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.

sA~SSsS
From Various Parts Of the State.
BOHEMIAN. Jan. 7.-Complaints were
sworn out this afternoon charging H,
E. Huffman. q saloon keeper of Boze.
man, with permitting minors to fire..
quent his place Of business and chare.
ing Huffman and Charles Hendricks
jointly with selling or giving liquor
to minors. The arrests were made
this evening and bonds we're furn.
ished.
BILLINGS, Jan. AS q result of q
meeting Of the Yellowstone County
Bar association a resolution was
drafted which has for it's end the crea-
ton Of a new judicial district to be
composed of the counties of Yellow.
stone and Rosebud. At the last meet.
ing Of the association q lengthy petit.
ton or resolution had been prepared
providing that the new district EN-.
brace the counties of Yellowstone and
Carbon.
M1ssOULA, Jan. 6.-Cal Davis, the
we'll known horse dealer, reports q big
demand for heavy work horses. The
loggers are anxious to get logs to the
streams In western Montana while the
snow is on the ground. The demand
is so strong that almos, any price will
be offered for horses weighing from
1900 to 1850 each. Teams of this
weight will bring from 5000 to 500.
HELENA, Jan. 81. B. lockwood,
who was arrested this morning for
stealing some canned goods from the
Great Northern depot, was brough,
before Justice Reece this afternoon
for a preliminary examination. Rock.
wood is said to have terrorized the
men about the depot by threatening "a
kill them If they interfered with him,
so soon rs he should be at liberty
again.
M1SSOULA, Jan. S.-The stock OF
coal in Missoula has been exhausted,
and if the present cold weather con.
t%inues, it is expected that much dis
comfort will result. At present the
temperature is at zero and the pros.
poets are not encouraging. The sup
ply of cordwood, which is hauled
from the mountains, while larger than
usual, is not sufficient for the needs OF
the city and surrounding country.
MISSOULA, Jan. S.-Ethel Holt, the
l4-year-old daughter of a we'll known
rancher near Coma, in Ravalli coun.
ty, is spending the first day of her
honeymoon in the county Jail in this
city. In another cell in the same has.
tile is her youthful husband, Roy
Kyle, against whom a complaint has
been filed, charging him with kid
naping. The couple eloped from
Como yesterday and came to this city
where they obtained a marriage Ii.
cense and were married by a justice
of the peace, the girl representing her.
self as being IS years of age, while
her lover, who is said to be not more
than 10, asserted that he was u.
LEWIsTOWN, Jan. 9.-All of the
II parties arrested on a charge of
gambling a few days ago have been
arraigned, and so far only one has
pleaded guilty. All have been held
to the district court. their bonds being
fixed at $500 each.
BILLINGS, Jan. 9,-Word has been
received in this city from Roundup of
the suicide at that place of a railroad
laborer, named j. A. Tosteman. Only
meager reports of the affair were oh.
t%ainable. 1t is known that the IN.
fortunate man was about forty years
old and unmarried. He blew out his
brains with a big six shooter. The
body will be brought to this city.
LEWIsTOWN, Jan. 9.-Julius Peter.
sen, of this city, has been elected
of the new board of county
commissioners. and the board has de.
to go ahead at once with the
of the 800, 900 court house,
authorized by the people at the late
Next Tuesday the county
attorney will outline the matter of
procedure, and the board will at once
advertise for plans to be submitted in
competition.