Show GAVE E LIFE FOR CHILD montana man drowned in endeavor to save his niece from drowning all Ml asoula mont A special to the missourian Mis AlIs from eddy mont says while attempting to cross the clarks fork river here on oil sunday in a frail boat E P cortney a deputy forest guard and his 5 year old niece imo gene wilde were drowned andars courtney barely escaped death the three attempted to cross the r ryer yer ver near the eddy depot in a skiff th tint if mr courtney Cour had rigged with a sail the stream is now at its ita flood height and the boat was carried against f r snag the craft was upset and the three occupants were thrown into the ru rushing waters mrs courtney managed to cling to the overturned boal and was rescued in a half drowned condition mr courtney attempted to save his little niece and both were carfeld away by the current courtney was a deputy guard in the cabinet forest and was formerly a we well known newspaper new man of the west |