The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

tne restricted district, was dynamiteC
last night by some unknown person.
The back part of the interior of the
saloon was completely wrecked by the
explosion, and every window in the
building was shattered. Portions O.
wood work and broken glass were
blown across the street, a distance o.
100 feet.
M1ssOULA, November 19.-Engineer
Philip Bishop, of Missoula, was in.
stantly killed in a collision last nigh,
between W work trains on the new
Northern Pacific grade, one and one.
half miles east of Bonita.
BUTTE, Nov. 19.-G. S. Wisner,
the Anaconda banker on trial here for
the second time for forgery, in con.
n~ection with the failure of his priv ate
bank in Anaconda, was found no
guilty last night. A second charge OF
a similar nature remains, but the pro.
secution is perhaps at an end by the
present verdict.
BILLINGS, Nov. 19.-Extensive
plans are being made for a local
option campaign in Yellowstone coun-
ty IS copies of a petition having been
prepared which will be circulated in
the Is voting precincts of the county.
The commissioners will be asked to
call a special election within 40 days
to decide whether or O local option
shall govern in the county.
HELENA, Nov. 10. W VIM. Motto,
better known as Chip Mason, drop
ped dead tonight without warning
while sitting in a local saloon. He
had not been drinking, and no reason
Is given for his sudden demise. The
coroner was called and will hold an
inquest. Motto was a Civil war
veteran, and had visited nearly every
country on the globe. He had in
teresting relics from all parts of the
world. He had no known relatives.
HELENA, 19.-Letters are being sent
out to Montana lockmasters inviting
them to come to Helena, December 2,
when the state board Of sheep com.
missiOners will be in session, to dis.
cuss the matter of Montana sheep
growers cooperating in the movement
for the establishment Of a wool market
and warehouse at Chicago. Officers
of the Montana Wool Growers as
ISOLATION are of the opinion that the
project would be of great benefit to
Montana men.
BUTTE, Nov. 2O.-The Never Sweat
mine, INT of the Amalgamated prop
critics has been closed down because
of fire in its depths, 100 men being
driven from their work to save them
selves from suffice alton. The fire is
the same which began in the Anaconda
Is years ago, and has been fought
steadily since that time by the man.
agement without being fully put out.
RED LODGE, Nov. 20.-George j.
Jackson. one of Carbon county's old
est and most highly respected citizens,
dropped dead upon one of the resi-
dence streets Of this city this morning.
Mr.. Jackson was a pioneer of Mon
tana coming to this territory in COM
pany with the famous jim Bridger.
BILLINGS, Nov. 20. Information
has been received in Billings that the
Burlington railroad is preparing to
construct the proposed Frannie.From.
berg cutoff, which will lessen the dis.
lance from Billings into the Big Horn
basin about 100 miles and complete
several hundred miles of what is in
tended to become a direct line to
Denver.
BUTTE, Nov. 2l.-With a grim
warning not to come back to Butte
when his term of punishment is over.
+. l.. Todd, after pleading guilty TO
the charge of burglary in the second
degree, was sentenced 70 the state
pe~nitentiary at Deer Lodge for one
year by Judge Donlan this morning.
Todd Is the man who robbed the poor
O at st. Patrick 5 church.
BILLINGS. Nov. 2I.-The Laurel
postofice burglar, who has broken in-
to that place three different times,
was taken into custudy today at
Laurel. The desperate proves to be
q boy about II years Of age. who,
with his parents, has resided in
Laurel for about q year. 1t Is stated
that on being taken into custody he
confessed everything to the officers.
BILLINGS, Nov. 2l.-A party OF
Hollanders arrived here today from
Minnesota to take land on the Billings
bench. There were probably lO
families represented in the party.
Next week there will be three parties
of Hollanders one from Minnesota,
one from Wisconsin and one from