The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

LEw1sTOwN, Feb. 27.-Harry Lem
on, local manager Of the L%ewistown.
Billings Telephone company, died
suddenly here this morning of pneu.
monia. Mr.. Lemon was one of the
best known telephone men in the state.
having been located at various times
at Great Falls, Havre, Forsyth, Bill
lings. and other places.
MILES CITY, Feb. 27.-John Ander.
son, whose hearing on a charge OF
horse stealing is set for March s. was
brought to town today. This is the
second complaint against Anderson,
and charges that he stole two gray
mares from the Buford Horse and
Cattle company about two years ago.
PH1LlPsBuRG, Feb. 27.-Philipsbu burg
is. tonight as wildly excited as any
BONANZA camp in Nevada. Not in
years has there been in old Granite
county the interest in any mineral dis.
covery that is manifested hcre in the
recent find made about six miles north
of Philipsburg, in the direction of
Little Rock creek. A two.foot vein of
ore has been found which runs 5000 a
ton in gold. silver and copper, the
principal value being gold.
KALlsPELL, Feb. FL. NJ. Fox,
engineer in charge Of the Kalispell
yard engine, was killed this afternoon
while hauling a string of empties from
kalispellt to the ice ponds near Marion.
A broken rail, two miles west of Sed-
an, caused the switch engine to leave
the track jlst as they crossed a trestle.
Fireman Arthur Lister escaped with
slight injuries, but Engineer Fox
stayed with the engine to reverse and
throw or the air, and was caught in
the overturn. He was crushed by the
locomotive aud lay under the wreck
dead for six hours waiting the arrival
of the wrecker from Whitetish.
HELENA, Feb. 2S.--Daniei Warren
of Butte, who has been on trial in the
United States court on the charge of
having sent obscene matter through
the mails, was found guilty by a jury
today IN its first regular ball OF after
the submission of the case. He will
be sentenced tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.
HELENA, Feb. 2S.-The first quarter
of the fiscal year 1906 shows a notable
increase in the funds received by the
; state land Office. The total receipts
are 1882. 90, as against the sum OF
$54, 1884, 6 for the same period for the
year preceding. The increase
amounts to the sun of S25, 153. SO.
HELENA, Feb. 2S.-The supreme
court today listened to arguments in
two appealed cases, the first being
that of Miles Fuller of Silver Bow
. county, convicted in first degree OF
t murder, and the other from Lewis and
county, wherein w. H. Crum seeks a
writ of mandate to compel the city
. council of Helena to authorize him to
construct an independent telephone
system in this city.
GREAT FALLS, Feb. 2S.-Despon'
. dent because her husband had deserted
her and declaring that she would moi
live without him, Mrs. William
Sloan, keeper Of a lodging house IL
this city, shot herself in the left
z breast with a 32.caliber revolver in ar
effort to commit suicide. A physician
performed an operation, which may
save her life, although she is at pres
e ent in a p%recarious condition.
> BILLINGS, Feb. 28.-D. r. Smith
= right.of-way purchaser for the Bur
= lington, has stated here that work or
. the construction of the Great Fall.
line will commence by the end O
March. Mr.. Smith is purchasing tht
right-of.way through range lands O
the state. He says the right-Of-way
' will have been secured and surveyed
by that time and that work will com
:, mence Immediately. Dirt will com
mcnce flying at both ends of the line
n HELENA, Feb. 2S.-Articles of in
corporation OF the Dinsmore Agricul
tural and Development Co. were file(
5 with Secretary of State Yoder today
under the provisions of the laws o
r Montana. The company has an au
t thorized capital stock of s., OOO, 600 ant
e is empowered to operate electric pow
0 err plants, telegraph lines, waite
2 works, mines, railroads, engage il
real estate, ranching, ETC.. This is tn
company which proposes taking ovel
lands 10 the Bitter Root valley which
have becn secured by the state under
e the provisions of the Carey act, a.
we'll as to purchase other state lands