The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

raidcd three places where gambling
was reported to be going on last night
and captured three tables, together
with chips, cards, money and the
whole poker layout, also about thirty
individuals.
BUTTE, Dec. 19.-Holdup men are
getting busy in Butte. George
Klocker, a clerk for the Daily Bank
and Trust company, being the latest
victim. He was relieved of about s.
while a police officer stood on a street
corner less than POO feet away in bliss
full ignorance that the crime had been
committed.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. 19.-The coking
plant of the Washoe Copper company
at Storrs has been closed down and
$50 men thrown out of employment.
| Saturda y night all the fires will have
been drawn from the coking ovens
and the camp and large coking plant
left in charge Of a small force OF men.
LEWIsToWN, Dec. l9.-Word was
received here this morning to the effect
that the body of r. Briscoe, a young
man who had been employed at the
Milwaukee material yards. had been
found alongside the track. The head
and one tool we're completely severed
from the body. Briscoe had been
drinking of late and it is supposed he
was struck by a train while he was
in toxicated.
HELENA, Dec. 2O.-Articles Of in.
corporation of the Bitter Root
Railroad company were filed with
Secretary Of State Yoder yesterda y
by C. G.. Sutherland and other resi-.
dents of Portland. The purpose O.
the company is to contruct a railroad
from Lapwai Junction, on the Clear
water in Idaho. to Butte, an estimated
distance OF $50 miles.
BUTTE, Dec. 2O.-John G. Thomey
a 13.year-old boy through his guar
dian, Meta Thoney, has brought sui
against the Great Northern railway
for SIC, 1000. 1t is alleged in the com
plant that on September -, 1907
Peter Thomey, father OF the boy, whs
was a brakeman for the Great North
ern road and was engaged in q "hil
line," was killed in an accident due tt
neglect on the part Of the company.
LEwIsTowN, Dec. 2O.-Matthev
Leonard, a coal miner. is under arres
here for forging the signature of Her
!, man Schnick to a check for So, whic
} he succeeded in cashing. He had $40
when Deputy Sheriff Giles took hir
: in and could make no excuse furthe
then t % say he had been drinking to
} freely. Unless he changes his mind
he will not make any fight, but TAX
what is coming to him.
! HELENA, Dec. 20.-Maj. II. I
Cheever, in charge of the army recruit
!, ing stations in Montana, at Butte
} Great Falls, Billings and Livingston
) and with headquarters here, state
; that all records have been broken th1
. month in the number of recruits secu1
ed. More than seventy-tive me
have enlisted SO far and application
, are being received every day. Bill
, ings and Great Falls have furnishe
most of the men, with Livingston mex
Neither the Helena nor Butte station
l. =, dana a EuiSE h,oirnS0
BUTTE, Dec. 2O.-The Amalgamate
Copper company means to see that a
married men and heads of families al
to receive work, insofar as it is pc
i, sible, in its mines now in operation
This is in accordance with the a
. nouncement made at the time it W
decided to close down the properties
the hill and operate the Boston al
Montana mines when he made (
application for work.
HELENA, Dec. 2l.-Thc jury in Il
+ suit Of William Sampson again
, the Barnes.king company, in viii
i, the plaintiff sought to o $500
= for injuries receive while working t
the defendant returned a verdict tn
/, morning for $500 in favor of I
u plaintiff. n motion for a new tri
,, will be filed by the defendant.
HELENA. Dec. pa partial repo
was made to Federal Judge Hunt tn
8 afternoon by the grand jury, viii
was then excused until January
o when the investigation into the Cr'
Indian reservation will be taken U
-, OF the twenty-seven indictments retur
ed. only eight were made publ
q Most of the others are fencing a
timber cases. with probably a sen:
4, tional case Or two.
HELENA, Dec. 2l.-The police
! looking for David w. Stafford, Gle
: at the Cosmopolitan hotel. He
charged with p%urloining $3.50 belor
Is ing to the proprietors and leavi