The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts OF the State.
HELENA, July 2l.-Oscar Mcintosh,
serving a sentence Of six months for
third degree assault, was today
pardoned by Governor Norris, upon
the condition that he abstain from TO-
toxicating liquors. Mcintosh is in
the Deer Lodge county Jail. His
sentence would have expired In
August. Ten Of the Jurors who con-
victed him, and a score of women
signed the petition to the governor.
BOHEMIAN, July 21.-The %coroner's
jury has brought in a verdict that the
unknown man who was killed near
Story's siding last week "had come
to his death between s p. m. Wednes-
day and s a. m. T~hursday,' and did
not lay the blame. The body was
buried in the local cemetery. Some
of the authorities are of the opinion
that the man was murdered by some
hobo and then thrown from a train,
as the back of his head was featured
and nature of the fracture was such
that it was probably done with a club
and not by the wheels of a car.
HELENA, July 2S.-According to a
letter received today by F. B. Linder.
man, secretary OF the Montana Mining
association, from c. c. Titus, mana
ger Of the smelling plant in Idaho.
controlled by the association, the
company has been financed and work
on the plant begun. MIR. Titus writes:
II have been requested by Thos. L.
Greenough, vice president Of the Mon.
tana Mining association to advise
you that the Idaho Smelling and
Refining company has been fully
financed; that work on the plant be.
gins Monday next, and that the plant
will be blown in at the earliest posi-.
BILE moment.
BILLINGS, July q. The highest
price paid this year in Montana for
wool was recorded last night in Bill
lings, when John Schroeder, the we'll
known Lake Basin woolgrower, &C.
cepted the bid of w. G. Herbert, Of
Charles o. Herbert Il Co., Fhiladel-
phia, of 10 cents per pound private
sale. His clip will run about 40, 1000
pounds. Schroeder last year OBJ
tanned the highest Montana price
when he sold for 25s cents per pound.
The wool frog, this ranch Is generally
regarded as the choicest clip of my
size and there is much emulation
among the buyers in consequence.
The Billings wool market is expected
to be all sold out by the end of the
have already left for other fields.
BILLINGS, July 22.-The board OF
county commissioners has contribute
ed $3.50 &c the fund to build a mon
ument t. the late Sheriff Webb. There
is 0 $500 IN the fund. 1t is planned
to build a monument on the cour
house lot in Billings.
BILLINGS, July 22,-W. A. Kemp
and John Dudley, we'll known loca
painters, have formed a stock com
pany and expect to m the
manufacture of a patent paint, de
|Eigned to overcome the effect of alkali
which caused the paint usually to
onumble. They expect to commence
work on a large factoy ia the next few
days.
BUTTE, July 2l.-Railroad men de
clare that tourist travel into the
Yellowstone park this season will
break all previous records. Superin'
tendent Gooodell, Of the Northern
Pacific, who wac ia the city, said unit
the first Of July the travel was not IL
excess Of hat OF previous years foI
the corresponding period, but tina
since the first Of the present month
the visitors have been flocking into
the park by the hundreds every day.
Cochin, July 22.--Fire which brok'
Rosenberg's meat shop, completed.
destroyed his place with all the con
tents, including Wade's salool
building adjoining the store
1 The fire started fron a stove in tn,
meat shop. Corbin turned out to
! man and in the absence of regula
; facilities checked the flames will
buckets Of water and by the use o
wet blankets.
BUTTE, July 2l.-Five miles o
track remains to be laid before Butt,
IS connected with St. Paul by thu
i. Chicago, milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way. The lest steel bridge on tn
line east of the city, hal at Sprin.
valley, was flashed Saturday., aut
c. II. Penfe!a chief constructing
engineer Of this division, announce,
til at the rails between the Summit anc
the Etght.Mile house should be con
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