The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-19
BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM ALI.
OVER THE STATE.

ONER HE SlAlE.
hat Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days,
MILES CITY, Sept. 13.-County Com
missioner Malcolm G.. Naples died
Wednesday night at Rochester, Mimi,
after the removal of a cance from his
stomach. A widow and SOP, Edward,
survive. The dead man was o con-
tractor and builder in Miles City since
1880. He was 66 years OF age and
born in New York. He was a member
of the Masonic lodge.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 13.-David Eccles,
Henry H. RoIapp, NJ. S. Browning.
Adam Patterson and Pingree, all rep.
resentatives Of the Amalgamated
Sugar company, are engaged in the
task of inspecting the several sites
proposed for Bozeman's sugar factory
with a purpose OF making a choice
within a day or two and arranging for
the beginning of the work Of construc.
ton. The gentlemen are from Ogden,
Utah, the headquarters Of the com.
pany.
LEwIsTOWN, Sept. l3.-John p.
Barnes, of the Barnes.King mine. has
leased the Judith Basin FIGURING com.
pany's plant to q syndicate Of local
men, who will hereafter operate it.
and they have the option for the pur-
chase Of the property. The mill Is
one OF the finest in Montana, and Mr..
Barnes gave it up chiefly because its
management required too much OF his
time and care. The mill would have
been closed down had not this deal
been made, and this would have been
a blow to the farmers 10 this vicinity.
Al BILLINGS, Sept. ia number of
splendid specimens OF sugar beets are
to be seen at the Billings Hardware
store. In weight they run from 4! to
5 pounds, and were not the largest to
be found either. Work OF harvesting
will begin in q short time, and growers
are making every prepara alton for the
work. One Of the principal parts of
the work in connection with sugar
beets is the delivery. this being an
immense undertaking. Wagons which
will carry several tons are being got
ready, and in these the beets will be
either direct to Billings or
taken to the beet dumps and shipped
in by railroad to the factory
BUTTE, Sept. 14.-John McFarlan,
who rooms at the Clarence hotel, sus-
tained injuries to his back and head
while at work in the Never Sweat
mine last night. McFarlan was at
work on the 1900 level and was car.
rying a steel bar along a drift when
it came In contact with a live wire.
On receiving the shock through his
arm he jumped to one side aud fell
headfirst into q chute, q distance of
30 feet. He is AZ years OF age and
single. He is at St. James hospital.
LEWISTowN, Sept. l4.-Miss Lily
Kiuzel, bookkeeper for her father, the
manager OF the Fergus County Hard
ware company, has returned from the
Snowy mountains after having killed
the largest bear SO far reported this
season. Miss Kinzel is an expert with
the rifle, and when she got u chance
ut the bear she made the most OF it,
bringing him down at the first shot.
The animal weighed 700 pounds. Miss
Kinzel made the entire trip to and
from the campin. grounds, ia miles,
on horseback.
HELENA. Sept. 14.-Attorney Gen.
eral Galen has taken up the matter
with the government of having sew.
eral insane Cinnamon now confined in
the asylum at Warm Springs de.
ported, to save the state the expense
of their care and maintenance. The
matter has been referred to Inspector
Alfred Hampton for investigation,
and If it is found that the Cinnamon
failed to secure registration certif-
Gates in 1893 and 1894, either through
an oversight or because they were in
sane at the time, and no one took the
trouble to secure certificate for them,
under the law they q be deported
which will probably be what will hap
pen to them. AT the present time Their,
are seven Cinnamon in the asylum.
LEWlsToWN, Sept. 1.-THE county
commissioners have secured u lega
opinion rs to the method to be pur
sued with regard to submitting thu
proposition for an issue OF bonds tt
the amount Of $loO,O 600 for the purpos'
Of building q new court house. TIL
conclusion reached, based upon