The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
MONTANA NEWS BRIErLETs.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.


A Budget of Readable Short Items o
Various Parts Of the State.
DILLON, March 2O.-"Billy" Bills.
ton committed suicide yesterday by
submerging his head in a basin OF
water and holding it there. The body
was found with the right hand tightly
grasping the basin, slightly tipping
the bowl. Apparently the deceased
had not made a move after placing
his head in the water.
LEwIsTOwN, March 2O.-The Fer.
gus County Artesian Irrigation Co.
will thoroughly prospect the bench be.
tween Utica and Sage creek for arte.
sian water during the coming summer.
This company consists OF local people
who own land in that locality and the
water will be used to irriga.e in the
neighborhood of 5000 acres of bench
land. Senator Hobson is interested
In this venture.
HELENA, March 20. - The state
board of farmers institutes held a
meeting in the Office of Gov. Jos. X.
Toole today. The feature of the meet.
ing was the report OF Secretary f. B.
Linfield, which showed that 81 meet.
ings we're held during the winter, with
a total attendance OF 1000. The board
instructed the secretary 70 inquire in.
to the matter of securing expert lee.
turers, and recommended that the
legislature make an appropriation to
defray this expense.
BUTTE, March 2O.-Butte is a closed
town. The lid was firmly adjusted by
Sheriff j. j. Quinn last night and the
pasteboards have been packed away
for an indefinite period. Nowhere can
gambling be found today in any of
the extensively fitted up gambling
houses. Following instructions issued
by Attorney General Galen, the order
went Out from the sheritf's Office yes.
terday afternoon that all games must
cease before 8 o'clock. The order was
universally respected.
MILES CITY, March 2o.-C. j. Hy-
SAM. Of Billings, has been given the
contract for supplying 200 teams for
grading work on the Milwaukee road
and will have them here inside Of two
ur-.,aL.. II j. volt tly cvOy,A tbo% <L1
Milwaukee will start work in the city
here as soOn as the snow melts. The
first thing to be built is a side track
from the Northern Pacific to run
around the northern part of the town
on which engines, cars and material
for construction will be handled.
RED LODGE, March 2O.-County AS
SCISSOR John Normile aud his deputies
have run up against a snag in the
matter of assessing cattle herds fol
taxation purposes this year. Several
large bands of stock which are win
tering in Carbon county are owned by
men who have their home ranches il
adjoining counties. They are taking
advantage of the supreme court de-
cision in the case of Flowerree vs..
Teton county, in which it was decided
that the cattle should be assessed In
the county where the owner resides,
Under the view of the case the as.
SCISSOR intends to list some large bands
of sheep and cattle which have been
wintering 10 Dawson aud Valley coun.
ties. though the owners live In Carbon,
where their home ranches are located
K%ALIsPELL. March p. Sheriff
Gregg, Coroner Taylor and Prosecut.
ing Attorney McKeown went up to
Troy last night in answer to a mes
sage which reached the sheriff yester'
day that a man named Kuhn had
shot and killed q Plunkett ia the
timber near there. The trouble oc'
CURED over a timber claim. but nc
particulars are yet learned.
BUTTE, March 2l.-William Cor
don, arrested with Hart Cummings
charged with holding up the saloon O,
Joe Auclaire on East Mercury street
last October, was found guilty by the
jury in Judge DOMAINS court yester
day evening and his sentence vas tixeC
at fifteen years in the states prison
The jury also found Gordon guilty o;
four prior convictions for felonies he
having served three terms in the Utat
and n in the Montana %pcnitentiary
kALIsPELL, March 2l.-John Peter
son, custodian of the John O'Brier
Lumber mills payroll, who was hello
up on Thursda y last, has been put il
Jail because of suspicious circum'
stances surrounding the robbery
The theory is that he stood in will
the play. Other arrests may occur
Detectives have appeared on the scene
attracted by the offer of 81 900 reward