The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-05
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI,
OVER THE STATE.
" hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

here today to perfect organization ur
der the provisions Of the law recent
e enacted by the ninth assem- bly,. Their
was a large attendance. The afternoo,
was spent discussing new laws. T. c
Power and Cornelius Hedges, both O
Helena, were reelected president auc
secretary, respectively.
FORSYTH, March oa.-The body O
William II. Aughey. whom William
Mcclure alleged be shot accidentally
was buried in the Forsyth cemeter,
Yesterday. Mrs. Thomas Akeus. tn,
colored m who was at the Nc
Gillivray at the time Aughey wa.
killed, was found dead in her room a
the Gunderson hotel last evening. Il
is evidently a 5 Of suicide.
BUTTE, March %. - Pressing the
muzzle Of q 32.caliber revolver agains,
his breast. William Scott. a stree,
car conductor. killed himself tonigh,
while his wife ,sa: near him rocking
their little 2-year-old son to sleep.
Flinging the weapon from him, Scott
sank into a chair. where he breathed
his last just as Detective James Byrue
and Officer James Kelly entered the
house in response to a report of muir.
der. Scott never spoke a word after
he fred the fatal shot.
HELENA, March 229.-Gov. Toole
has appointed the seven members OF
the commission to revise the irriya.
ton code of the state of Montana, in
accord ance with the provisions of
House bill 1913. The members selected
are: II. n. Blake, of Lewis and Clark
county: A. w. Mahon. of Valley:
F. H. Ray, Of Lewis and Clark: |. D..
O'Donnell, of Yellowstone: j. n. Tol.
man, of Carbon: F. D. Robbins. of
Cascade: E. Q. Lewis. Of Ravalli.
The purpose Of the commission is
to arrange the states irrigation laws
50 as to make it possible to secure
the fullest possible cooperation with
the government in its plans for prof.
ects in this state and to reap the
greatest possible benefit from the ma
tional appropriations for irrigation
enterprises in Montana.
HELENA, March 3O.-State Examin.
er 7. E. Collins returned from Boulder
today, where, with Assistant Examiner
F. H. Ray, he made a final examina.
ton of the books of the late County
Treasurer +. w. Burdick. A short.
age of slightly more than 1900 was
discovered. The county, however, is
Unidentified by the Fidelity and Casu.
atty company, of Baltimore, and will
consequently lose nothing.
BILLINGS, March 30. = Oklahoma
Coombs is again q fugitive from JUS
tice, and with him is Walter Will
liams. Both men made their escape
from the county Jail early this morn.
ing. Coombs and Williams, together
with Denver Lane. we're convicted last
week OF burglary and we're sentenced
to five years in the ~penitentiary. Ac.
cording to Jailer James Lavelle the
men must have secreted themselves in
the corridor of the Jail last evening
after their supper was served them,
and when time for roll call came other
prisoners answered when their names
were called.
BUTTE, March 3O.-With 40 cloth
ing to his nakedness and no
money to buy another suit to replace
tn at stolen from his room as he slept
Tuesday night, Mike Mcdonald OF
Billings, had to stay in bed all day
Yesterday in the room he entered in
the empire block. The thieves left him
nothing but hat and shoes. The rob.
berry was reported to police headquar-
tiers, but up to Il late hour last night
no trace of the guilty parties vas
found. However, through donations
solicited by Detective james Byrne,
who is working on the case, it was
made possible for Mcdonald to take
a whirl around the streets last night.
FORSYTH, March 3O.-W. w. Nc
Laughlin, formerly irrigation engin.
Ger OF the Utah experiment station,
Professor L. B. Lintield of the Boze-
man agricultural college and II. j.
Perry Of the Northern Pacific land de.
partment are in the city. They se-
cured Il location from Il. L. Ham
moud, who donated twenty acres of
land for al experiment station. Tie
land will be plowed, and they desire
to prove that crops can be raised on
dry land. Two plots have been
planned. and the ground will be
plowed from four to eight inches deep.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com.
pany is backing the project. Seven
stations will be located in Montana.
Must pisinfect sheep Cars.