Phone last night he was sending Salt Lake City, I'tnh, officers the description of a pistol purportedly purchased here Saturday oy Oeorge L. Kut- ledge.

is held at Salt Lake City in connection with a triple near there last nlsht. Cahill said he had information that several friends of Rtitledge talked Tuth him here Saturday. A pawn broker, whom Cahill not name, told the chief of police he sold a .41 caliber colt revolver to a man resembling Rutledse Saturday afternoon. Cahill said ho a for- a i the number 2 9 0 3 1 of the weapon to Salt Lake C'tv Salt Lake City. Oct.

1 3 i -Grilled officeis concerning his connection with a triple slaying near here last mpht. George Rutledge, butcher and meat buyer, refused to concede anything than "I don't remember Chief of Police William L. Pavno. two of whose men arrested Rutledge at a resort north of the cit; after he was asserted to have appeared at the home of the first victim of the killings, declared "there's no question about it. We have an airtight case agai.i-H him." Bod) Found The slayings became the bodv of Mrs.

Blanche N'el- son. 4S. widowed mother of three children, was found near a roadside, shot and beaten. Xearbv, fallen from an automobile, a the body of Mis. John Loren East, wife of a farmer, and East's own body, likewise bullet- riddled, was in a field close by.

The Easts were parents of two children The officers said their evidence shows the slayer called at the home of Mrs. Xelson, took her in an automobile to the scene of her slaying, shot her and threw her from his ar, afterward dragging her body nto the weeds at the roadside. Easts Slain Apprehended in the act by Mrs. Sast, who was sitting in her parked waiting for her hsuband to at- end to his irrigating ditches, the killer shot Mrs. East twice, open- ng the door of her car and allow- ng her body to fall to the ground.

At the sound of shots. East apparently approached, and in turn was shot twice and left dead in his ield. Some time afterward, two mo- onsts. George Reich and 0. L.

Squires, both of Salt Lake City, were shot as they drove their cars along the highway. Soon thereafter, officers sent to latrol the highway north of here aw Hutledge enter a refreshment and seat himself alone in a moth. When an officer approached, Rutledge arose, suddenly and when was arrested the officers declared they found a pistol his pocket. As evidence of. Rutledge's connection with the Blayings.

police declared they had established that he was wearing blood-stained shoes, his pistol was found to fire a bullet the same as the one taken from East's body, in his apartment was found a suit of clothes that had recently washed; his garage, was an automobile the seat cushions of which were soaked with od and bore strands of a woman's hair. Rejected Suitor Mrs. Kelson's daughter said Rutledge's advances had been spurned by her mother, who was alone in her home at Woods Cross, Utah, north of here last night. Later, after hours questioning bv police officers and an alienist Rutledge refused to admit the killings. Declaring Rutledse is crazy like a fox," Chief of Police Pane said the prisoner "admitted everything except the actual "Rutledge has one of the quickest reactions I have ever seen" the chief said.

"Jn en life he a high-pressure salesman Dr. Foster Curtis, alienist who examined the priaonei. refused to comment, out Chief Payne suggested. "I think he a bright boy, don't doctor''" he replied in the affirmative. Previously Rutledge had told the officers be had been i i all day a and he could remember nothing of what had happened Hutledge admitted to police tonight his real name as Pascall Leonard Bover and that he 1 married in JIuskogee OKIa in 1322 Ijj A.

I'. Police Captain i i confronted i Associated Press dispatches i of the marriage of a man named "Bovet" to a girl the PJspec was his i i a a his name was Boyer Captain Burbids" 51.d man mirt i changed his a i a (he did not sav several ears ago. 5H1E IE TO HELP I IK ARE EQUIPPED TO AID YOUTH PROGRAM SAYS DIRECTOR I The National Adnnnistra- is i the help of all local organizations which have as their objective the betterment of conditions and the training of unemployed in Montana for positions in i it was stated esterday by J. B. Love, state director "There are scores of organizations scattered over the state o-f ntana." Director Love said, "that are equipped to give special service the rehabilitation of young people who are coming to a i in a time c-f economic chaos and who i it i i to adjust themselves to present-day conditions.

