The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
MONTANA BRIEFLET
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

ing n Past ew Days.
MIssoULA, Sept. 19.-United States
Sen Joseph NJ. Dixon left Mis-.
| soula this morning for Washington.
He will 60 direct to the nations capt.
tai and get settled for the winters
work. The senator has been besieged
! with many who want favors.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. atoms
assumed the critical stage today be.
tween the striking boiler makers and
the Northern Pacific Railway com.
pany at this point. The men were re-
Quested to return to work At 49, cents
an hour for nine hours. or consider
themselves discharged. The men did
no: return or show any disposition TO
return, and report has it that men are
on the way from St. Paul to take the
places of the striking boiler makers.
BUTTE, Sept. 19.-Many miners
were paid of yesterday In FINAL time
checks, and it is now estimated that
about 80 per cent. Of the men formerly
employed have been discharged by
the Amalgamated, North Butte and
Coalition companies. In some Of the
mines the mules have been hoisted to
the surface, it being the fret time that
some of these animals have seer day.
light in several years. The trains
| 1o or;~r %o,rn oooh DIV 0no nnorSoH
particularly the train bound for the
south.
BILLINGS, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
ing the recent interview given out In
this city by President Howard Elliott
of the Northern Pacific railroad, that
there would not be a scarcity of coal
during the coming winter, that road
has been storing large quantities of
fuel all along its line in this state for
the purpose OF providing against such
an emergency. Thousands OF tons Of
coal have been stored at all Of the
principal division points in Montana
and this is being added to daily. The
amount that has been laid aside in
this city will be nearly 1900 tone,
while at Glendive. Livingston and
Logan like amounts have also been
set aside for future use.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. 20. Campers
are pulling up stakes and the hotels
are closing up doors preparatory to
the vacation OF the National park at
the close Of the week. The tourist sea.
son has practically closed. The last
ticket was sold Sunday afternoon.
The last Of the camping parties are
on the homeward route and the. end OF
this week will see every facility for
Park transportation closed up and
stored away for another year.
!, LEW1sTowN, Sept. 2O.-What is
probably a record price for these
classes of sheep was paid by Ben Nc
Donald to the Sage Creek Sheep com
, pany for $50 January lambs and 55(
yearling ewes, s. per head. Wool
) growers are looking forward to next
, year with perfect confidence, and j,
!, D. Waite, who is thoroughly posted
with regard to conditions at home and
. abroad says he has nc doubt that 1905
will be just as favorable to the WOO
grower as the past season proved.
: ANACONDA, Sept. 20.-All danger
Of q coal famine in Anaconda hal
been averted by the curtailment of the
work at the smelters. The Washo'
8 company that has for several month";
j. been storing coal for use during tn
winter reason 60 that there might b.
e no suspension of work because OF
r fuel shortage, came to the rescue O
the local coal dealers, all of whom
were many hundreds of o ~ behind OF
their orders and by %diverting to then
coal shipped to the smelters has give'
the dealers q supply that will enabl
them to fill all orders as fast as tn
teams can haul the coal.
BUTTE, Sept. pa daring robbie
braved twenty men in the barroom 9
v the Clarence hotel, Park and Obi,
streets, last evening. scooped tn
q money from the cash drawer and es
capped, holding the onlookers motion
less with his revolver. There is n
clue to his identity and SO quickly an
quietly was the job done that no on
10 seemed to realize what had happene
for five minutes. He secured abor
$40.
M ANACONDA, Sept. 22.-Arthur Stew
!" art, who shot and killed his steI
q father, George Elphison, is himse
~ dying at St. AIMS hospital from 81
pendicitis or some unknown cause
The young man had been indicted fc
b. murder, but became i'll and was take
e. to the hospital from the county jai
when his condition became serious.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. 22.-Edward boy