The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30

bic horses were burned to death In .
blaze which destroyed the barn OF the
Kalispell Lumber company. The fire
is supposed to have orginated in the
loft OF tie building. The lumber
yards, only short distance away and
containing millions Of feet OF lumber,
were saved with difficulty.
BUTTE, June 20. Judge Donlan
this morning imposed sentence upon
John Radmilovich, the East Park
street saloonkeeper and former police.
man. who was found guilty Of per.
mitting gambling In his saloon and
the court gave him the limit, $1,000
and one year in the county jail. Judge
Donlsn handed the gambling frster.
nifty "scorcher."
GREAT FALLS. June 2e.-Charles E.
Walker, one of the best known ranch.
ers of Cascade county, dropped dead
while walking along the railroad
track, q short distance from his ranch
at Hardy, last evening. Death is be-
lieved to have been caused by heart
disease, with which Mr.. Walker had
been troubled for some time. He was
passing the water tank on his way to
the ranch when he dropped suddenly
to the ground. When pickedlup few
minutes later, life was extinct.
HELENA, June 26.-Two surveying
parties are in the field in the northern
part OF this county, according to re.
ports received in Helena today. One
OF these parties is said to have been
sent out by the Great Northern and
the other by the Milwaukee. 1t is the
belief that the Great Northern party
was sent out simply to block the Mil.
waukee, but that the latter road is
surveying for line from Great Falls
through Augusta and thence over the
range to Lander's fork of the Big
Blackfoot.
KAL1sPELL, June Pin charge of
joint committee OF the chamber of
commerce and city council, oper ations
were commenced this morning on, the
construction of three temporary
frame buildings, 12S by 32 feet, which
will be used for housing a portion of
the 10000 persons who are expected to
visit this point during the coming reg
istration for the Flathead reservation
lands. The buildings are designed to
lodge some 300 to 400 men each. Others
will be erected If the three prove in.
adequate and nominal rate will be
charged for lodgings for the purpose
OF reimbursing the expenditure.
BUTTE, June 27.-Santo Colorimo,
aged q years, a native of Italy, COM"
mitted suicide today by blowing out
his brains. He leaves wife and two
children, He was fruit dealer and
ouly yesterday sold out his business
and intended to go on a visit to his
native country. No cause is assigned
for the act.
GREAT FALLS, June 27.-Mrs An.
ME Mitchell has commenced suit In the
district court against the Great North.
ern to recover S1,S44.60, alleged to be
the amount of damages due the plain
tiff as the result of her landibeing
flooded year ago through the alleged
failure of the defendant to construct q
proper culvert about mile from the
ranch of the plaintiff, which is stu.
ated along the line of the Sand Cou.
lee branch.
LEWIsToWN, June 27.-Shear is
in progress at numerous plants in
this county and will soon be entirely
completed. Wool has been coming in
rapidly during the past week and
there Is a large amount of it now
stored at the warehouse. Shipments
will begin very coon, but Lewistown
will not have an open market at all
this season, as there is no unsold
wool left to bid on.
Pony, June 27.-Andrew Ferguson.
a resident of Pony and vicinity for
the past 20 years, we'll known and
popular, was found dead In his cabin
this morning, two miles south of
town. He had blown the top of his
head of with shot gun. He had
shown mild symptoms OF insanity for
the last two months. His wife has
been an inmate of Warren Springs
asylum for several years.
Billings Rancher Killed.