The National Administration was established to do some- i for the of the country. It can only succeed in a fair degree i the cooperation of those agencies which a been dealing successfully i youth problems. Dignity was placed on the daii) ndustry in Montana yesterday when Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle held that "one-cow dairies" come under the jurisdic- ion of the Milk Control board, in ui opinion requested by Commissioner .1. B.

Norris of Helena. "If a one-cow dairy sells milk at vholesale to a distributor, it is a producer If a one-cow dairy milk, it a producer-distribu- or under the definition above quoted, since selling at wholesale to i i i is not included in the alter definition. By definition, dealer' means any producer, dts- ributor 01 producer-distributor," he opinion set forth. "It is my opinion, therefore, that a one-cow dairy, whether a producer or a producer-distributor, is a dealer as above defined and sub- to the regulations of the board. Tlnough Churches a a we have many i organizations, the Y.

M. C. the Y. W. C.

boys' clubs, girls' clubs, and kindred organizations. Parent-Teacher associations, educational organizations and numerous others whose activities could be coordinated and a broad general program agreed upon and put into execution with such supplementary assistance as the XYA can provide. "Through the initiative of the XYA hundreds of students in Montana are sharing in the benefits of the college-aid, high school student- aid, and post-graduate student-aid program. But this educational program, important as it is, is not enough. We must find local bodies which will sponsor worthwhile projects for our youth.

The colleges and the schools are dumping hundreds of graduates into the world each June with no jobs in sight It is up to us to find new- opportunities for these people. It is up to us to i out what thev want to do and to develop their talents, so that private business revives they will be able to take their place in the industrial world." All organizations which are interested in the development ol youth programs are i i by Director Love to contract him or any members of the state or local advisory committees which have been set up to bring the youth program to fruition. DIGNITY ONE-COW DAIRIES IN STATE ELEVATED CORPORATIONS IN STATE ARE ON UPWARD TREND WITH 1,037 SHOWING $13,406,906 PROFIT a a corporations, both There also were 2,182 corporations and small, are regaining a sound footing and during the fiscal year ending last June 30. 1,037 of them reported a total net profit of 0 6 9 0 6 nearly twice as much as in 1931. and three times that of 1933, to a.

statement on corporation license tax classification receipts released yesterday by Robert L. Watkins, tax a i for the state board of equalization. The oorpoirtio-n license tax in Montana a to 2 per cent of the net income, i a i i a of $5 During the last fiscal a 1,037 corporations in the state paid a total tax of $268.138 12. representing a total net profit of $13.406.906. Mr.

Watkins said. NGLE RETURNS 10 Attoi General Raymond Nagle returned yesterday from Chicago where he represented Montana at the convention of the association of motor ehicle admims- He conferred with other state representatives particularly In the matter of of automo- ailes across Montana from manufacturing points to distributing agencies on the Pacific coast. It as proposed last 5 ear that such cars be exempted from taxation through mutual courtesies of one state to another, and the matter was referred to a special committee. The committee this returned two reports, but the question did not come to a and it was referred again to tho committee for study. One report favored reciprocal concessions by states, with restrictions, and the other report rejected reciprocity agreements enthely.

on tana's position the attorney general said, that the state uia reciprocate courtesties in the matter nf license taxes for privately cmned cars, but tax cars taken across the state for sales poses. 1MFFIG MUSI IE mm BECK Stating that the observance of two Montana regulations have prevented nearly all of the fatal accidents which occurred on the highways of the state i the last year, Walter Beck, assistant supervisor of the Montana highway patrol, addressed the members of the Helena Lions club yesterday, and mentioned many of the hazards faced by automobile drivers of today. "Those regulations," Mr. Beck stated, "are driving on the right side of the highway, and holding the cars' speed down to a point at which the car can be stopped within the length of road visible and clear. Highway a i regulations are CLOTH! IS KM BY HEltl FAMILIES; AYith i lapidly approaching ti ingent demands aie being made dally the local corps of the Salvation Army which is doing- its utmost on a limited budget to meet the cmei gency i something tangible can be arranged i local authoi ities.

