The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-14
MONTANA Jews BRIErLETs.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

various Parts OF the state.
LIVINGSTON, Feb. GA verdict Of
$3.50 damages in favor of j. B. Fur.
ley against Fred Bother for slander,
was awarded by a jury in the district
court here. Bother spread the report
that Furley had set fire TO his house,
which was burned in October, 1904.
The latter asked for s1O, 1000 damages.
BILLINGS, Feb. 6.-Fred A. Gardner
and Mrs. James Jeffrey we're arrested
here this evening by Officer Terril as
they were in the act OF entering the
Luzon restaurant, and were taken to
the police station and placed in 1ail.
The couple. according to Chief Null.
holland of Butte, at whose request
they were arrested, are badly wanted
In Butte for forging checks on several
firms 10 that city.
BIG TIMBER, Feb. s. The three
young children of j. B. Oypher, all
girls, aged l, }, and 5 years, were
burned to death in their home six
miles south Of here. yesterday after.
noon. 1t appears their father and
mother we're both absent, leaving the
little ones alone. When the parents
returned they found the house in ruins.
1t is supposed the children we're play
ing with matches.
HELENA, Feb. GA warning to
those persons who have beeh uulaw.
fully cutting timber upon the public
domain was given by Judge William
II. Hunt in the federal court when he
sentenced l.. X. Megarden. A fine of
5000 was imposed upon M~egarden, who
changed his plea from not guilty to
guilty of unlawfully cutting timber up.
on the public domain. He was
charged with having cut approxi-
mately $4,000 railroad ties.
HAMILTON, Feb. 7,-Residents of
Hamilton and the entire Bitter Root
valley are in an intense state of ex-
element over the news brought from
Corvallis of the stabbing of Lamar
Chaffin, one OF the most prominent
sheepmen of the Northwest, at the lat
ter place yesterday afternoon. The
men quarreled over range matters.
BILLINGS, Feb. "A petition is
being circulated among the voters of
Billings today, which asks that the
county commissioners call a special
election for the purpose of submitting
to the qualified electors the question of
adoptingsenat ate bill No. 70, passed by
the legislature, which provides for
the nomination of candidat e for Office
by direct vote at a primary election.
BUTTE, Feb. County Jailer Will
liam Dolan has completed his report
OF prisoners confined in the Silver
Bow county bastile during the year
1905. The report is to be filed with
the state department.. after being sub.
mitted to the inspection of Sheriff
Quinn. 1t shows that 1851 persons
were confined during the year. OF
these 1929 were males and 252 females.
BILLINGS, Feb. ID. F. Smith,
right.of-way agent for the Great Nor.
thern. is here from St. Paul negotiat-
ing with land owners in the northern
part of the county for a right of way
through their lands for the Billings
Great Falls railroad. He Is provided
with maps showing practically the
route decided on. Today he con-
ferred with David Frat. Louis Leh.
feldt, Jenison Bros, and many large
holders of land.
BILLINGS, Feb. 7.-One of the larg.
est real estate deals recorded for some
time In this county has been closed.
Louis Lehfeldt, the we'll known sheep
man, sold to J. Q. Adams, of Cham
berlain, S. d., $4,000 acres of ranch
land in the northern part of this coun.
} ty. The consideration was 500, 600.
A portion of the land is within three
miles of the survey Of the proposed
branch Of the Great Northern from
Great Falls to Billings, and u grea,
deal Of activity has been stirred up in
real estate in the northern part of the
county on account of the belief tina,
the road will be built. The sale Of
another big ranch in the same part Of
the country is in prospect.
HELENA, Feb. Good progrt IS
was made today in the inquest into the
deaths of five victims of Monday
nights collision. The testimony
showed clearly that had the rules Of
the company been lived up to, there
would have been no collision on the
eventful night. The regulations pro
vide that it was the duty OF the trair
crew. upon detaching the engine Al
Austin. to set the hand brakes % the
train, because OF the heavy grade, and
it is further provided that after this il