The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-23
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.

OVEN Ill STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Durini
the Past Few Days.
BUTTE, May 1.-THE state OF Mon
tana today brought suit in the district
court against the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company to recover
81, 1895, the suit being filed by Count,
Attorney Healy. The complaint al
leges that the defendant owes the sun
named for unpaid licenses upon it.
instruments.
HELENA, May ~17.-Judge Clements
has decided the contest between the
heir of Henry Klein and his employe;
over certain requests made in Klein's
will 10 favor of the employees. The
employees claimed that the will made
them beneiciaries under certain Sec
lions, and the heir denied that. The
estate, worth about $3.50, 900 at the
death of Klein, is now valued as high.
ly as $3.50, 900.
TWIN BRIDGES, May 17.-William
Beckwith. q we'll known mining man,
has been seriously If lot fatally sho,
as the result of the discharge of q rife
in the hands of boys who were playing
a short distance from Beckwith's cab.
in. Beckwith was coming out Of the
door when the weapon was discharged,
the bullet entering his stomach. The
shooting was accidental.
LEw1sTowN, May 1.-The Enter
prise Land and Improvementcompany,
composed largely of railway officials,
which have been securing land in Vel.
lowstone and Fergus counties, bought
several tracts today extending out
from the Judith river, aggregating g..
$40 acres, paying nearly $4,000 for
the land. 1t is supposed the company
will establish a townsite there, as the
land is located where the surveys show
the Great Northern will cross the
river.
BILLINGS, May II. The highest
market price for sheep of the season
was paid to Frank Church of this city
recently when he sold ., 200 two-year.
old wethers to John Wilson of
Gillette, Wyo. The price paid was
$3.50 per head. The sheep were win.
tered near Red Lodge and were
shipped by Mr.. Church t Glendive
some time ago for the purpose OF
shearing. Mr.. Wilson estim ates that
the wethers will shear ten pounds of
wool apiece aud at Is cents per pound
4his will reduce the cost to him con.
siderably. After the sheep are sheared
at Glendive they will be trailed from
that city to the home ranch of Mr..
Wilson at Gillette.
HELENA, May 17.-1f the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company
wishes to increase its capital stock to
'agO, 600, 900, in accordance with a GER
tifcate filed with Secretary of State
Yoder, it must pay on an increase
from $500, 900 instead OF %, 500, 200, the
latter named sum being the amount
stated as its present capitalization.
Mr.. Yoder, before authorizing the
increased apitaliza alton, made ar in.
vestig alton and discovered that, while
the company's stock had been in.
creased several times in Utah, It had
not been in Montana, and he there.
fore notified its officials that it would
be necessary to pay o fee OF SLIPS or
$4l5 more than the amount proffered
BILLINGS, May 1S.-A large number
of Japs have arrived in the city.
Their services during the coming sum
mer will be utilized by the farmers OF
the valley in the growing and cultiva'
ton of sugar beets Of which there il
nearly 5000 acres planted in this vi
entity.
FORSYTH, May lS.-Major J. +. Ed
wards has secured u large CONTRACT
for grading work for the Milwaukee
road in this county. He has secured
Il large number of Cheyenne Indians,
who will do the grading work, unde,
the supervision of o. NJ. Cleavinger,
Yesterday POO bucks, with thei,
squaws, pappooses, wagons, horses
and dogs, arrived in the city, and will
60 10 the north side to start on the
work.
BILLINGS. May lS.-The government
will shortly begin the sale of a numbe,
OF Indian allo,ments on the Crow res
ervation, and will from time to tim'
continue such sales until all Of tn,
land that belongs to unsettled est ate
there is disposed of. The land tina
will be sold belonged to Grow Indian
who have passed to the great beyond
The estates that they leave behin'
them are handled in precisely the sam
way as those Of white persons, will
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