The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

LEwIsTOwN, Sept. 1.-THE Bell
Telephone company has caused the
arrest of J.. w. Higgins. late auditor
in the local Office, on q charge Of EN-.
bezzlement. 1t is alleged that he is
short in his accounts an amount ex.
ceediug 500.
M1sSOULA, Sept. 1.-THE Missoula
grand jury has reported tina. it finds
no public offenses at Missoula. The
report says the jury investigated the
charges Of graft made against some
officials and vas unable to find any
evidence Of the no The jury re-
ports that the Jail, public Offices and
public at airs generally are being con-
Quoted according to law.
HELENA, Sept. 17.-From the effect
of eating currants and drinking new
currant wine. John Hagelburg. a
Prickly Pear valley raucher, died
Sunday evening at the home of S. W.
Heap, about ten miles south of the
city. Hagelburg lived on a ranch
about four miles from Heaps house,
and it is said that he was in very des-
titute circumstances.
HELENA, Sept. l7.-Word was re.
ceived today by Charles D. Wilson,
chief clerk of the railway mail service.
of the sudden death a. Boulder this
morning of the postmaster, A. j. Fos.
ter, veteran of the civil var and q
resident Of Montana for many years.
His son has taken charge of the Boul-
der Office. According to the message
Mr.. Foster had started for his hay
field when he suddenly dropped over
dead.
LEwIsTowN, Sept. II. All the
colored men who have been held al
the county Jail as Witnesses in the
Dougherty murder t Straw have been
released and returned 10 work. The
contractor arranged to have q special
deputy keep tab on these men and see
that they do moi get away, several of
those who witnessed the tragedy hav-
ing skipped out before they could be
served. By this arrangement the
county will save $3.50 per day for
each, the fee they are entitled to, as
we'll as their board, while the con-
tr FACTORS will get the benefit of their
work.
HELENA, Sept. l7.-Jim Jones, q
h~orsethief in Missoula: Jim Crawford,
q horsethief in Anaconda, and Thos.
A. Harvey, an importer of stolen
property into this county and an at.
tempted forger at East Helena. was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Dep
uty Sheriff Smith at East Helena.
This morning Sheriff Fleming OF Ana
conda, took the man back to face a
grand larceny charge for the theft of
a team and top buggy. The stolen
property was recovered here. The
man will likely face another grand
larceny charge in Missoula for the
theft of a horse and buggy and a sad
die horse and saddle there. This
property "a also recovered.
HELENA, Sept. lS.-It IS possible
that Helena will have a wooden mill.
Secretary Hull is in CORES pondence
with an eastern WOODEN concern which
has written it would like to move its
plants T. Helena If a suitable site can
be found. The company asks for no
bonus and says i, expects to pay for
what it gets.
BILLINGS. Sept. Is. - Laurel city
was practically wiped out this morn
ing by fire, which destroyed the bust
ness center and which would have de-
stroyed the entire city had o dyna.
mite been used to blow up interven.
ing buildings and stop the stream of
flame. The loss 10 placed at between
$780, 600 and $3.50, 600, and the build.
ings destroyed include the bank, post.
office aud two large general nerchan.
disc stores.
BILLINGS, Sept. l6.-The jewelry
store of E. H. Haggerty, located in a
part of a room occupied by the Sub.
urban home company, in the Northern
hotel block, was entered by burglars
last night and watches and rings rep.
resenting ar aggregate value of more
than 5000 were taken. The valuables
taken had been left outside the big
safe, and the latter had not been mo.
Tested. Entrance to the building was
effected by prying open one of the
rear windows. There is no clue to the
perpetr ators.
HELENA, Sept. lS.-In an opinion
to County Attorney Speer of Great
Falls, Mr.. Galen holds that the couu.
ty of Cascade is not liable for expen.
ses incurred in enforcing the sanitary
laws with respect to contagious dis
eases within the city limits of Great
Falls. After citing several sections