The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

the Past Few Days.
BILLINGS, tsDec. Lee Simonso,
has sold his entire sheep holdings OF
the Crow reservation, amounting t
about 5000 head, to Yegen Bros
Of this city. Simonson owns valuable
leases on the reservation which wer,
not included 10 the deal, neither were
the sheep they have on feed. The dea.
is one of the largest that has beer
made here for some time.
KAL1sPELL, Dec. 7.-Inquest owe,
Cup Conley, the Atlanta ranchmar
found dead with the top of his head
blown of in a cabin twenty miles from
here, was concluded after two days
session. The verdict was he killed
himself accidentally. 1t was the
theory of the jurors that he sat down
with the gun in his hand and becom.
ing drowsy it slipped from his grasp,
the hammer struck OF the edge of the
chair, discharging the weapon, kill
ing him instantly.
BILLINGS, Dec. 7.-Another large
farm sale vas made here Wednesday
when G. NJ. Simpson closed a deal
with the Gregg Bros. Of Denver, by
which the Denver parties become the
possessors OF a 4lO.acre farm near
Fromberg at s65 per acre. The
Greggs come from Lougmont, COL,
ia the beet sugar district and are en-
thusiastic ove their purchase. They
maintain that the land will be worth
two or three times as much as they
paid for it as 500 as the advantage
of beet sugar culture becomes known.
HELENA, Dec. 7.-William Walsh,
state mine inspector, today submitted
to Governor Toole his annual report,
covering the operations in the mining
industry for the year ended Nov. 30.
The report fairly teens with the pro.
gress of the past year, and the most
encouraging outlook for years to
come. The report also contains a re-.
view Of the industry by counties. Chief
of all, of course, is the copper indus
try. BY the report it is shown that
the Butte district has produced, in.
Guiding this year, $500, 600, 900 worth
OF the red metal, while the state has
produced more than 40 per cent. of the
worlds output.
BILLINGS, Dec. 6.-James S. Grady,
having served q year in Deer Lodge
%peuitentiary for grand larceny, yes.
terday was arrested on a charge Of
murder rs he was released from state
prison. Grady Is charged with the
killing of Police Sergeant Hanna in
the Owl saloon here July 2, 1904.
Sheriff Adams of Powell county, was
at Deer Lodge waiting for Grady
when the latter left the prison, and he
will bring his prisoner here and
lodge him in county Jail pending bis
trial. AZ the time Hanna was MUIR
dered, James Grady secured his re.
lease from custody on q writ OF ha.
beas corpus, the evidence at that time
being insufficient to hold him.
HELENA, Dec. 8.-After deliberat-
ing but q few moments, the fret jury
In the history of Montana composed
solely Of doctors, returned q verdict
sustaining the action of the state
board OF medical examiners in their
action in refusing a certificate to John
T. Foley, Lewistown. Mr.. Foley took
the regular examination before the
board, and upon the showing
made by him the board refused him
a certificate, whereupon he appealed
to the district court. He requested
Judge Smith to impanel a jury from
physicians, which was done.
LEWIsTowN, Dec. s.-John Con.
nors, the young horse thief who some
weeks ago created such q sens alton by
escaping from q deputy sheriff who
had arrested him in Dawson county,
and riding into Lewistown with the of.
ficer's gun, which he had stolen. and
Q cowboys horse that he had ''bor.
was taken TO Deer Lodge by
Sheriff Slater today, accompanied by
his pal, William Hill. The men de.
cided to plead guilty to the charge Of
stealing three horses from the thinner.
field ranch in June last, and were
given sixteen months each by Judge
T.. X. Cheadle.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. 9.-Johu Kennedy
pleaded guilty TO a charge of breaking
into a Northern Pacific freight a at
Belgrade about Nov. 10 and taking a
box OF crackers valued at Is cents. He
was given one year at Deer Lodge.
LEWIsTOwN, Dec. 8. - William
Hutchinson, the best known freighter
In the Judith Basin, sustained in.
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