The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.


the Past Few Days.
GREAT FALLS, April l9.-Work on
the Great Falls Billings extension of
the Great Northern railroad will be
gin IN a few days. Guthrie & Co., the
contractors. have started the erection
OF supply warehouses at Arlington,
the present end of the survey. Ten
carloads of grading machinery and
horses have arrived. The contractors
announce that the work will be rushed
to completion with all possible speed.
LEw1sTowN, April 19.-Fred H.
Putnam, buyer for Hecht, Liebman Il
Co., OF Boston, came in today, being
the first wool buyer to visit the Judith
basin this year. Mr.. Putnam says he
viii! go back to Wyoming in a few
days. as he does not see any oppor.
tunity to do business in Fergus just
now, he's heepmen placing too high a
price on their clips to warrant con.
tracing. He will return a little later
and thinks that prices will soon reach
q reasonable level and he will then get
into the game.
BILLINGS, April 19.-The Billings
Land n Irrigation company is work.
ing POO men and 100 teams in its ditch
on the big fiat, several miles from the
city. The work has been vigorously
prosecuted for the past two months.
All Of the laterals of the large ditch
are being raised SO as 10 give the wa
ter a chance to cover all of the high
spots in that fertile section. 1t is ex-
pected tina; the work will be finished
inside Of the next thirty days aud then
the water will be- turned in for the use
Of the ranchers of that section.
MlssoULA. April l9.--After a lapse
OF II years since his first settlement Of
the land, Patrick Donovan, a we'll.
known pioneer of this section, has
been granted title to l6O acres Of land
located in section II, near Clinton.
Mr.. Donovan settled on the land in
the early part of 1864 under the pre-
emption act of 1871. Although he
lived on the land, he never filed an
application to make proof until a
couple of years ago. The survey was
not filed until July u, 1904, when it
was found that the Northern Pacific
had selected the section.
BILLINGS, April 2O.-The new United
States land Office will be opened for
business in this city on July 2, 1906,
so says a recent order issued by w.
A. Richards, commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office, and the registers and
receivers OF the land Offices at Boze'
man and Miles City will transact nc
business pertaining to the lands in.
cluded within said boundary lines
after June 80, 1905.
DILLON, April 2O.-Word has
reached Dillon that the water Of the
Lowell warm springs has increased in
temperature the past few days until i,
is now near boiling point. The repor,
has caused considerable anxiety in the
city, owing to the recent earthquake
and the Vesuvius eruption. The Lo-
veil springs are located on the large
Lowell ranch, nine miles south of Dill.
Ion, and is the source from which the
Graeter Electric Light and Power
plant gets its power. The water has
always been luke warm, and has
never before been known to vary in
temperature.
MILES CITY, April 2l.-T. j. Por.
ter, Il. D. O'Neill, William Lindsay,
Fl. Halverson. c. Nj. Bair and G. Nc.
Gilvray are the men appointed by
s%heepmen. who will go to Helena next
winter 10 the interests of a bill t O be
presented to the Legislature, in accord
ance with a resolution passed by the
Eastern Montana Woolgrowers' as
ISOLATION at its annual meeting Mon
day. The measure will look to the
organization of a permanent Montana
Woolgrowers' association, to be
formed along the lines Of the Stock
growers association, maintained by
the catt!emen and authorized by the
Legislature.
MANHATTAN. April 23.-One of the
fines, shipments Of hogs was forw arded
by the Manhattan company Saturday
to the Helena Meat company. There
were 100 head and the price paid was
seven cents per pound weighed a,
Manhattan. This is the highest home
delivery price paid for Montana
grain-fed hogs in three years.
!. MILES CITY, April pa deed for
the largest amoun of land ever trans.
ferred to a private individual in Gus.
ter county has been filed by David
Bickle, a big sheep owner The land
consists of 33,4Ol acres in townships.