The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HAMILTON, Nov. 1.-The new oat.
meal plant that will be operated in
connection with the Hamilton Flour
Mill company will be ready to start
in about two weeks. The machinery
is all 10 place now, but the stones will
have to be dressed. The stone dresser
is W. F. Shelly, formerly miller of
the old Grantsdale mill.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nov. l. 49, James
Foot, employe of an irrigation COM
papy at Jeffries, this county, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the temple. The rash deed is
believed to have been prompted by
remorse over his dismissal. following
some trouble with his company.
M1ssoULA, Nov. 1.-THE store of
Beeson & Armstrong, located in the
very heart of the business district.
was held during the noon hour today
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the one clerk who was on duty and
riaed the cash register nd the safe,
obtaining about $3.50 and q gold
watch. No papers were disturbed.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 2.-Robt. Sanders
was struck by a west bound freight
train At Stony siding, Eve miles west
of here, yesterday 1t is thought that
he was getting out of the road of an
e%astbound passenger train when the
freight struck him. He died before the
passenger could get him to Bozeman
and never spoke q word after being
struck.
BUTTE, Nov. 1.-Henry Albertson,
aged 62, one of the most famous of
early Butte pioneers, died suddenly
today in Seattle of stomach trouble.
Coincident was the closing Of the
Nj. and M. saloon, the last of the big
halls in this city where gambling was
conducted by Albertson and his bro.
Their, and was one of the most noted
gambling resorts in the northwest.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 2.-F. S. Cooley of
the college experiment station and
superintendent of farmers institutes
in Montana, has returned from q trip
to the Bitter Root valley, where he
has completed plans for the establish
ment of fruit schools at Stevensville
and Hamilton. The term of the
schools extends over Eve days, from
January 10 to Is. Four hours in.
struction daily in fruit growing and
allied subjects and one popular lee
ture each evening are to be given.
BILLINGS, Nov. "A movement
was started at q luncheon of business
men here today to secure 800, 900 for
an industrial fund which will be used
to assist in bringing legitimate enter.
prises to the city. The list was start.
ed with subscriptions a%ggregating
$l4 900, and it is expected the entire
mount will be secured within thirty
days.
HELENA, Nov. 2.-Exposures re-
Gently made by a local paper led the
city council here last night to pass a
resolution requesting the district court
10 summon a grand jury to investigat
alleged unrestrained %infractions of the
law. It was further decided t o hold a
public council meeting to adduce facts
sufficient TO make the calling of the
grand jury mand atory.
ANACONDA, Nov. 2.-James Durkin,
a miner about 80 years of age, and
we'll known in this city, was found
dead in Boulder creek today. Durkin
was in q local hospital until a few
days ago, when he got out one night
about midnight, and, it is presumed,
made his way to the stream where his
body wss found.
MILES CITY, Nov. o. Olson &
Borse, the real estate men, have prac-
tically consummated q deal whereby
the Stiles ranch, comprising some
$4,000 acres, is to be sold TO Dick
Bros, Of Marion, Iowa. If the deal
goes through it will be one of the big
gest transfers that has been made in
Custer county dirt in many a day.
The purchase price is said to be about
1882, 600.
HELENA, Nov. g. The trial of
S~tonewall Hancock on the ch large of
%assaulting Henry Sherman with in.
TEN to kill. the alleged crime heino
committed at Unionville on July %
last, was begun here today. Another
information ia pending against Han
cock, charging him with burglarizing
the Whitlatch mill. II is declared
that Hancock aud others we're seeking
to rob the mill when discovered by the
Waterman.
HELENA, Nov. 2.-The Ca pital music