The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
MONTANA %BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

LEWISTOWN, Sept. 2O.-The largest
bond ever filed in Fergus county was
presented in the district court today
by Frank Stephens, executor and chief
heir of the estate of the late Oscar
Stephens. The bond is for 1926, 600
and a Baltimore company is. surety
BUTTE, Sept. 2O.-The report on
good authority is that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad will
have its Butte station on South Mon.
tana street, near Silver Bow creek.
Deeds conveying about Is acres OF
ground have been filed for record with
the county clerk and recorder. About
u acres of the ground are on the Val.
ley and Tecumseh lode claims, on the
west side of Montana street, a short
distance north of Silver Bow creek.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 2O.-The United
States war department has detailed
Lieut.. George A. Wieczorck of the
Seventeenth infantry, as professor of
military science and tactics at the
Montana Agricultural college, and he
is now in correspondence with the
president relative to the time of his
coming to take up the work. The col.
lege has had no regular army officer
for this work since Lieut.. now cap
tain Ahern resigned to take part in
the Spanish. American war.
HELENA, Sept. 2O.-The %cOrOner's
jury that investigated the killing of
T. =. Perdue by Chief Of Police Jack
Flannery returned a verdict exculpat-
ing Flannery, and deciding that he
acted in self defense while in the dis.
charge OF his duty. The jury recon-.
mended that all police officers be
dressed in uniform. Word from Per.
dues eastern relatives directing his
burial at Helena has been received.
His companions say he was a Spanish
var veteran, and the organization OF
Spanish war veterans at Helena may
bury him.
LEWIsTOWN, Sept. 20.-The nam.
moth establishment of Chas. Lehman
Il Co., on Main street, came near 60
ing up in smoke yesterday morning.
~ an early hour, flames burst from
the warehouse, and fortunately G.. NJ.
Cannon, the head bookkeeper, who
lives but a short distance away, was
attracted to the scene. Immediately q
hose line was run from the store into
a window in the warehouse and water
was poured directly on the flames.
This held the blaze in check complete
" until the department arrived, and
the firemen soon had the fire under
control. One fireman was taken out
unconscious, having been overcome
by the dense smoke. The arrival of
the bookkeeper doubtless prevented
the biggest fire in the history OF the
city. The loss will not exceed a few
hundred dollars.
LEw1sTowN. Sept. 2l.-A somewhat
novel plan is being followed by the
city council here in reducing the num-
Der OF saloons. Recently the number
of retail liquor licenses that could be
issued was limited by ordinance TO
correspond with the number of saloons
then in existence. just ID soon as
one OF these establishments goes out
of business for any reason, the ordi-
nance is amended reducing the number
of licenses that may be granted by one.
This week two saloons have left the
field, and the number Of licenses has
now been cut down to fifteen, but the
aldermen say the number will be very
much smaller before they are through.
Public opinion supports this policy.
MILES CITY, Sept. 24.-The q
house along the Northern Pacific rail.
way tracks occupied by the Montana
Hardware company and Mcintosh
Bros. was burned Sunday afternoon,
The loss is $l4,0 900. Mcintosh Bros.
lost drills, hosting apparatus and
heavy railroad machinery for use II
grading on the road near Miles City
LEWISTOWN, Sept. 24.-In order te
gradually reduce the number of sa
looms in this city, the council has de
cided that whenever an establishment
of the kind closes out for any reason
no license shall be issued to any ney
saloon. The number was reduced las
week to II, aud this week two NOR
establishments have gone out OF bust
ness because their leases expired an
the proprietors desired to seek a ne
field. An ordinance fixing the numbe
of saloons at Is has been passed AMI
as fast as the number is decreased tn
ordinance will be amended fixing tn
number of licenses that can be issue
at this reduced figure. The plan i
supported by public opinion.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. 24.-The polio