The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

MONTANA BRIEFlETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
LEWIsTowN, April 7. - Deputy
Sheriff AL Morgan, who started, on
March %, to trail the thieves who run
off band of horses from this county,
getting across the border into Can ada
with them, wires Sheriff Martin that
he has succeeded in locating the horses
at Medicine Hat, but as yet has not
located the thieves. He is still after
them.
TWIN BRIDGES, April 7.-within a
few days G. x. Larrabee, owner and
proprietor of "Brook Nook" stock
farm, located on the upper Ruby val.
ley, will make shipment to Portland
of 100 head or more of the famous
Larrabee horses which he will sell to
fanciers Of fine roadsters. Mr.. Lar.
rabee is also arranging to make an
exhibit at the Seattle. Yukon exposi.
ton.
MIssOULA, April Z. - An irate
rancher and Winchester rifle are
the combination that, for the time be.
ing, has thwarted great railro ad
corporate in its plans of extension.
Yesterday the railroad, the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound, appeared
in the district court by it's local at.
torneys to seek an injunction against
Dwight E. Fessenden, who, it is
claimed, had ordered a Puget Sound
surveying party off his land and had
insisted on Immediate departure. A
restraining order was issued by Judge
Webster and this morning a deputy
from the sheritf's Office will serve the
injunction on Mr.. Fessenden and the
surveyors can go ahead over his
ranch.
HELENA, April S.-With the de-
parture of Governor Norris to ex-
anime eastern state capitols, W.. r.
Allen of Anaconda, q republican, be-
comes governor of the state, the first
time tn at party has filed the office for
more than II years. He will serve
several weeks.
GREAT FALLS, April 8.--Following
an announcements in one of the local
papers TO the effect that q strong ef-
fort will be made to call a grand Jury
for the purpose of indicting violators
OF the anti gambling law, if gambling
in Great Falls did not cease forth.
with, the gentlemen of the green cloth
in this city have decided to close all
games at once.
NIMROD, April 8.-Three workmen
were killed in a blast today on the
Northern Pacific construction work
near here. One of them was blown q
distance of $50 feet into the He'll Gate
river. His body was recovered. The
other two men were buried beneath a
large macs of debris and rock. Their
bodies have not yet been reached by
force of men engaged in digging them
out.
VIRGINIA CITY, April S.-Mrs.
Mary Goodrow, who held up Attorney
W. A. Clark of this city recently
while he was driving in a lane
which ran across her ranch, As miles
north of here, has been arrested for
the second time, charged with obstruct.
ing the public highway. The other
time she was discharged after a pre-.
liminary hearing. 1t is alleged that
Mrs. Goodrow, with club and gun,
has been threatening q number of
travellers who attempted to pass her
place by the road, which the county
claims is public:highway, and which
she declares is on her private pro-
perty.
HELENA, April. 10.-The state
board of railroad commissioners has
issued call for q public hearing in
this city on Wednesday, April II,
on the question of coal rates. Inview
of the general use of this commodity,
1t Is expected that the hearing will
be largely attended, not only by con.
sumers but by carriers and producers
as we'll.
LIVINGSTON, April 10.-Work on
the Northern Pacific line up Shields
river is to be rushed. The contr act for
the construction of the line has been
let to Foley Brothers of St. Paul.
More than 300 teams will be at work
within 10 days. The line will extend