The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

hEAEN A. Lee. jU.-Elk6 from almost
every lodge in the state were in at.
tend ance this evening upon the dedi.
catory exercises of the new home of
the Helena lodge of Elks. A. P.
Stark, OF Livingston, deputy grand
master, presided, representing the
grand lodge. The other positions
were filled by past exalted rulers of
the Helena lodge in the order of their
incumbency.
BUTTE, Dec. 30.-James Barrett,
charged with burglary. was tonight
found guilty by jury in Judge Don
lan's court and his puniehment fixed
at 10 years In the penitentiary. Bar.
rett's punishment is the same meted
out to his pal, "Paddy" Rodgers,
who was caught red handediin an at.
tempt to burglarize the Dreibelbis
drug store two months ago. Barrett
escaped but was later captured.
RED LODGE, Dec. 3O.-A sgenuine
stampede for coal lands is on here.
Since Thomas Ryan of Los Angeles,
representing a number of California a
and Nebraska capitalists, purch ased
the two sections of coal lands three
miles south of the Bearcreek tdistrict,
there has been big stampede to that
section of Carbon county, and many
filings have been made upon the ad-
jacent land.
HELENA, Dec. 3O.-H. F. German
brought suit in the district court to-
day against the Montana Railroad
company for $1,000 damages because
he was put off a train between Har-
lowton and Lombard, November IL,
1908, the conductor refusing to accept
mileage from 5000 mile mileage
book in payment of the fare. The
books had not yet become effective.
KAL1sPELL. Dec. 3O.-Wm. Schra-
der, trapper, is in Jail here facing
charge of assault in the first degree in
connection with the shooting of Melvin
Holland at Essex on November 30,
Schrader's implication follows q con.
fession made b. Hollands wife, ulso
in Jail and in critical condition.
She told the officers th at she had been
secretly receiving the attentions of
Schrader and that they planned to-
gether to do away with Holland.
Holland was shot while in bed, the
bullet passing through his head and
destroying his sight and sense of
smell.
HELENA, Dec. 30.-According to an
opinion given by Attorney General
Galen to DR.. T. D. Tuttle, secretary
OF the state board of health, the coun.
ty commissioners of Missoula county
may be in for lot of trouble. The
charge is that the Missoula commits
sioners bought ticket for julius
Mitchell, who had we'll developed
case of smallpox, and shipped him to
Hamilton. Mr.. Galen said If the facts
alleged could be established by proof,
the court would probably find the
Missoula commissioners had violated
the law and they would be liable to
punishment for misdemeanor.
LEW1sTowN, Dec. 81. - Seven
saloon men outside of. the scity who
thought that the closing week of the
present administr alton would be a
good time to have a little gambling
settled their cases in court today by
paying fines of S10O each, all having
pleaded guilty.
HELENA, Jan. 1.-State Bank Ex-
aminer Ray yesterday filed with Gov
ernor Norris his biennial report for
the period just ending. There are
fifty.one state banks with resources of
e25. 202, 900, a gain of nearly 81, ,0O0, 900
in two months. The deposits amount
to $l7, 1886, 900, or q savings deposit of
e28.50 per capita.
HELENA, Jan. 1.-The state board
of pardons yesterday approved the
pardon which the governor has grant,
ed to Charles Sheppard on condition
hat he sign the pledge to forever
abstain from Intoxicating eliquors.
Should he fail to keep the pledge he
ls to be imprisoned again to serve his
sentence, SO years for second degree
murder, of which he was convicted in
Deer Lodge county in 1899.
KAL1sPELL, Dec. 3l.-The death of
The baby daughter of Mrs. G. G.
Weider of this city has developed q
MYSTERY. The child died of convul-
ion shortly after eating some choco.
ate candy last Monday which is be.
ieved to have been poisoned. A
package of candy was found by Mr..
Neider at the gate post of their house
Ind was given to the children. On
he package was an uncancelled stamp
,ut no address of the sender.