The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts of the State.

DILLON, Dec. 3.-Poindexter Il Orr
have purchased a steam pillow, which
was unloaded at Dillon Sunday.
The pillow will be used in breaking a
large tract of land lei Dillon, and
work will be commenced soon. 1t is
equipped with twelve plows and is de.
signed 70 do the work of several men
and teams. 1t is the first steam pillow
10 Beaverhead county.
M1ssoULA, Dec. 3.-The Northern
Pacific has started two now clearing
the tracks on the main divide between
here and Wallace. The snow is not
very deep as yet, but the company
finds that the snow is easier handled
in that section when the rotaries
are put to work early in the season
and kept busy all the time. The snow
Is falling very deep On the mountain
near Lookout, which Is on the summit.
HELENA, Dec. 3.-Witha qualifying
clause, the city council at its regular
meeting last night needed the
demands of the mass meeting of the
Auditorium and passed the early
closing ordinasce. 1t provides
that the saloons must close
at II o'clock each night and remain
closed until 6 the following morning.
The restrictive paragraph provides,
however, that before the ordinance
shall become effective it must be rati.
fed by a majority of the voters at the
municipal election mex April.
BUTTE, Dec. g. Major f. G.
Brooke, a pioneer of Montana and the
oldest Mason in the state, died Mon
day at his home in Whitehall. Major
Brooke was the founder of the town
of Whitehall. He was born in 1919 in
Maryland, latter moving to Missouri.
From there he came 10 Montana in
1864. In his younger days he knew
President Andrew Jackson personally
and in his latter years delighted in
telling anecdotes abont "Old Hick.
ory." MIR. Brooke a introduced to
President Roosevelt when he came
through Montana several years ago,
and his stories of the early days and
recollections of the past interested the
president very much.
M1sSOULA, Dec. SO. F. Murphy,
q student at the university vas as.
ply xiated in the garage of United
States Senator Dixon this afternoon.
Samuel Dinsmore, a companion, was
overcome, his unconscious form being
dragged from the seat of the machine.
Two young men attempted to steam up
an automobile. The weather being
cold, they closed up the garage and
before they succeeded in opening it
both were overcome, Murphy falling
beside the door ia a vain effort 10
throw the latch.
MISSOULA, Dec. "A reduction of
about twenty-five per cent of the cleri.
cal and operative forces of the North
ern Pacific went into effect yesterday.
Several hundred men were laid off
here at the roundhouae, the carshops
and others departments. According
to its usual reticent policy about giving
out any information no explanation
of the reduction in force was given
out by officials, but it is said TO be due
to the desire to materially reduce the
operating expense.
BUTTE, Dec. 4.-Judge f. w.
Harvey, aged 46, died suddenly this
afternoon, Of a hemorrhage, while be.
ing taken from his home to the
hospital. Judge Harvey occupied the
district court bench for a number OF
years. He was the presiding Judge in
many of the Acknowledgements
cases. In the trial of the Minnie
Healy case, it was upon an allegation
that Judge Harvey had been unduly
influenced that the Amalg am at
torneys obtained a new trial from the
supreme court.
LEwIsTowN, Dec. 1.-THE Society
of Equity has evolved a plan for the
opening of the local flour mill, and
thus improve the grain situation. AT
d meeting of grain growers just
held here, this plan met with approval,
and all that remains is to secure a
sufficient quantity of wheat to begin
grinding. The farmers will pledge
themselves to use the -four and those
at the head of the movement believe
that this will result in bringing the
growers a better price for their wheat
than can be obtained on the market.
HELENA, Dec. 4.-The local commit.
tee in charge of the arrangements OF
the meeting ia Helena in January OF
the National Woolgrowers' associa.
ton has been notified that there will
be several hundred visitors in attend.
ance. Among those who are expected
is Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson,
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