The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-04-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

LEwIsTowN, April 9.-The Lewis.
town land Office did a rushing bust.
ness last month, the amount of land
filed on having been exceeded in only
one previous month since the Office
was established. There were 81 home
stead entries and % desert entries,
with the usual amount Of miscellan.
eous business, bringing the receipts
up close to $4,000.
HELENA, April 9.-The state board
OF railroad commissioners had q hear
ing today in the matter Of the aboli.
ton Of the station at Corbin. A dozen
residents Of the camp ere at the meet.
ing, as were railroad officers. The
company said the station had been
closed because there was 80 little bust.
ness. The residents said that with
the resumption of operations at Ana
conda and East Helena the camp
would be a heavy shipper. The com.
mission decided to visit the station
before rendering a decision.
DILLON, April - The executive
committee of the Sugar Beet associa-
ton reports that forty farmers have
signi6ed their intention to put in crops
OF sugar beets this year to demonstrate
whether beets can be grown in this
valley. Several petitions are still
out among the farmers, and will be
reported upon soon. If the culture of
beets proves successful, then an at.
tempt will be made to get q factory
here next year.
HELENA, April 9.-The Commercial
club today closed 9 contract with Lit
tie Bear, chief Of the Crees, to bring
his tribe Of 100 Indians here during
the Fourth of July carnival to give q
sun dance which will last three days.
1t is declared this will be one of the
spectacular features see in the north.
west in recent years. Little Bear in.
sisted upon the insertion of a clause
in the contract which provides for pc.
lice protection to keep the Indians
from intoxicants.
K%ALJsPELL, April 10.-Karl Neil.
son, a laborer at the Northwestern
mill, "a almost instantly killed late
yesterday afternoon by falling from
a tramway. Tbs tramway is about
six feet from the ground and in falling
Nelson grabbed an empty a which
was pulled over the end of the track
and fell on him, crshing his chest.
MILES CITY, Apail 10. The St.
Paul road is constructing wire fences
to prevent livestock straying onto its
right of way. The fences have been
built from Mobridge as far west as
the station of Mcintosh. in Dakota
There are about 10, 900 posts in transit
towards Miles City for use in the
fences.
KAL1sPELL, April l0.-Harry Math-
ers, who was fatally injured in the
dynamite explosion in Smith Valley
Wednesday, died at the Northwestern
hospital in this city at 10 o'clock last
night. Mrs. Brooks, who was also in
the house at the time of the explosion,
is in the hospital in a critical condi'
ton, with small chances for recovery.
DEER LODGE. April 10.-Geo. Rock,
VIM. Hayes, Dram Stevens and G. B.
Young, the convicts who while par
~ticipating in an attempt at delivery a,
the state prison, are alleged to have
killed Deputy Warden John Robin
con, were arraigned in the distric,
court. Counsel was appointed and
the time for entering pleas fixed FOL
April % by Judge Winston.
HELENA. April 10.-After being on
over "a hours, the jury in the Dallas
Mcleod conspiracy case came in q
$50 o'clock tonight and was dis
charged, it being unable to reach a.
agreement. Shortly before 8 o'clock
word was Sent to Judge Hunt tina
there was no possibility of a verdict
He called the jury in and asked
there were any points OF law OF an
evidence it wanted re-read. This wa
not the obstacle, SO he said that il
verdict had not been reached by
o'clock they might be discharged.
HELENA, April 12.-Residents
Big Timber, the town which was q
most entirely destroyed by fire la
month, have been notified by the No
thern Pacific Railroad company thu
they will be paid so cents on the do
lar to cover the losses. This actio
is taken by the railroad from tho IA
that the disastrous fire, which lie
hundreds of people homeless, "
started by q spark from a Northe'
Pacific locomotive. The decision
the Northern Pacific to pay one.ha
: of the fire loss is not the outgrowth
/. civil suits, but is q voluntary acti'