The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-23
MONTANA
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

HELENA, Jan. 18.-Articles of in.
corporation of the Missouri Rive,
Trading company were filed with Sec
rotary Yoder today. The company
will ply the waters of the Missouri
and its tributaries with steamboat ats
The capital stock is S75, 900, of which
S3l 1000 has been subscribed. The in.
corporators are Archibald W. Mahon,
Harry Cosner, George E. Hurd, Thorn.
as Dignan, all Of Glasgow, and Geo.
H. Stevenson. of Mondak.
ANACONDA, Jan. 18.-Frank Car.
penter, the 16~.year.old Anaconda boy
who, with John Berberkick, aged 10,
are in the county Jail, charged with
the killing of "Squinty' Johnson and
the burglary of the home of George
Parrot, turned states evidence and
confessed that he and Berberkick per-
petrated the dastardly crime. Young
Carpenter told his story with but lit
tie sign of nervousness. He is not
what would be called bold, but he tells
of n Of the most cowardly and cold.
blooded murders in the criminal an
nails of the state with little show of
emotion.
LEWIsTowN, Jan. 1S.-Articles of
incorporation were filed here today as
a preliminary to the establishment of
a new town on the line of one of the
railroads now building through Fer.
gus county. Just where this town is
to be located is not yet made public.
The company back of it is composed
of S. S. Hobson, president of the
Bank of Fergus County: L. H. Hamil.
ton, president of the Sage Creek Sheep
company; and Francis B. Clarke, of
St. Paul. The company is capitalized
for $50, O00, and the stock is all sub.
scribed. The gentlemen mentioned
are the directors, and they W all the
stock except one share.
HELENA, Jan. 20. - The body of
Herman Ostern, "Tamale Herman"
was found hanging to a dresser, in
his house at State and South Ewing,
at noon today. a slender cord had
been doubled, a moose made and
slipped around his neck and the other
end hung over the corner of a dresser.
Death was caused by strangul alton.
LEWISTOWN, Jan. 10. 1t is re.
ported that there are % feet of snow
in the gulches around Maiden, and
lot less than five feet on the hills.
According to old residents, this is
the greatest accumulation of snow
they have known there in 20 years,
and should the same conditions pre-.
vail in other ranges in this section, it
will mean ample water for the farmers
during the coming season and prove
OF the greatest value to them.
RED LODGE, Jan. 19.-Archie White
has been brought here and lodged in
Jail on a charge of horse stealing. 1t
is alleged that a few days ago White
took a horse belonging to a rancher
living near Fishtail and rode into
town. He tied the horse in front OF a
saloon, and armed with a Winchester,
entered the place and demanded that
the contents of the cash drawer be
turned over to him. There were sew
eral people in the saloon at the time
and he was Overpowered and delivered
over to q deputy sheriff.
HELENA, Jan. l9.-In the distric'
court yesterday Thomas Winslow flee
a suit for $40, 900 against the Northern
Pacific Railway company. MIR. Win
slow alleges he was riding in the ca
boose OF q stock train running between
this city and St. Paul, and when nea1
Bismarck a head-end on collision oc
Cured between the caboose he wa
riding in and an oncoming train
Mr.. Winslow was thrown against tn
sharp end Of q table and some of hi
ribs broken. He was unconscious 70
some time and also received other in
ternal injuries. Mr.. Winslow state
that after the accident he was in tn
hospital for . long time and in thi
accident he received permanent an
serious injuries.
HELENA, Jan. 2l.-Today the az
SCISSORS from seventeen counties of tn
state met at the court house to dis
cuss the setting OF valuations on til
various kinds of property in MOI
tsna. This will be the Ease especial
in the valuation Of live stock, mimi
property, and the property Of publ
service corporations, such as the tele
phone and telegraph lines and powe
plants.
TWIN BRIDGES, Jan. 2l.-Becaus
Of the fuel famine in Montana the fol
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