The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short item.
From Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, July 23.-J. j. McDermott,
q motorman, raced with the cloud.
burst in Elk Park canyon Sunday
night and saved 80 lives. Pursued by
. wall of water Is feet high, McDer-
mott put on full speed down grade and
clinging to the track by q miracle,
reached high ground just as the food,
tearing up the rails and sweeping all
before it, reached the road behind
him.
BILLINGS, July 23.-The public does
not seem as DESTROYS Of obtaing lands
in the Huntley reclamation tract as
expected. On the first day OF entry,
yesterdsy y, only eleven Of the fifty per.
con entitled to lands, fled claims. At
this rate only q quarter of those who
drew early numbers will take up lands
and there will be claims left for persons
who did not participate in the draw.
ing.
BUTTE, July 23.-Allan Cameron
has brought suit against the Boston
& Montana to recover els, 600 dam.
ages, alleging that the defendant is
responsible for 40 accident at the
Pennsylvania mine in which the plain.
tiff had the big toe % his right foot
mashed. Cameron also sued the Cas-
ualty Company Of America and the
mining company for 1878 because Of
the mashed toe.
HELENA. July Estate Veterin.
arian Knowles, who has returned
from northern Montana, says that it
is one vast hay meadow and that the
cattle are fat enough for beef now.
He says this year is the earliest ever
known. Dipping and spraying of cat.
tie continues. About 40,O0O head have
been treated and the job will be fin.
ished this year. Scabiee will be ab.
solutely e%radicsted in Montana when
the work is finished.
GREAT FALLS, July 23.-The charge
OF kidnapping lodged against Chsun.
cey Nj. Stubbs and Maurice Rosa
vas dismissed and the accused dis.
charged by order of the court, the
county attorney admitting that Stubbs,
as the father, had 40 equal right to
custody OF the child as his wife.
Stubbs recently figured in a senss.
tional escspade in which be enatched
his child from q baby carriage being
pushed by his wife. He handed the
babe to Rossa, who was on horseback,
and the latter rode away with it.
BUTTE, July A.-An attachment has
been levied upon the bank deposits
and bank stock held by F. Augustus
Heinze in the various banks of Butte.
The levy is made 10 a suit brought q
few months ago by T. M. Hodgens
against Mr.. Heinze, involving a deal
in stock of the Bingham Consolida ted
Copper Mining company Of Utah. In
the action, Hodgens claims e66, $50. As
is due him on a joint account in the
purchase Of a block Of the stock.
ANACONDA, July 24.-John Rosen.
quist presented himself at 81. AIMS
hospital last evening dripping wet
with water and Two shallow wounds
10 each eide of his neck. He told the
sisters there tina. be had tried to kill
himself by cutting his throat ard fail.
ing in that because it was too pain.
full, had tried to drown himself in the
waters Of Warm Springs creek, but
that vas 60 shallow that be was again
frustrated in his design.
BILLINGS, July 24.-There we're nine
flings on the Huntley lands At the 10.
cal land Office yesterday. This makes
a.total of 20 filings out OF the fret lOO
who drew lucky numbers at the open.
ing of the lsnds. Surprise is ex.
pressed that SO small 9 plumber are
taking advantage of the opportunity
to cur these farms. Difference OF
opinion exists as to the cause for fail.
ure to file, but the most common idea
is that the holdings are loo email for
profitable residence, and that few are
able to comply with the stringent reg.
ulations that hedge about the project
so Is to prevent the farms falling into
the hands of spectators.
Cooper Gets Stiff Sentence.