The river press., 1909-03-24
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

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A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
BILLINGS, March Is. - Secretary
j. T. Burns of the dry farming con.
gress arrived in Billings today, and
will m axe this city hts headquarters
from now on until the meeting of the
congress. At q meeting of business
men today, Secretary Burns gave an
outline of the purpose and work of
the dry farming movement. and the
benefits which will rebound to Mon.
tana from the meeting.
VIRGINIA CITY, March 15.-Henry
p. Rossiter, aged Is, q wealthy pion.
eer and one of the best known men in
southern Montana, died at his home
In Sheridan this morning of diseases
incident to old age. Mr.. Rossiter b had
been in poor health for several
months, his mind failing two weeks
ago, making it necessary for the court
to appoint Mr.. Rossiter's sou his
guardian. He was president of the
Sheridan bank.
HELENA, March 15.-The suit Of the
Marine Insurance company against
VIM. O'Connell, sheriff of Flsthead
county, was dismissed today in the
federal court. The action was brought
to recover from O'Connell the money
taken from FrankhAuser and Nc
Donald, the Great Northern train
robbers at the time of their arrest, the
Marine insurance company claiming
it because it had to make good the
amount stolen from the consignment
to the Spokane bank. O'Connell re-
fused to surrender the money until
satisfied that another litigant would
not step in and sue him.
RED LODGE, March 15.-A group Of
Is surveyors said to be in the employ
of the Milwaukee railroad, and sent
out to complete survey for q line
running through Billings to the ma.
tional park, is working in the Clarke
Fork valley, having started survey
up the Clarke Fork river from point
near Belfry, where q former survey
left the stream and went to the Bear
Creek coal mines. The proposed new
line will not only give them new line
to the national park but will also
open up the copper, lead and gold Of
the Cooke City district.
GREAT FALLS, March 49, At q
meeting of the directors of the North.
ern Montana Fair association the
previously selected dates for the next
Great Falls fair were abandoned and
September to Is, inclusive, were
chosen as the dates. A program of
harness races was adopted, and it was
provided that entries for the early
closing stakes should close April Is.
GREAT FALLS, March 16.-Conduc-
tor j. J. Beasley and Brakeman j. J..
Mullan, ch arged with robbing freight
car on the Billings & Northern in
January, pleaded guilty to charges of
grand larceny and burglary respect
lively, in the district court yesterd ay !,
and waving the statutory time al.
lowed them in which to receive SEN
tence, each was sentenced to serve a
year in the penitentiary.
HELENA, March 16.-Senate bill
No. IA by Donlan, exempting from
taxation mortgages on real estate and
personal property was vetoed by
Governor Norris today on several
grounds: That it would permit the
assessor to overlook many secured
credits; that if it exempted credits
from taxation, it violates the consti-
tuition, and if it does not make such
exemption, it would have the tendency
to assist ia the escape of secured
credits from taxation.