Hundreds of garments and shoes tvere given out to 52 families who applied for this nature of relief this past week Sixty-four meals and 26 beds given to ti ansients in emergency cases, aside from garments and shoes. Ted Collins, assistant treasurer and social advisor of the nrnn 's advisory board, announces that a special two-day campaign for clothing and other commodities take place and Thursday. The rnl rooms in the a building hich been renovated for the purpose of a ing care of married couples or single girls who apply for assistance. How- ex er, beds and other furnishings are needed for these rooms. The appeal is being made for beds, springs, mattresses blankets clothing, shoes and miscellaneous furnishings.

Persons, ho of the above items to contribute ai requested to telephone 1 4 7 6 or bring them to 2S South Main street IN II HEM NA1HL FUST ARE LIFMSHIN All bans in the Helena National forest have been i Harold Hendron. assistant supervisor of the forest, said yesterdav Rains and snow i the last week or 10 days has eliminated any danger of fires in the forest, he added. Smoking IB now permitted in the forests, as is slash i and campers are no longer required to carry shovels and other necessary tools in the forest confines Hendron said that the nine lookouts and the smoke-chasers have been called in from their posts the Helena forests This was the longest season that these men have- had to remain in the forest, due to the exceptionally long dry season, i lasted i just last week DKRA1S TO FIGH1 which paid the i i fee for a total of $10,910. The grand total from all corporations operating in the state during the year was 048 12, as compared to $195,010.45 In and J100.GGS.70 (Continued from Page 1) 1THS JISI1 REIMS IN CITY Two Helena youths who are in the U. S.

navy are visiting in the necessary, the speaker said, in or-1 city for a few weeks. They are 'Continued from Pace 1) der to protect the large number of a drivers from the small number of careless drivers. Speed limits of 35 miles per hour will be placed on a of highway areas in the state i i the next 30 days, he said. These areas have the scenes of many accidents, and it is that the crash hazard i be greath reduced by i i i the speed of automobiles in the danger zonco. Included In these areas i be MacDonald pass, other passes across the Continental i i a section west of Nimrod and points.

Walter who was granted a 16-day recruit from the a i i station at San Diego after completing his three-month a i ing period prior to fleet assignment, and Charles Ohlandt of East Helena, who is on the U. Detroit. Ohlandt was given a 30-day lough a a accompanied by a i Dick Baker of Omaha, who i spend a few days here before going to his home They are a i at the home of Ohlandt's mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs Couch. Buhrer.

who graduated from the Miss Hose Edith Hollenback, ac-1 Helena High school last enc a by Miss Hall, offered several i a on the day's a Guest" at the meeting i Ralph Conrad and K. Hooks, Jr listed in the a a few dajs after school closed. A his visit here he experts to be assigned to the cruiser New Orleans at San Diego. IJP in of above With present i of a a history it seems reasonable to a Helena will probably I experience another Fhock of obstructive a in the immedi- future." Lal.n is the a of A plant haw- a common names nut the world, hut only Latin TWENTY Slunninjr new 4-ply worsted mitings come in. They arc 100 pure worsted.

They won't shine. They will hold their shapes and will wear until you tire of them. I've priced them at $33 (a bargain) and I'll make them any style you wish. I guarantee to fit you or I keep the suit. HI I make ladjes' topcoats.

L--The Nifty Tailor SPVPD applications for licenses to operate motor vehicles as common carriers a been set for hearing by the slate railroad and public service commission on Ortober 22, at the offices here. The a i a McCoy, to operate a truck in Bozeman and i i a i i i of IJO mile It. D. Kerr, to operate a taxi in Bozeman and i i Henry Straugh, to in White Springs and vicinity. A.

('. Poor, to operate a truck in Bclgradp and i i a i i i of I mile'-i John Karp of a a a to in Amsterdam and i i a i i i of 50 miles Myron Hicks of Bozeman, to operate and buaes from Town- to i Springs by way of i i and Deep Creek a road. i lirolliPrt. t' in a a a and i a vicinity of 50 miles. Vital Statistics and prove that F.

and T. J. are brothers the skin and that the New Deal is deep-rooted in sound old American doctrine. Bowers to Bo Champion Ambassador a Bswers. champion kejnoter, spellbinder and biographer, i be brought over from Madrid to parade Mr 1 son a the and keep i him out of republican hands.

