The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-14
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
LEwIsTowN, Dec. THE Milwsu.
kee road will shortly discontinue its
noon train service between Harlow.
ton and THE city for the winter months.
BUTTE. Dec. 7.-Swsn Lamberg, q
e l.knownE Elk Park rancher, was &C.
c~identslly shot and killed by his
young son while the latter was clean.
ing q rife, following his return from
shooting ~jackrabbits.
HELENA, Dec. both the demo.
CT ratio and republican state committees
filed their reports of receipts and dis
bursements here today. The receipts
Of the democratic were Oh. 776 and their
die bursements eli, 76S. The receipts
OF the republicans we're s22, 200 and the
dis bursements o21, 932.
HELENA, Dee. AT the request of
counsel for the compl ain ants, the state
railroad commission today dismissed
the action instituted by the Western
Oil company and F. G. Jones of Butte
. against the six leading railroads Of
the state, ia which 1t was alleged that
excessive and unreasonable freight
charges we're made for oil shipments
between practically all points in the
state and also on the return Of empty
packages, or c~oopersge, Is it is
known. The complaint 90 served on
the carriers and all made reply, where.
upon the commission was about to fix
. date for hearing. Then came the re.
quest for dismissal and acquiescence
by the commission.
BUTTE, Dec. SIN the six years
that closed yesterday, the money or.
ders bought at the Butte postoflce for
payment in foreign countries, aggre.
gate the sum of 90, $50, 453 "a, as com.
pared with s1O2, OPS. 81 received from
foreign countries, or 30 times as much
money is sent from Butte to foreign
countries as comes from foreign coun.
tries to Butte through the postofice.
BILLINGS, Dec. 8.-Checks In pay.
ment of q 80 per cent. dividend we're
distributed today among depositors
OF the First National bank of Billings
by Receiver Tillinghast. Something
like $50 persons called at the institu.
ton to respond to notices sent out,
but the rush to secure their parts of
first dividend was not 80 great as ex-
pected.
BILLINGS, Dec. 3.-Urban II. He's.
tor, q special agent Of the federal cen.
sus bureau, arrived here yesterday
for the purpose of making q check up.
on the work done by the local enumer'
ators in their census work. Mr.. Hes
tor stated that numerous errors had
been made by the enumerators, especi.
ally in their work in the railroad
yards and in the hotels and roomine
houses.
BUTTE, Dec. &c. j. Thompson
has instituted a suit against the Great
Northern Railway company in the dis.
trict court for $50, 900 damages on &C.
count of personal injuries. The con.
ductors and engineers of a passenger
and q freight train are also made de
PENDANTS. Thompson says that on
Nov. l be was coming from Eureka to
Butte on a passenger train and that
through the carelessness OF the de.
PENDANTS 1t collided with q freight
train at Bombay. He claims be was
badly hurt and that his spine, kidneys
and back we're hurt.
MISsOULA. Dec. 6.-While out hunt.
ing ~jackrabbits with q shotgun this
afternoon, Fred Graham, brother OF
Sheriff Graham, accidentally sho,
himself in the left side and lies in 8
very serious condition at the Sisters
hospital tonight. He said he had sc,
his gun up beside q fence and started
to take off his heavy belt of shotgun
shells. One end of the belt slippee
from his hand aud struck the gun
knocking it against him and at thu
same time throwing the trigger agains
the fence, where it caught and cause'
the gun to be discharged. The loa'
tore q gaping wound in his left eide
exposing his lung, and lodged in tn
shoulder.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. l0.-Williar
Cluston, democratic candidate for tn
state senate, has fled q contest agsins
James BurI!ngame, Jr., republican
who was declared elected by IS votes
The grounds of contest are irrepulari