The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,

esN y ~
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
M1ssouLA, June 3O.-Ja ames W.
Witten, superintendent of the opening
OF the Flathead reservation, arrived
In Mtssoula yesterday from Washing.
ton, D. c., and last night addressed
the chamber Of commerce. Judge
Witten says that indications are tha
the number of registr atious for the
drawing Of lands in the Flathead will
exceed those OF any other opening ever
held In the United States.
BOULDER, June 30.-After having
sought for her ell night, q party Of
searchers found Miss Lucy Robinson,
Is years old, lying beside q stream in
the canyon half mile from her home,
early this morning, unconscious and
barely alive. She died three hours
after at the Office of DR.. Ward without
having regained consciousness. Death
was due to carbolic acid poisoning,
and an empty bottle, which had con.
tanned the liquid, was found beside
her.
HELENA, June 30.-Milton Bennett
OF Tostou closed up q deal today for
the sale to the Three Forks company,
represented by j. Q. Adams of the
Milwaukee, of tract of 4,7OO acres
lying between Crow Greek and Three
Forks, in Broadwater county. It is
understood that it will be cut up and
sold to dry fand farmers. The land
was bought from the Northern Pacific
in 1898, and was sold today for seven
times its original cost.
HELENA, June 3O.-District Attor.
ney Freeman brought suit in the fed.
eral court today against Joseph Gus.
senhoven, Simon Pepin and W. H.
Stringfellow, to recover 81 SOL alleged
to be- due because of the failure of
Gussenhoveu to fulfil the terms of a
government contract. In 1906 Gus.
senhoven contracted to deliver 700, 600
pounds OF oats at Fort Assinnihoine.
He failed to execute the contract and
it cost the government the amount
sued for, iE excess OF Gussenhoven's
contract. to secure the oats.
MIsSoULA, June 30.-Goaded to
madness buffalo bull at the Roman
corral last night for the second time
charged rider and his horse, gored
the ahimal and injured his rider se-
verely. John Decker. an expert round
up man, who has been engaged in cor
railing the famous Pablo herd on the
Flathead reserv alton for shipment to
the Bantf national park in Alberta,
was the victim of the butfalo's fury.
Decker was endeavoring to drive two
bulls into the loading chute when one
Of them wheeled and charged his
horse. The horse was ripped almost
10 pieces and Decker vas severely lac.
Grated and bruised.
HELENA, July 2.-In the federal
court today, Judge Hunt imposed
fine OF 800 on the Enterprise Land
and Improvement company, upon its
plea of guilty to the charge OF illegal
fencing of 10000 acres of public land
ln Fergus county. 1t is a subsid ary
concern of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& Puget Sound Railway company.
BOHEMIAN, July 3.-Flashing glass
Of strychnino before her father and
friend and shouting, "Here's to you."
Ethel Larue took her own life yester.
day evening at her home on Dry
creek. She died of the effects of the
poison within an hour. She was II
years of age and was one of the best
known young women in Gallatin
valley.
HELENA, July IA triple drown
ng occurred in Lake Sewell. q short
distance above Canyon Ferry, this
afternoon, when Edith and Elsie
daughters Of a Canyon Ferry
'anchmsn, wsded in beyond their
lepth and when their brother John
vent to their rescue they clung to him
10 closely that he was unable to swim
md all three were drowned. The
'odies were recovered about I O'Clock
his evening.
MIssOULA, July 3.-Mrs. Michael
'racht died yesterd ay morning at her
ome in Quartz, near here, as the re.
ult Of injuries received by being