The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened In Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

'''sSs s'~O ss~PPOss0O ~ VuVUtOSu0 0OGe
ing the Past Few Days.
DILLON, May 5.-Dis astrous foods
threaten the farms in Beaverhead val.
ley as the result Of the rapid melting
SHOWS in the mountains. The Beaver
head river is running bank full.
KAL1sPELL, May 5.-The warm
winds of the past few days have
caused the mountain SHOWS to melt
rapidly and the streams are rising.
Should the warm weather continue
long, conditions are considered by
early inhabitants 40 predicting exreme.
ly high water, owing to the lateness of
the season and the raordinary
amount of snow in the mountains.
LEw1sTowN, May 5.-Harold Han.
and Wilbur Hoffman. two well.known
yong men of this city, are under arrest
here on . charge Of burglary. County
Attorney j. G. Huntoon having filed
an Information direct in the district
court. 1t is alleged that several
nights ago they entered the house of
May Riser, in the restricted district,
and stole something like $3.50. They
were arrested at Stanford, while on
their way to Great Falls, and 1928
was found on them.
(, KALIsPELL, May 6.-Following
close on the receipt of word from
United States Marshal Merri6eld that
Secretary Ballinger had practically
assured him the Flathead reserva alton
would open this summer, with indica-
tions of July or August, strength is
added to the statement today by the
announcement that 546 Indian allott.
ments in this land district, were filed
10 the local land Office this week, and
are now being entered upon the books
for public inspection.
HELENA, May 5,-The damage suit
of Nellie Cnpenhaver and minor son
against the Northern Pacific Railway
company, in which the plaintiffs ask
for $50, 900. was begun today in the
district court. William F. Copen.
haver, husband and father OF the
plaintiffs, was killed at Wallace,
Idaho, two years ago, when the boiler
of the engine he was running exploded.
Two other trainmen were killed at the
time. The plaintiffs contend the
accident was due to defective boiler,
while the defendant says it was due
to 'he negligence of the engineer.
HELENA, May. 6.--The Montana
state board of pardons met today and
approped of the pardon recently
granted to II. j. Keeley by Acting
Governor Allen. Kelley is the North.
ern Pacific train dispatcher who last
March was convicted in the district
court OF Sanders county on a charge
OF manslaughter in connection with
wreck near Perma station last fall.
He was sentenced to one year in the
state prison. The petition asking
for Keeley's pardon was q document
35 feet in length. It was signed by
the Northern Pacific employees belong
ing to the division to which Kelley
was attached, by the leading citizens
of Missoula and by nearly all the
officials of Sanders and Missoula
counties. The pardon goes into effect
on May IL.
BILLINGS, May 8.-High water in
the Yellowstone river has resulted In
that stream cutting away considerable
land east of here. Thirty acres of
valuable farm land of A. J. Sullivan
has gone into the river and Sullivan
is protecting the rest of his farm by
the banks.
HELENA, May 8.-Notice has been
received that the findings of the gov
against Emil Bercher of Bill.
lings have been affirmed. Bercher
was convicted of illegal fencing and
fined $3.50 and given q 20 days. Jail
sentence. Bercher died while the
case was In the court Of appeals.
BOHEMIAN, May. 8.-Announcement
was made this afternoon of one of the
biggest deals in the history of the