The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OvER THE STATE.
hat Has Happened IN Montana During
the Past Few Days.

hat Has Happened IN Montana purius
the Past Few Days.
RED LODGE. Aug. Sword has
been received here that Wyoming
sheepmen are euroachiag on Montaua
territory with bands Of scabby sheep
aud that violations Of the Montana
quarantine laws have been committed
with utter disregard Of the law. Sher.
IL Potter OF this county, who was this
week appointed sheep inspector by the
state veterinarian. will begin a rigid
investigation in few days.
HELENA, Aug. 9.-Roy Spencer,
alias Williamson, who was arrested
in this city, charged with having
robbed Ed Phillips, o! Calgary, OF
$3.50, was released from Jail yesterd ay
evening on q writ Of habeas corpus
and almost Immediately disappeared.
The mounted police of Alberta are
here on the trail and, it IL believed,
Spencer will bs arrested gain soon.
DILLON, Aug. 9.-Over q million
pounds Of wool is stored in the ware
houses in this city at the present time.
The entire lot is insured and neither
the owners o buyers seem to be
worrying over the situation. Not q
pound of wool has been sold within
the past ten days. The wool men
positively refuse the bids made by the
buyers and the buyers will not come
to the terms Of the wool men,.
HELENA, Aug. 9.-The second Mon.
tana regiment, with 500 men. arrived
in Helena yesterday and made camp
in the vicinity of the srmory. The
members OF the different companies
arrived with full field equipment and
when they arrived At the camp went
about pitching tents like veterans.
The regimental band from:Billings al
80 arrived and the signal andihospital
corps are on hand. All the members
of the governors staff will go with the
regiment to American Lake.
HELENA, Aug. 9.-Milt Barnhart Of
this city, has invented after % years
effort, a dry gold washer, which Is
said by those who have watched its
operations, to be a perfect solution Of
q problem which has long puzzled
owners OF gold bearing ground which
could not be treated By sluices. Mr..
Barnhart is operating0his machine ia
Dry gulch, near Eleventh avenue,
Helena, and is realizing from % to 30
cents q yard. The machine is not IN.
like the jig in a.coucentrator, except
that in lieu OF water, air is forced
through the gravel, leaving the gold
on the rifles. Barnhart has secured
some ground near Townsend and will
work his machine ~therelthis season, i,
being richer tina q that in Helena.
CHINOOK, Aug. l0.-The business
session of the North Montana Mission
conference of the Methodist Episcopal.
church formally began its business
session here today ia the Chinook
Methodist church. The conference
really bega N Wednesd ayievening with
religious services. Yesterday was
also taken up with devotional exer.
cises. The great bulk, OF the Metho.
dist ministers of northern Montana
are here az we'll as some;of the prom.
ineut laymen of the church 10 this sec.
ton Of the state.
HELENA, Aug. l0.-Governor j. X.
Toole today granted a pardon to
Thomas Tighe, convicted on a man.
slaughter charge in Broadwater coun-
ty on April 4,ol9O3, andj sentenced to
the penitentiary for six years. With
good time allowance his sentence will
expire in less than a year. Tighe and
his victim, j. Koch, were employed at
the East Pacific mine, owned by II. A.
Bell, Of Helena. Kochs was the cook
and Tighe foreman and over Koch.
A quarrel ensued over weighing meat,
during which Tighe struck Koch over
the head with q knife.
BUTTE, Aug. l0.-Nontana is to
have q uew industry, and one which
will cut an important part in the in
dustrial development in the state O.
Montana. \ cement factory is to bt
started at Sappington aud will pos
s!b.y be financed by Butte capital
The holdings Of the company compris,
80 acres OF cl~ay.shale 4 silicate o
aluminal J, in the formiof; an elev ated
bedded deposit. Or blanket, severa
hundred feet in thickness, and cover
ing an area of 60 acres stu ated abou
one and three.quarter miles east an
north OF Whiteha all, Mont. There i
sufficient raw material in sight, il
connection with the required lime
stone, to produce loo, OOO, 900 barrel
Of finished cement. This is the oni