The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE, June 1s.-Michael Golding
was killed in the Minnie Healy mine
this morning by falling from the 500
level to the 1900 level. Golding was
a station tender, and according to the
statement of q person who was near
by when the accident happened, he
reached out to pull the bell cord at
the 500 level, and, losing his balance,
fell into the stump. He was instantly
killed. AS soon as possible the body
al taken to the surface and Coroner
Stevens notified.
HELENA, June l2.-George Martin.
dale, who stole a horse from the
B%roadwater hotel last Sunday night,
was caught at a ranch near Craig
Monday night. after q steady chase
by Shoemaker and the pack of blood.
hounds the county recently purchased.
The chase became so warm the man
left the horse near Wolf creek and
took to the hills. While the tr all was
cold, the dogs worked we'll and great.
~ assisted in Martindale's capture.
TWIN BRIDGES, June Isl. E.
Hample Of Butte, representing Jere.
miah Williams & Co. Of Boston. has
purchased a large portion OF the wool
in this locality. The prices paid have
not 10 all cases been made public.
E. j. ellis received POI cents for his
clip Of $1,000 pounds and Max Lau.
terbach received a figure slightly in
advance of this for about $1,000
pounds. Several other growers re-
ceived between 20 and % cents.
GREAT FALLS June 1S.-In the dis.
trict court today Sarah E. Prewitt,
widow of F. E. Prewitt, who, with two
others, was killed in a wreck on the
Neihart branch of the Montana Cen.
trail August g last, began suit against
tee railway company for damages OF
s25, 600. She alleges that her husband,
who vas q musician residing at Belt,
was 80 years Of age, capable Of earn.
ing 800 q month, and that by his
death she has been damaged in the
amount for which she sues.
BUTTE, June 1S.-County Recorder
Stromme and Sheriff Henderson have
come to the conclusion that the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail.
road is an institution decidedly expen.
sive to Butte and the county OF Silver
Bow. The crimes of the road graders
have kept the sheriff and his Office
staff on the jump for the past two or
three months, and Recorder Stromme
and his deputies have been busy send.
ing sick and disabled graders to the
poor farm and hospital. The record.
err and hi= men are firmly of the opin.
ion that the county assessor should
assess all the property Of the railroad
in the county at the highest figure,
and then they believe the county will
be a bad loser. The sheriff and his
deputies say that a law to prevent the
sale of weapons OF any kind TO the
graders would save much crime on the
part of the latter in the future.
ANACONDA, June l9.-Sheritf Elem
ing received word Of the arrest a,
Vancouver today of Clyde b. Ackley,
formerly manager Of the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company. of this
city, who left here suddenly. It is
charged be is 5000 short ia his &C.
counts.
HELENA, June 10 james Black
and Archie Marlo.te, trappers, had 8
quarrel on Sunday, near Lincoln,
when Marlotte slashed Black acros
the abdomen with his knife, in6ictine
a serious although perhaps not a fata
wound. Marlotte 10 in Jail here. Thu
men we're DRINK, and both are said Il
have drawn their knives.
FORSYTH, June l9.-Sheriff r. J
Guy and James Anderson have re
turned from the south end of the coun
", where they were in pursuit of th,
two horse thieves who stole thre.
horses from Anderson. One of the
thieves was killed at the OW Ranch
and the other was captured near AR
vada, Wyo., and was brought to For.
syth by Sheriff Guy. The thief killed
was buried near the OW ranch, aftel
an inquest had been held by Coroner
C. Il. Dick, of this city.
GREAT FALLS, June ~. Jacot
Hansen, a boy of II, who did no
know it was loaded, accidentally sho
a killed a fellow workman, Joe Sauer
aged 30 years, at Monarch yesterda.
afternoon. The boy and the man wer,
; in the store of Mrs. John Gonsoir
and the former took up q rifle which
he thought belonged to the stock o
the store, and snapped it at Sauer
The bullet struck the latter in the tenn
pie, and dented the skull, but did no
penetrate it, the shock evidently caus