The river press., 1904-11-02
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

DILLON, Oct. Pin the upper
Grasshopper valley in this county
wolves have become so numerous anG
troublesome that number of the
ranchers and stockmen of the section
at a meeting held recently agreed tC
pay a bounty of SIS in addition to the
state bounty of S. for every one of the
animals killed in the county.
BILLINGS, Oct. PA complaint as
filed in Judge NJ AIMS court yesterd ay
by the Custer Cattle company agains,
J. 3. Elliott and John Smith who is a
herder for Elliott, charging them with
malicious trespass on lands owned by
the plaintiff company. 1t is alleged
that Elliott and Smith drove $500
sheep on the ranges of the company
and tted them there, damaging the ran.
ges conside IDLY.
HELENA, Oct. 27.-During the year
closing Aug. !, 1904, the grand lodge
of Montana, A. O. .. w. paid out in
death claims S114 900. These claims
were all paid on an average of little
over a month after they were filed in
the Office of the grand recorder. At a
meeting of the finance committee, held
Oct. 26, 1904, all claims on file were
examined and ordered paid, which will
be done in the next thirty days.
BUTTE, Oct. 27.-Frank Cunning.
ham, who entered the house of Thorn
as Higginson, in German gulch last
month, and stole a pair of gloves,
pleaded guilty to the charge Of burg.
larry today and Judge McClernan SEN
fenced him to one year in the peniten-
tiary. Judge McClernan stated that
an investigation showed the case was
one of urglary in the second degree,
and gave him the minimum sentence
under the law.
BUTTE, Oct. 27.--J oseph r.. Sim.
mons was arrested today, charged
with illegal registration in district
No. Is and taken to Jail, where Bert
V. Alley made the complaint. Alley
is the registration clerk in the district,
and caught the man at his alleged il.
legal practices, telephoning to police
for an officer. 1t is
claimed that Simmons registered to-
day as Joseph r. Simmons and last
Saturday as r, L. Smalley.
GLENDlVE, Oct. 27.-Coroner w. B.
Foster and County Physician Hatha-
way returned this morning from Jor-
dan, where they went to hold an in
quest on the body of Ed. Curl, who
was killed by George Rock at that
place on the 10Th inst. The jury
brought in a verdict to the effect that
Curl came to his death by gunshot
wounds inflicted by George Rocz while
the two men were on the porch of
Rocks house on the night Of October
10. They further found that the killing
was premeditated and wantonly done.
MIsSOULA, Oct. 2S.-The Oriental
Trading company, a Japanese con-
cern which furnishes Japanese labor.
er, for employment as section men
along the line of the Northern Pacific
road, is in receipt Of a communication
from the government Of Japan calling
for the return Of a large nunbe OF
men now in the employ Of the railroad
company between Trout Creek and
Billings, for service in the Japanese
army against the Russians.
BILLINGS, Oct. 2S.-T. j. Davidson
of Helena who has been IN Billings
and vicinity for some time in the in.
terests of a project for the establish,
ment OF a creamery here, says tina,
now he has enough money subscrib bed
to assure the success of the enterprise
1t is expected that the work of erecting
building for the creamery will begir
soon and tha, the plant will be read,
for business next spring, The plant
will have the capacity for handling the
milk Of 1000 cows.
kALISPELL, Oct. 2S.-As Il result O.
not yielding to the effort of the Grca
Northern officials to compel him tt
abandon his large sawmill plant a
Lake View, station so miles west O
kalispell, NcC. Wininger was giver
a check for S47, 900 for his property b,
a representative of the Great North
ern. The man was sent he e by the Of
ticials of the road to look over and in
voice the plant of Mr.. Wininger ant
spending several days in looking ove1
the mill, the timber and many millio1
feet of lumber stacked up in the yard:
the deal was finally closed and tn,
check given in payment.
BUTTE, Oct. 2S.-F. Augustu:
HeinZe in signed statement deuie:
the truth of the story printed in
Butte paper Thursday over the sigma
ture of Thomas w. Lawson, in which
the Boston man offered to give a mil