The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS,
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

LEw1sTOwN. June 2.-Horse thieves
have been active in the western part
OF the county. J. NJ. Croft, secretary
OF the Commercial club of this city,
was informed by telephone yesterday
that seven 6ne young amin ais had
been stolen from his pasture near
Stanford.
HELENA, June 2.-Charles L. Leonard
of Butte. attorney for F. Augustus
Heinze, tonight announced that Mr..
Heinze will soon return to Butte to
assume personal charge Of his min.
ing properties in this state. Mr..
Heinze has recently acquired some
valuable Montana property.
HELENA, June 2.--In compliance
with a protest from the various labor
unions the city council last night
directed the preparation of an ordin.
ance providing for the employment
of Americans only in all departments
OF the city government. Many for.
eigners have invaded the city, aud
have found work in various public
improvement projects. hence the pro.
test.
HELENA, June 2.-Little Bear, chief
Of the vagaboud tribe Ut Cree Indians,
came to Helena today 70 make inquiry
as to "how the val between ] Japan and
the United States is progressing"
When told there was no conflict be.
tween the two nations. Little Bear
was much surprised, saying that he
was anxious to enlist with 300 able.
bodied men of his tribe for service
against the japanese.
HELENA, June 2.-The state board
OF education today elected DR.. G. A.
D%unniway, Of the chair of political
science and history at the Leland
Stanford university, California, as
the successor of O. j. Craig, who re-
Gently rendered his resignation as
president Of the state university at
Missoula. he will assume his new
duties September l. President Craig
has been at the head of the university
since its organization, about IA years
ago.
M1ssOULA, June Frank Meyers,
superintendent Of bridge construction
on the Idaho division of the Union
Pacific railroad, was instantly killed
this morning near Bonita, while in
charge of a pile driver, which was be-
ing sent to that point 10 repair several
washed out bridges. A train OF six
cars, heavily loaded with supplies,
with the pile driver in front, was be.
ing rushed to Big Bend, when the train
ran into a washout. Meyers, who was
In the engine room of the pile driver,
WAS crushed to death by that machine
falling on him.
BILLINGS, June 3. - Olaf Olson
against a. Guthrie e. Co., is the title
of a suit for Sl5. 900 damages filed in
the district court this afternoon. o.
o states that while working for
Guthrie Il Co., contractors for the
Billings Il Northern Railroad COM
pany, he received injuries to one Of
his legs by being thrown out of a
dump wagon, and tina. he Is how un-
able to make q living for himself.
BUTTE, June By way of variety
the weather man in charge of this
vicinity began to SNOWFALL Butte this
afternoon. Great splashes of snow,
some of them as large as q man 8
hand, began to fall. So great we're
the "hakes" that they did not melt
the moment they struck the wet pave
mept, but remained to whiten the
ground for some time after falling.
The phenomenon attracted general
attention. So far as anyone inter
viewed could tell, the like of it. had
never been seer here before.
BILLINGS. June 3.-The population
of Billings has been materially in
creased the past few days by reason
of the fact that passengers on west.
bound through trains are compelled
to remain here until the rack a. Muir,
near the Bozaman tunnel is repaired.
Officers state tonight that there are
fully 1000 strangers in the city, and
the number will be greatly increased
by the arrival OF trains tonigh. and
tomorrow Some OF the passengers
are staying at local hotels, while
others sleep and board on the trains,
which are on sidings.
GREAT FALLS, June 3.-As q result
of the recent robbery of the Shelby
train in the outskirts of the city, for
which Albert Hatch, Harry Rheams,
William Rand all and George Creswell
are being held, it is very probable
that they may be compelled to answer
TO the charge of murder in the first
degree rather than to one of train
robbery when their cases are brought
intO court William Damnaov tho