The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-06
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

HELENA, April 30.-Through a de.
cision rendered by District Judge J.
G. Clements today, G.. D. Beattle OF
this city, who VAS named as co.heir
with a pet dog In the will of Mrs.
Mary A. Pryse. who died last Febru-
airy. becomes the sole heir of the pet
dog, and thereby inherits q valuable
residence in this city. The dog died
on February 9, shortly after the death
of Mrs. Pryse.
HELENA, April 30.-The four-year.
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rock
DesRosier, who reside on q ranch near
Canyon creek on the little Prickly
Pear creek, lost its life yesterday
afternoon BY drowning. The little
child, who vas left alone in the kitchen
while its mother vas attending to
duties in other parts of the house, in
some manner fell into . washboiler
near the stove In the kitchen.
HELENA, April 30.-The Glass-Lind.
say company of this city has entered
into an agreement with H. A. Whit.
tier Of St. Paul, under the terms of
which the latter is to build q main
canal SO miles long and two reser.
voirs for the reclamation Of 30, 900
acres of land in Sweet Grass county,
near Big Timber. The work is to be
finished before the end of the year.
Mayor F. S. P. Lindsay Of this city is
one of the principal factors in the en-.
terprise, which is to be carried out ur.
der the provisions of the the Carey
land act.
HELENA, May 1.-Richard Rose,
charged with the theft of q horse and
saddle from the Grimes & Sieben
ranch, nea Mitchell, pleaded guilty
before Judge Clements in the district
court and was sentenced to one year
in the pe~nitentiary. He was captured
at Townsend.
L%Ew1sTowN, May 1.-Yesterday a
sheep camp was robbed out on Arrow
creek, near Square butte, in the west
ern part of the county, and today the
Chamberlain boys, who know him
we'll, reported to the sheriff's Office
that Mosney, the outlaw half. breed,
was in that vicinity, and had probably
robbed the camp. Ed Martin and De-
putty Sheriff AL Morgan lost no time
in getting on the trail.
MIssOULA, May Nv. q. Houston,
receiver of the Missoula United States
land Office today demanded of E. A..
W%instanley and Lynde Catlin g. 400
which amount still remains unpaid of
the shortage of about s1l, 200 which
vas appropriated, it is claimed, by
Catlin while he was chief clerk to
Winstanley during the latter's term
as receiver of the land Office. The
shortage in the land Office has been
suppressed for some time in the hope
that the trouble would be cleared with.
out becoming public property.
HELENA, May g. The report of
State Treasurer Rice shows more than
81, 000, 600, with almost %, 900 900 in
the bond investment fund, the states
total resources being about three mil
lion.
BUTTE, May 2.-District Judge Geo.
M. Bourquin today decided, in the
case of Terry A. Gain against the
Northern Pacific Railway company,
that q man travelling on a pass which
valves all liability on the part of the
company for accidents sustained by
the holder of the pass cannot collect
damages unless such accident is the
result of wilful wrong on the part of
the company.
HELENA, May 2.-Arthur Dorsett,
formerly a brakeman in the employ OF
the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany, entered suit today against the
company for $780, 900 damages for per.
sonal injuries. In March last, while
in the employ of the railroad. he fell
from q box al to the ground and q
train ran over him. He received many
injuries and is permanently a cripple,
having undergone the amputation Of
one arm. he alleges the accident wae
due to q defective hand hold.
HELENA, May Awhile driving az
automobile at a rapid speed tonight,
"Foxy" King, the driver, lost control
of the machine and ran into q tele'
graph pole. T. H. Weston Of Mis-
soula, Mont, M of the occupants o.
the car, q seriously injured
He Is now at st. %Joseph's hospital II
q critical condition.
LEwIsTowN, May 4.-One hundred
and seventy.ive homestead entriet
was the record It the local land Office
for last month. and it is q record tha1
has never even been approached be
fore. At this rate, and an increas,
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