The river press., 1903-07-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

HELENA, July I.-ASSlstdOt oLdue
Land Register Schmit in a statement
covering the business of the state land
Office up to June 80, shows there is
now under lease 1859, 1924 acres of
land, from which the state derives a
revenue of Sl93, ,lO0.16 annually. The
greatest number of acres under
lease belonging to one fund is school
land, there being 100000 acres in
that grant leased.
CUT BANK, July 7.--Great North
ern train No. PIG, due here at $3.50 a.
M, was derailed at Midvale, about SO
miles west of Cut Bank. Several cars
of lumber were smashed up and alto.
gether about 20 cars wrecked. One
man, name unknown, supposed to be
tramp, was killed. No trainmen
were injured. The track was cleared
for traffic this morning.
ANACONDA, July 7.-Gus Anderson,
who was arrested several weeks ago
at the instance of Secretary Otto
Schoenfeld, of the State Humane So
ciety, on a charge of criminal init.
macy with his niece, aged IA years,
pleaded guilty in the district court and
was sentenced by Judge Napton to two
years in the penitentiary at Deer
Lodge. The Anderson family live on
the outskirts of Anaconda, near
Mountain View park.
FORSYTH, July S.-Reports from all
portions of the county indicate that
the incessant rains of the past two
weeks have done untold good to the
pasture lands. In many places, where
the grasshoppers were plentiful, their
destructive work has been entirely
nullifed by wet weather.
RED LODGE, July Sd. N. Tolman
returned today from trip to Helena
and Glendive. At the latter place he
sold his Dawson county wool clip of
10000 pounds for 16 cents. He also
has 10000 pounds on the Billings
market and expects to realize the same
figure for it.
BIG TIMBER, July S.-The 6-year.old
son OF Mrs. Emma Hatch, who re.
ceived a fractured skull last Sunday
by kick from a horse, is getting
along nicely and the physicians now
have hopes OF his recovery. His brain
is uninjured and his mind will not
likely be affected, as was at first
feared.
BILLINGS, July 9.-Assistant United
States District Attorney George H.
Bailey, OF Helena, was here last night
on his return from the Grow agency,
where he conducted the examin alton
OF the Cheyenne women who recently
killed two Grow squaws on the reser-
walton through motives of jealousy.
Mr.. Bailey states that the Cheyenne
woman has been sent to jail at Helena
and will have trial before the Uuited |
States district court.
BUTTE, July ll.-A municipal law |
AMI order league will be formed to.
at the Mountain View M. E.
church in this city, the idea OF the Or.
ganization being to enforce the laws
of the state of Montana, and particu-
larly that relating to gambling.
GREAT FALLS, July ll.--With to-.
tai assessed valuation of SIS, ,656, 4l2,
as reported by County Assessor Nc
Iiffin today, Cascade county stands
second in wealth among the counties
of the state. Outside of the railroad
valuation the assessment of the real
and personal property Of the county
teaches Sl4, $40, 054.
HELENA. July IA Citizens Al.
lance association has been organized
n this city by John Goodwin of Mis-
souri,. 1t is understood that the or.
yanization was brought about princi-
pally by the boycott inauguratcd by |
he labor unions az ainst Merchant Il.
Z. Wallace.
KALIsPELL. July u.-While in
boat with his brother upon small |
pond near Whi,eti7h lake, Roy Tyler
began rocking the boat and it soon
overturned, and its occupants were
thrown into the water. AS both were
good swimmers those who were look
ing on thought nothing of the acci-
dent. The men both started for the
shore when Tyler suddenly sank and
before anyone realized what had hap
pened he was drowned. 1t was sever.
al hours before his body was recov-
cred.
HELENA, July l3.-Adjutant Gener-
al S. c, Ashby has prepared list of
the names of the members of the First
Montana Nolunteerinfautry and Grigs-
by's Rough Riders who were killed in
action or lost their lives from other
causes while in the service. This list
of names is prepared in accordance