The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE. Jane %. The telephone
girls in the employ Of the Rocky
Mountain Bell company struck here
tod y, 10 sympathy with the local
linemen, who, in turn, are out. 10 sym.
patty with the linemen OF Utah, Idaho
aud Wyoming. Neither the linemen
nor the operators of Butte have a
grievance.
BUTTE, June % In some mysteri.
oas way Dan Dolan, a miner. fell in
to 40 ore chute Is inches wide on the
l.OOO.toot level of the Rarus mine this
morning and was killed. While no
one saw the accident, it is believed it
must have occurred abou. II O'Clock.
The man was not missed by his fellow
workmen until after moor
BIG TIMBER, June 25.-Wool is now
coming in daily and is being stored in
the Northern Pacific warehouse. Sew.
eral clips have been sold a. prices
ranging from 20 cents 20 p cents, but
many Of the wool men are holding
their clips for better prices. The sales
thus far reported we're purchased by
Fraser Brothers Of Billings.
MILES CITY, June % -Ellery Bruce
and Harry Sigsmud, graders or the
Milwaukee road neer Terry, were run
over and killed by Northern Pacific
freight No. So, about a mile east of
Terry. Their bodies were terribly
mutilated and portions were carried
into Terry on the car wheels. Coron-
er Grey investigated AND came to the
conclusion that the men we're killed
while intoxicated.
HELENA, June 25.-Ohicsrs Of the
Montana railroad in this city have
been advised OF serious washouts on
the line between Lombard and Lewis.
town. The report states that they are
perhaps more serious than any this
spring, and the indications are that
there will be no train service for Q
day or two at least. Heavy rains are
responsible, They have been almost
unprecedented, it is stated, and the
line is wsshed out in several places.
LEwIsTOwN, June 25.-Local build.
ers and others who are interested in
having stone used in the construction
of the court house here, have made all
arrangements TO attack the validity of
the contract entered into by the com.
missioners with William Oliver, of
Spokane, for q brick and concrete
building. II is asserted that the plans
and specifications we're for q stone
structure, and that while Mr.. Oliver
bid 90 such a building, i, was the 10.
tention TO change I brick and con
crete after the contrac, was let, and
this was actually done. The conten-
ton is tina, this whole arrangement
pr Practically shat i all contr actors
except Mr.. Oliver. The latter will ar.
rive here 10 a day or two and will
then be served with notice 20 appear
and show cause why the contrac,
should not be annulied.
GREAT FALLS, jane ga cavein
in the Calf mine at NeiharI killed
Charles Johnson, q miner, Monday
night. johnson and hi partner, Fred
Maxwell, were timbering the root OF
tunnel when the groapd fell upon then
from the roof. Maxwell escaped. The
body of johnson was not recovered
for ten hours. He leaves a wife and
seven children.
MILES CITY, June 26.-Through ;
telegram received in Miles City from
H. A. Whittier, a general contracto,
who has the Milwaukee grading from
Yellowstone river ~ Terry to thu
Missoula river, it is learned that Their
was Q c%loudburst Tuesday afternoon
about 20 miles from the mouth O
Sand Stone creek, 10 which one woman
and between 60 and 20 horses wer'
drowned. The full extent of the dam
age is not yet known.
HELENA, June 26.-Fores, supervi
sors OF northwestern states 70 tn,
number of fifty as vel! as officials 0
the department At Washington are il
session here ia the first meeting of th
!. kind ever held. A. 2. Shaw, a, tn
} head of the legal department, Of III
service. made an extended address or
!; mineral and agricultural condition
ia the national forests. Clifford Pin
chot, chief Of the forestry department
N ade a brief address and the res, o
the first day was spen, in formal dis
cussion. They will remain in session
several days, possibly until the ar
rival OF Secretary Garfield, july =.
BUTTE, June Delivery mail car
rier 10 Butte vert Oh a strike ,Onigh
for increased wages, the men declar
ing that the postal department ha
failed 70 afford them the relief needle,
) to maintain body and soul in Butte
i. The mep several months AGO threat