The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-01
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS or NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Wthaa Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.


county jail is not 80 badly crowded %
in the past, there are still more pris-
oners than can be properly sccommo-
dated. Seventy men ARE now
kept behind the bars. Some Of them
are awaiting trial on . serious
charge. It 10 hardly likely that there
will be . criminal jury panel sworn in
before next November, and they must
wait until that time to get . hearing.
HAMILTON, August 25.-The Bitter
Root stock farms new combined hsr.
vester started work this morning. The
new machine has aroused considerable
interest in the way it will handle the
grain and the number of acres 1t will
cut in . single season. The machine
cuts, threshes and sacks at the same
time at saving of Eve cents on the
bushel and will cut the grain Of 100
acres in single season. The machine
requires 81 horses and I've men to ep.
perate It.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 26.-Upon in.
form alton from the sheriff's Office Of
this county, the arrest near Armington
of Jack Rarrell, charged with having
pilfered mail pounch on the Chotesu.
Collins stage on the night Of August
9. has been made by q deputy sheriff
from Teton county. Harrell, whose
name was given in the dispatches as
Howard, had been employed for a
brief period in driving the coach and
on the night in question is alleged to
have stolen package containing $3.50
from mail pouch.
HELENA, Aug. 26.-German Barrow,
an old time Montana cattleman and
resident OF this city, is dead at Gibson
City, III. Mr.. Barrow was q resident
of Helena up to three years ago, when
he suffered stroke of paralysis and
went to Gibson City, where relatives
resided. He came to Montana in 1868.
After mining here he went to Utah and
then, In 1868, trailed small herd of
cattle overland to this state, and en-
gagged In the stock business at Jeffer.
son leland.
BILLINGS, Aug. 26.-The fire In the
half-mile tunnel on the line of the Bill.
lings. & Northern located about ten
miles west of this city, 10 still burning
and all attempts to smother the blaze
have been given up. Yesterday after
noon it was reported at che local of.
fees of the road that it would be i'm.
possible to save any of the timbering,
and In fact all OF it by this time has
been burned with the exception OF
few hundred feet near one end of the
bore. 1t is expected that this will be
burned during the night, and that the
fire will die out within day or two.
HELENA, Aug. 27.-Thirteen months
in the Leavenworth prison and q fine
of 800 was the sentence imposed by
Judge Hunt upon X. Suzuki after the
sealed verdict of the jury finding him
guilty of importing Koto Konishi from
Japan for immoral purposes was
opened. He was found not guilty of
holding the girl.
MIssouLA, Aug. 26.-Concealed in
clump of bushes about three.quar.
ters of mile from the Northern Pa.
cidc bunk-car camp near ssburg,
the remains of Gonda, the Japanese
laborer who was killed In q fight over
game OF cards early Tuesday
morning, was discovered today by
Deputy Sheriff Mullin of Deer Lodge.
There were several bullet holes in the
name breast. No trace of the mur.
derer has been secured.
BUTTE, Aug. 26.-County Attorney
Walker this morning secured permis.
sion from Judge Donlan to dismiss
the inform alton charging james Ry an
with the murder Of Daniel Mooney on
August S, 1908. Walker stated that
Ryan is now on his death bed. and
while he may possibly linger for sew.
eral days, Me is not expected to live
for more than "a hours, and that there
is no chance for his recovery. An
af1davit Of Dr.. Msgin, who is attend.
ing Ryan, stated the same facts, and
the information was dismissed.
BOHEMIAN, Aug. 26.-There is being
constructed at Manhattan, In the Gal.
latin valley. for the Benepe- Berglund
Grain company of Bozeman, at q cost
Of about $50, 900. the largest steel ele.
vator west of Minneapolis. It will
have capacity of 125.000 bushels
and will be constructed with six main
tanks and eight inner tubes, all made
so that an extension or enlargement
can be made when necessary. It will
be equipped throughout with all mod.
ern machinery, also a system OF elec-
trio lights, In addition to the eleva.