The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

DEER LODGE, Aug. 13.-Judge John
Y. Batterton died yesterday at his
home in West Deer Lodge, aged 80.
Judge Batterton came here from Mis-.
souri, in 1877. Prior to moving west
he had been probate and county Judge
in his native state. He served ter
years as q county commissioner OF
Deer Lodge county.
BILLINGS. Aug. 13.-As q result oil
the rains which have fallen in this
county during the past "a hours, far
mers are busily engaged in sowing
winter wheat. In the Broadview dis.
trict five seeders have started on the
ranch of DR.. Sudduth and will SOW
400 acres. As soon as this 10 finished
attention will be turned to 500 addi'
tional acres which will be seeded to
Turkey red wheat.
HELENA, Aug. 13.-Six companies
of the Second regiment, Montana ma.
tional guard, are encamped near the
state armory and will remain here
until tomorrow afternoon, when they
entr ain for American lake, to spend
two weeks there. Tomorrow morning
a review by Governor Norris is seized.
uled to take place, but it is raining
hard this evening which may cause q
postponement.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. l3.-The com.
missioners Of Cascade county have
granted q 40.year franchise to G. G.
Bower and DR.. A. F. Longeway OF
this city, giving them the right to con-
struct electric lines upon the highways
of the county. 1t is the intention OF
the grantee TO construct an electric
road up Sun river from this city, fur
nishing an outlet for the rich irrigat.
ed farms in that valley. A stock CON-
pany will be formed.
BILLINGS, Aug. 14.-Engineer Taft
of the Billings n Northern is iE the
city, haying just completed q tour OF
inspection of the line which is now
neraly completed. Mr.. Taft is au.
thority for the statement that the road
will be finished and trains be running
between Billings and Great Falls by
the first Of October.
BUTTE, Aug. 14.-Edmond Coleman,
a we'll known resident of Deer Lodge,
has returned from Alaska with ia.
formation of the absolute abandon,
ment of Copper Center, once tbs
fourishiag camp of the Klondike.
OF the thousand buildings there, no,
one was occupied, nor was there q
single person in the town. Following
failure of gold deposits to last there
was a general exodus of the inhabit
ants of Copper Center.
HELENA, Aug. LIE. II. Stogg, al
lS-year-old elevator boy at the Mon
ticello apartment house was crushed
to death tonight in the elevator
There were no. witnesses to the acct
dent, but it is presumed the boy triet
to jump in the cage when it was NOV
ing and was caught between the sill
and the floor. His abdomen wa
crushed. He has no relatives 80 ia;
as ia known.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 14.-With tn
election of j. NJ. B%urlingame of thi
city as president and J. NJ. Minor o
Anaconda IS secretary, the Elks' an
nual convention anne to an end to
day. Missoula not only withdrew il
favor of Miles City for next year.
convention, but was magnanimou
enough to place the eastern city i
nomination. While the rain msrre'
the parade, the meeting was a hug
success in other respects.
BUTTE, Aug. l4.-Over Sl25,O Oo /
rewards have been offered to til
Butte police department in a littl
more than the last year. The exat
figures are 1925. 625, and the reward
mount from go to sls 900 in the cas-
of the recent Great Northern trail
robbery At Rondo, Mont. Many {
the plums have been gathered by loc'
policemen, but . far greater propo'
ton have been passed by unnotice
when they might easily have bee
plucked.
BILLINGS, Aug. Is. - Burglarize
twice within 30 days Is the record
the Billings Hardware company
store at Laurel. The first burglar
was committed q little more thi
three weeks ago, and the second ear
this morning, when the place was e
tered by . rear window and $3.50 wor
' Of r%evolvers, razors and knives We
secured.
MIssoULA, Aug. l5.-Engineer
F. Mcmillan of the Northern Paci
! was killed at Arlee at 5 o'clock I
, night by being run over BY IN engir
Mcmillan lust stepped down of b