The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-16
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

arrested sixteen and ordered them to
leave the city this morning.
HELENA, Dec. 1O.-Governor Norris
tomorrow will mail notices to the
presidential electors of Montana mott.
flying them to come to Helena and
meet the second Monday in January.
Copies of the complete electoral vote
will be transmitted to the electors and
to Secretary of State Elihu Root, Ger.
tilted to by Secretary of State Yoder.
BILLINGS, December 1O.-Gertrude
Wilson, aged FIVE, was burned to
death today while pouring kerosene
on a apparently extinguished fire.
The child had been left by the mother
to care for a little baby. Workmen
nearby, hearing the screams of the
child, saved the baby and prevented
the destruction of the house.
MIssoULA, Dec. lot is now be-
lieved by persons in touch with the
work of getting the Flathead Indian
reservation in shape for final open.
ing to settlement that the opening will
occur some time mex spring, probably
next June. The allotments to the In
dams were completed recently and
now that the apprising commission
has finished it's work, there is little
left to be done aside from a con-
siderable amount of clerical work,
until the president issues the pro-
clamation and fixes the date for the
opening.
GREAT FALLS, December 1O.--Five
masked men rode to the Great North
ern machine shops at Judith Gap at
midnight Tuesda night, and forced a
Japanese employe Of the company to
leave his work and the town, threat
ening to kill him if he did not obey
their command. The Jap ran out
onto the prairie, where he remained
until yesterday afternoon, when he
returned to the Gap and told his story
to the officers. Two arrests have been
made. It is said that considerable
feeling exists in the Judith basin
country against the Japanese.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. H. One Of the
strangest cases ever heard of in the
northwest was developed this morn
ing when Undertaken Safely was
called to Manhattan to take charge of
the body of Sammy Williams, and
l f~,D1 hok khn lonooeol VIVA n 0,on n
who had for almost her entire life been
masquerading as q man. Williams
was 50 years Of age and 2or the last
Is years had been working a Man
haitian as a cook.
BILLINGS, Dec. ll.-Announcement
has been made by one Of the con-
tractors on the Billings and Northern
that the road was formally turned
over to the Great Northern Dec. l and
that the ballasting and construction
of snow fences has been completed,
while fencing of the right OF way will
be completed this week. a woven
wire fencing with a barb topping is
being strung on both sides of the
track for several hundred miles
HELENA, Dec. 1l.-Evidence OF what
is believed to have been murder was
found last evening by Everett Barnes
while hauling wood in the hills about
four miles southwest of Silver and l6
miles northwest of Helena. lying in
a clump of thick brush was the body
OF an unknown man. 1t was frozen
solid. There was a dash OF blood on
the forehead, such as might have
ooaed from a bullet hole aai on the
snow was the plain track where the
body had been dragged from a glade
or open park into the thick brush in
an evident attempt at coucsalmeut.
BILLINGS, Dec. l2.-Because S. G
Wayne came here recently from Col
, orado and opened o barbershop wher.
only Is cents was charged for shaves
his shop was broken into Thursda
night, his razors and ..ugs broker
and his supply Of towels burned. HI
! had been in the city only a short time
NO arrests nave Decu m8ue.
BILLINGS, Dec. l3.--Nearly 1920
per acre was secured sy Rev. j. G
Clark, Of Fromberg, for his appl
e crop, according to MIR. Clark who wa
in Billings today. Rev. Clark say
that his trees have averaged from
seven to nine boxes the past season
and that he is now selling his boXe
: at $3.50 each. There are NJ trees O
an acre Of his orchard.
l. BUTTE, Dec. l&.-Two masked me
II held up a Columbia garden car nea
D the city limits At 10 O'Clock tonigh'
> and secured about $50 from the motor
man and conductor, $40 of which b,
longed to the company. There we,
u no passengers aboard the car at II
, time. After securing the money IL