The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items o
Various Parts Of the State.

GREAT FALLS, Jan. 3O.-Spokane
men have applied to the city council
for a franchise to install and operate
a gas plant in this city, promising to
invest at least $780, 600, and Offering
to give a bond to guarantee compile
ton OF the plant within two years.
Action will be taken at the next meet.
ing OF the council.
HELENA, Jan. 3O.-The trial of j.
H. Peel of Billings, on the charge of
having "raised" a 81 bill to $40, and
essaying to palm it off in the latter
sum on an inmate Of a Billings resort,
consumed the entire session of the
United States court today, being
given to the jury this afternoon. The
jury brought in q verdict of guilty.
BILLINGS, Jan. 3O.-Piper Bros. of
Pueblo, Colo, have been awarded the
contract for the construction of the en-.
tire distributing system from Divisi-
u to . Of the Huntley project.
This is "a big contract and will involve
the employment Of several hundred
men when spring opens. The COM
pany had previously been awarded
contracts for the construction of con-
crete work and for the putting in of a
complete telephone system through
the entire tract.
HELENA, Jan. 3O.-Governor j. X.
Toole today issued a reQuisition on
Governor Cutler of Utah for the re.
turn to this state of Mr.. and Mrs. j..
B. Gladney, who are now under ar
rest at Ogden, Utah, at the rec Of
the Silver Bow county authorities, it
being charged that the defendants
participated in the robbery of the
Hennessy store in Centerville, on j an.
9, when cash to the amount OF So, 200
was stolen. The papers were pre-
sen,ed to Governor Toole by Sheriff
j. j. Quinn of Silver Bow county.
BILLINGS, Jan. 3l.-Billings' long
expected crusade against gambling
has begun. Ten warrants for the ar
rest of as many saloon men have been
placed in the hands of Sheriff Adams.
In each case, the defend ant is charged
With permitting a roulette wheel to
be played for money in and about his
place. Rev. B. Il. Mccullough,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church here, is the complaining
witness.
BUTTE, Jan. 31.-The concentrator
OF the Butte Reduction Works, the
smelling plant owned in this city by
Senator W. A. Clark, was totally de-
stroyed by a fire of unknown origin,
about l:30 o'clock this morning, and
caused an immediate suspension OF
work. The loss is estimated in the
neighborhood Of. $500, 900, but part.
tally covered by insurance. Four
hundred e were employed at the
works, but the major portion of these
will be afforded employment for some
time to come in cleaning up theldebris
and wreckage.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. 3l.-James Nc.
Keown put some blasting powder in q
shot gun shell a few days ago and shot
at a cat. The gun was blown to atoms
aud McKeown is nursing a wounded
arm. McKeown was working in the
S%pringhill copper mines about twenty
miles from Bozeman and had been
bothered by cats trying to steal mea,
and other articles of food kept on the
outside of the cabin. Being short OF
shot gun powder be thought blasting
powder would answer the purpose.
LEwlsTowN, Jan. 3.-The long
tunnel which the Barnes.king com.
pany has been running in its grea,
Kendall property for many months
past is now In about 5000 feet, and
when driven 1000 further. will tap an
entirely new body of ore ia the north
west end of the property, over a mile
distant from the old workings. This
virgin ore deposit al located last
year by means of a diamond drill,
and in getting to it the company has
opened up several other veins, one of
which, at least, is unusually rich for
cy auide ore, running about $50 to the
tuu.