The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

a Budget OF snort items
From Various Parts Of the State,
BUTTE, September 1.-THE horribly
mutilated body of Robert Harris, who
has been working on the Westfall
Bros mill near the Occur d'Alene
district for some time, was found on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound tracks near Golden, q small
town SO miles west Of Missoula, hav-
ing, it is believed, been thrown from
a moving train and ground to pieces.
The body of Harris vas identified by
his foreman, who stated that the man
started for Missoula to attend the
Labor day celeb alton at that place.
HELENA, Sept. 6.-Sheriff Higgins
last night made q round Of the places
where he had been informed gambling
was being conducted, in saloons and
cigar stores and also the Capital
music hall, where 1t was reported the
wineroom law was being violated.
Everything was dccorous and i
seemed the law was being respected.
Proprietors were warned that the law
will be rigidly enforced and that
henceforth the sherif's force will
make the rounds at frequent intervals
to see that everything is straight.
BILLINGS, Sept. 6.-As q result of
some careful work on the part of
Sheriff Orrick, Frank Estes and Kate
Smith, charged with stealing two
horses which belong to a Fourth
avenue livery barn, are behind the
bars in the county Jail and will be
arraigned in q justice court, probably
tomorrow morning. The alleged theft
was committed about ten days ago,
when the couple hired the horses at
the livery stable and rode away, max.
ing the journey through q broken
country to the south, arriving at Grey
Bull, q little place in northern Wyom-
ing, where they sold the horses and
saddles to q man named Alberto for
$40.
M1ssoULA, Sept. with her
throat cut and q bullet wound in her
body, Pearl Andrews, q negress living
in the restricted district, was discov.
cred in her room this morning by the
police. Nothing is known as to what
led up to her death but John Clay.
born, q negro porter, is being held in
the county Jail on suspicion that he
knows something about the affair.
HELENA, Sept. 8.-Indian cases
have thus far occupied the entire at
%tention Of the federal grand jury, now
in session. A great many cases of 9
different nature are yet to be present'
ed by District Attorney Freeman and
it is said the jury will have to put ir
} long hours if they finish their work
by Saturday in order to report an6
be discharged by Judge Hunt then
Judge Hunt leaves for San Francisco
) Sunday.
CHOTEAU, Sept. S.-Work is being
pushed rapidly on the big ditch which
= is being put through by the Brad.
Irrigation company. A force of TWEEN
horses are employed constantly. Tn
work vas greatly hindered by ba(
weather and high water earlier in tn
season. When completed the ditcl
will extend for eighteen miles iron
t the Muddy between the Truchot rancl
t and Eyraud's to the holdings of tn
company at Brady. The dimension
t are ten feet at the bottom and twelv
= at the top, with a depth of two feet.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. lone of tn
features of the Northern Montana fai
that is attracting much attention 10 Al
exhibit of apples grown in Cascad
8 county, containing no less than "a va
g ~rieties of crab and table apples. Tn
: exhibitor is George W. Goodman
e. whose farm Is tuated not far fror
2 the mining camp of Belt. Mr.. Good
man shows 10 varieties of table apple
0 and ii varieties of crabs. AS Cascad
s county is only beginning to come t.
# the front as one of the fruit-growinI
counties of the state, this exhibit i
e considered rem arkable.
b GREAT FALLS, Sept. 9.-An actio
to o s25 900 damages from tn
e Boston & Montana Consolid ated Cor
per & Silver Mining company was in
stituted this morning in the distrie
q court by Karl Paulson. Paulsol
n states In the complaint fled that b
was employed as a laborer by th
company and that on May 13, 1905
through the alleged carelessness an
negligence of the company he sus
q tanned injuries from which he vii
never recover
!. Mining Company In Trouble.