The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-19
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts of the State.
HELENA, Feb. 11.-Governor Toole
left toda y to spend several months in
California. Lieut.. Gov. Edwin Norris
isnow acting governor and will become
governor April l.
LEWISTOwN, Feb. 1l.-John Gre
CORY, implicated by Harry lighthouse
in the recen. burglary at the Montana
Hardware company $ store, this after.
noon weakened and admitted the truth
of the statement made by the former
chauffeur.
BILLINGS, Feb. l1.-Frederick Mil
Ter was instantly killed and Daniel
Schmidt fatally injured by being
struck by a freight train. The two
men were walking in to Billings on the
Northern Pacific track from a nearby
ranch and apparently did not hear the
approach Of the train.
HELENA, Feb. 10. H. Junod of
Wolf Creek reports that the Capt..
tai City Power company is making
preparations for the accommod alton
of q large force of men at the site of
the third dam on the Missouri river.
Many bunkhouses are being erected
and q larger force will be housed than
when either of the to other plants
was constructed. The Great North.
ern, it is understood, will put in q
spur from Wolf Creek to the site of
the dam.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. 11.-Quick justice
a mee:ed out to Jack Davis and G.
p. Davenport, who we're arrested by
Deputy Sheriffs Sales and Bull, on a
charge of horse stealing. They were
trying to dispose of four horses and
their anxiety to make a sale caused
suspicion and their arrest followed.
Two of the animals were found to be
the property of Robt. Wall and had
been taken from his ranch only a few
days previous. The explanation Of
the prisoners failed to explain and
when they were brought before Judge
Stewart, they both plead guilty and
Davis was sentenced to five years in
the p~enitentiary, and Davenport six.
BUTTE, Feb. 1.-The mystery which
surrounded the attempts to wreck the
Oregon Short Line trains early yes.
terday morning was cleared up today,
when Pat Gordon, aged "a, of Butte,
one of the suspects, broke down and
made a clean breast of the affair. He
admitted throwing a switch which de.
rallied part Of the freight train, and
also confessed that he put the ties on
the track in front of No. 10, which left
Butte shortly after 2 o'clock. He de-
MES having placed the ties or the
track in front of the coming train, and
the only excuse offered by him for his
~dastardly deed is that he was drunk
at the time, and did not realize what
he IA doing.
HELENA, Feb. }2.-Three whiskey
peddlers pleaded guilty before Judge
Hunt this morning in the federal
court and each received the minimum
sentence sixty days in the county Jail
and a fine of $lO0. They were George
McItae. who introduced liquor on the
Blackfeet reservation: Arthur Four
Star and Fredstone, who introduced
liquor on the Fort Peck reservation.
LEWIsTOwN, Feb. 1.-THE Sher-
nan p%ostofflce burglary case went to
jury at about 5 O'Clock this afternoon,
after being ably argued by J. c. Hun
toon and H. L. DeKalb for the de.
tense, and County Attorney Ayers
and o. w. Belden, for the state. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty OF
burglary in the first degree aud left
the penalty to the court. The limit is
IL years.
BOULDER, Feb. l2.-Found guilty
Of the murder Of +. O.. Madden near
Basin on New Years day, George
Plat, an old-time prospector and
miner, was sentenced to Imprisonment
for life in the state penitentiary. On
receiving his sentence the old man,
with an outburst of temper, denounced
the prosecuting attorney. He made
an attempt to reach him, but was re-
strained. He then called him the
vilest names possible, until dragged
from the court room.
ANACONDA, Feb. l2.-Deer Lodge
valley ranchers are still reporting
losses of stock, farm utensils of all
kinds, as we'll as livestock and poul.
try. According to report there are
not many ranchers that have not suf.
fered from this pilfering. Vehicles of
all descriptions seem to be in demand,