The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-16
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

from various Parts OF state.
STEvENSvILLE. Dec. S.-Two la
borers employed on the Bitter Root
irrigation ditch quarreled here last
night and one drew q revolver and
shot the other dead. The names OF
the participants could not be learned.
The slayer made his escape and is
still at large.
MILES CITY, Dec. Steward Hosp,
Norman Thetford last August, has
been found guilty of ~manslaugnter by
the jury before which he was tried,
and his punishment has been left to
the court. Judge Loud has gone to
Glendive to hold court and sentence
will not be passed until his return.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. S.-Dr. +. j.
Adams, secretary Of the board of
health, in his report for the past year
which was presented to the city coun.
Gil last night declared that the deaths
of % infants in Great Falls during
that time were due to milk infection,
and that the lives of most Of them
could have been saved by thorough
milk inspection. The report shows
that the death rate in Great Falls for
the past year was 0 per 1000 in.
habitants.
HELENA, Dec. State Treasurer
Rice has issued a call for 1928, 600
worth of so-called invalidated bonds,
to be paid January 8. These bonds
were issued by various congressional
land grant state educational i%nstitu-
tions and sold, only to be called in
valid. To preserve the credit Of the
state the last Legislature made pro-
vision for their payment from the
general fund. The state university,
state agricultural college, normal
school and other educational institu-
tions issued the bonds.
LIVINGSTON, Dec. 9.-Ohicials of
the motive power department of the
Northern Pacific are in Livingston
investigating the ~practicability OF
electrifying a line over the mountains
west of this city. If such a plan is
adopted the company will construct a
large power plant at some point along
the Yellowstone river, which offers
unlimited opportunities for the devel-
opment Of power.
KALISPELL, Dec. 9.-The trlal of
Frederick Lebeau. for the murder OF
the Yoakums, father and son, near
Fortine, on June 10 last, came to a
close this evening at 8 O'Clock. and
the fate of the murderer was turned
over to the jury. After being III for
with a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, and left sentence to
be passed by the Judge, who has set
December 10 for final Judgment.
HELENA, Dec. 9.-For the first time
in eight years the inauguration of d
newly elected governor will be cele-
brated by an inaugural ball when
Governor Norris is re installed in
office. The affair will be held in the
Auditorium here on the evening of the
first Monday il January next. The
guests will include the governor, leu
tenant governor, all other state officers
and members OF the state legislature.
MILES CITY, Dec. 9.--On the west
side of the Tongue river four miles
from this city a stub.tailed dog yes.
terday guarded the dead body of its
master with such fidelity that Coroner
Gray, when notified of the presence OF
the corpse, was forced to rope the
animal before he could approach.
Beside the body was a % ealiber rife
and it is the belief of the officer tina,
the man killed himself accidentally.
BILLINGS, Dec. 9.-The Billings
Sugar company has employed Z. |,
Mead, an expert in the culture oil
sugar beets to instruct the settlers
of the Hunuley tract, the government
irrigation project, IN the culture OF
sugar beets, and as u result several
thousand acres Of heets will be raised
on the project, which j. especially
adapted for it. The farmers on the
Huntley project, which was the first
one in Montana completed by the gov
own rlnrt haVa I'D q most ,pr,p,,orr