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Show InUrfertnc With JHaUs la Charged to Rancher ' X- HELENA. Mont. July II. Elmer Thompson, a rancher, living near Whit stall, was arrested yesterday charged with Interference with the malla. Ha pleaded not guilty be-fore be-fore a United States commissioner and waa released on flood pond.. The warrant waa Issued on com filalnt of the Soq line, which sieged si-eged that Thompson had blocked traffic by tearing up a aectlon of the railroad's track, following a controversy with the company over the amount the rancher waa to be paid for right of way acroaa a portion por-tion of hie land. According ; to unconfirmed re-porta re-porta received by J. B. Piatt, deputy United Statea marshal, who arretted arrett-ed Thompson, tha rancher returned ta his home after the arraignment and again began tearing up the |