The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
MONTANA BRIEFLE1S.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

for the Gripping Of his six.year-old
son, Bernard Harrington. is being
tried before a jury in Judge Bour.
quin's department today. It is alleg.
ed in the complaint that the boy was
standing on the Butte, Anaconda &
Pacific tracks on North Wyoming
street, and was struck by q freight
train. His left arm was badly crush.
ed, necessitating amputation at the
elbow.
MILES CITY, May 22.-Fred Hitzel.
berger, herder Of John Davidson,
arrived in town last night, and find.
ing Jsiler Hawkins, informed him he
had shot and thought he had killed
John Arrow, another herder for
Davidson, at Arrows camp between
Cottonwood aud Moon creek, Is miles
southwest of Miles City.
BILLINGS, May 22.-According to
news received here, q. W. Campbell,
pioneer in dry farming, has succeeded
in interesting the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific railroads in the
matter Of establishing demonstration
farms in Montana. Five farms will
be established In Yellowstone coun.
ty and the same number in other
portions of the state. The St. Paul
road also will provide for several
demonstration farms along its lines.
BILLINGS, May 22.-The dead body
of W. H. Tanasey, q Japanese, was
found on q sand bar along the river,
about three-quarters of a mile below
the east wagon bridge yesterday noon
by Pete Peterson, q ~sheepherder,
whose camp was but q few hundred
yards distant. Fear of the con-
sequences after he had issued q num-
Der OF bogus checks is believed to
have been the cause OF the deed.
Death was due to q bullet wound in
the neck.
BUTTE, May o. William P.
Farrell, who escaped retribution after
making away with s14, 600 of the
county funds and who walked the
streets q free man, is now q fugitive
for the paltry sum of s24. Last Mon
day he purchased a suit of clothing
at the Cornell store, giving in pay.
ment ar order on the Mckee Printing
company for S24. The order was not
presented to Mckee for several days
and when it was Mckee promptly re-
fused to pay it.
BUTTE, May PA round, black
hole in the ground, the mouth OF the
shaft is all that is left Of the Six
O'Clock mine. for thieves have taken
bodily away engine house, carpenter
shop, gallows frame and Office, and
there is no trace of the surface i'm.
provements Of what wae, q year ago, q
hustling, bustling mine. 1t was with
utter amazement that this condition Of
affairs was discovered when the
officers of the Butte Copper Explora
ton company, which was behind thu
development of the Six O'Clock, visit
ed the scene this morning.
MIssOULA, May 23.-Oscar Hill
who arrived here yesterday from Min
neapolis, was instantly killed toda!
on the Northern Pacific tracks. h
became bewildered and stepped /,
front Of q train.
BUTTE, May %. The announce
ment by the authorities today OF tn
discovery OF q theft OF dynamite iron
q car of the explosive or the Dawson
siding near this city, caused nue.
alarm among railway people as tn
result of the recent dynamiting of tn
Burlington train near where this OF
CURED. The tracks are being close
ly guarded and every ~precautio
taken.
FORSYTH, May 23.-Peter Lohof
Rancher, persisted in the snowstorI
last Tuesday. The young mans bod
was brought to Forsyth today an
funeral services will be held tomorrow
Lohof started from his work to 20
the lambing camp, but not KNOWN
, the exact location, became lost in Il
, storm and dropped in the snow. f
was found in 9 dying condition by h
uncle, John Lohof.
kALlsPELL, May 25.-The Boorm,
mill, located seven miles west
Kalispell, was completely destroy'
by fire yesterday afternoon. The Fl
. started in the engine room and spre,
SO rapidly that it vas impossible
r save any of the contents of the bull
: ing. The total loss is estimated
n S25, 900 and there was insurance on
= to the extent Of S5, 900.
5 DEER LODGE, May 25.-The trial
Orem Stevens, the last Of the TO
men charged with the murder of De
uty Warden Robinson Of the sts