The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, May 10. Earthquake
shocks are becoming so frequent in
this vicinity as to be common. Last
night there we're two shocks In Helena
and reports today from M%arysville
are to the effect that the shock there
was sufficient to throw articles of
shelves.
BUTTE, May l9.-John D. Ryan
and c. j. Kelly, acting as appraisers
OF the estate of the late D. J. Hen.
messy, have filed q report in the dis.
trict court. They place the value At
s99s, go, of which ss04, 900 represents
the interest in the Hennessy Mercan.
tile company and S1l3, $50 in cash re.
ceived on life insurance.
HELENA, May l9.-C. F. Heale Of
Helena, has been selected by the
board OF fish hatcheries a. the direc.
tor of q hatchery, the site OF which will
be selected at the next meeting. Ac.
cording to a telegram received from
Senator Carter the bill introduced by
him to establish q government hatch.
cry at Columbia Falls will probably
pass the senate in q few days.
BUTTE, May l9.-S. w. Small has
filed suit to recover $1,000 from the
Northern Pacific railroad for being
put of a train while oo his way from
Butte to Billings. MIR. Small alleges
that the station agent at Billings told
him he could leave the city at mid.
night on the evening of June q, and
when be got on the train the conductor
refused to accept the ticket and put
him off.
HELENA, May TO- c. A. Adams,
grazing inspector in the forestry
service, who was in the city today,
said that this summer ~reseeding ex-
periments will be conducted in Mon
tana to improve the range in places
where it has been overgrazed. A
little later an expert from Washing.
ton will be here to determine upon
where these experiments will be con-
Quoted and to supervise the work. .
HELENA, May leone of the en-
couraging and pointed signs of indus
trial activity in Montana is the fac,
that 1914 domestic corporations have
filed articles of incorporation since
the first OF the year with the secretary
of state. These industries are all now
actively engaged in commercial, min.
ing, mercantile, manufacturing and
other pursuits and all report condi'
. tions prosperous with no appreciable
effect in this state from outside con
ditions.
BUTTE, May 20. - Charles r
: Cockerel, a we'll known stock broker
here and in Spokane, who is charged
with grand larceny in connection will
u So, 900 stock deal, in an information
, filed with the county attorney, wa
arrested this morning On a bench
: warrant from District Judge Donlan'l
court. His bond was fixed a. s., OO'
and he was allowed to go in order u
+ secure the bonds.
: BUTTE, May 2O.-Alex Milne, who
was found guilty of highway robber,
e by a jury in Judge DOMAINS depart
ment last week, was this morning
e sentenced to twenty years in tn
penitentiary by Judge Donlan. Hi
counsel was given a three days. sta,
of execution in which to prepare q wri
: of probable cause and q motion for
new trial. Milne stoutly declared b.
8 was innocent of the ch barge and JUS
= before leaving the court room spok
t to the Judge in a very insolent man
z ner.
HELENA, May 2O.-Joshua Slutts,
Civil war veteran and resident of Win
q ston for many years, has received in
a formation which leads him to believ
he is one of o hundred and twent,
q heirs of an estate left by Barol
n Christopher Springer, who emigrat
ed to the United States in the latte
part of the eighteenth century and &C
quired 800 acres of land in what i