The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-07
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

" hat las Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.
HELENA, March 1.-Daniel Warren.
of Butte. who was convicted yesterda "
in the federal court here of sending
obscene and lascivious letters through
the United States mails, was senten.
ced this morning to Ave years in the
state pe%nitentiary. Judge Hunt in
passing sentence, said he deserved the
limit.
BILLINGS, March News has been
received from Tombstone, Arizona,
Of the death of James H. Cox, a we'll
known cattleman around Billings in
the early sos. The news is contained
10 a letter received by Fred w. Han.
del, a Musselshell merchant. Mr..
Cox waseformerly q foreman for the
Ryan Brother Cattle company and in
the early COS was q candidate for
sheriff Of Yellowstone county.
BOHEMIAN, March Ia. J. Walrath
and c. w. Hoffman, committee from
the Gallatin Valley club to In vestiga ate
the sugar beet industry in Idaho and
Utah, will leave tomorrow evening on
their tour Of inspection, which will
include several different points in the
states named. They will be absent
several days, and no further steps
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return.
HELENA, March Bids have been
advertised for by the state board OF
examiners for the keeping of the states
insane persons, of whom there are at
present GIG, and for whose care the
state is paying at the rate of IS cents
a day. The contract of the present
keepers, Messrs. Mitchell and Mus
sigbrod, of Warm Springs, will ex.
pire April 6 next.
HELENA, March 2. Daniel B.
Jacobs, one Of the defend ants In the
trial in the federal court yesterday,
charged with having transmitted by
express from Butte to Dayton a Ger.
tain number of lottery tickets 10 vio-
lation of the statutes, entered q plea
of guilty, and vas sentenced to q fine
of $500, which he paid and was dis.
charged.
HELENA, March 1.-The famous Jay
Gould mine, near here, has been sold
to a Chicago syndicate, composed of
men who are largely interested in the
Whitlatch.U Union mine near this city.
F. A. Ross OF Chicago, il to be the
general manager of the property while
F. L. Sizer of Helena, is &c be con-
sulting engineer. The property, which
has been closed down since the middle
OF December, will be reopened immed.
lately. giving. employment to more
than 80 men.
LEWIsTOWN, March 2.-The divi-
dends paid last month by the Barnes
King Mining Co. of Kendall amount
ed to In the neighborhood Of s4S, 900.
This is one Of the most satisfactory
dividends declared by this company
since the opening up of the property.
This property has always been q pay.
ing proposition for the shareholders,
and its condition this spring would
indicate that it will give better returns
this year than ever before.
BOHEMIAN. March 2.-Prof. w. j..
Elliott, OF the dairy department of the
college, is planning to make q tour Of
all the creameries of the state the last
OF March or the fret of April, holding
a one.day dairy school at each cream.
cry for the benefit of the farmers of the
vicinity. Yhe purpose will be to In.
struct farmers in the most economical
methods of milk production and hand
ling, and especially in the selection of
dairy stock.
BOULDER, March 2.-Sheriff Gibson
went to Helena yesterday, where he
secured requisition papers for Richard
Flaherty, formerly OF Boulder.
Flaherty was arrested in Salt Lake at
the instance Of the officers here who
have a complaint against Flaherty for
enticing Miss Laura Hall away, under
promise Of marriage, and who is also
with Flaherty in Salt Lake. 1t is
not known just what action will be
taken against the prisoner, but it is
believed he will compromise matters.
MILES CITY, March 3.-Congress.
man Dixon has notified local officials
that the house has passed the bill tC
reimburse Custer county for One-halt
of the expense of the Tongue rive,
bridge. The bridge vas built sever
or eight years ago and cost $1,000
When the structure was built the
quartermaster at St. Paul agreed thai
the war department would stand one
half Of the expense.