The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14
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.
HELENA, July 7.-Henry Aware,
state fish and game warden, toda no.
tilted the secretary Of state of the fol.
lowing appoinmenst, Of deputies; W..
Darlington for Teton and a part of
Lewis and Clark counties; Thomas
Berkin for Meagher and a part of
Fergus county, and S. Cushman for
Cascade and portions of Chouteau and
Fergus counties.
HELENA, July IF. H. Ray, reg.
lister OF the state land Office, today
made settlement with the state treas.
urer for the business of his depart.
bent for the last half June, the amount
deposited being s13,920. This was
distributed among the various educa-
tional institutions and public;building
funds, the school income coming in
tor approximately one.halfi thereof.
GREAT FALLS, Julyl.7.-Burglars
have been at work in Great Falls dur.
ing the past few days and q number
of cases OF houses being robbed have
been reported to the police. Last
night the residence of Charles Dickin.
son, on Fourth avenue north, was en-.
tered and considerable amount of
silverware and jewelry taken. The
police have no clue to the thieves.
HELENA, July THE first woman
ever indicted by federal grand jury
in this state for unlawful fencing of
land was Mrs. Annie Kinsley Murray
OF Custer county, who appeared be.
fore Judge Hunt today, pleaded guilty
and was fined S25. The court admon-
ished her to take her fences down, for
if she appeared again she would have
to go to Jail. There were four counts
in the indictment against her, which
charged unlawful fencing of $40 acres.
HELENA, June 7.-Arthur Luedtke,
IL years old, is in the county jail, sus-
pected of horse stealing. He was ar
rested at Wolf Creek, having in his
possession horse which he was try.
ing to sell a. small price and about
which he told rambling story of how
it came into his possession. When
arrested Luedtke was heavily armed,
and he told the deputy had he known
the officer was not armed he would
have had some fun before he took
him. Luedtke came to Montana from
Canada year ago.
MILES CITY, July lO.-Thirty cars
of horses, more than 700 head, have
been shipped from Miles City to Wa
kapala, on the Milwauk road, in
fulfillment of a government contract.
These horses will be used on the Chey.
enne Indian reservation in South Da-
kota. in agricultural work by the In.
dians.
HELENA, July 10. = DR.. w. 81.
Smith of Roundup, who sued the state
medical board to compel the issuance
OF certificate to practice, lost out in
the district court before jury of
physicians today. DR.. Smith showed
that he was the graduate of two medi.
cal colleges, had been company sur
geon for the G. Il. &;iQ. and had
practiced for several years in Illinois.
KALIsPELL, July 9.-Because he
had engaged in q protracted celebra.
tion of July 4, none too temperate,
Eli Rogers, who had been suffering
with a slight attack of pneumonia,
was stricken on the streets of White.
Fl sh with hemorrhage OF the lungs
and died before he could be placed in
a ward at the hospital, where he was
hurriedly removed.
BUTTE, July 9.-Five thousand dol.
lars for each lost toe on his left foot,
or S25, 900 in all. was the verdict OF
The jury in the $50. 900 damage suit OF
Frank A. Knuckey, q miner, against
The Butte Electrical Railway company.
The verdict is the largest ever rem.
aered In q personal injury suit in
Silver Bow county. Knuckey alleges
that the motorman failed to stop as
when he attempted to alight,
throwing him under the car and caus.
Ing the loss of his toes.
MILES CITY, July 9.-J. w. Sweet.
.er, president of the First National
bank of Forsythe. was given hear.
ng today on the charge Of grand lar.
'eny in stealing BOB head of sheep and
n taking 300 pounds of wool, the
property H. M. Howard. The de-
endant was discharged, the evidence
showing that Sweetzer had turned
'ver 800 head of sheep to Howard, all