The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

DILLON, June 20.-Approx;ma tely
l 1000, 600 pounds of wool, the property
of C. NJ. Bair. was sold today 70 AL
bert W. Elliott, representing jeremiah
Williams & Co. OF Boston. The con.
sideration vas not given out, but it is
believed to be something like % cents.
1t is estimated that the clip will fl
about 20 cars.
HELENA, June 2O.-Carl Nordstrom,
nine years old, was killed at his home
last night by q frightened horse. The
boy was in . swing in the back yard.
His father brought q team OF horses
into the back yard and one of them
became ~entangled in the rope of the
swing. His struggles dashed the boy
to the ground, ~fracturing his skull at
the base. He died before a physician
could arrive.
BILLINGS, June 20. One OF the
largest abstr acts ever drawn up here
is that relating to the big Murphy
ranch, embracing about loo, 900 acres.
The ranch was lately purchased from
the Montana Cattle company by some
capitalists in St. Paul. The consider.
alton for the transfer Of the land was
$500, O09. The abstracts show SO trans.
fers and cover about 80 pages of close
typewriting.
LEwIsTowN. June 20. - Samuel
Hurvitch, who has been with the Lit.
tie Rockies Exploration company,
owning the Alder Gulch property and
other claims adjoining the Phillips
and Whitcomb mine at Zortman, is
in town. He says his company is
closing up arrangements for a big
campaign Of development. q thinks
Zortman will soon become one of the
leading gold camps in the country.
BOHEMIAN, June 20.-Prof. V. K.
Chestnut, who for the past four years
has filled the position Of professor Of
chemi stry and geology in the college
and chemist Of the experiment station,
has resigned his position, to take eff.
feet September l, and has accepted a
position as assistant chemist in the
drug laboratory of the chemical de.
partment of the department of agri.
culture. which is charged with the en-.
forcement of the pure food and drug
law.
LEwIsTowN, June 20.-Sherif Ed.
ward Martin arrived here tonight
from Rosebud county. where he ar
rested Oren Stevens, charged with
horse stealing. Stevens is the man
who was associated with Barney Heidi
can in his horse stealing operations,
and at the trial Of the latter, some
months ago, he shifted all of the
blame he could on to Stevens, for
whom the officers have been looking
since July of last year. AS a result,
of the disclosures at the Hedican,
Merri6eld and Campbell trials, it is
expected that several additional
charges will be filed against Stevens.
BUTTE, June 2l.-Safe blowers were
rewarded with els as the result OF
their attack on the strong box of the
Montana Mattress factory in this city.
The factory is located 10 an isolated
section on Platinum street and the loss
was not discovered until the place was
opened for business this morning.
BILLINGS. June 2l.-The lands in
the Huntley reclamation district are
drawing crowds of the people to this
city. More than 1000 arrived yester.
day, and the registration has exceeded
$500. Cheap excursion rates are
bringing in crowds from the east, and
all the hotels and lodging houses are
crowded.
LEwIsTOwN, June 2l.-The refinery
at the Kendall mines was completely
destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon,
the loss being about SIC, 900, partly
covered by insurance. The fire was
caused by the explosion OF a gasoline
furnace. The monthly cleanup was in
progress at the time OF the fire, bu,
there was no loss on that.
MILES CITY, June 2l.-Nearly 1000,
600 pounds of wool have been received
at the Miles City wool warehouse. The
first sale made was from a trailer
named Williams, from South Dakota,
to j. S. Truscott, for Luce Il Manning
OF Boston. The price is reported &c
be over Il cents. Carter Smell. buyer
for jeremiah Williams X Co., has
bought 10000 pounds from Loesct
Bros, price confidential.
HELENA, June 2l.-By a vote OF
to l the executive board OF the Mon
tans Federation Of Labor has decided
to hold its annual convention in thi,
city during the week beginning Angus
~. Lewistown had been selected, bu'
withdraw in favor If Ialano hooans1