The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

~ ~ 49, Nv y
to s91, and the scale for women is s5s
minimum, instead of $50.
HELENA, August 1.-The resources
Of the state of Montana on the last
day Of July were %. 433, 445. 20, accord.
ing to the monthly report of State
Treasurer Rice, finished today. There
was cash on hand at the close Of bust
ness yesterday sS0s, 431. SO, while the
total investments Of the vario us
school funds amounted to 1885, Ol3..
81.
MIssOULA, August Ia. G. Clark,
employed by the Missoula Light and
Power company, was ~electrocuted this
morning. He was working on . 30.
foot pole on the south side. He was
an experienced workman, and but re.
Gently came from California. He was
twenty.eight years OF age. His par.
ents live in Indiana.
GREAT FALLS, August Ia child's
body, which was identified as that Of
Clarence Furnam, vas found in the
Sun river yesterday nearly 20 miles
from the scene Of the sad drowning
accident of June %, when his mother,
3.year.old brother and q little girl
named Laura Williams lost their
lives while fording Simm's creek when
in flood. The body was taken to
Augusta for interment. The body Of
the youngest boy has not yet been re-
covered.
BUTTE, August 2.-While attempt.
ing to break an outlaw horse, George
Uhler, range rider, was thrown from
the animal into the Centennial river,
along the banks of which the wild
horse was running, and he was
drowned. Uhler's neck was broken
and the theory is advanced that Uhler
may have rolled into the water after
striking the ground.
BUTTE, August 2.-The shaft on the
High Ore mine of the Anaconda com.
pany has reached q depth of 1875 feet,
which makes it the deepest shaft in the
district by more than 300 feet, the next
deepest being the one on the Never
sweat. Sinking will be suspended
now for an indefinite period, as the
company desires to crosscut and open
the veins at the $500 before sinking
any deeper.
HELENA, August 2.-Antoine Meme
nah, q full blood from the Flathead
reservation, unable to speak a word
of English, was a highly pleased nan
this morning when Judge William H.
Hunt sentenced him to serve one year
and one month In the p~enitentiary for
manslaughter for the killing of Nah.
tina. August "a last, on the Flathead
agency. The killing was the result Of
a drunken quarrel, Nenemah, taking
a fence post and striking Nahtah I'VE
the head with it. Nahtah died five
days later.
HELENA, August 2~.-According to
a communication received by Cover.
nor Joseph X. Toole from Acting Sec.
rotary Of Agriculture Willis l.. Moore,
M%ontana's share of the net receipts
from forest reserves located in this
state will be, for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1907, approximately S20,655..
A.. This distribution of funds is made
under the provisions of the agricul.
tural appropriation act, approved
March 4, 1907, which provides that
ten per centum of all money received
from each forest reserve during the
fiscal year shall be paid to the state
or territory in which the reserve is
situated, the money to be used as the
legislature may prescribe for the bene-
fit OF the public schools and the public
roads Of the state or territory.
FORSYTH, August 3.-NeIs Olsen, a
we'll known sheepman, was thrown in
front OF his mower by his team be-
coming unmanageable, and was in.
stautly killed, the keen blades Of the
u 0ShAoC 0AuAOSu uAoClu tuC
man.
BUTTE, August 3.-Judge MCGOWAN
this morning fined Nj. S. Levy $40 for
q violation of the pure food law.
Levy was found guilty of selling oleo-
margarine for butter. Charles Lano
was charged with him, but the COM
plant was dismissed as to Lano after
the court had listened to the evidence,
which was presented yesterday after.
noon.
HELENA, August 3. - In the fed
eral court today Frank Butcher, who
was charged with introducing LIQUOR
on the Grow reserv alton said he had
done SO, but gave as an excuse that
he wanted the liquor for his wife, who
was i'll. Judge Hunt said tina. was no
excuse and instructed the jury to
bring in a verdict of guilty. Bucher