The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.


From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Oct. l5.-It is reported
that the Northern Pacific railroad,
which has been doing some extensive
coal mining in Carbon county, will
open five or six new veins on the OPP
posite side Of the canyon from where
their present properties are situated,
and that they will give employment to
about 1900 more men than are a, pres.
ent working there.
HELENA. Oct. l5.-AnOther Great
Falls visitor to the state fair has
turned up in the county Jail. This
one has a burglary charge against
him. His name is f. Nj. Stanley, and
he says his occupation is that Of q
railroad fireman. Yesterday after.
noon he was caught in the room Of
two women, on the return Of the occu.
pants, and they kept him locked up
until a policeman arrived.
ICAE "A Wv O.-J Ouu I . OClIuulVs
register of the state land Office, today
made q settlement with State Treas
nrer Rice for the business of his de-
partment for the first half Of October.
Considering the season of the year.
the receipts have been highly salts.
factory. The total Of $21, 354 80 was
divided among the several funds.
M1ssOULA, Oct. IA lien for &c..
562 against the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad was filed in the
district court today by William Smith
at the instance Of Mcintosh Bros. and
j. II. Reynolds, contractors, who al.
lege that the sum named is due them
for grading and building two miles Of
road east OF Roundup, in Yellowstone
and Fergus counties.
HELENA, Oct. l5.-The state board
of land commissioners today received
q petition signed by about fifty resi-.
dents Of Cut Bank, praying that it
survey and lay out the townsite Of the
village, title to which has been vested
In the state OF Montana. The petition
requests that persons owning resi-.
dences, business or other structures
on the land be allowed the first privi.
lege of purchasing. and this request
will be granted, other things being
equal.
BUTTE, Oct. l5.-That the city of
Butte is in a prosperous condition is
shown conclusively by the tax rolls
of the municipality recently placed in
the hands of City Treasurer Goodwin.
According to the figures shown in the
official rolls, the total assessed valua.
ton of all real and personal property
in the city of Butte is SOS, 92l, AIS.
This amount, however, was decreased
by the state board of equalization to
S23, l5S,350.
BUTTE, Oct. l6.-William Page,
formerly of Butte and one of the best
known mining men of this district,
has met death in Alaska in a mine
blast, according to a report received
today. William Page, who was
known to many friends here sd
"Billy" Page, was at one time alder
man of Butte.
HELENA, Oct. l6.-H. G.. Pickett.
president Of the Commercial club, APP
pointed a committee this morning to
solicit membership in the National
Wool Growers association which
meets 10 Helena January l6. II and Is
OF next year. At the Salt Lake meet
ing there were half q dozen cities
after the convention but the Helena
delegation got away with it by pledg-
ing themselves to secure 300 new mem.
bers of the association.
BUTTE, Oct. l6.-Charles O'Gara,
tried for the murder of James Noonan
10 the criminal department of district
court, was found gnilty Of manslaugh.
ter. O'Gara killed Noonan on Oct. >.
1906, and had been in Jail over a year.
His plea was self defence. He testified
that Noonan had a razor in his hand
and threatened to Gu, his head off
when he shot the latter. Many wit
nesses for the state, however, gave
evidence that Noonan was walking
away when O'Gara sho. him in Tie
back.
HELENA. Oct. 1.-THE price Of lum.
Der is going to rise gradually ou,
surely in the com Nc years. is the
opinion of Z. A. Sherman, chief
inspector 10 the forest service OF
Montana, northern Idaho and north.
ern Wyoming. Each year the supply
is being dimished and adequate pro-
vision is not being made to reforest
the cut over area. NJ. Sherman say
lumber values have not risen much
during the past year, the biggest in
creases have been made in the prev
ious two and three years.
LEWIsTOWN, Oct. l6.-Sherif Ed,