The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-22
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
MILES CITY, July 1.-THE wool.
growers Of eastern Montana met here
last night and agreed not to offer
their clips at the auction sales ar
ranged to be held here today. The
majority of the growers are opposed
to the sealed bid system inaugurated
by the buyers, and desire that thei,
course be given as much pu olicity
among the growers in other parts of
the state as possible.
HELENA, July IA. - The Helena
Commercial club has received a tele.
gram from Gov. S. T. Hauser in New
York, announcing that contracts were
today awarded to Stone aud Webster
OF Boston, for the rebuilding Of the
Hauser lake dam and the construction
of the Wolf creek dam. More than
5000 men will be employed and work
will begin at once. The Wolf creek
dam will be the second largest power
dam in the world.
BILLINGS, July 14.-Timothy Rear.
don, a bartender, was shot and killed
Sunday by q woman calling he self
Florence Reardon and alleging the
dead mar was her husband by virtue
OF a marriage contract entered into
last fall. The eight.year.old daughter
OF the woman was the only eye witness
to the tragedy. The m sat down
on a bench a few feet from the bod v
and waited for some time for officers
to arrive.
BILLINGS, July l4.-By sucking the
poison from q snake bite in the foot
of her four-year-old grandson, the
grandmother Of Buchanan Coleman
yesterday saved the little fellows life.
The boy lives with his grand parents
on a ranch twelve miles from this city.
After the wound had been treated and
whiskey administered to the lad he
was taken to this city where physi-
clans attended him. They declare the
act of the aged woman saved the boys
life.
KAL1sPELL, July Is. "A sudden
squall on Flathead lake last night
overturned a little steamer called the
Undine, drowning. a three-year.old
daughter of Willard Hill. The boat
is the property of the Helena Gun
club. When it turned over the boiler
toppled out and saved the hull from
sinking. The accident occurred near
South Flathead river.
LEwIsTOWN, July 15.-Samuel Lep.
per, pioneer of Fergus county, who
was drowned in q we'll on the Goodell
ranch, was buried Yesterday at Moore,
following an inquest. There was ten
fec. OF water in the we'll, and although
Lepper was missed and a search in
stituted at once he was dead before it
was ascertained what had happened
to him.
STEvENsvILLE, July Is. George
Coleman, a grader employed by the
Bitter Root Irrigation company, a
killed by lightning Tuesday near
Hamilton during a severe electrical
storm. Coleman had drawn his time
and was on his way to town to get his
money. He was found yesterday
morning lying on the road by Miss
Jennie Hosier, who was returning to
town after a drive in the country.
BILLINGS, July l5.-Oficers in SER
vice of the government are making an
effort to clear the towns in the vicinity
OF the Grow reservation of all persons
who have been selling liquor to In
dians. Six men, charged with this
serious offense, have been arrested at
Hardin, one al Parkman and one at
Toluca. 1t is said that officers have
others under suspicion and further ar.
rests are expected.
BOHEMIAN, July Is. The reports
from various parts OF the county indi-
cate that there is going to be another
bountiful crop. This is especially
true OF the winter wheat crops which
are all looking we'll. Most of the
spring crops are very late owing to
the exceeding wet spring, but with q
favorable season there is every indi-
cation of good yields all the way
around. The hay crop is splendid.