The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETSl|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

Society OF Equity to be held al Moore
August Is, when the pricing of pro.
ducts will be taken up and freight
rates from the Judith Basin to ST.
Paul considered.
HELENA. July 3O.-Despite the high
wages being offered for all kinds of
labor the recruiting Office here is do
ing q rushing business and men are
turned away every day who are not
up to requirements. During June
thirty-three men we're accepted and so
far this month twenty-five new sw atties
have been mustered in.
LIVINGSTON. July 30.-The unknown
man at the morgue who came to his
death by suustroke on an island in
the river Sunday has been identified
as Felix Kune, q resident of Helena.
He is 30 years old and has Q brother
somewhere in the west. An effort is
being made to locate him.
LEw1sTowN, July 30.-The Butte
men who some time ago bought the
Brooks Bros. ranch and sheep hold.
ings in this county, have just closed
q big deal, whereby they take over the
Mcdonald Creek coal nines, ten miles
from Lewistown and considered among
the best in the county. They have or
ganized the Montana Central Coal
company with q capital of $3.50, 900
and will at once build a railway from
this city to the mines.
LEw1sTowN, July 30.-The Milwau.
kee has now accumulated more than
200 cars OF rails and other material
for track lying At Harlowton, and will
commence pushing this work vigor.
ously just as soon as the contractors
have finished the repairs made neces.
sary by foods in the Careless creek
section. The freight warehouse is
about completed At Harlowton, and
work will now be started upon the
passenger station, roundhouse and
machine shops at that point.
BUTTE, July 30.-All mining com.
panies operating in the Butte district
have been served with notice from the
machinists' union that on and after
August l the members of that craft
will expect q raise of SO cents a day
in wages. They are now receiving
81. SO a day. At the time of the ad.
justment with the miners union sud
other unions connected with the min
ing industry nearly four months ago,
the machinists were offered . raise of
Is cents q day, provided they signed q
five year agreement. 1t was about the
only union in the camp that did not
sign the agreement. The machinists
are receiving the highest wages paid
10 the state to men of their trade.
HELENA, July 3l.-The state board
OF equalization met today but no
equalized return from the counties
having been received, il adjourned
until these come. The board must
finish it's labors by August Is. It's
principal business will be the assess.
ment of the railroads. There is talk
tina I the assessment will be raised this
year.
BUTTE, July 3l.-All of the machin.
lists employed at the mines in the
Butte district we're called GU, t mid.
night upon the refusal of the mine
owners to grant the machinists an in-
crease 10 wages Of so cents q day.
The men have been receiving $3.50 q
day. Should the strike continue for
any length OF time, it will be neces.
sary to close down the mines us the
machinery becomes more and more
crippled. Two hundred men comprise
the m%achinists' union.
LIVINGSTON, July 3l.-Ap accident
occurred at Shields last Saturday re-
sulting ip the death yesterday OF Ona
LafoOn. a young man of Il. He was
working with a hay rake CD a ranch
near his fathers place and in some
way fell of and was ran over. His
injuries were not considered serious
at first, but death resulted Monday
from internal injury.
BUTTE, July 3l.-For the second
time within a year Mrs. Der, Adams
Tower narrowly escaped serious in.
jury from a cavern of ground in her
front yard. 1t 407 West Quartz street.
While STOPPING over to pick a flower
at the west end of her yard the ground
suddenly gave way beneath her and
she fell to her waist. Although terri.
bly, frightened Mrs. Tower chung to
the fence near where she had been
standing and called for help. Mr..
Tower was in the back yard and ran
TO her rescue. She is confined to her
bed because of the nervous shock.
About a year ago Is Mrs. Tower
stepped from her front yard into the
house to answer q telephone call. q
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