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eathered Fugitive j Probably Happy to j Be Back in Warmth;I Amalgam ^herc was j plant pr; i bags of sMissouia. Dec. 19.—Feeling that 13 musical education bad been ne-lected since arriving In Missoula, love bird at the Garden City Flor-1 company decided 1o take things ito its own management on Mon-ay afternoon. It crowded through We bars o' its cage and watching :s chance, when a customer enured the door, flew out Into the iutry 3ir of Missoula Each detail of the escape must ave been planned with the great-p.t of care since the bird was not nown to be gouc until a little ewsboy came into tbc store and aid that one of the birds was erehed on top of a building across lie alley. At once with a cage and et an attempt was made to cap-urc the brilliantly-feathered fugi-Lve. Being wary it chirped nothin doing tand Hew away, thought-jssly disregarding the fact that its nfy attire was composed of red nd green feathers.’About 3ii hour later a call was ecelved from the Fischer School of lutsic in the First National hank mllding saying that a bird had loivn in an open window and was. isurping the duties of instructors here. It was recovered, incarcer-ted in a cage again and brought ack to the tropicai-appcaring loca-ion of its home. Tuesday morn-ng the feathered maestro hopped heerfully about Its cage apparently avJng forgotten Jts adventure iuto be cold December air of western fontana and the realms of music.Billings. Doc. 1 9. — i/P) — S a in Grlnstad. Fishtail rancher, about So years of age. was given a suspended 10-year prison sentence in (he Stillwater county district court at Columbus Wednesday on :t plea of guilty to a first degree assault charge. This became known here today on the return of Judge 0. F. Goddard, who conducted court nt Columbus yesterday.Grlnstad was charged with assault on the person of Sheriff J. R. McFate of Carbon county on September 22. McFate, who with four ether Red Lodge men, was hunting grouse on Gnustad's Fiddler creek ranch, lost his right eye as the result of the affray. Grlnstad said lie kicked McFato while the latter was In a reclining position, with no intention of injuring him. He said at the time he did not know McFate had paid his tenant. Chris Thompson, $5 for hunting privileges for himself anil companions.At Mercy of CourtIn throwing himself no the mercy of the co'irt Grinstad said that he was on edge at the Mmc because only a short time before hunters had killed a horse on his place. He said be had lived on the ranch 2G years and had never before been arrested.It was explained In court that Crlnstad paid McFato 51.500 dum ages. McFate, who appeared in court at Columbus with 1-3. P. Con-well. Carbon county attorney, said he bad no desire fo press the criminal charge.
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Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Fri, Dec 20, 1935
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