The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

KAL1sPELL, Jan. 12.-Laura, the
11-yesr.old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Spea of Helena Flats, Flathead
county, was frozen to death while re.
turning from school. The same family
lost a son by drowning in the Flathead
river, two months ago.
BUTTE, Jan 12.-Because he stole
30 cents from q sleeping man. John
Mccain will spend the next year of
his life in the ~penitentiary. This at.
ternoon he entered a plea of guilty to
a charge of burglary in Judge Don
lan's department and by agreement
with the county attorneys office be
he was let off with a years sentence.
HELENA, Jan. IL. - Eight indict-
ments were returned by the federal
grand jury when it presented its final
report to Judge Hunt this afternoon.
Five of the indictments charge perjury
and lie against witnesses for the de-
tense in the case of Dell r. Willis of
Hardin, who was found guilty at the
last term of court of selling whisky to
Indians.
HELENA, Jan. 12.-Announcement
has been made at the Cathedral of
Sacred Heart that q person who de-
sires his name withheld for. the pres
ent has consented to contribute $780,
600 to the Cathedral building fund,
provided that a similar sum can be
raised by the people of the city before
Easter Sunday. Bishop Carroll in
making the announcement assured the
congregation of the financial respon-
sibility of the person who made the
generous offer.
KAL1sPELL, Jan. 12.-H. S. Boyle,
a constructing engineer of the
United States reclamation service,
bought 40 acres of the Asher place,
northwest of Kalispell, yesterday, for
the handsome figure of $3.50 per acre.
The greater part of the land is set with
fruit trees, and is we'll improved.
Mr.. Boyle does not expect to reside
on the property for some time. and
until he decides to do so he will have
a man looking after his interests
there.
HELENA, Jan 13. -- The Montana
State Bar association which held its
annual meeting here yesterday &C.
cepted the recommendations of its
committee for the creation of another
federal judicial district in Montana
and named a board to send a memor
ial to Montana congressman urging
that an additional judgeship be
created.
BUTTE, Jan. 2S.-With his bride of
three months at his side, Tony Clark
WAS tod ay sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary for holding up an East
Park street saloon last October. Mrs.
Clark cried and leaned heavily on the
arm of her husband, and managed to
control herself until the court over
ruled the motion for a new trial, when
she created q scene with her grief.
BUTTE, Jan. 13.-The coast meat
packing concerns reach into Montana
for their cattle and even further east
for their hogs, as ia evidenced by the
fact hat a trainload of hogs passed
through Butte today, westbound over
the Northera Pacific euroute from
Nebraska to Seattle. In addition ten
carloads of cattle from Sheridan
Montana, passed through Butte today
consigned to a firm of Seattle packers.
HELENA, Jan. -. - The Montana
Mining association has called a spe-
cial meeting to be held in Helena Feb
ruary L, at which time its members
will discuss legislation which it is
proposed to ask the eleventh legisla-
tive assembly now in session, to enact.
The measures which the association
desires will be discussed to accelerate
the development and expansion of the
mining industry of the state.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. l3.-The Montana
State Dairymen's association con.
tinued its meeting here today and
settled down to real business. The
matter of state laws was taken up and
discussed and a set of proposed laws
were formulated, entitled "An act
a dairy and food commission
and regulating the manufacture and
sale of dairy and food products"