The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
MONTANA NEWS BRIEELETS.
4 Budget OF Readable short Items from
Various Parts OF the state.

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Various Parts Of the state.
BILLINGS, Sept. 25.-The Womau's
club has stopped the construction OF a
big sign on the bluffs north of town.
They objected to the sign on the bluffs,
and brought their objection to the at.
tention of the authorities. The latter
ordered the painters to stop painting
and to remove the part Of the sign al.
finished.
LEwlsTowN, Sept. 25.-Pete Wells
sentenced to two and a half years
in the penitenti AIRY upon his plea OF
to a charge of horse stealing.
One of the Rosco brothers., who are
with stealing a band OF sheep
belonging to Smith 4 Elliot, also de.
cided to plead guilty, and we're taken
to the district court for that pur.
pose. but after Wells had been sen.
fenced. he changed his mind and will
stand trial a. the coming term OF
court.
BILLINGS, Sept. 25.-George Graz
vens was brought to this city a. an
early hour this morning, and placed
in a hospital to receive medical atten.
tiou for a gunshot wound received in
a shooting ARRAY at Huntley last
night. The shot which may prove
fatal vas fred by L. u. Bowlin, SOL
der in the regular army. The details
regarding the affair are lacking bu. it
Is reported that trouble between the
men occurred because the soldier is
said to have insulted Craven's wife.
HELENA, Sept. 25.-Much timber on
the Helena forest reserue is 10 be sold
in the near future. Bids for the sale
of approximately 1900, 600 feet near
Basin are being advertised for and
applications for timber in other sec.
tions of the reserve, aggregating ap.
proximately 5000, OUO feet have been
received by Supervisor Dwight Bush.
nell. The price of timber has gone up
considerably recently, the prevailing
prices now being from S. to 81 per
1000 feet, instead Of from s. TO s. 50,
the prices of 20 days ago.
HELENA, Sept. 26.-S,a,e Land
Register John p. Schmit, who has
been called to Gem, Ida by the i'll.
ness of a relative, left this afternoon
for the west. Before departing he
turned over to State Treasurer J.. H.
Rice the sum Of s36, 972 p. represent.
ing the receipts of the land office for
the asst half of September, making
S54, O9l. 81 the total receipts for the
mouth.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 26.-The dis.
play Of livestock at the Cascade our
ty fair, which opened here yesterday,
is one of the finest ever seen in the
western part of the state, and there
are about $500 agricultural exhibits
of excellent class. The weather yes.
terday vas chilly and windy, yet the
attend ance reached 500, and the ra e.
were enjoyed, although the time made
was not record. breaking. The fair i:
at the old mile-track on the west side
of the river. 1t promises to be very
successful.
BUTTE, Sept. 26.-There are il
Butte Is, OS9 children of school age.
according to the school census .ak-t
by w. Il. Evans and reported To ,hs
school board last evening. OF the Is,
OS9, there are 1902 boys and 9.O2'
girls, a fairly even division Of the
sexes. The census enumera,es tire,
male and thirteen female children wh(
are feeble minded, deaf and dumb ol
otherwise disqualified for ATTENDANCE,
at the schools. Negro children mum
Der forty-ive and Chinese thirteen.
HELENA, Sept. 26.-In the sui, q
Mrs. Mary Williams, as guardian O
Frank Williams, a minor, against HI
Northern Pacific Railway company ,t
recover Sl,:1OU damages for ~injurie,
ALLEGED to have been received by IN,
miLor, anu which are charged To ~,
negligence of the defend ant. judy,
Smith of the district court entered
judgment tor the full mount a>ket
for by the plaintiff. The defenuAu
Submitted Il demurrer bu. made nt
other defeuse. Young Williams va.
hur, on the railroad at the Montau;
Chief mine, while %shoveiing ore hav
ing a ley broken.
LEWIsTOWN, Sept. 26.-In all prot
ability, Fergus county vii! n-vel
again figure as the banner sheer
county Of Montana. Owing to tn,
disappearance of the range through
the appearance of the settler, all o
the big outfits in the Judith Basin ar.
cutting down their bands, some o
them %disposing of half their sheep. |
is estimated that not les, than l5O, OO(
head have been sold of late for re