The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11
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.
HELENA, Aug. 2.-The Society Of
Montana Pioneers will hold its 26th
annual session in Helena this year
four days in fair week. beginning
Tuesday, September %, announcement
to that effect being made today by
Secretary Sanders. The books of the
secretary show there are now LOO
members of the society.
MILES CITY, Aug. 2.-The biggest
roundup of Elks In the history of
Montana marked the opening today.
of the annual state convention of the
order. Big herds of the antlered
tribe are here from nearly every city
of the state. and will remain three
days, during which all sorts of pion.
eer and Wild west amusements will be
| on tap.
M1ssoULA, Aug. 3. Yesterdays
Flathead registration smashed all
previous records with 4,544; total for
l6 days 48, 965. 1t has been decided to
abandon regular Office hours for the
remainder of the registration period.
Booths and offices will be open all
night. A Spokane special train wat
run in two sections today, bearing
1900 persons for registration. Butte,
Helena, Great Falls, and other Mon
tsna towns are sending remarkable
crowds.
HELENA. Aug. 2.-The machinery
and improvements on mining property
are subject to taxation and assessment
for taxation the same as any other
property, according to opinion rem.
dered by Attorney General Galen yes
terday, In respose to q query from the
local county board of commissioners
as to whether the mining machinery Of
the Bald Butte and Ulegan-G loster
companies, in this county, were as.
sesssble and taxable. The two con
panies protested against being taxed
and the county board submitted the
question of the legality of taxing them
to the attorney general. The fact that
the machinery is not in use at present
does not exempt it from taxation, &C.
cording to the opinion.
HAMILTON, August D. Saturday
evening the Bitter Root stock farm
received their new combined harvester,
which will cut, thresh and sack at the
same time. This is the iirst time the
valley has seen such q machine, and
It has caused considerable comment,
as it is operated by % horses and will
thresh and cut the grain from 700
acres In a season at q saving of ten
cents q bushel. The new machine will
use a crew of five men and % horses,
while in the old way with header and
thresher it required 16 men and an
equal number of horses and more ap-
paratus than by the present method.
HELENA, Aug. 81. A. Jackson,
who for three years has been assist
ant general freight and passenger
agent of the Great Northern line in
this city, has been promoted to a
similar position in the larger Port
land (Ore.) district. He will leave
for his new post Saturday. HE sue.
cessor as yet has not been named.
MILES CITY, Aug. 3.-By the care
less discharge of a gun loaded with
blank cartridges in front of the Ant
lers hotel at Elkville this morning,
w. B. White probably destroyed the
sight OF Oscar Olson, a Northwestern
insurance agent, and E. L. Lewis, as
sistant to the city engineer. The ex-
act damage to the mems eyes cannot
be told at present.
HELENA, Aug. 3.-Ohicials of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railway here today confirmed the re-
port that the new tariff issued by the
company reduces the freight OF sugar
from eastern points to all points In
Montana and to Mobridge, N. D.
just over the line), from Sl.l5 per
hundred to IS cents. 1t is stated that
other reductions are in contempla.
ton and that instructions will be