The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
" hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few DAYS.

CrLBERTsoN. June 29.-Deput,
Sheriff Steve Norman, of Williston,
passed through town recently with 6
young man, named Belstad, as pris.
oner. Belstad will have to answer tc
a charge of grand larceny, as he, with
another young man. who is still a,
liberty, is charged with stealing a
number of cattle from North Dakota
parties and bringing them into this
state. The cattle were turned loose
on the Fort Peck Indian alton
and will be rounded up later.
HELENA, June 29.-Alleging that be
was intoxicated and unable to appre.
Ct ate the outcome of his acts, r. F.
Ennis instituted suit in the district
court of Flathead county for the re.
covery Of certain realty, water rights
and s 1900 in money, which he charged
Maurick Quirk and NJ. Nj. Gillen with
securing illegally. The jury found
for Ennis against Gillen in the sum OF
1,lOO, generating Quirk. From this
decision Gillen has appealed, the
transcript being filed with Clerk of the
Supreme court John T. Athey today.
BILLINGS, June 29.-Bids for the
construction of the main ditch of the
Huntley Flats project were opened
late yesterday afternoon by the board
of engineers. Thirty thousand acres
of land is to be reclaimed by the ditch.
The contracts cover twenty miles OF
the way, leaving contracts only for
the laterals and a small part of the
main ditch yet to be let. The awards
will be made by the secretary of the
interior. 1t is expected the result will
be announced in about a months time.
HELENA. June 3~O.-Register of the
State Land Office John p. Schmit to.
day paid State Treasurer j. Fl. Rice,
S2l, O5S .O2, the receipts of that depart
ment for the last half of June. For
the first half the receipts were 49,.
making a total of $50, SIG. 40 for
the month.
LEWIsTOWN, June 3O.-The Hodg-
don case, which was decided Monday
by Judge Leslie adversely to Hodgdon
in the habeas corpus proceedings in.
stituted before him, is to be carried at
to the supreme court, where the
constitutionality OF the law requiring
persons selling buggies in this state to
pay a license Of $500 to the county
treasurer, will be finally tested.
GLEND1vE, June 3O.-Two carloads
Of extra.ine range horses we're sold
the other day by Chef Murphy, a
Burns creek horse raiser,
to Ike Watson, a horse buyer Of Win.
Manitoba. The price paid was
more than 800 a head. This bunch
has been pronounced to be the finest
shipped from the county for several
years. They were shipped this morn
ing.
HELENA, June 3O.-State Game
Warden Scott today received a report
from Deputy Game Wardens F. Z.
Hirsh, of Helena, and Henry Aware,
of Butte, that they had arrested John
Doyle, q resident OF Jefferson gulch,
three miles from Washington postof.
fee, Powell county, last night OF a
charge of having killed deer out of
season. The two deputies found por.
tons of the carcasses in Doyle's
cabin. He was taken before Justice
OF the Peace 4. c. Glover and bound
over to the district court.
LEWISTOWN, June 3O.-This month
will go on record as the wettest June
ever known in Fergus since the county
was settled. There has been scarcely
an entirely clear day during the
month, and some of the storms have
been exceedingly heavy, the moisture
coming in the three varieties of rain,
hail and snow. The result is tina,
farmers are now looking forward to
exceptionally heavy crops of all kinds,
and they will share the prosperity OF
the s%heepmen.
HELENA, June 3O.-Caught in the
betting Of the Jay Gould mine near
Marysville, Michael Neville, Of this
city, was cruelty whirled around and
had his life crushed out yesterday az
ternoon. He died about a quarter OF
an hour after the accident. With the
exception of Il broken ankle and sew.
eral severe bruises, no apparent in.
jury was noticeable on his body. and
his injuries must have been Internal
He was also subject to heart trouble.
and the shock may have had more to
do with his death than his actual in
~juries.
GREAT FALLS. July 1.-The Bank
Of Belt, located at Belt, was dyna
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