The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-17
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

through the Legislature at the last
moment. provided for the increase.
HELENA, March TO- Because he
was unable to read the prescribing
physician's handwriting, and filed /,
according to what he thought was
right, +. L. Shelby. q colored phar-
macist living near the Union station,
was found guilty of a misdemeanor by
Justice of the Peace Langhorne today
and was fined S25.
LEw1sTowN, March TO- Herman
Buckhardt and Melchoir Ulrich are
in the county Jail, charged with grand
larceny, 1t being alleged that last Fri
day night they drove a wagon to the
granary OF William Kiser, in Castle
Butte, near Lewistown. and securing
a load of wheat, came on to this city
and sold the grain at the elevator,
pocketing 1852 on the transaction.
HELENA, March 10.-Mrs. G. B..
Peyton, wife of the deputy game war;
den who was killed last October while
10 pursuit of his duty, will be ap-
pointed q deputy game warden for the
term of four years and will receive as
compens alton therefor the sum of
1925 per month until the courts set
aside the legislative will. The res
solution was approved by Governor
Norris today, but in transmitting it
to the secretary of state he expressed
doubts of its legality.
HELENA, March 1O.-The executive
committee of the state fair has out
lined among the matters decided upon
to materially increase the aggre-
gate Of the premiums offered. Secre-
tary Martin has just issued a planters
bulletin preliminary to the regular
fair catalogue, which will be out May
l. This bulletin gives concisely the
classes for which premiums will be
awarded, and is intended as a help to
the prospective exhibitor. 1t will be
sent to any one who makes application
for it.
HELENA, March 1l.-Because of a.
clerical errcr Governor Norris vetoed;
senate bill los, by Cowgirl, pro-
viding for the registration of births
and deaths. In his veto message Gov.
ernor Norris said it is evident that it
was the intention to amend section
l766, but instead of this the bill amend
ed section 1776. The. title of the
original bill was amended but the
clerk had failed to incorporate the
amendment in the enrolled bill.
HELENA, March 13.-J. P. Walsh
and Henry Stewart, representing
themselves as railroad men, were
arrested last night on tbs charge of
swinaling merchants. They pre-.
scented a petition asking for funds for
the building of q, home for widows
and orphans of the United Order of
Railroad and Yard men and collected
$75 in all.
BUTTE, March ID. PROT. H. G.
Belmont alias DR.. Alvani, a clair.
voyant and mind reader, is being
hela here on advices from the authori-
ties of Robinson, Ill.,, where he is
wanted upon a grand larceny charge.
Belmont is under arrest in this city
upon a charge of vagrancy as the re-
suit of his clairvoyant practice here.
TWIN BRIDGES, March l3.-Thomas
Metzcl, a we'll known rancher of Lake.
view, near Monida, was shot and
killed by his wife about II o'clock
yesterday morning. Mrs. Metzel had
just been brought back from the hos.
pital in Butte and it is believed that
she vas temporarily deranged. De-
tails of the shooting are lacking.
BUTTE, March 1a-Despondent over
continued i'll health, without funds
and preferring a horrible death under
the wheels of q locomotive to the
county poor house, Palmer Paulson,
. Norwegian raneher living at Elk
Park, deliberately laid down with his
head on the rail In front of Northern
Pacific passenger train No. l at 6:3(
O'Clock this morning and was decapi'
tated.
ANACONDA, March BE. r. Sher
man, chief of the timber preseyv atior
division of the forestry bureau, hal
closed contracts In this city for tn
installation of q timber picking plan
at the end OF the Allen Lumber, com
pany's wood Aume, six miles northeas
of this city. By the picking process
the government hopes to be able tt
preserve the life of the timbers.
GREAT FALLS, March 13. - New
was received here today of the dealt
at Long Beach, Cal, OF Almon Spen
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