The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts of the State.
HELENA, March 26.-Attorney Gen.
eral Galen tod ay appointed Dau
Yancy, OF Livingston, as assistan,
attorney general, in accordance with
the provisions of the new law which
gave to the office another assistant.
Mr.. Iancy was formerly deputy coun.
ty attorney of Silver Bow. 1t is un-
der>tood he will devote most Of his
time to the railroad commission.
HELENA, March 26.-The provision
in the railroad aud warehouse COM
mission law that that body shall in.
vestigate wrecks where there has been
a loss of life or property loss Of g.
900 is bearing fruit. A short time ago
the commission notified the railroads
that they would be expected to immed.
lately inform it of such occurrences,
first by telegraph and later by a de.
tailed report. The commission re-
ceived two such reports yesterday, one
Of a wreck near Missoula and another
near Bozeman.
BILLINGS, March 26.-Among the
recent large deals in sheep is the pur.
chase by w. Il. Williams, a we'll
known stock raiser, of Pierre, S. d.,
of 1000 yearling eve. from c. D.
Prather, OF Musselshell, and 5000
mixed yearlings from the Wright
ranch at Flat Willow, through E. NJ.
Hungerford, the prominent commits.
sion man. Mr.. Williams also has
several other bands under considera.
ton aud will start on the 600 mile
trail to South Dakota in the middle
Of April.
BILLINGS, March 25.-Piegan Jack,
a squawman, John Miller aud Black
Sam, an Indian, have been arrested
by Sheriff Webb on the charge of
killing cattle belonging to Walter A..
Lee Of this city. When Sheriff Webb
visited the cabin of Piegan Jack,
which is located in the Pryor creek
country, about Is miles east Of Bill
lings, he found the hide Of q three
year.old steer, said to have belonged
to Lee, concealed. Piegan Jack is q
we'll known character in this vicinity
aud has served time 10 the p~eniten.
tiary for an offense similar to that
with which be is now charged. 1t is
said that Miller has also done time in
the states prison for horse stealing.
HELENA, March 27.-Attorney Cen
eral Galen holds that a board of
county commissioners has a right to
sell a perpetual easement. The ques,
ton came up in Jefferson county,
where the board, in consideration Of
$1,000, granted to the Basin Reduce
ton company a perpetual easement
for the purpose of dumping tailings
upon a certain portion of the poor
farm.
LEWIsTOwN, March 27.-Ten horses
were cremated in a fire which de-
stroyed the large barn of the Gold
Reef Mining company, at Gilt Edge,
today. The loss is estimated at $lO,-
900. The building is said to have
been protected by insurance to the
amount Of its value. No particulars
of the fire have been received here.
1t is rumored that it was of incendiary
origin.
BUTTE, March 27.-An extraordin.
airy attempt to steal a long line cop.
per trolley wire on the old Columbia
gardens line from Meaderville line to
the boxing arena on the fiat, is caus-
ing 4 stir in the local street railway
Office. The thieves managed to cut a
heavily charged wire running under
the Northern Pacific trestle by stand.
ing on a insulated platform. A like
effort made near the arena brought at
least one depred ator to grief. Marks
show he severed the wire with a cold
chise!. When the ends parted there
was a jerk OF the cross arm and thief
and all were thrown through the air.
That he suffered injuries is undoubted
but TO what extent is unknown, a. no
trace of him has been found.