The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

ANACONDA, Oct. lU.-G. S. T., Wis
ncr, former manager of the Anaconda
Real Estate and Insurance agency
pleaded not guilty to seven informa'
tons, each charging a felony, in the
district court yesterday. During the
morning session of the court Judge
Winston announced from the bench
that be would disallow and overrule
the demurrer to the complaints in each
one OF the cases. Wisner was then
brought into court and he formally
pleaded not guilty seven times.
HELENA, Oct. 1O.-Two more forest
reserves have been created in Mon.
tana by the president, according to
the proclamation received at the Hell.
ena land Office. One is in the western
and the other in the eastern part OF
the state. The long pine forest reserve
is situated in southeastern Montana.
north of the Little Missouri. Its east.
ern boundary is the boundary OF the
Montana.South Dakota line. 1t EN-.
braces approximately 100000 acres.
The other reserve is the Lolo on the
south side of the Missoula river. The
reserve ends on the west at the Mon
tana-[daho line and embraces approx.
imately 500, 600 acres.
LEWIsTOwN, Oct. 1l.-Deputy Sher.
if NJ. M. Johnson, from Lombard, ar.
rived here tonight with Charles Brown,
whose true name is Albert Alkire, one
OF the prisoners who escaped from the
county Jail here September 25, after
making 9 murderous attack on Deputy
Sheriff Si%lverthorne. The two Ros.
Goes, who escaped 1T the same time,
are in the Crazy mountains and q
posse, led by Under Sheriff Ed Mar.
tin, is still on their trail.
LIVINGSTON, Oct. ia serious &C.
cident occurred this afternoon at Hop.
pers, nine miles west of Livingston, in
which two men lost their lives and five
were seriously injured. It seems that
a heavy fill is being made just of from
the main line, and while a steam
shovel was at work, q large rock was
dropped or to the trestle work, which
gave way, and fell on several men at
work below. Two OF the men were in
stantly killed and five others were
seriously injured, and it is thought at
least one Of them cannot recover.
BILLINGS, Oct. 11.-According to
w. T. Ryan, railroad contractor, who
has the construction of a long tunnel
on the Billings.Great Falls railroad
work on the great bore is progressing
rapidly and will be completed early
next spring. Mr.. Ryan also has con-
tracts with the Milwaukee road for the
construction of three tunnels between
Springs and Butte, and
work has already been begun on them.
He says the Milwaukee will have five
tunnels between Whitehall and the
Montana metropolis, whereas the
Northern Pacific has but one, but de-
clares that the Milwaukee will be a
much better road over the mountains
than the one mentioned, as the grade
will not be SO great and the number of
curves will be reduced to a minimum.
MISsOULA, Oct. l5.-Because Paul
lsinalde, a ranchman near Clinton,
would not keep his pigeons out of
Frank Ports grain fields a quarrel
ensued and Rinalde was shot aud
severely wounded. Port was brought
to Missoula and placed in Jail.
BOULDER, Oct. 1~5.-Joseph Schaef-
fer, Is years of age, and Charles Over
by, Il years of age, were brought into
court this morning and pleaded guilty
to the charges of robbing a restaurant
in Clancy, breaking Jail and resisting
an officer. Sentence was suspended
pending word from the parents of the
boys.
BOHEMIAN, Oct. l5.-Judge Rolapp
OF the Amalgamated Sugar company
OF Ogden, Utah, and l.. Brook Martin,
OF the sugar beet committee left Satur-
day for Seattle for the purpose ofcon.
ferring with the company that fur.
nishes Japanese labor for beet fields
and the railroads. The labor guess
ton being one Of the most important
confronting the farmers, had to be
settled this fall, and it vas believed to
be the best thing to settle it at once.
GREAT FALLS, Oct. l5.-A damage
sui, for $4,000 has been commenced
against the Montana 4 Great North.
ern hallway company by }. Nj. Pow
ers, administrator of the estate of
Stephen Sauve, alias Suava, alias
stephen r. Rivers. who was Killed
near Conrad, September III, 1903,
while cooking for ~ extra gang N
ployed along the line Of the defen.
daut's road, and whose death b al.
legged by the plaintiff to have been
caused by the defendants negligence
and lack Of care.
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