Bowers is a leading letferson expert. There's been some thought of i i him a cabinet iob, where he have added prestige behind his a for the Sage of Monticello, but that isn't in the cards at the moment Meanwhile, Charlie Michelson, the part) boss, has been digging into the lolumJn- ons writings of Jefferson and extracting ccitain rare tidbits ivhich tend to prove that Jefferson wasn't the spiritual forefather of Juctt Shousc. Postmaster General Jim Farley recently made a very good speech, to which i you nor a else paid any a i It was good because Charlie Michelson wrote it for him and It told how Jefferson had a ten constitutional a all at once, how he was charged with destroy- ng the Constitution i and again, and how the special pleaders for i a privilege belabored i i as a bolshevik Soft Pcdnl on Resolution You i hear a lot more of the same i next year and republicans try to i a Jefferson every day. One of the nice things about Jefferson is that he wrote and bis i changed to such degrees i the years that can i things, in his i i to prove almost anv i like. Neither major party i bo ref i to the i a crack about the i a i i of a revolution every 20 years or so Perhaps the communists will grab that.

'Copyright. 1935. NEA Service, Inc Average Gfxxl The average net profit of the 1.037 healthy corporations was $12,928.55 for the year, while the average tax paid was $258.57, Mr. Watkins said. Improved trends in business conditions is indicated in a comparison cf the net profits of Montana corporations for the last three years.

In 1934, a total of 714 corporations showed a net profit of $9,084.272.50. and in 1933, 533 corporations made a net profit of $4,453.187 50, the report disclosed. While the average net profit of the 1.037 i i corpoiatlons in Montana for the fiscal year ending 30 was $12,928.55, In 193! the average of 714 corporal Jons was $12,723.07, while in 1933 the average for the 533 corporations vvas 1.95, Mr. Watkins said. But One lOxception With but one exception the 37 classifications operating in the state i the last fiscal a showed substantial i a i a gains over 1931 and 1933, Mr.

Watkins said Light, water and power corporations paid the greatest tax i the year and 16 such corporations remitted a total of $50.092.76 on the 2 per cent net income tax There were 30 other light, water and power corporations only position to pay the i i tax of $5, the report disclosed. Marked increases were, noted in such heavy taxpajers as contractors, general merchandise and department stores; grain, seeds and elevators; groceries, hardware, lumber and implements, coal, a i insurance; light, water and power, mining, milling and smelting; oils, grease, gas and oil wells and supplies, service stations; oil and gas production; real estate; stationers publishers and i supplies, and a great of others of lesser significance. one of the 37 corporation classifications showed a drop over 1934 and that was in flour anc sugar a a i i is In a sound and improving condition Mr a i explained tba of the tax paid by anc sugar a a for the fisca a i 30 of this jear had been absorbed in the 1 3 4 son. i accounted for the de crease in this years' tax to $17, 002.03 LOWER TOTAL OF 50 QUIVERS ON SCOREBOARD The altitude of the City of lelena was lowered another frnc- ion of an inch yesterday with the of 13 distinct quivers of the tera flrma, bringing the grand total since Saturday morning .0 an even 50--something for Call- lornia to shoot at. In machine gun fashion the hit the gulch between 2 and 2 3 6 yesterday afternoon, and the 3 t-minuto period a total of seven were chalked up on the score board at the weather bureau.

A couple of the vibrations in the early afternoon were sharp, mouths to drop open like taxicab doors. The others were ibout class Since midnight yesterday, quivers were recorded at 1:17 a. m. 8 0 4 a. 1:32 p.

2 0 2 p. 2 0 2 3 0 p. 2:09 p. 2 2 1 p. 2 2 3 p.

2.36 p. 3:52 p. 1:01 p. 6:32 p. and 7 0 4 p.

in. California, hide your face. mmm OF IE MI mm en Lansing, Oct. 15. 1 -Five state penitentiary convicts were placed in solitary confinement today a prison officials had frustrated i plot to their way i a steamline and to possible freedom.

