The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLErs
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

1900 oOCV
tcher, OF Denver, vice president of tn,
Great Western Sugar company, ane
J. F. Kilby, of Cleveland. o who ha.
been awarded d contract for the ma
chinery equipment Of the new bee
sugar factory 10 Billings, are here TO-
day comforting with other stockhold.
ers of the Billings Sugar company.
M1ssoULA, May FL. w. Dageert,
a prominent rancher of Whitepine,
died here today as the result of an &C.
cident on the railroad. Dageert had
gone to Thompson Falls on business
and when ready to return home at
tempted to jump on a moving freight
train. but slipped under the wheels.
Both legs were badly crushed and he
failed TO survive the shock.
LEwIsTowN, May Bids for sl5,-
600 Of school bonds were opened here
today. The bonds are to run for 10
years, and draw ~ per cent. interest.
The highest bidder was Duke NJ. Far.
son, of Chicago, who bid 500 pre-.
MUM and agreed % bear all the ex.
penses of preparing the bonds. The
other bidders were the First National
bank, of Lewistown, the state land
commission and S. A. Keau, of Chi.
cago.
BUTTE, May 2.-The county com.
missioners are 10 receipt Of a letter
from the county attorney Of Salt Lake
county, Utah, notifying them that they
are violating section 2,205 of the re.
vised statutes of the state of Utah and
are subject to a fine Of not less than
500 for shipping paupers into the
state. The attorney fails to state how
he is going to collect the fine or en-.
force the statute which he quotes. The
letter which was quite lengthy, created
considerable merriment about the
commissioners Office.
HELENA, May Ex-Governor Toole
will have to issue IN amended quar-.
antine proclamation covering a por-
ton of Dawson county. The neces-
sity for doing this is because the map
Of Dawson in existence is faulty. Dr..
Nj. L. Knowles, state veterinarian,
has just returned from Dawson, where
he went to attend to the quarantining
of a certain section. He found rivers
were located in wrong places and
places where streams were appeared
as dry land on the map. He brought
back with him a map made by resi-.
dents and the governor will amend his
proclamation in conformity with it.
HELENA, May Ex-Governor Toole
today reappointed w. F. Scott of
Deer Lodge as game warden for a
term OF four years. There were sew.
eral aspirants for the position, but
Governor Toole stated he considered
Scott the best man, because of his ex.
~perience aud intimate acquaintance
with the new laws.
BUTTE, May 3.-For the first time
10 years the gambling resorts Of this
city r closed. The order came iron,
the county attorneys office today and
the sheriff closed them all tonight.
Why the order was issued is no.
known. All the city's officers express
profound ignorance as to the action
taken, other than gambling is in VIC.
lation of the law, and it was proposed
to stop it.
HELENA, May 3.--1n a report filed
with the city council by T. E. Good
win, expert accountant, the total of
the debt of Helena up to May l, 1904,
is shown to be S759,037.4l. In his re
port the expert severely the
system of bookkeeping in the offices
Of the city clerk and treasurer, in use
up to the time Of the coming in Of the
administration of Mayor Purcell, and
makes a number Of recommendations
for changes.
HAMILTON, May 3.-Two sheepherd.
ers on the Gilchrist ranch met with a
distressing accident yesterday after.
noon. The men had started a fire in
the clubhouse, when the stove ex.
ploded, the iron and steel flying in
every direction. One man had one of
his legs horribly mangled and both
men had pieces of the stove embedded
in their bodies. The men will be
brought into Hamilton, where they
will receive every attention. 1t is sus.
pected that some miscreaut put dyna-
mite in the stove.
BUTTE, May 3-William Phelan
vas shot last night and it is believed
fatally wounded by Harry Smith DUR
ing u row in a Dublin Gulch saloon.
Smith claims he was attacked by
Phelan and to save himself from being
beaten to the floor by the fists of
Phelan he drew his revolver and fired.