The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01

this decision as final, there being q
disposition or the part Of at least one
or two members of the state board of
land commissioners to take the matter
to the courts, on the ground that the
selections were made and the patents
should have been issued before the
reclaim alton act was ever introduced
in congress, much less becoming a
law. Some of the selections which the
department holds the state cannot
avail Of were made as far back as 1900
and 1901.
HELENA, July 2S.-The jury in the
case of the United States against
Michael Donahue and w. }. Walsh,
charged with the illegal fencing of H..
800 acres Of public lands in Mea2her
county, after having been out Is
hours. returned a sealed verdict to-
day, which will be opened upon the
converting Of court tomorrow. Report
has it that Donahue has been acquit.
ted and Walsh found guilty, but this
cannot Oe cOnnrme0.
BILLINGS, July 25.-Up to the pres.
ent time only POS filings have been
made on the coded lands of the Crow
reservation, U Of a possible 1850.
Eastern people arriving here state
that stra ugers r given no encour.
agement n the matter Of making FL.
ings: in fact, they say they are in.
formed BY many residents Of this com.
muuity that there are o more than
200 or 300 good claims in the whole
tract, and that it will be exceedingly
difficult to secure water to irrigate
even these.
BOHEMIAN, July 2S.-W. F. McAllis.
ter. a Bozeman saloon keeper, pleaded
guilty before Judge Smith to the
charge Of selling liquor to q man on
Chief Of Police Robertson's "black
list The list Of habitual drunkards
whom the saloon keepers have been
notified not to sell or give liquor to
is long, and one of McAllister's EN-.
ployes sold liquor to one, Frank Kig.
gins, who vas on the forbidden list.
Judge Smith fined McAllister S25 for
the offense.
BOHEMIAN, July 25.-''Murdered for
money was the verdict Of the coro.
ner's jury at Logan over the body Of
the man who was found dead a mile
or two west Of that point y~esterd ay
afternoon. There is no clew to the
name Of the murdered man and the
murderer has had time to escape. The
body "a found in the weeds beside
the railway track about a mile and a
half west of Logan, near the line Of
the Northern Pacific. 1t was 80 badly
decomposed that it vas impossible to
nov it and it was buried where it
was found after a careful inspection
by the coroner.
BILLINGS, July 29.-Blue stem hay
is now selling in the local markets for
Sl4 per ton and Is said to be hard to
get at those prices, ~ the farmers and
rauchers who have any quantity for
sale are holding for a higher price.
Alfalfa and timothy hay are also com.
mauding extra good prices and it is
expected that the prices for these com.
modities will soon advance. The rea.
son given for the prev iling high
prices at this season OF the year is
that a larger demand has been reated
in this vicinity for these products than
for several years past on account CT
the numerous grading camps which
are located in the vicinity of Billings,
where thousands Of head of horses
are employed daily in grading for the
many new railroads that are o
building in this section.
GREAT FALLS, July 30.-Ne!s ia
cobsou, a smelter employe and FOX
many years a resident of Great Falls,
was instantly killed this morning at
o'clock on the railroad track at Little
Chicago by switch engine %, coming
to this city, as he lay asleep in the
center of the track. Jacobson wa:
drinking heavily last night, and wa;
seen in Little Chicago at , O'CLOCK
this morning by Chris Thomson. A
that time he was much under the inhu
euce Of liquor.
MlssoCLA, July 3O.-Reports hav,
been received here Of a tragedy amori
the Indians of the Flathead reserva
ton yesterday afternoon. An lndial
named Finley is said to have shot AM
killed another red man and seriousl,
wounded q third at ST. Ignatius mis-
sion. No particulars were learned
but Finley was arrested and taken t
. the agency to await investigation.
HELENA, July 3O.-Bids for the con
. struction OF fifteen miles Of canal TO
\ the St. Mary's irrigation system vii
ha oNapaH in tho pnrtharn mart Of IN