The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
MONTANA BRIEFLE1S.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

LIVINGSTON, March 20. John
Burke. a we'll known mining MAJ of
Cooke City, lost his life several Gays
ago in q huge snowslide. Burke had
started out on snowshoes to inspect
some mining property. He failed to
return, and search for the missing
man yesterday discloeed his body in
the slide, which had caught the miner
on the trail.
HELENA. March 20.-Emil Birsch,
q we'll known Custer county r~anchman,
was today convicted in the federal
court on the charge Of unlawful fenc.
ing Of the public domain and lsen.
tence will be pronounced tomorrow.
Judge Hunt also overruled the motion
in arrest OF judgment In the case Of
E. Cardwell, convicted last week on .
similar charge. The case will be
taken to higher courts for final de-
termin alton.
HELENA, March O.-J. J. Ryan,
clerk Of the board OF prison commits.
sioners, leaves tomorrow for Deer
Lodge to inventory all the property
at the state prison, including that of
the contractors, Conley & McTague.
A clause in the contract provides that
the state may take over at any
time the personal property of the con-
tr actors at q fair valuation. The
present contractors figured their stuff
was worth S21 900, while the other
bidders at the recent meeting OF the
board thought 3 $1,000 would cover it.
Later the board will make a visit to
the prison.
BUTTE, March 22.-Robert Haus.
with. a pioneer of Montana, and one
OF Butte's well-known citizens, was
instantly killed by q blast in the
Silver King mine this afternoon. Mr..
Hauswirth vas printing q hole into
which seven sticks Of powder had been
placed when the explosion occurred.
Hauswirth's body was hurled against
his partner. Albert Allen, badly in.
iuring him.
BILLINGS, March 21.-Now that
spring appears to be at hand, ar.
rangements for spring work are being
made on every hand. Chief Agricul.
turist James Schilly of the Billings
Sugar company, left this morning for
Nebraska, where he will endeavor to
secure a large number Of workers for
the beet fields in this vicinity. 1t is
said that more than 5000 hands can
be used in the work the coming sea-
son. The greater number Of persons
employed are Russians, who make
their home in Nebraska during the
winter.
HELENA, March 23.--On April 10 q
trainload of colonists from the middle
western states will arrive at Craig tc
take up land on the "Dearborn pro
ject,' constructed under the Carey ac
by the Ames Realty company of St
Louis. The first unit of Ii, 1000 acres
will be ready for settlement thit
spring, and the remaining unit O.
Is, 900 acres will be finished mex
spring.
MIssoULA, March 23.-Informatior
was received here tonight from Bel
KNAPP, a small town west Of here OF
the main line of the Northern Pacific
that the body Of Zana McNorton,
l6.year.old girl, had been found som
distance from her home, and it is be
lieved that she was murdered. Tn
coroner Of Sanders county is now q
the scene.
RED LODGE, March 23.-The bod,
of Frank Blank, who vas lost Will
on a hunting trip In northern Wyom
ing last year, has been discovere
near the spot where the hunting part
made their camp. Blank was a res
dent of Red Lodge and had consider
able money on his person when h
was lost. 1t is not known whether /
was murdered or was overtaken by a
epileptic hit, he being subject to thes
attacks.
HAMILTON, March %. - The ne
horticultural experiment station
about q mile and q half northeast
Corvallis in the Bitter Root vale,
which was provided for by the la
legislature, is now being installed
Il. Fisher, director OF the agricultur
j, experiment station at Bozeman. II
land on which the new station is b
ing located Is a l5-acre tract, sit
ated on what is known as the "Hul
BILE bench and carries a perpetu
water right. The tract has been
vided into acre sections aud each sc
! ton will be devoted to various kin
Of fruits and different methods of c,
tiv alton.
Senators Jolly Populists.