The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-04-08
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, which
is opening up one of the richest sec.
tions OF Montana, has named q new
town in the Musselshell county ia
honor Of Col. Thomas Cruise, of this
city. Cruise, Mont, is 20 miles east
Of Harlowtown, In Meagher county,
and is the center of one of the richest
farming sections in the state. The
railroad company is erecting q hand.
some depot and q hotel.
LEwIsTowN, April 2.-Durine the
closing days of March there has been
q marked demand for Fergus county
lands, and II transactions we're closed
up, involving 5,837 asres. One of the
larger sales was that made by John
Quincy Adams OF Chicago to the
Western Townsite company Of Mon.
tana, . tract of $50 acres in the
Musselshell section being disposed of
for about sl0, 900 to be used In q town.
cite enterprise.
HELENA, April 2.-After a con.
troversy extending over q twelve.
month, Secretary of State A. N. Yoder
today received q check for $685. from
the American Smelling & Refining
company of New Jersey for the filing
of q certificate showing an increase of
It's capital stock from S65, 000, 900 to
800, O0O, 900. This is one of the larg.
est amounts thus received in the his
tory of the department and its recep.
ton marks the end of q long con.
troversy, 10 which the corporation
made every effort to avoid the pay
ment.
HELENA, April 2.-Nels Sanberg of
Silver Bow, today received the light
est punishment for illegal fencing of
public land ever imposed in the coun.
try. Sanberg has been a wood chop
per for years. To avoid having to
hunt the hills for his three horses he
fenced 440 acres of land. Through
his attorney, Peter Breen, he pleaded
guilty before Judge Hunt today, and
was fined $40. In passing sentence
Judge Hunt remarked that he thought
the case illustrated the wisdom of the
action of congress in leaving the i'm
position of both fine and imprison.
me at to the discretion of the court.
LEwIsTOWN, April At is reported
here that the Billings & Northern
track reached Windham tonight, the
tracklayers making good progress out
from Surprise creek brideg.
BILLINGS, April 4.-Without any
apparent cause and alone, Edward
Bernhardt, night bartender of the
Gold Dust saloon, shot himself
through the head at an early hour
this morning, evidently dying in
stantly. The body of Bernhardt was
found by a railroad employee early
this morning In the vicinity OF the
railroad yards.
BUTTE, April 4.-John Webb, a
we'll known business mar of this city.
must serve five days in the county jail
and pay to the court $500 as a penalty
for contempt of court. Such was the
finding by Judge Bourquin in a writ.
ten decision handed down today.
Webb was found guilty of jury tam
pering in q case against C. Nj. Bouch-
err, another merchant.
BUTTE, April 4.-John p. Murphy,
a detective on the city force, known
throughout Montana as "Swede MUIR
phy,' and long identified with labor
and politics in this state, was seri.
ously, but probably not fatally, sho,
tonight by q miner named Richard
Dryer, whom he was attempting tc
arrest for a disturbance and threats
to kill. Dryer was captured after 8
short chase and put in the county Jail
TWIN BRIDGES, April 4.-The i'm
mense ranch property known as thu
~. B. Welcome ranch, located il
the Madison valley, in this county
has been %purchaced by the Hodgen.
brothers OF Butte, and will be- operat
ed by them, together with som
associates, who have bought a join
interest. Mr.. Welcome, a short tim,
before his death, completed the dea
whereby Thomas and j. o. Hodgen
and others paid ove 1925, OOO, or s25,
900 more than the amount which tn
company was Incorporated for. O
this amount Mr.. Welcome got 8 los,
900.
Survey Records We're Forged.