The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
MONTANA NEWS BRIErLETs.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, Nov. 7.-Andrew McEvoy,
who shot aud wounded Mrs. McEvoy,
. resident of the suburb, three months
ago, killed himself the same night.
His body was found yesterday, in q
deserted quarry, and identified today.
Jealousy caused the shooting.
DILLON, Nov. 7.-Under the pretext
OF finding a lodging house for, q
stranger whom he picked up in q ga.
loon here last night, Dennis Franklin,
as charged in the police court this
morning, enttced Joseph Gallegof to q.
deserted spot e town, beat him into
insensibility with a picket and robbed
him of $40. Gallegof did not regain
consciousness until several hours af.
ter the assault. He made his way 10
the police station aud helped in the
capture of his assailant.
HELENA, Nov. Swan T. Hoge.
vol a Butte attorney, in the supreme
court has asked for a writ of habeas
corpus directed to the sheriff Of Silver
Bow county. II appears that George
Moziak Of Butte. built a house on
railroad property. He was ordered
by Judge Bourquin to remove it and
he claimed he could not do it. He was
sentenced by the court to % days in
Jail or pay a fine of $50 and in default
OF the fine to remain in Jail until the
house was removed. AS Mozlak AN.
not move the house while he is in Jail,
and cannot raise the $50 fine, Lawyer
Hogevoll claims it is a case of life i'm.
prisonment.
GREAT FALLS, Nov. Wv. V. Tai.
bolt, whose farm is about IS miles
southeast OF the city, has received
from the experiment station at Beze.
man reports of analyses OF sugar
beets raised by him, showing that the
beets yielded at the rate of about II, 600
pounds Of sugar to the acre. Mr.. Tai
bolt secured a yield of Is IONS of beets
to the acre. The analysis shows 10
per cent. of sugar in the beets. Such
beets at a factory would be worth 81
per ton, or 1882 per acre. 1t is claimed
this Is the best result ever secured in
the state in the cultivation Of sug ar
beets.
KAL1sPELL, Nov. - The case
against Charles Walters, charged
with assault on Elsie Collins, living
at Holt. in September, 1902. has final
ly been disposed Of. Monday the
county attorney changed the informa
ton against Walters to assault with
intent to commit a felony and he
pleaded guilty and vas fined 81. 200,
and ordered committed to Jail until
the fine was paid. The first trial Of
Walters on this charge was in Febru-
airy last, resulting IN disagreement
of the jury, simply on account OF the
extreme penalty OF the law. A second
trial on q similar charge was had in
June, resulting in an acQuittal, but
Walters has been under bond to ap-
pear for q third trial and the case had
been set for trial this week.
BILLINGS, Nov. 8.-Charles Boett.
cher. president of the Billings Sugar
company, has wired Manager Simons
from Denver that the contract for the
construction OF the factory here has
been signed, to be completed for the
next years. crop. 1t will equal in
capacity the Loveland, Col, factory
of 1900 tons daily, the largest in the
United States. Contracts have been
made for 5000 acres of beets. The
new factory will cost a million dollars
and will employ $50 men.
ANACONDA. Nov. 8.-The biggest
bonfire ever seen in Anaconda burned
this morning when the buildings for
merly known as the Big Blackfoot
Lumber company plant we're reduced
to ashes at 8 o'clock. The Anacond a
Copper Mining company cond ucted
the blaze and destroyed several thous-
add dollars worth of lumber in order
to kill all the germs Of the CHAMBERS
that might possibly have been left by
the afflicted horses of Contractor Jen.
nings. The sheds we're located on the
fats east of the city aud were separate
and apart from all other buildings sc
that no other property was endan'
gered, but the Anaconda fire depart
ment went out to the scene and were
on hand in case any unforeseen acct
dent might happen.
Preparing For Farmers Institutes.