The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS

MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
DILLON, Aug. Am unknown man
was rescued from death yesterday .
halt mile this side of Armstesd. A
pssserby on the country road saw .
man lying on the Oregon Short Line
track and, thinking he was asleep,
went over to arouse him from his per.
tlous position. He found, however,
that the stranger had been stricken by
paralysis and was helpless.
BUTTE. Aug. 4.-The court of Police
Judge MCGOWAN established record
In July in the collection of fines, the
total receipts of the court during the
month being %, 1893, which is the larg.
est amount received in any one month
during the occupancy Of the present
police judge. OF this amount s2,240
was received from women of the re-.
stricted district, which is also the
largest sum ever collected from the
people of that locality in one month.
MILES CITY, Aug. 4.-Doctor Che.
ney, deputy state veterinarian, has
returned from Terry, where he super.
intended the dipping Of about 40 stray
horses, along with q bunch of q hun.
dred others which we're dipped by and
belonging to J. B. Kempton. Last
year the horse owners about Terry
dipped this bunch OF strays at their
own expense, but this year they invit-
ed the state to do it, as the state has
means of collecting the money expend-
ed in the operation. Several of the
strays were found badly infected with
scab, and the entire bunch has been
pnt under quarantine.
MILES CITY, Aug. ten arrests
were made during the Elks' conven-
:ion by the police and the sheriff s
office and all were suspicious charac-
tiers, two of whom were carrying guns.
AS the result of the police getting in
their work first, not single case of
robbery or violence was reported.
HELENA, Aug. eff the courts sus.
tain an opinion delivered today by the
attorney general, hereafter, in every
county OF the state, telephone fran.
chises will be assessed and taxed, and
it is supposed telegraph and power
lines will be included in the same
category.
HELENA, Aug. Judge Edward
Brassey of Lewistown. Fergus county,
Mont, who is in the city tonight, pre-
diets that the wheat crop in Judith ba.
sin this season will approximate
4,OO0, 900 bushels. He says that the
greatest output ir that region in any
former year has not been more than
500, 900 bushels. Thousa ands of settlers
have been coming into Fergus county,
of which Judith basin forms a large
part, and to this fact Judge Brassey
attributes the greatly increased
grain production.
HELENA, Aug. Tuesday, Aug.
"a the state board OF examiners will
open bids for the xcavation of the
wings to the capitol building, and the
contract will be awarded to the low.
eat responsible bidder. Work will be
started within ten days, and the bid.
der to put up bond of $40, 900 for the
faithful execution of the contra act. All
bids are to be accompanied by certified
checks for $500. The east wing is to
be completed by Sept. 1s. and the
west no later than October 10. Only
eight hours work will be permitted.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 7.-Following
two fines assessed against journey.
men plumbers of $3.50, one for using
an automobile in going to bis work
and another for alleged revelation of
union secrets and the refusal of the
men to pay, the Plumbers union de-
clared strike in the shop in which
they are employed, the largest in the
city, and this was followed by calling
out of the carpenters on all buildings
going up on which the boycotted firm
was doing the plumbing work. The
plumbers who were fined contend that
the union has no right to assess q
fine Of over S25 and they rendered that
amount each. This was refused and
those fined have appealed to the infer.
q rational union. The strike 10 likely
to spread.
Round Up Rocky Boys Band.
HELENA, Aug. 7.-Chief Rocky
Boys band OF Chippewa Indians,
which was saved from starvation here
Al