The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-08
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
LEw1sTowN, Sept. 2.-The plans
for the opening Of the county fair yes.
terday were almost ruined by driz.
zling rain, which began At noon and
has continued ever since. The exhib.
its are In place and the display is q
magnificent one, but the races which
were to form the big attr action had to
be given up.
HELENA, Sept. 2.-Two suits were
filed aginst William Pulse by District
Attorney Freeman in theafederal court
to-day to have patent cancelled to two
reservoir sites. Pulse entered on lands
in the Glasgow land district. It is
charged he failed to comply with the
law and never completed the reser.
voirs. but used them simply to water
stock.
HELENA, Sept. Thomas Murphy
through counsel has instituted q
suit against the Stone Webster En-.
cheering Corporation for damages
in the sum OF $1,000 Murphy alleges
that while employed in the task OF
moving a pile driver the fingers of his
LETT hand were torn of, and to save
his life it became necessary to ampu.
tate his hand.
HELENA, Sept. 1.-Alone in his cab
In in Avalanche gulch, II miles below
Canyon Ferry, Walter Blackwell, q
Montana pioneer, aged y, came to
his death some time during Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning. His
body was found yesterday lying on
the floor of the cabin. Death was due
to old age and general debility. Mr..
Blackwell was one of the first men to
settle in Avalanche gulch, having
come here in 1868 with his parents.
HELENA, Sept. l.-Allen Newton,
single, assistant melter at the assay
office here. aud winner of drawing No.
l on the Spokane Indian reserv alton,
is harrassed these days by the deluge
OF letters he receives every day from
eastern women who desire to marry
him. They don't suggest or intimate
this. but boldly declare it. Many OF
the epist!es are accompanied by pho
tOgr apis of the women. A widow in.
closed'her picture and those of her
two children. He has turned them all
down.
BUTTE, Sept. 2.--The big hosting
engine of the Colorado mine, in the
center OF the city, went to pieces yes
terday afternoon. precipitating the
steel cable, weighing many tons, to the
bottom Of the shaft and hurting pieces
of the reel for hundreds of yards in
every direction. The only person
known to have been injured was A. j.
Kain, a miner, who was in his bed at
the Clarence hotel, a block east of the
Colorado hoist, and who was struck
by a piece of iron which crashed
through the roof of the building. He
escaped with an injured arm and
shoulder. Many persons had narrow
escapes, for pieces of the broken reel
weighing many pounds were scattered
about for radius of 300 yards of the
hoist.
BUTTE, Sept. 3.-Beginning today
1t is said practically every restaurant
and eating place in Butte will make
an increase of from 10 cents to 30
cents on every meat order. All res.
taurants and cafes in the city are in q
combine.
BozEMAN, Sept. 2. - Mrs. Annie
Binderknecht, aged q, died this
morning at her home near Belgrade.
Death was due to tuberculosis, which
1t was found by attending physicians
resulted from the woman drinking
milk from deceased COW.
HELENA, Sept. 2.-The receipts of
the state land Office during August,
according to the settlement made to.
day by Register Ray with the state
treasurer, amounted to ISL, ,664.6l. The
showing is considerable remarkable,
ss only one auction has been held
this year, and all state lands under
the provisions of the enabling act
must be disposed of in this manner.
BozEMAN, September "A severe
electric storm struck Bozeman about
S o'clock this afternoon and was soon
followed by q sheet OF rain and hail.
stones which swept over the section of
the valley southwest OF the city. In
less than fifteen minutes some of the
largest and most promising fields of
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