The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-18
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

BozEMAN, Sept. 12.-T. F. Steven
son, secretary and manager of the
Farmers Alliance in this city, has
recently contracted to be delivered a
quantity Of new oats at the railroad
for 1925 per 100 poundst This is
the highest price paid for new oats 10
a number of years. They are to be
consigned to a New York firm.
HELENA, Sept. IL. The applica.
lions for patents to several placer
claims lying near Rocker, ives, of
Butte, have been held up by the COM
missioner of the general land Office
pending hearings which he has or.
dered Receiver Freeman and Register
Miracle 10 hold. The applications
for patents we're held in abey ance as
the result of an examination by three
special agents.
BILLINGS, Sept. ia train!oad
of $50 laborers passed through Bill.
lings early this morning on the North.
ern Pacific railroad bound for grad.
ing camps on the Milwaukee railroad.
AS is the custom when going through
q town, the doors to the cars where
the men we're riding were locked when
the train went through here. In the
past week, it is said, mor than l,s00
men have been sent through here to
work on the railroad grades. The
contracts, however, are still crying for
more men, as most of the Il borers de-
sert when they get west and take up
more lucrative work. Ranch work
and mining both pay better here than
railroad work.
BILLINGS, Sept. l2.-Howard Ell.
liott, president of the Northern Pa.
cifc Railway company, wss in the
city Tuesday evening enroute to ST.
Paul from q Jour of inspection and
investigation over the company'e
lines in the state. In regard to
the coal situation, and the proba'
bility of q fuel shortage during the
coming winter, Mr.. Elliott's views are
more optimistic than those of some
other railroad men who have giver
out statements. After visiting Red
Lodge, Bear Creek and other Goa
districts in Carbon county, he is O
the opinion that there will not be sc
great a scarcity Of fuel this winter al
was experienced last year.
BILLINGS, Sept. 12.-George P. Put
man, the hermit OF the Yellowstone
valley, who for nearly 20 years hae
made his home on q ranch on al
island in the Yellowstone river nea'
Billings, died here last night In tn
hospital. Beyond the fact that h
was an old soldier and drew a pen
sion, little is known about Putnam
The pension and revenue from fish HI
caughti and sold provided the meage
necessities he needed.
BUTTE, Sept. l3.-In an amended
complaint filed in the district cour
this morning, Benjamin E. Jacobs an
Angus Clunie demand the sum of S22,
1874 from Nick Hughes and Nells L
Olson, constructing contractors, VIII
did some Of the work on the Huntle,
reclamation project land tract in Vel
lowstone county.
HELENA, Sept. l3.-Four cups to b
awarded as prizes at the state fai
were put on exhibition today. The
are beautiful specimens OF the silver
smiths art. One is for the winner Q
the auto race, another for the best in
dividual fruit exhibit, another for tn
winner in the stock.judging contest
. and the fourth for the highest averag
maintained by q dairyman.
LEwIsTowN, Sept. l3.-Sheriff Ed
Martin arrived in the city last nigh
with Press Summers, the negro VIII
shot and killed Red Dougherty nea
Straw last Sunday afternoon, in hi
: custody. Summers was captured b
Martin two miles west of Straw lat
night At about shutdown. The negr
- was hiding in the hills about q mil
from Camp 10 where the murder We
committed.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. l3.-Persou
in the city from Neihart report an i,
creased activity at the silver cam
9 that is very encouraging. Most Of II
work is being done by leasers, an
nearly all Of them are making none,
One man, who commenced work on
new claim q short time ago, made
shipment of ore last week which nettt
him 81, 800. The leasers on nearly a
of the big properties in the camp q
II doing we'll, and many Of the und
veloped mines that are being work.
1t are showing up In excellent style.
BILLINGS, Sept. BE. F. Schra,
an expert in the United States geolo
ical service, which 10 making a elias