The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETs.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the STATE.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.
ANACONDA, Jan. 16.-For two hours
this afternoon Anaconda and Deer
Lodge valleys were swept by the fierc.
est storms in many years. At the
weather observ atory above the Wa.
shoe smelter the velocity of the wind
registered as high as 100 miles an
hour. Several inches Of snow fell.
HELENA. Jan. 16.-James NJ. Rob.
inson, a "squaw man." pleaded guilty
to giving whisky to a Grow Indian,
before Judge Hunt in the United
States court today, and was sentenced
to the county Jail for 80 days and fined
500. Robinson averred that he was
drunk when he gave the bottle Of
liquor to the Indian, who was his wife.
BOULDER, Jan. l6.-An electrical
device has been recently installed at
the Boulder-Wickes tunnel, seven
miles north Of here, by the Great Nor.
them Railway Co., which will insure
added safety to travel aud traffic, it
being in the nature of gates placed at
each end of the tunnel, and when a
train enters the tunnel the gates are
closed, and are not opened until the
train makes its exit. This will insure
safety to the track.walkers and section
men who have occasion to pass
through the hill.
MIssOULA, Jan. 16.-There is a bad
time ahead of Mrs. Emma J. Roe and
Smith Higgins, who are on their way
to Alaska, and who have in their pos.
session g, 900 insurance money which
belongs to Mrs. Roe's children. Win.
stanley 4 Rhoades, agents for the
American Bonding company of Balti-
more, have charged the pair with
grand larceny, the woman as principal
and the man as an accomplish, and
they will be arrested at Juneau to-
morrow, If the boat they are on ar
rives there then, which it is expected
to do.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 17.-Fire today
practically destroyed the Rowell
school building on Boston Heights, a
part of the city, entailing a loss of
about $4,000, with $500 insurance.
The fire drill with which the pupils are
familiar probably accounts for the ex-
~cellent manne in which they formed q
line and walked away from danger.
HELENA, Jan. lin the suit of
Sam Woods VS.. the COOPERATIVE
Ranch company, transferred from
Cascade county, Judge Smith today
named j. w. Speer, of Great Falls,
permanent receiver of the company,
continuing the 10000 bonds which
Mr.. Speer had heretofore. The petit
tion of the receiver to pay $40. 900 in
Judgments was not passed upon by
the court.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. l7.-Guilford
Losie, a switchman employed in the
Montana Central yards at this place,
was killed this morning by being
caught between the switch engine,
upon which he was riding, and a car
to which it was about to be coupled.
Losie a an old railroad mar and
had worked here about three months.
HELENA, Jan. 1.-THE case of the
United States against D.. Burke and
S. Mcbride was submitted to the jury
late this afternoon. The defendants,
who are residents Of Missoula, are
charged with the unlawful cutting Of
timber on the public domain. During
the day the defendants testified as did
Inspector L. B. CLAWS in rebuttal.
The jury found both Burke and Nc.
Bride guilty. Their lawyer will
tomorrow move for an arrest of judg.
ment.
BUTTE, Jau. 17.-Frank E. Curreu
and Roy Phillips, engineer and tor
man respectively of the Gem mine,
have b.en arrested in connection with
the death of James Moylan, foreman
of the mine, whose body was found
ON the trail near the mine, Jan 8
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The complaint Is filed by u brothe,
of the alleged murdered man, who
claims that his brother was especially
di>liked by Curran and Phillips and
that they had several times threatened
to kill him. The body will be exhumed
and an autopsy held.
3. BILLINGS, Jan. l7.--Fifteen bucks
charged with DESERVING their squaws
are languishing in Jail at the Grow
agency. Since Ben Long Ear and
Mrs. Crooked Arm eloped, a number
of other Indians have concluded it was
no longer necessary to live with their
wives, aud SO frequent became the
complaints that the Indian police
have rounded up all of the offenders
that could be caught, with a view t6