The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, Aug. IL. 49, The ~lifeless
body of William Tunley, who lives on
q chicken ranch on Seven Mile, near
Birdseye, was found on the bed in
his cabin yesterday afternoon by r.
Tobin, the Birdseye postmaster. He
held ia his hand a 80 caliber revolver
and in his head was the tiny hole
drilled by the leaden missile. He
killed himself Saturday night O Sun
day morning.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 1.-THE COM
pletion of the ere amery at Upper Sand
Cou)ee will add quite a little to the
dairy product of Cascade county.
The present statement is that it will
be completed by the Goth inst, and
open for business and that they have
the assurance in the near future Of the
butter fat from 700 cows. This will
make five creameries in Cascade coun.
ty, and push this county to the front
as q dairy county.
BOHEMIAN. Aug. 1l.-William Uel-
man was drowned in the Madison
river near Three Forks Saturday
evening. With his brother, Peter
Uelman, neither of whom could swim,
he was bathing just above the new
bridge on the ST. Paul line. Peter
Uelm an missed his brother and after
q search found his body In a pool,
but could not recover it. He had to
go q mile TO get assistance and the
body was not recovered for an hour.
MIssouLA, Aug. 11.-An agreement
has been reached between the con-.
tractors in charge of the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. St. Paul railway con.
struction and the forest rangers of
Taft and vicinity, whereby q fire fight
ing force of 5000 able bodied men will
be available at any time, should their
| services be needed. The railroad
company has a detail of 100 men pa
trolling their right.of-way in the vi.
cinity of Taft.
HELENA, Aug. l1.-Claim agents for
the Helena Power Transmissi com.
pany are now engaged in settling with
the ranchers and others who lost
property as q result Of the Hauser
lake dam going out. More than one.
half of the claims have been settled
satisfactorily on the terms offered by
the company and negotiations are be-
ing conducted to settle the remainder.
| All the claims of ranchers in the vi
entity of Craig have been adjusted,
as we'll as those in the vicity of Cas-.
cade.
BUTTE, Aug. H. Butte's paving
must be laid by union bricklayers if
a mand ate received today by the
mayor, is effective. It comes from
the Bricklayers' union. Some of the
contractors, it is said, were figuring
on putting down the bricks by day
labor, which is So, whereas the union
bricklayers' wages are S..
BUTTE, Aug. l2.-Twenty.five thous-
and dollars is the bond which James
Ryan, accused of the murder of Dan
Mooney, his brother-in.law, last We'd
nesday, must raise to be free of Jail.
That Ry an was admitted to bail at all
is due to two things, the verdict of the
coroner's jury and his i'll health.
Ryan is admittedly dying now of
tuberculosis, and is not expected to
live more than a few months.
HELENA, Aug. II. Seven East
Helena boys, whose ages range from
Is to 10 years, r held in the county
Jail ON burglary charges. 1t is alleg.
ed they robbed the Jacobs store at
East Helena early in June and again
Sunday night. They will be charged
with burglary by County Attorney
Haywood, but it is not known if they
will be prosecuted.
BOHEMIAN, Aug. II. - Today the
county commissioners disposed of
the county poor farm of 40 acres to
George E. Davis, consideration S., 600.
The commissioners also purch ased
the Starkweather ranch of 40 acres,
north of the city, for $500. The
reason for selling the old poor farm,
which is southwest of the city, was
that it was o damp for the inmates.
BUTTE, Aug. l2.-The Boston &
Montana smelter al Great Falls will
be ready for resumption of opera.
tions by Sept. J, and then all the
mines of that company will be operat-
ed to full capacity again. The dam
age to the Great Falls smelter by the
June floods was very severe, but no
greater than the estimates made
after a thorough examination OF the
plant. When the smelter resumes the
Washoe at Anaconda will be consider
ably relieved, as it has for some time
been crowded beyond its normal ca.
pacity. While the ordinary capacity
of the Washoe has beer figured at