The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

assay Office in this city, as successor
of B. H. Tatem. The report Of the
Office for March shows the receipts
were S123,2l of which Montana con-
tributed slOs, ass. Fergus leads, with
S53, 600: Chouteau is second with 49,.
600, aud Lewis aud Clark third, with
$40, 900.
TWIN BRIDGES, April 1.-The fun
eral of Joseph o. Moulton, was held
Saturday afternoon at Sherid an under
the auspices of the Masons. Mr..
Moulton was a pioneer of this state.
He came here from Maine in 1866: for
IA years he followed the life of a miner
in older Alder gulch afterw ard settling
N a ranch near Sherid an, where his
family resides. The cause of Mr..
Moulton's death was pneumonia.
LEw1sTowN, April 2.-Lewistown
Is to have a fourth bank. The papers
are expected here from Helena this
week and just as Dor as the details
can be disposed Of, the project will be
in shape and the particulars will be
made public. The new institution will
be a national bank with a capital of
$3.50, 600, and a New York capitalist
whose name is familiar in Helena is
said to be the chief hacker of it.
TWIN BRIDGES, April 2.-Reports
from the Madison valley are that gray
wolves are becoming very numerous
stock has been killed by the maraud-
ers, which have been driven down
from the mountains by deep SHOWS and
are both bold and hungry. 10 order
to better protect themselves the ranch
men have formed q protective league
and will conduct regular volt hunts.
BILLINGS, April 2.-The body of an
unknown Hungarian who had been
foully murdered, vas found on the
ranch Of j. ]. Mcconnell. The man
was evidently killed more than a week
ago, and a bloody CLUB lay by his
side. Numerous knife wounds were
also found on the body. The man
was about 80 years old and was q
stranger in the city. That he was
murdered for his money was evidenced
by the fact that an EN- pity money bag
was found near the body. Nothing
was found on the person which could
be identified.
BOHEMIAN, April "a. F. X. Mich
OILS, of Three Forks is dead at his
home here, at the age of q. MIR.
Nichols was one of the old and promi-
nent settlers Of the Gallatin valley
and made his home in Bozeman until
four years ago. He emigrated to
Montana in the COS.
BILLINGS, April 3.-According to a
passport discovered in the clothing Of
the man found murdered west of here
in an irrigating ditch yesterday, it
appears that the mans name was An.
tone POpo, and that he had been ia
the United States but a few months.
He was q years old. He will be
buried at the county's expense.
LEWIsTowN, April 3.-The local
men who were heavily interested in
the Barnes.King have just received
the final payment on the purchase
price of the mine, 81 loo, 600. The
sum, with about $3.50, 900 realized by
tho ol1 ownoru f.cm d;yidanl. a,,.;,.
the time they operated the mine, from
1901 to the date Of the sale, makes
their total receipts from the property
about g., 600, 600.
BUTTE, April 3.-Conductors and
motormen in the employ of the Butte
Electric Railway company are rece,v-
ing y cents an hour more than they
did last month. Senator W. A.
Clark, owner of the street railway
system of Butte, has ordered an To-
crease, which went into effect April |.
The raise follows an increase of wages
granted January l, when mo,ormen
q cond uctors We're given ?. cents
AAotC OIL 11ouk tudu tltN prev Itbusly
had been receiving. The frs, raise
was granted on the request OF the
men. who asked for 5 cents an hour
additional pay.
kALLsPELL, April 3.-The old AL
lard residence or Mud creek, on the
Flathead reservation, was destroyed
by fire last week. The house was the
home of Charles Allard, and ia the
early days was the dinner stage sta
ton on the line from the Northern
Pacific TO the lake, and was known to
all travellers across the reserv alton. A
few years ago Mrs. Allard was mar
ried to Andrew Stringer. who is now
conducting the ranch. There were no
men at home when the fire occurred,
and the women were unable to save
any of the contents.