The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
MONTANA NEWS BRlErlErs.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts OF the State.

~ Wv d.
brought to Lewistowu today. Smith,
who was a we'll known COW hand and
the owner of a bunch of cattle, had
been in the employ Of the Coburn Cat
tie Co. He and others of the Coburn
outfit were camped with the Oscar
Stephens outfit at the Swope ranch.
BILLINGS, May 3~O.-Judge Nat. G..
Carwile has been doing a ''land Office"
business recently cleaning the town of
Objectionable characters. Lulu Faun
was ordered TO leave town, James
Kelly. better known as Squaw Kelly.
was given five days for drunkenness.
and L. a.. McClelahan was fined els
for disturbing the peace. Several
others were fined and discharged.
LEwIsTowN, May 3O.-Shortly be.
fore five o'clock this afternoon Otis,
the 3-year-old son of F. E. Smith, a
we'll known attorney. fell into Spring
creek in front of the Smith home and
was taken out a few minutes later by
neighbours, but vas found to be dead.
The child was carried nearly half a
mile by the current. The body was
still warm when taken out, but all eff
forts to restore life failed.
HELENA, May 29.-In the case of
the United States against w. A.
Clark. involving the title to timber
lands in western Montana. Judge
Hunt today made an order requiring
the defendant to plead, answer or de.
muir in 80 days. The case is related
to that decided in favor Of Senator
Clark last week by the circuit court
Of appeals, and relates to the cancel
lation Of patents for timber lands.
The case has been held waiting for the
decision Of the San Francisco court.
GREAT FALLS, May 3O.-John Won
bank, a young man and a teamster Of
this city, is wanted on a serious
charge preferred by Miss Florence
Belts, aged % years. living with her
parents in the vicinity of Stockett.
The girl says Eonbank promised to
marry her and tn at he appeared with
what purported to be a marriage Ii
cense. The two went to Belt where
Nonbank brought in a man whom he
introduced as a clergyman and the
marriage ceremony was performed.
For some weeks after they continued
to live as man and wife, and then
Vonbank informed her that they were
not married and abandoned her. No
marriage license was issued to Won
bank and Miss Belts in this county
and that no minister at Belt per.
formed the marriage ceremony.
HELENA, May 31.-Gov. Toole has
issued q proclamation urging the PEG.
pie OF Montana to attend the Lewis
and Clark exposition at Portland
during the period which has been
designated by the management al
montana cities week." extending
from July II to July %.
LEw1sTowN, May 81. Lancelo,
Steele, 10 years old, was killed neal
Utica yesterday. In company with
two sons Of J. D. Waite the boy was
hunting. While on the side of . hill
q great boulder became dislodged anG
oiled over him, killing him instantly
HELENA. May 3l.-State Audito,
H. r. Cunningham today turned over
to State Treasurer j. H. Rice, s33,
1916, the receipts of the insurance
department of his Office for the months
of March, April and May. For the
months of January and February, the
receipts of this department were s34,
1882 or slightly more than SOS ,OO(
for the first five moths of the year
MIR. Cunningham estimates that thu
receipts will aggregate S85 900 for tn.
fiscal year.
HELENA, May 3l.-Sheritfs from al
over the state are meeting here tOda.
for the purpose of forming an associ
ton. The meeting is being held in the
Grandon hotel and will probably las
for two days. The object of the asso
citation will be to get united action il
testing the constitutionality of the Law
recently passed by the Legislature re
ducing the mileage allowed sheriff
for the transportation of prisoner
and insane persons. The sheriff
claim that as the law was passed sine
they took Office it does not apply t
them.
Identity OF Bandit Is Unknown.