The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-16
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.


A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
LIVINGSTON, Jan. 1O.-Ruby Knaff-
ner, q machinist helper at the round.
house of the Northern Pacific, slipped
into a pit of boiling water last night
while at work. The pit was filled with
water drained from boilers of engines.
He was SO badly scalded that the flesh
fell off in strips. His recovery is in
doubt.
BILLINGS, Jan. 10.-J ames T. Webb,
the new sheriff, accompanied by Under
Sheriff Hubbard, visited the saloons
and resorts in the city this afternoon
where gambling is or has heretofore
been In progress and notified every
proprietor that all forms Of gambling
must henceforth be cut out. Not only
is the ban placed on faro, roulette and
poker, but even money slot machines
are blacklisted and must be conveyed
to the cobwebbed garnet to remain
silent.
M1ssOULA, January 1O.-The cold
weather which has been prevailing for
the past few days has caused the
Northern Pacific no end OF trouble
with its engines. About 10 engines
on the sidetrack east Of the round.
house yesterday we're "frozen up'
and it was with the greatest difficulty
that the engines were moved. En-
ployes Of the company were compelled
to chop ice from the engides before
they could be moved and then it was
q difficult task.
BILLINGS, Jan. 1O.-Workmen at
the sugar factory were Mortified this
morning toIfnd the mangled remains
OF one of their number crushed to an
unrecognizable mass of flesh by a por.
ton of the shafting of the mill. 1t
seems that +. f. Jack, n Of the en-
ployes, whose duty vas to oil part of
the shafting, vas drawn into the gear
ing of the same. No one saw the &C.
cident and nobody knows just what
happened, although there were fellow
workmen within a distance of 20 feet
of him when it occurred.
BUTTE, Jan. l3.-All the mines of
the Amalgamated, North Butte and
Coalition companies will be closed to-
day and tonight. This is owing &c a
car shortage, o%ccasioned by the freez-
ing of the ore in the cars, making it a
difficult and slow job to unload them,
and to a wreck on the B. A. 4 p,
near Gregson, which has hindered ore
traffic. The mines will resume Mon
day morning a. usual.
LEwIsTOWN, Jan. 12.-Sevcu hun.
dred dollars was paid in the distric,
trict court yesterday, representing
fines imposed upon five Stanford sa'
loon men for conducting poker games
at their places. Two of the defend
anls had two charges booked agains'
them, and all were fined 800 each or
each charge. There are four more
cases Of this character to be disposed
of and it is expected that they viii
take the same course.
BILLINGS, Jan. l2.-The last beet O
the season was run through the ma
chinery at the big sugar factory yes
terday morning, which means that tn.
final grist Is now being converted int
sugar. Actual work at the plant viii
not close down, however, for almost
week yet, and after that time it will re
quire several days to clean up the ma
chinery ond put it in shape for mex
seasons run. Althouth the season
was the initial one, it has been de
cidedly successful. A crop of 100
acres has been converted into sugar
and many hundred tons are now stored
In the big warehouse awaiting ship
ment.