The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

BILLINGS, Oct. Ar. A. Loveland.
foreman of the Northern Pacific
switching gang, and one of the mos.
trusted employees of the company, was
held for trial in the district court. as
the result of q preliminary hearing
before Justice Mann today, on a
charge of grand larceny. Loveland
is accused Of stealing four cases of
whiskey and brandy, and several
boxes of cigars from one Of the freight
cars in the yards.
RED LODGE, Oct. 4.-Snow storms
Of the last few days have seriously
damaged crops in this section Of Car.
bon county. Owing to the late spring
many ranchers got their crops in 90
late that they we're moi sufficiently
matured for cutting when the snow
came. The downfall crushed the grain
to the ground, and it will be exceed.
ingly difficult to harvest the crop when
the snow goes off.
LIVINGSTON, Oct. 4.-There was a
walk.out of the new boilermakers at
the Northern Pacific shops today.
The IS or nor that were brought here
last week to take the places of the
strikers left the shops. They simply
called for their time and the entire
force left in q body for the east this
afternoon. Their appearance on the
street was the first they made since
they were placed at work q week ago
under armed guards.
LIVINGSTON, Oct. Mot q worse
place could be found on the 20 miles
of the Cooke City stage road than the
place above the Yellowstone river,
where q load of IA passengers were
upset yesterday by the breaking OF
the axle on the stage coach. The
wheel dropped off and the occupants
OF the stage we're scattered upon the
ground within 100 feet of the precipice,
where the wall from the road drops
500 feet in the Yellowstone river.
BILLINGS, Oct. 5.-Work of har.
vesting the big crop of beetsy which
will be produced this season on about
9 1000 acres of Yellowstone valley and
adjacent lands, will begin in a few
days and all indications are that the
tonnage will be satisfactory. Many
specimens of beets produced on farms
near the city show that they are larg.
er this year than last, and as the
season has been a good one it is
believed that the quality will also be
better.
HELENA, Oct. s. In the federal
court today Robert Brownies, men,
Der of the last legislature from Sweet
Grass county, appeared before Judge
Hunt and pleaded guilty to an illegal
fencing charge. He was fined $500
and sentenced to twelve hours ia the
county Jail. He began serving his
sentence Immediately after Judgment
was pronounced. 1t was his first Of
tense and he had inclosed 1850 acres
OF public land.
DILLON, Oct. 5.-The Beaverhead
Ranch company filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of state
at Helena the first of the week with
the capital stock placed at $500, 600.
1t is said that the fling of the papers
marks the elimination of the largest
ranch deal ever made in Montana in
which the individual ownership of q
piece of land vas concerned. The
ranch acquired by the Beaverhead
Ranch company is the Birchdale Stock
farm, about eight miles north OF Dill
Ion, and which was owned by j.. E.
Morse, of this city.
LEWISTOWN, Oct. 5.-The burial OF
the late Mrs. Katherine Lavadure took
place yesterday at the Catholic GENE
terry, having been preceded by solemn
requiem mass. Mrs. Lavadure was
the oldest person in Montana, having
reached the great age Of l04 years
Mrs. Lavadure was of French. Chero'
kee attraction, but was q very higt
type Of that class, and was respected
by all. She came here with her hus
band from the Milk river valley ir
1879, and was a native Of La Chap
pell, Canada.
BUTTE, Oct. John Corey, a for
mer fagman of the Northern Paci6
railway, vas struck by a Northern
Pacific train yesterday morning, AM
died from his injuries at Murray
hospital in the afternoon. Corey wa
walking along the track in the sam
direction as the train and as there i
q curve in the road where he wa
struck it is presumed that the engiuee
could not see the man nor could tn
man hear the train coming.
ANACONDA, Oct. An action ha
been begun in the district court b
!. Mrs. Dora Bowen, the mother Q
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