The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM Al,
OVER HI STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Durino
the Past Few Days.

LEWISTOWN, Sept. 14.-Lewistov
. will shortly have a third bank, if q
plans now on foot are carried out, al
it is thought they will be. Those WI
are interested in the project are Co
Thomas Cruise, the Helena banke
Rufus Thompson, the Highield wo,
grower, and Yegen Brothers, who a,
operating savings banks at Billing,
Anaconda and Butte. The new inst
tuition will be a savings bank, an
will therefore not come in such dire,
competition with the two establish
ments now doing business here.
HELENA, Sept. II State Enginee
John w. Wade returned last evenin,
from a visit to the northern part q
the county. At the request of the gov
ernment he is taking an interest in tn
adjustment of the various water right
owned by settlers in the Sun rive
valley. The government survey OF tn
proposed canal, which is intended tt
irrigate the bench lands, is nearl,
completed, says Mr.. Wade,. and i
now devolves upon the settlers in tn.
valley and the state engineer to assis
in the work of a adjusting the variou.
water rights, so that the engineer.
may be able to determine the exac'
amount of water available, before
proceeding to dig the canal.
BUTTE, Sept. H. Montana will
soon have Marconi wireless telegraph
stations in operation, according to
Joseph Robinson and Il. w. Fammis,
who are here in the interest of the
MarcOni wireless telegraph system.
They propose to hire a public place
and give a practical demonstration of
the feasibility Of the system. They
will also visit Helena, Great Falls.
Bozeman and other places to work up
interest in the enterprise. They make
the statement that three stations will
be established in the state, at Helena.
Bozeman and Butte, by next summer,
and that the system will be ready to
compete with the regular telegraph
and telephone lines.
HELENA, Sept. l5.--There we're PCS
deaths reported to Montana health
during August, according to
the report for the month of DR.. Thorn.
as d. futile. of Billings, secretary of
The state board of health. Acute in.
diseases claimed the largest
Number of victims, while ''violence
other than suicide" is credited as with
next as the cause of death.
BUTTE, Sept. ia close estimate
of the August production of copper in
The Butte district places the total at
l,OOO, 900 pounds, and the output of
he Washoe smelter in excess of 49,
)O0. 1000 pounds. The Washoe is again
'reating daily an average of nearly
1000 ions of ore. All of the working
mines in the Butte district are yield
.ng more ore at present than ever be.
ore in the history of the district, and
The value of the ore per ton has also
been increasing lately.
HELENA, Sept. 15.-Mrs. May Nee.
ley, q chambermaid in the Helena ho.
who was arrested on suspicion of
stolen money from the rooms
Of a guest at the hotel, aud in whose
trunk a number of articles were found,
The property Of the hotel, was today
found guilty by Judge Grogan OF petty
larceny and sent to the county Jail for
30 days. The woman said she did not
how the articles got in her trunk,
she believed they we're the prop.
erty of the hotel. No trace has been
found of the money.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. l5.-Sherif f.. NJ.
and Under Sheriff a. H.
Sales returned from Manhattan last
night having in charge Thomas Shan.
non and Frank Purcell, who are sus.
pected of being implicated in the muir.
der Of Jack Kermer, who was killed
night. 1t Is known that the
two men were with Kermer and had
been drinking freely when Purcell
struck kermer on the nose. Kermer
was pushed out of the saloon so that
blood would not fall on the floor
and was followed out by the two men
now under arrest. Later Purcell re-
dragging Kremer's body with
and declared that the man had
suicide by cutting his own
kermer was still breathing
the time, but died ten minutes later
making a statement.
BILLINGS, Sept. l5.-The Crow In.
dians on the Grow reservation are
to hold an industrial fair
fall after harvesting. This is the
time that any Of the Montana In
lians have taken such a progressive
attitude. The fair will be much the