The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER Iii STATE. '
" hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.

LEwISTOwN. Oct. 11.-Henry Elner
sor. employed at the Cruise ranch neal
Flatwillow, aud formerly engaged il
the saloon bushes at Forest Grove
was found dead il his tent this week
Appearances indicated that he hac
fallen a victim to heart failure while
sleeping in his tent. He is said tt
have had relatives in this state. He
was As years years Of age and I'M
married.
BUTTE. Oct. ia committee o,
school teachers headed by Miss Adele
Humphrey appeared before the school,
board last night to ask for an increase
OF 10 per cent. in salaries. Miss
Humphrey, as spokesman, pointed Out
that the cost Of living had increased
lately and that unless the salaries
were increased the present condition
meant the same thing as a cut in sala.
ries. The request was tabled for the
present, but will be considered by the
board. Most OF the board members
seemed favorably disposed toward the
idea of the increase, but as it would
mean an additional expense Of about
$50, 600 a year the problem Of how it is
to be granted perplexes the board.
BILLINGS, Oct. 17.--Harvesting OF
the beet crop Is in full blast, and the
only difficulty which the growers are
having to contend with is that help is
not so numerous as is desirable. In
one field, that of Frank Mccormick, a
number of Crow Indians are employed
in the work OF pulling beets. and are
said to be performing the labor in a
highly satisfactory manner Lime
rock by the car load is being received
from Park county, and is stored at
the factory. After being burned 10
the kiln the rock will be used in puri-
flying the beet juice. BY the time the
factory is ready to start there will be
about 5000 tons of beets stored ia the
sheds ready to be ground up.
CHOTEAU, Oct. lS.-Lease & Rich.
ards have twenty-five men at work on
the new court house which Is nearing
completion and which will be ready
for occupancy by the first of Novem.
Der. This building is beautiful in
architecture, modern throughout and
q of which Teton county may we'll
boast.
ANACONDA, Oct. 1S.-All the men
who were arrested a few nights ago
for participating in an alleged poker
game were arraigned in Justice Meals
court this evening. Dan Mcleod,
William Weldon. Frank Butler, Ell
mer Piggott and Charles White
pleaded not guilty, and their bonds
we're fixed at $500 each, which were
furnished.
BUTTE, Oct. lS.-William Penna
was found guilty Of murder in the first
degree last night for the killing of
Mrs. Susie Bry ant In this city several
months ago. Penna claimed he had
been lured to this country from Aus.
tralia by the woman, who promised to
desert her husband and marry him.
When she refused it angered him, and
he procured a revolver, and going to
Mrs. Bryant's home, called her to the
door and shot her. Penna then ran
into the arms OF a policeman. An ef'
fort was made to prove Peuua was in
sane.
HELENA, Oct. lS.-M. c. Burch,
special assistant United States at,
torney general, left tonight fol
Seattle, after having spent three day:
in the city comforting with specia'
agents working at present in the state,
The purpose of his visit here was tc
have the special agents procure testi
mOny to be used at the coming term o,
the United States court in timber case:
that have been dragging in the courts
1t is alleged that thousands Of dollars
worth of timber has been unlawfully
cut from the public domain, and to
arrange to have the cases brought tc
trial was the purpose of Mr.. Burch':
visit. Several Of the special agent.
were at work in other parts of tn.
state and arrived in Helena today il
response to kilograms.
HELENA. Oct. oO.-Henry l.. Haupt
who was convicted last March of run
ming a lottery game in Butte, and who
was fined and sentenced to serve
term in Jail, will have to pay the pen
atty, according to the United State,
court of appeals OF San Francisco
Haupt took his case up to the highe1
court, which sustains the decision 0
the lower court.
MISSOULA, Oct. pa Milwaukee,
surveying party discovered the bod,
of John X. kuudsOn hanging by tn,