The river press., 1909-09-01
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.
LEw1sTowN, Aug. 23.-Sheriff Ed
Martin arrived at noon with seven
prisoners said to be Bulgarians, who
are charged with shooting Deputy
Sheriff Mccall of Melstone Saturday.
The prisoners and some others were
violating the game law and Mccall
went out after them. At close range
several OF the men fred on the officer
who was shot In the face and neck and
will probably lose an eye.
HELENA, Aug, %. = DR.. E. NJ.
Knowles, state veterinarin, announced
today that the services of an expert
had been secured to take charge
of the proposed hog cholera serum
factory. A Bitter Root farm compa.
ny has donat the Necessary land and
buildings and hog raisers are to be
repaid for their subscriptions with
serum, which has proved . positive
check for hog cholera. The inability
to secure supplies from the govern.
ment has led the state livestock board
to Determine upon the establishment
its own factory.
MILES CITY, Aug. 23.-A barn con-
tanning seven head OF work horses, .
hundred tons Of hay, saddles and
harness belonging to- Charles Daily,
was destroyed by fire Saturday night.
The house was saved by being stu.
ated across the ravine. The origin Of
the fire is supposed to be cigarettes
smoked by ranch hands at the noon
hour. Several head OF horses tied
outside the barn were saved, but not
before their collars and harness were
burned of, and the horses themselves
badly burned.
HELENA, Aug. 23.-Declaring that
it costs just % much to produce .
pound of beef as it does pound OF
butter fat, and that the beef brings to
the producer only six cents pound,
while butter fat is worth q cents to
him. Felix Ingram, representing
Spokane creamery company. declares
that in Montnns and Wyoming the
dairy COW will displace the steer on
the ranges, aud that these two states
will ultimately produce more butter
than any other two states In the
union.
M1ssOULA, August 24.-Trying to
light cigarette while riding the
bumpers of q train near Wallace,
cost the life of Andrew johnson, &C.
cording to q special to the Missoulian.
Johnson, it is said, was stealing q
ride and sought his cigarette while
the traiu was in motion. A sudden
Jar threw him under the wheels and
his head was severed from his body.
l TWIN BRIDGES, Aug. 24.-Frank
Schmidt was shot and probably IA
tally wounded at midnight last night
by Edward Hoffman. The latter who
Is under arrest AYERS that Schmidt
was trying to enter house of ques-
tionable character after the resort had
been locked up for the night and that
he, Hoffman, roomed there, took a
shot at him as the latter was leaving
the door.
i HAMILTON, Aug. "a. - Announce.
ment is made by w. H. Kiry of the
Fruitgrowers' association, that the
crab apple crop for this year has been
sold for the remarkable price of 81. so
. box. This is the biggest price re-
ceived for crab apples In long time,
and the raisers of the fruit are con-
gratulating themselves. Most OF the
crop has been contracted Tor and will
be shipped to Canadian points, it is
said. The first car of fruit will be
shipped Wednesday.
TWIN BRIDGES, Aug. 24.-Farmers
in this section of the county report an
unusually heavy crop of wild hay.
Meadow lands along the river bottoms
which for several years produced a
very light crop, some of which it did
aot pay to cut, is yielding from ton
and half to two tons of good quality
stock hay to the acre this year. The
increase in tonnage means more cattle
to be fed in Madison county this COM
ing winter than heretofore.
| MIssOULA, Aug. A.-According to
message received in Missoula to.
night, two Japanese employed on con-
struction work near Blossburg, on the
Northern Pacific East of Missoula,
became engaged in q pistol fight over
a game of cards in the bunk car early
this morning and one of them was
shot dead. His body was spirited
away and the murderer made good
his escape. Nothing was known of
the tragedy except to the inmates of
| the car, until the gang forem an found