The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-04
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER THE STATE,
" hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.


HELENA, Sept Ex-Governor Tool
this afternoon issued a proclamatio
annulling his proclamation OF May q
entitled, IA modification of the shee
quarantine proclama alton relating t.
Dawson county" The first proclama
ton relieved that county from any re
straints regarding the quarantine o
sheep. The revocation places tn
county on the same plane with all 9th
er counties.
BILLINGS, Sept. %. Yellowston,
county 10 moving. The new cour
house is finished ready for the official,
and moving began Monday. BY tn,
end of the week the old court hous,
will be empty. The new court house
10 one OF the finest county buildings II
the state, constructed OF the finest
grade OF sandstone aud finished
throughout in hard wood.
BOHEMIAN, September 2s.-Pinkertou
Snyder and Carey Walton have been
arrested on the charge OF dynamiting
fish in the East Gallatin river las,
Sunday. The men were to appear be.
fore the justice Of the peace here but
failed to show up. They had been re.
leased on bonds for $500 each. A
complaint was sworn out at the same
time as the other two, charging Ben
Walker with q like offense at the same
place, but he could not be found.
LEwISTOwN, Sept. 29.-As a result
Of the visit of Revenue Officers Fred
w. Agate of Helena and w. P. Smith
of Omaha to this city, a number of
saloon keepers have paid fines for
wholes aling liquors on retail licenses.
The officers also visited the mining
camps, and found the law being VIC.
lated in the same n there. The
imposed will eventually do
away with the practice.
DILLON, Sept. 29.-News reached
Dillon this morning that the Summit
at Monida was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon. B. II. Paul, the
vas absent at his ranch
IN the Centennial valley and those in
while he was away say that the
ire originated from a defective flue.
The Summit hotel was the stopping
place for all the National park tour.
SITS who vent by way of the Monida
entrance, and over 100 guests could
oe accommoda ted at one time. Mr..
Paul places his loss at $l5, 900, about
80 per cent. of which is covered by in.
BILLINGS, Sept. %. - Luther Nc
va held to the district
under bonds of $3.50 today by
Justice Fraser on a charge of robbing
V. Dunshane of S16O. McCl Ian hsn
porter for the Cottage Inn and
Dushane, a guest, gave him $3.50 to
in the Office safe. There is no
safe in the Office and McClanahau kept
The money in his pocket. Early the
next morning he was found in an al
back of the hotel, feigning uncon.
seriousness. He claimed that he had
been assaulted, knocked senseless with
a board and robbed of the money.
BOULDER, Sept. 29.-Sherif Gibson
has been working on a case in the
Of Clancy for several weeks
10 the hope of gaining sufficient evi.
dence 20 catch and convict parties who
have been stealing stock. Suspicion
conferred on a man by the name of
Tony jenkins, and on complaint q
search warrant was issued and the
premises inspected, with the result
a sheep pelt was found with the
brand OF Dan Regain on it, and about
half a sheep was found near by. While
the officers wanted the man for horse
stealing, the finding of the sheep pelt
was Il surprise.
HELENA, Oct. 2.-The Len Lewis
sheep ranch in Meagher county has
been taken over by a stock company
TO be incorporated for $3.50, 900. The
ranch is OF 1900 acres Of irrigated
land and 1880 acres Of grazing land.
is stocked with $4,000 sheep, 400
head of cattle and 35 head of horses.
The subscribers to the stock are for
the most part prominent people OF
Helena.
BILLINGS. Oct. 2.-One Of the finest
ranches in the Yellowstone valley was
sold last week to Colorado parties
the Edgar b. Camp real es.
state exchange. The ranch belonged
to j. w. Brannon and consisted of
100 acres of land that was all sowed
to alfalfa. The purchase price was
$50 an acre, and is considered ex-
ceptional. Anderson Bros, of Love.
land, Colo, were the purchasers. and