The a was uncovered a the prisoners, considered dangerous criminals by officials, had dug 15 feet to i i 10 feet of their objective. COPPER STOCKS New York, Oct. stocks of copper declined 18,300 tons i September, according to estimates heard in trade circles United States supplies were reported down approximately 7,300 tons while the chango abroad amounted to 11,000 tons The show flock of tho Mount Haggin Land and Livestock company of Anaconda carried away most of the honors at tho Pacific International Livestock show held in Portland. a E. Stebbins.

secretary of tho Montana Wool- growers' association, said yesterday. For tho last 20 years, he said, Haggin in pens of 25, haV3 topped tho national ram sale in yearling rams, and for IS out of 19 years tho Haggin ram lambs, in pens of 25. havo topped tho a i a salo in Salt Lake City. At tho a show, the Haggin company's owned by Dr a i made the following winnings: Tho Winners Champion and reserve champion lam and champion and reserve owe, first and second, yearling lamb, first and i ram lamb; first in yearling ewe, first and second, ewo Iamb; first in pen of owe lambs, first in pen of ram lambs; i and fourth in first In gcl- of-slre, and second in produce of ewe. Dr.

C-ardiner i havo his flock of Hainpshiros tit tbo I i natlonal Livestock exposition in Chicago. Mr. Stebbins said. Tho llaggln had i a i several years ago Hr. Gardiner imported a large from a Ho went to England and spent somo time in i the records of the sheep shows and the pprform- rnce of tho i registered leglstered flocks of Hampshires.

a nearly 90 per com of the i winners had thoir gin in the flock of one breeder Ho all of the a i I i i a Hampshlres I England i ing blood lines of this a flock. They to hi-, a near Anaconda, and I a i Hampslnies in a a a Most of tho flghtiiiR In tho tie of i vvas done on Breed's mil KMI SOl'TII I Thrailkill Market BARGAINS FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK Now is the time, to buy i and for the i Alexander. i a and i Apples, per box H.V and Wealthy Apples, per box T.lc a Apples, per box JJI.10 Delicious Apples, per box Pears, per bo.x $1.1." and squash, for 50 or more, per ib 1 Yt' Onions, 50-11). sack IJ1.00 Also Potatoes, Carrots and a a Como and Our Ibu-gnlns on MoaUs as Well us and VcRctablcs. Genevleve A of 622 North a street has admitted to St.

hospital as a medical patient. Mrs. Ralph Homer of i is a medical a i at St. John's Mrs. II.

L. Butler of Shaver Park is a medical patient at St. Peter's hospital where she is ron- a recent FT.MOKAI, NOTICES Funeral services for A a i who here Monday, will held at 2 o'clock this a noon at the Opp and Conrad chape). The Rev Karl H. Van Doren, pap- tor of the First i i a will official') and i i a i be in KorcsUale cemetery.

Last rites for Mrs. Alice a LoRoy, 70, who died hero Monday, will be hold at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Opp and Conrad chapel. The Rev. A. p.

Alton, pa.stor of St. Paul's Methodist church, i officiate and burial will be in the 0. 0. f. cemetery HERE'S NEWS! i from Page 1 I 10,000 i i a had bren i on thp fcoulhorn and that Italy had laid plans fur a i from that sector a a conference, made possible a i a between the and southern commanders).

Rome, Oct. 15. The de- a of a 15,000 troops for an undisclosed destlna- 'ion was learned i in well- informer) circles. Delict was expressed the troops bad been sent to Libya a measure of protection against a possible Mediterranean war with Great i a i Their a was not re-portod in tho Italian press and was not mentioned in any of numerous com- The Latest Thing in VACUUM CLEANERS The sensational General Electric Model 108 does more than whisk away hair, thread, lint--the sticky top dirt. Its rapidly revolving brush, hidden in the cleaner's nozzle, separates the nap of your rugs, and all the gritty "deep dirt that's found below the surface is drawn out by the terrific force of the air as it is sucked through the rug.

The Model 108 really deans! Come to our store and let us demonstrate it for you or if you AVC will bring one to your home and let you try it on your own rugs. Convenient Terms $31.95 LIBERAL TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD CLEANER GENERAL ffi ELECTRIC CLEANERS Buy your Vacuum Cleaner from us through the Federal Housing Plan. No money down and three years to pay. PALMQUIST ELECTRIC CO. 420 North Main Phone 1894.

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