The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
LEwIsTowN, Nov. 6.-Last month,
according to the report of the local
land office, there we're 224 homestead
entries in this land district under the
old law and 156 under the 320. acre
homestead act, more than 40, 900 acres
being involved in both classes of en-.
tries. The cash receipts of the Office
were more tn an s1s,
BUTTE, Nov. 8.--Annouucement was
made here today by Nj. q. Gerry,
superintendent Of the Missouri River
Power Transmission company, that
the Butte Helena interurban road pro.
ject has been fully financed, that con.
struction of the line would begin In
the early spring and be pushed to
completion within three months. The
Northern Pacific right.of-way between
the two cities will be used, and will
involve the building of about 80 miles
| of railroad.
BUTTE, Nov. 9.-George Gordon
Fitzgerald and Jhnn Grow will spend
the next two and q half years OF their
life behind the walls of the peniten-
tiary at Deer Lodge, because of their
attempt to secure $500 of gold coin
in exchange for q box Of iron wash.
ers, from Peter Butler. Both men
entered pleas of guilty before Judge
Donlan and the court simply imposed
the sentence which had been agreed
upon by the attorneys.
HELENA, Nov, 8.-"Happy Jack"
Lawrence, who has prospected and
mined for 80 years in the vicinity of
Helena, died last night in this city.
Lawrence came t Helena a week ago
from the hills and was apparently in
good health. His death vas due tc
heart failure. He was known In every
mining camp in the state, though he
always drifted back after q stampede
to Helena.
LEw1sTowN, Nov. S.-Parties from
Stanford report the worst prairie fire
experienced in that section in many
years. The fire ragged over q heavily
grassed section about Is miles east
ward from Stanford, burning off the
range of the Grusneur place, destroy.
ing thousands of bushels of grain In
stacks, and much hay. AT the Strong
place everything burned except the
house. At the Pouter place the grain
was saved by back firing, but much
damage was done. The fire was start
ed from q camp fire.
BUTTE, Nov. 9.-Cronan & Leary's
saloon at 702 North Main street was
the scene last night of an assault
which resulted in the death of Patrick
Leary, a miner. So far as can be
learned there is no motive for the
shooting. An unknown desperate en-
tered the saloon, carrying a revolver
in each hand, took two steps toward
the crowd of rs or 30 congreg ated
there, opened fire, striking Leary,
asked the bartender VIVA t he was going
to do about it, and walked out unmo-
Tested. The police as yet have been
unable to find any a of the man.
Sacrament was administered to the
dying man, who succumbed almost i'm
m%ediately.
HELENA, Nov. 9.-The state land
board has decided to send a special
field agent to Yellowstone county to
appraise state lands in that county.
This action will be taken because of
the urgent requests of prospective
purchasers. As soon as the appraise-
ment is completed a sale will be held
At Billings.
BUTTE, Nov. 1O.-John M. Kelly, a
we'll known mining man, who was in
charge of the precipitating plant of
the Parrot Copper Mining company,
died yesterday after an illness extend.
ing over one year. The deceased was
born at Goldhill, New, Al years ago,
and had been a resident of this city
for II years.
oOAEAMA N NOV. AV.-4uc uTSt UCcdhe
fast cereal mill in the state of Mon
tana began oper ations today, produc-
ing, all kinds of cereal products from
oats, wheat and barley raised in the
Gallatin valley. The plant is the
property of the Bozeman Milling COM
pany and has been installed since last
spring at a cost of 800, 600.
MISSOULA, Nov. 9.-Julia Black, a
squaw from the Flathead reservation,
created a scene at the sheritf's Office
this morning by demanding the release
of her husband, who is serving a long
term sentence for jail breaking while
serving time for a petty otfense in
1908. The squaw was under the inAu-
ence of liquor and three ,ened the lives
IL $1,000 - A. --S ~ g.