The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-01
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few DAYS.

MILES CITY. July 26.-Monday af-
ternoon 1,40O head of horses were
sold at the Clarke sale. About so5
head OF horses we're sold Tuesday az
teruoon. About 500 head of cattle
arrived from the west last night for
the sale. The first shipment of cattle
Is to be made on Wednesday from
Fallon by the LAZY j" outfit.
BUTTE, July 26.-The hand and
machine sheepshearers' annual con.
v~eution is in session in this city to.
day, delegates being present from
California, Utah, Colorado, Wyom.
ing, Washington, Idaho and Nevada,
representing a membership OF about
/, 700 shearers, or one.third of the
shearers Of the United States. There
is little likelihood Of the present scale
for sheariug being changed at this
meeting.
GREAT FALLS, July 26.-John T.
Earll, late police magistrate of this
city, accused Of embezzling 5000 Of
city funds, waived preliminary exam.
~iuation today and was held for trial
in the district court. His bail of ST.
600 was continued. Friends OF Earll
have made ARRANGEMENT to pay for him
the amount be owes the city, but the
city treasurer has refused to accept
the money claiming he has no author
ity to do so.
MIsSouLA, July 26.-News of a Pc
culiar condition on the Flathead In-
dian reserv alton, and one which has
perhaps never been known before in
this part of Montana, vas brought to
the city by residents there today. II
Is stated that the country between the
St. Ignatius mission and Roman. .
distance OF IL or 20 miles, and extend.
ing north to the MissouIa river, is in
tested with a grasshopper plague, and
that the little pests are cleaning the
whole area of verdure. eating the
grass and shrubbery clean.
BUTTE. July 26.-The fight between
the Forepaugh.Sell Bros six shows
which are in Butte tod az, and the
Sells-Floto shows, which were in
Butte july 10. found its way into the
Montana courts today, when the latter
company, under its incorporated name
Of the American Amusement company
filed an action in the United States
court here to cover S62, 900 damages
from the Forepaugh.Sells Bros
shows, which damages are alleged to
have been incurred by reason of the
F~orepaugh aggrega atoms advance
men closely following the bill posting
employees of the Sells.Floto circus and
covering up their advertising with
other paper bearing the name of the
opposition shows, before the shows
had reached stated points and before
the lease on the bill boards had ex.
pired.
RED LODGE, July 2'.-Five hundred
men are now employed at the mines
ard the full output of one thousand
tons a day is being shipped. Until
the new buildings and steel work is
finished this will be kept up and then
over twice the amount of men will be
put on aud the output will be accord.
ingly.
BUTTE. July 27.-Rockslides in the
,~jvn, bo~a t13 :. al o;rro3 ~, loo, ~
three miners, Evan Evans, Winnifred
J. Holt aud Ernest j. keene. Evans
met his death on the l, 70O.foot Level
OF the Gagnou mine, a large macs o.
falling earth catching him while be
was engaged in repairing some pipes
He was we'll known in the city. Hol,
took a chance with some ground which
he knew to be unsafe, and while try
ing to pick it down he was caugh, by
the cave-iu. kceuc Jared a larg'
mass OF rock loose with a machine
drill. which fell upon him.
HELENA, July 21.-Austin War; o
Lewi-town, who was in town toda.
said there was an exciting accident OF
the Montana railroad yesterday after
noon as the train was below Summit
when, owing 70 some defect in III
braking apparatus, the crew lost con
troll of the cars for q few minutes al
they dashed down the grade at territi
pace. During the excitement man.
women in the coaches tainted. TIL
brakes finally held, however and tn
train was again got under control bt
fore any damage was done.
BUTTE, July Pm. L. knowle:
the state veterin aria Il, passed throug
Butte today on his way to Monid;
and while here stated that without
doubt the stock OF Montana is in be
ter health than in any other state