The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-14
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

BOHEMIAN, Oct. 6.-For the purpose
Of suppressing vice in the city and Sc
curing a better enforcement of the
laws, q movement was started 10 all
the Bozeman churches Sunday morn
ing for the organization of a good
citizenship league. Petitions were
circulated among the congreg atoms
aud as soon as a sufficient number Of
signers are secured a meeting will be
called to perfect a permanent organ
ization.
HELENA, Oct. 6.-Joseph T. Brown
of Birney, Custer county, has been
selected as a candidate for presi-
Dental elector on the Democratic
state ticket, in place Of w. G.. Conrad
OF this city, the latter having been in.
capacitated for such service by the
national banking laws. The selection
was made at a meeting Of the com.
mittee in this city last evening. it hav.
ing been empowered SO to act with re-
spect to any vacancies by the state
convention at Anaconda.
ANACONDA, Oct. Gone whole year
without a session of the district court
is the record established by Deer
Lodge county. For .he fourth time
Judge Winston decided this morning
that it would be an unnecessary ex-
pense upon the taxpayers Of the coun-
ty to summon a jury, and all civil
and criminal cases were passed for
the term. This means that the entire
year will pass away without a jury
trial in the county, as the next term
of cour will not be held until Janu-
airy of 1909.
BILLINGS. Oct. 6.-Ten thousand
dollars in profit will be the result of
the yield of apples from the 81 acre
orchard Of Rev. Clark in the Clarks
Fork valley, according to H. E. West
gate, editor of the Belfry News, who
was in Billings today. He secured
his information from Mr.. Clark. Mr..
Westgate says that farmers in the
SlCluAtJ VI ACllIv WAL Average ~ "
$50 per acre on their sugar beets,
which are being harvested now. Some
of them will get as high as 300 per
acre. Beets are worth 81 per ton on
the dump.
DILLON, Oct. THE recent snow
storm is said to have ruiued several
thousand dollars worth of alfalfa hay
and grain in the fields ia Beaverhead
valley. Much hay had been cut aud
was lying on the ground when the
storm came up and it caught much
grain in the fields uncut.
BILLINGS, Oct. 1.-The third coal
mine at Roundup, in the northern Sec
tiou of the county has been opened up
by the Roundup Mining company.
1t will supply the fuel for towns on
the new Milwaukee railroad, the other
mines being the supply for the road
itself. Ia three weeks it has been
made O. producing mine.
HELENA, Oct. 7.-While dragging a
shotgun under a fence after he had
crawled through, Louis DecEerville
of East Helena was instantly killed
this morning by the accidental dis
charge OF the weapon. The charge
entered the right side of his body and
tore a gaping hole, emerging on the
left side. Deekerville was hunting
ducks on the smelter pond. He is
survived by three children and a
widow.
BUTTE, Oct. An unknown man,
apparently a railroader, was found
lying beside the track at Warren
avenue. at the junction of the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern tracks,
early this morning. He died a few
hours later, without recovering con-
seriousness. His left leg had been cut
off at the hip. Evidently he had tried
to catch a passing train aud had
fallen under the wheels.
LEWIsTOWN, Oct. IN. B. Smith
of White Sulphur Springs, who was
nominated at the democratic conven-
ton in Anaconda for judge of the
Tenth judicial district, embracing
Meagher and Fergus counties, has
declined the nomination, not caring
to oppose Judge Cheadle, the republi-
can candid ate and present incum bent,
so that, apparently, Judge Cheadle
will be the only candidate in the field.