The river press., 1903-05-13
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

LEWIsTOwN, May 5.-No more
gam bling for this city. Sheriff Slater
and County Attorney Belden yester-
day informed all the gentry OF the
green cloth that they must get out at
once.
MILES CITY. May Sit was learned
from source which may be consider
ed authoritative that the shipment OF
cattle from the Panhandle country this
spring will be very extensive and
most OF the stock will be thrown over
to the north side Of the Yellowstone,
Custer, Dawson and Valley counties.
Pierre Wiebaux, Conrad Kohrs and
the X. I. T. we're among those men
toned as big importers and the X. /.
r., it was said, will bring in 10000
head. The exodus of cattle from the |
Panhandle is caused by the great los.
ses experienced there this winter.
BILLINGS, May 5.-"We, the jury,
find for the plaintiff and assess his
damages at Sl'' Such was the verdict
rendered by the jury in the district
court today in the case OF f. w.
Schauer against the Italian Ditch
company. The plaintiff was suing the
defend ant for alleged damage to
twenty five tons of hay, which he
claimed had been ruined by reason OF
the company's irrigation ditch over
flowing on to his land. The costs in
the case will have to be borne by the
plaintiff.
BILLINGS, May 4.-Advices received
here today from Park City record the
fact that lambing is progressing very
satisfactorily in that section OF the
county, and so far the sheepmen
have experienced but very small loss.
It was thought for time that the
snow of week ago would be very dis
astrous, but such did not prove to be
the case. However, the cold weather
at that time has proven very disas-
trous for the fruit in that section. 1t
is feared that the entire apple and
plum crop is ruined, which means a
loss of several thousand dollars to the
ranchers, as there are a number OF
fine orchard in tn at section.
BOHEMIAN, May 6.-John A. Farrell,
of Butte, has arrived in Bozeman to
take temporary charge of the plant OF
the Montana Corundum company,
near Salesville. Yesterday, in COM
pany with Harris Kirk, he went out to
the mines. He expects to be able to
start up the work there in a day OF
two.
GLENDIvE, May 6.-Vesper Morgan
appointed by the census bureau al
Washington to make report OF the
revenues aud disbursements OF the
cities and counties of Montana, has
been en- gagged at his task several days
in County Clerk and Recorder wy
mans Office. He completed the work
last night and this morning left for
Miles City to make a report of simi'
lar nature of Custer county's finances
MISsoULA, May 5.--Dr. j. j. Buck
ley, who has just returned from the
east, states tn at he met Senator Spoon
er and talked with him regarding thu
improvements of Fort Missoula. Sen
ator Spooner asserted that the many
advantages of the local military for
are fully appreciated by the authori
ties aud added: "You may rest as
sured that | will do all that I cal
personally to secure the improvement
OF the fort and to establish its perma
nency.'
BIG TIMBER, May 9.-The repor
again comes from the eastern part Q
the county that wolves are on tn
rampage and creating havoc anon
the cattle. Several ranchmen frol
that vicinity said that on what
known as Whistle and Hump creeks
number of cattle have recently bee
killed. The ranchmen have offered
reward of S25 a head for the scalps
the marauders.
M1ssouLA, May 9.-Cal Davis, II
horse dealer, is buying horses for
Canadian company, and with a ere
of men, he will soon begin to drive
band of the animals to Medicine Ha
across the Canadian border. His r.
cent purchases in this vicinity numb,
about fifty head. He is now on IL
Flathead Indian reservation collec
ing more. He will probably lea
Missoula with l25 or $50 head. .
Drunmond another bunch will
picked up.
HELENA, May 9.-The cattlemen
Lewis and Clarke county will contin
the offer of $3.50 reward to the perst
bringing about the arrest and convi,
ion of any man or men stealing cat,
in this county. That action was d
cided upon at the annual meeting
the county association, which W