The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-22
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER THE STATE.
" hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Durin
the Past Few Days.
HELENA, March 15.-With q capj
tai stock of $500 600, all of which ha
been subscribed. the Billings Suga
company was incorporated under tn
laws of Montana today, its article
having been filed with Secretary o
State A. n. Yoder. The purpose O
the company is the erection of q plan
for the manufacture and refining O
sugar from sugar beets.
BUTTE, March Is. The Washo,
Mining company yesterday began al
action in the district court agains
Bernard Noon, the Silver Bow Min
ing company and others for $50. 600
the value of Ore alleged to have beer
extracted by the defendant from the
Washoe ground through the Westl axe
shaft. An injunction pending a de-
termin alton Of the suit was asked.
LEw1sTowN, March l5.-The pro.
posed electric railway line from this
city to Kendall Is now a practically
assured thing. John L. Bright, who
went to New York recently to finance
the enterprise. has just returned and
announces that his mission was sue.
cessful. 1t is expected that the work
OF building the road will begin as
soon as the franchise is granted.
The taxpayers will vote on this prop.
osition on April 3 and there is little
doubt that the franchise will be grant.
ed.
HELENA, March 15.-At the meeting
OF the state board of land commits.
sloners yesterday two applications
were made for the purchase of the
southeast quarter of section 26, town
ship 30 north, range % east, in Valley
county, the applicants being c. w.
Hunter and L. II. Mills, each of whom
offered $l1 an acre. Mills now has
the entire section under lease, and the
board directed that the section be
Withdrawn from sale until the ex.
piration of Mills lease on the 2lst of
August, 1909.
M1ssoULA, March 15.-If the plans
OF Harry Florin of Thompson Falls
that town will at no distant
day have in operation a successful
pottery plant. Mr.. Florin was in the
city yesterday exhibiting a specimen
of the clay from the deposits at the
falls, which he had had burned at the
university. The sample showed that
the clay is of high quality for pottery
purposes. Mr.. Florin is now build.
ing kilns for his pottery plant at the
falls and it is expected that they will
be in operation.
TOWNSEND, March l5.-Marvin C.
Williams, a recent arrival from Mis-.
souri,, was shot through the hand dur.
ing an alteration at the Butler &
Peck saloon at Lombard Monday
night. 1t was said that Williams had
just arrived from Missouri and be.
lieved he was in a bad country, so
after he had a few drinks he imagined
he was as bad as anyone, and pro.
ceeded to pick a quarrel with a sec.
ton nan at the saloon. Williams
pulled his gun to shoot, when the bar
tender caught up his own gun and
shot Williams through the hand. The
latter was brought to Townsend, but
as nc one seemed willing to prosecute.
he was turned loose.
HELENA, March Il. State Land
Agent Schmit has decided upon the
dates for the Offering of unoccupied
state lands for sale or lease in eastern
Montana. The places of sale and the
amount of land to be offered follows:
Bozeman, Gallatin county, April 80,
81 ,3S7 acres: Glendive, Dawson coun.
ty, April -, 1913 acres: Miles City,
Custer county, April 2S, los, 797 acres:
Forsyth, Rosebud county, April %,
81, Isl acres.
MlSSOULA. March l7.-By a prac1i.
unanimous vote the taxpayers of
Missoula expressed themselves as fav-
orable to the proposition Of granting
to j. II. Wharton Of Butte, represent
the Clark interests, Il franchise for an
electric street railway system in the
Less than a dozen votes in the
four wards OF the city were east against
the proposed franchise. There were
ass votes in all. and $50 Of these were
in favor of the ordinance granting the
franchise.
LEWISTOWN, March Il. - j. l.
Stewart, the we'll known sheepman aud
real estate dealer of LewistOwn, is just
in from Maiden. where he has made a
strike of galena ore in the
hills two miles from Maiden. The ore