The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

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SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Durius
the Past Few Days.
BUTTE, Jan. 4.-W. F. Scott. state
game warden Of Montana and presi.
dent OF the National Association Of
Game & Fish Wsrdens and commits.
sions. has called q meeting Of that or.
ganization to take place in st. Paul
on January 25, 26 and q. This will
be the third meeting Of the body since
its organization In June, 1902, in the
Yellowstone National park.
BUTTE, Jan. 4.-As q result of the
lockout Of ore hsulers in this city by
the contractors, following their re.
fusal to accede to . demand for an in.
eas in pay of so cents q day for
haulers driving six-horse teams, more
than $50 men have been made idle.
One hundred of this number are team.
sters, the balance being miners EN-.
ployed by leasers, who furnish the
bulk of ore hauled by the contractors.
HELENA, Jan. 4.-B. H. Tatem,
assayer In charge OF the United States
assay Office in this city, has made
public his report for the month of
December, showing total receipts OF
S195, 626. Is. OF this sum, Montana
contributed GIG, 143. 70, and Of Mon.
tana receipts, Fergus county mines
produced the handsome sum of $1O2,.
GA IS, or more than one.half of the
total receipts.
HELENA, Jan. 4.-Executive elem.
ency was extended by Gov. Toole to.
day in two instances, Fred Ecklund,
OF Helena, was sentenced to the coun.
ty Jail for sixty days for drunkenness
on December IA last. This "a COM.
muted by the governor to IS days.
Albert B. Vain Is the other beneflci.
airy. He was in April, 1903, convicted
of burglary in Cascade county and
sentenced to five years. Gov. TOole
states that Vain admitted his guilt to
members of the board on their last
visit to Deer Lodge, and that his res.
olution to make a law.abiding citizen
of himself impressed the board with
his sincerity.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. 5.-Director F. B.
Linield, of the Montana experiment
station, has returned from the last of
a series of farmers institute meetings
which have been held in over fifty diff.
ferent towns in the state since Decem.
Der 1. Director Linfeld states that
the institutes, generally speaking.
have been very largely attended by
farmers and that the interest taken in
the institute work was very encourag.
ing.
BILLINGS, Jan. 5.--Jack Craven, q
former policeman, was arrested in
Butte this morning charged with &c.
duction. The complaining witness is
the l7.year-old daughter of William
c. Mullen, lately telephone operator.
Craven vas Q policeman and was laid
of about q month ago. He has q wife
and family. Craven had just left
Billings.
BUTTE, Jan. 5.-The saloon of C..
H. Axtell, At Basin, was entered by
two hold.up men at 3 o'clock yester.
day morning and the proprietor re.
lieved Of about COS in cash. The men
did their work In the coolest possible
manner, and disappeared as quickly
as they entered. A posse Is now
searching the country about Basin,
and every sheriff and police depart
ment for miles have been notified.
Every train is watched, but 1t is be.
lieved the men are still hiding in
Basin.
HELENA, Jan. 5.-Judge Hunt today
set q number of cases for hearing. the
offense in each Of them being alleged
timber trespasses. The indictments
charge that all of the ~offenses were
committed in Missoula county and
consisted OF the cutting Of timber on
government lands. Judge Hunt also
ordered continued until the Great
Falls term of court the hearing OF Oh.
jeetions to the discharge from bank
ruptcy of Gus Okerman and George
b. Moore.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. Cd. L. Geh-
man, q switchman, having a wife and
six children, is under arrest on the
charge Of stealing some hams, bacon
and other articles from q car belong
ing to Armour & Co. Suspicion
pointed to him and q search Of his
house resulted In an unusual number