The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

Aou tne oetalle WILL be wound up
within couple Of days. The mill is
an excellent one but has not been op-
Grating steadily for some time, 90 thai
the sale will be q beneficial one to
this section.
BUTTE, Nov. 1S.-Believing they
have been damaged in the sum of
S370, 200, eleven Butte citizens insti.
tuted suit ii the district court of
Lewis and Clark county this morning
against the W ashoe Copper company
of Butte to recover that amount. The
plaintiffs base their action on, the al
legged fact that the defendant compa.
ny, by virtue of an injunction and re-
straining order, prevented them from
extracting ore from the Summit VAL
ley mining property, which the plain
tiffs had leased during q portion of the
years 1906 and 1907.
HELENA, Nov. 17.-C. E. Ordish of
Kalispell is believed to be the cham
pion lion hunter of the state. In q
letter to Henry Aware, state fish and
game warden, Mr.. Ordish reports the
killing of 48 lions with his pack of
dogs. He is licensed guide and has
acted as scout for number of eastern
parties. The purpose of the letter was
to learn If the game warden had been
advised of the Whereabouts of any
large number of mountain lions, in
order that Ordish might select the
best rendezvous for party of eastern
men who contemplate visiting the
state.
MILES CITY, Nov. 19.-Claud Mil
Ter, brakeman employed on the
Milwaukee railroad, fell off the pilot
and was run over by the engine this
morning at Tusler, and died when
brought to the hospital. His home is
in Kentucky.
BOHEMIAN, Nov 10 twenty -seven
cars of cattle and sheep we're shipped
out of the Ga!latin valley yesterd ay
for the Chicago market. This is the
first large shipment of the season.
Some of the beef in the county will be
held until spring, the farmers be-
lieving that they can do better by
feeding them and marketing at that
time than to ship now.
KAL1sPELL, Nov. l9.-The worst
storm In the history of the Oldest
boatman on Flathead lake occurred
Saturday afternoon. The tug Guthrie
was towing barge of merch andise
from Somers to Poison and was
struck by squall which sent waves
twenty feet high over her smokestack.
She was forced to abandon her tow
and run for the open lake. The barge
went ashore near Rollins bay and was
beaten to pieces on the rocks.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 1s.-At a mass
meeting of the citizens held held here
this evening the sum of $40, $50 was
to fund that is intended
to go towards making up the differ.
ence in the cost between Bedford and
Columbus stone for the state capitol |
The total amount between
the two qualities of stone in the bid |
OF Gagnon & Co. Is S4l, 900; and it is
believed that other counties in the
state will make up the difference. At
least q plan to this effect has been
started today by citizens of Billings
and Columbus.
BUTTE, Nov. 81. - L. M. Quinn,
'ormer manager of the Empire theater,
Who left this city very suddenly Sat.
lrday evening, is an embezzler, &C.
'ording to the statements of one of the
,roprietors OF the Empire theater.
The exact amount OF money secured
" Quinn is not definitely known, but
le got at least 81, 900.
LEwIsTowN, Nov. 2l.-William O.
straw, for whom the town of Straw,
n the Montana road, was named, ,
led at his home at Bethel, Me-, . :
hort time ago, the announcement {
aving just been received here. Mr.. .
straw resided in Fergus county for .
bout 20 years and was q successful .
'oOl grower and ranchman.
HELENA, Nov. 2l. - News of the .
cath yesterday at Elmira, N. Y, OF
Vm. G. Bailey was received here to. r
ay. Mr.. Bailey came to Montana in G
1854, engaging in the jewelry business T
t Virginia City and later in Helena, 9
here he resided up to twotyears ago, q
hen his health failed and he was e
aken east. He built the Bailey block i
ere, one of the finest structures in the !,
.ate. a
BOHEMIAN Nov. 20.-Thos. Maloney "
as sentenced today to l8 months in "
,e penitentiary. Maloney pleaded h