The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

BUTTE, May 22.-Ihomas w. Poin.
Of Dillon, former state au.
ditor. died az Murray's hospital al 10
O'Clock this morning. He had been
operated upon Saturday for perito.
nitis and ulcer Of the stomach, and
since then his condition had grown
more critical, although hope was still
by his family for his re.
covery until early this morning. Mr..
was one of the we'll known
OF Montana. He vas elected state
auditor on the democratic ticket and
served in that Office from 1896 to 1900.
to that time he was engaged
with his father and brothers in the
mercantile business in Dillon, the
firm being T. w. Poindexter & Sons.
HELENA, May 22.-Horse raisers in
the vicinity of Helena state that there
is a we'll organized band Of horse
thieves which has been operating for
sevcra! years around here, until final
ly their depred atoms have become so
bold and SO frequent that steps have
been taken TO rid the country Of them.
A number of horse raisers. some liv.
ing ia Helena and Others residing on
Ten Mile and in the vicinity of Union
Vile, met in the city yesterday and
steps were taken TO form a secret or.
ganizatiou for the purpose of putting
a stop 20 the work Of the thieves. De.
tec,ives will be employed to find out
who the thieves are aud to secure evil
dence against them. The cos. of the
work is TO be charged up pro rata to
the growers.
LEw1sTOwN, May 23.-A deal has
been contaminated whereby the Bell
Telephone company takes over the
majority of the stock Of the Lewistown
Telephone company, assume all in
debtedness, and will issue Bell com.
pany stock for the balance of the pur.
chase price.
HELENA, May %. - DR.. 4. p.
Thatcher, convicted on the charge OF
violating the game laws by fishing in
the Missouri river without a license,
today filed notice of an appeal from
the decision. If the decision is ad
verse in the district court, he will
carry it to the supreme court: and
likewise the state will do the same.
So, in any event, the con stitution atty
of the law will soon be determined by
that court.
RED LODGE. May 23.-The lid is on
at this town aud The socialist mayor,
I. II. Austin, seems bent upon keeping
it there. Nine gambling house pro.
prietors have been arrested upon war;
rants and it is supposed that the may
or G the rounds of the gambling
places and had the warrants issued.
1t is understood the gamblers opened
their places to trim the coal miners.
who we're paid $4,000 10 wages Satur.
day, and intended TO close within three
days. IL is thought this will end
gambling here.
HELENA, May 23.-Averring tina,
the new dam being constructed across
the Missouri river by the Helena
Power Transmission company will
utterly destroy the usefulness Of her
homestead entry, Mary Hardwick Nc
Lean today filed a suit in the distric,
court to prevent further construction.
A portion Of the plaintiffs land has
already been flooded, and upon the
completion of the dam the backwater
will entirely food her property: hence
the suit.
FORSYTH, May pa heavy rain
fell here last night. The south side
of the track in Forsyth is under water
from Slaughter House and Smith
creeks. Nearly every cellar and well
Oh the south side is under water.
Antelope creek, two miles east oil
Forsyth, vent out OF its banks las,
night and 80 feet OF Northern Pacific
tracks are out. Work trains are
making repairs. The eastbonud
trains were held here since last night,
All trains are about Is hours late.
BOULDER. May 23.-While Francis
Ryan, Frank Way and Henry Dulaney
were out looking for horses in the
Elkhorn range of mountains, Oh Dry
creek, they came upon the body o.
John Allen, az old.time prospector Of
Elkhorn, who had been working a
mine in Horse gulch. 1t is supposed
that dynamite he was handling ex.
ploded, as his eyes were put out, both
hands we're blown of and he wa:
Otherwise mutilated. |. is evident tina,
the explosion had not killed him in,
stantly, as be had started for assist,
ance, and had evidently bled to death.