The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
MONTANA BRIEFLETS
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Duriue
the Past Few Days.

this city are making preparations t.
distribute, free of charge, 5000 pound.
of beet seed to the farmers of this vi
cinity. to be planted this season TO,
experimental purposes. The first in.
stallment of seed Is here. The factors
will not be ready for operation until
next year.
HELENA, April 6. Rejecting all
bids submitted 10 response to its ad
vertisements for the eale of S75, OOl
normal school bonds, the state land
board at its meeting today decided to
buy the issue in behalf of the state,
on a basis that will yield the state 1
per cent net. The bonds which were
authorized by the recent legislative as.
sembly Ia order to erect additional
buildings at the Dillon institute, are
based upon the land grant made by
the national government to the state
upon Its admission.
MILES CITY, April 6. 49, Although
the insurance company won the two
suits tried here to determine the liza
bility of the Northern Pacific railway
for the burning OF the Custer county
wool warehouse here in July. 1900,
the road is not discouraged. There
were IL of the cases in all and two
will be tried at this term of the dis.
trict court. The cases will be the
London & Lancashire company
against the railway for the burning
of Frank O'Neil's wool and the same
parties in the second suit. which
grows out of the burning of Mrs.
Burgel's house at the time.
BILLINGs.-April 6.-The govern.
ment geological survey department is
preparing to begin its first actual
work on irrigation projects in the
coded portion of the Grow reserva
ton, which it is expected will be
thrown open for settlement in one
year from the present spring. The
first of these projects to be worked
on will be IN the Yellowstone valley
Immediately east Of Huntley, which is
fourteen miles east OF Billings. The
surveys will be made for a canal of
immense size to leave the river u few
miles west of Huntley on the south
side of the stream and to extend east
ward ten miles or more, carrying wa
ter to q wide expanse of valley land
that lies north and eastIof the junction
of the Northern Pacific and Burliug.
ton railways.
HELENA, April Son Thursday a
meeting of the executive committee of
the society of Montana Pioneers was
held at Helena, with President Hedges,
Treasurer Hotter, Secretary Sanders
and Conrad Kohrs and NJ. Reinig
present. It vas decided to hold the
twenty.second annual meeting Oct. 3,
! and 5 next at Helena, which will be
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of the week of the state fair.
KALIspELL, April S.-Last night
the sheriff of Flathead county notified
all gambling houses, dancehalls and
show shops that unless the tiger was
Gagged and the girls of the dance hall
and variety shows dispense by mid
night he would proceed to make ar.
rests under ORDERS from County Attor.
ney McKeown. The proprietors of
the variety houses concluded to obey
the Injunction and before the stroke
of twelve the lid was on and pressed
down. Kalispell is now among the
closed towns.
HELENA, April S.-Gov. Too!e is.
sued two quarantine proclamations
today, one relating to q quarantine
against dairy and breeding cattle
brought into the state and the other
to swine. The proclamations are is.
sued on the recommendation of the
state board of livestock commission
ers. They apply to all the states and
territories and the Dominion of Cana
da. The cattle quarantine is against
cattle brought into the state for dairy
or breeding purposes from states. ter
ritories and foreign countries where
tuberculosis among cattle is preva'
lent.
RED LODGE, April S.-Ohicers her,
believe that Il couple of Montan;
horsethieves have been run to eartl
in Canada. The two, whose name:
are not given out yet, are said 10 have
been former residents of this county
The theft Of about sixty horses is lail
to their door. Some time ago Sheriff
} Potter secured the Canadian clew
through the medium of a letter, which
he turned over to Stock Detective II
j. Smith, of Bridger. The latte
official has been quietly following tn
matter up and he has just received