Show GAVE LIFE FOR CHILD Montana Man Drowned In Endeavor to Save His Niece From Drowning Missoula MontA special to the l Mlssoullan from Eddy Mont says While attempting to cross the Clarks Fork river here on Sunday In a frail boat E P Cortney a deputy forest guard and his 5 year old niece Imo gene Wilde were drowned and Mrs q Courtney barely escaped death The I j three attempted to cross tho rtvo I near the Eddy depot In a skiff that Ii Mr Courtney had rigged with a sail 1 Tho stream Is now at Its flood height I and the boat was carried against a snag The craft was upset and tho I three occupants were thrown Into Uie rushing waters Mrs Courtney managed man-aged to cling to the overturned boat halt drowned and was rescued in a I condition Mr Courtney attempted to save his little niece and both were carrotd away by tho current Courtney Court-ney was a deputy guard In tho Cabinet Cabi-net forest and was formerly a well known newspaor man of the west |