The river press., 1910-03-30

GREAT FALLS. March 26-The jour-
neymen plumbers of the city of Greas
Falls Plumbers' union No. 139 made
. demand upon the master plumbers
of' bhs city for raise Of 900 per day
and . half holiday ON Saturday. The
men are now being paid $500 per day
Tor eight hours work. The question
OF raise will be considered BY the
employing plumbers Of the city.
BUTTE, March 2e.-Charles Rundy.
aged "a, WAS robbed, murdered and
his body hurled into . slough near
Enaville, according to the theory of
officers. Rundy has been missing for
q week, and today his body was found
in the slough, With his pockets turned
inside out. He had been employed q
. logging camp, and bis disappear
snce followed the cashing of his pay
check. ..........
GREAT FALLS, March 26.-Peter
Weiss, who has been in the employ OF
the Boston & Montana smelter for the
past % years % fireman. committed
suicide at the Boston & Montana
bunkhouse early this morning by tax.
ing corbolic acid. He left note stat.
ing that he was tired of life and that
he wanted an old.time friend by the
name of Klein, q rancher near the
city, to look after his funeral arrange.
ments.
GLEND1vE, March 26.-Hundreds of
horse'drswn plows and dozens of gas.
oline and steam outfits are at work
all over Dawson county, tearing up
the soil preparatory to sowing all
kinds of crops. It is impossible to
even estimate how many acres will be
broken this year, but it will undoubt-
edly run into the hundreds OF thous.
ands. There Is one great handicap at
the present time-the absolute inabil.
ity of dealers to deliver breaking en-.
Rines. The factories are way behind
In their output.
GREAT FALLS, March 26.-Clifford
W. Thomas, Great Northern brake.
man, was instantly killed here this
evening while attempting to make q
flying switch on VIII at is known as track
No. l. He was knocked down by Q
rapidly moving freight car and liter.
ally ground to pieces. Thomas had
resided in Great Falls the past two
and one-hali years aud was we'll
known here, being in the Great North
ern employ during that length of time.
His father, G. w. Thomas, and the
only surviving relative, is a dining
car conductor of the Great Northern
on the main line.
LEWIsTOwN, March 28.-About 30
ranches have changed ownership dur
ing the past week in this county, most
of the tracts being of 160i5acres. the
prices ranging from S20 to s52 an
acre, the latter being the highest
price yet paid for bench land in this
county.
BUTTE, March 2S.-One dead man,
another seriously injuredland several
others having narrow escapes. sums
up the result of Sunday evening 60.
loon brawl at Meaderville. The
trouble started over a game of cards.
The man who did the shooting and
who must face charge OF murder is
Ella Lubarda, countryman of the
dead man. He is at the county jail,
where he was taken by Sheriff
O'Rourke Immediately after the shoot.
ing.
HELENA, March 2S.-B. F. Stick.
ney of Lewis and Clark county faced
jury in the federal court this morn.
ing to answer to the Indictment charg.
ing him with illegally fencing 1000
acres of land. This is the first fenc.
ing case tried in Montana since Mr..
Freeman succeeded Carl Rasch as
district attorney. A few indictments
have been returned, hut the defend ants
came into court and pleaded guilty.