The river press., 1910-06-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

Wnat tsaS Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, June 9. 9.-William ]. Buck.
ner. who was displaced 90 police cap
tain Of the Butte force by Tom Norton,
when Mayor Charles P. Nevih was in.
Quoted iuto the Office, must be reinstat.
ed, The supreme court 60 decided 10
an opinion written by Justice Smith,
affirming the Judgment of the district
cours At Butte.
MIssoULA, June 8.-The last name
on the list Of the 5000 of those entitled
to file on Flathead lands was called In
the United States land office here to.
day. Of these three thousan COS
were called to make selections of land
within the Missoula land district, and
about Is per cent of these have actual.
ly made filings. It will be ten days
yet before the exact number of filings
can be computed, and those who So.
lected today will have ten days in
which to examine their selections and
decide whether they wish to file.
HELENA, June 9.-About Is, 900 acres
of state land will be auctioned of to
the highest bidder at Dillon July 8,
the date of the sale being fixed by the
state board today. All this land lies
in Beaverhead county.
HELENA, June 9.-The Lewis and
Clark county board of commissioners
today made an appropriation Of 81 900
to be used to advertize the agricultur.
al, mining and commercial opportun.
tiles OF the county. c. H. Meade. se.
cretary of the Helena Commerce. al club,
was named as custodian of the fund.
KALIsPELL, June l0.-Steps have
been taken by the city council looking
to gaining control of the water sy stem
by the city, by the passing of an ordi.
nance notifying the Northern Idaho
and Montana Power company that sit
is the desire and intention of the city
OF KalispeIl' to take over the plant,
franchise and water supply.
BUTTE June "a Szl9 board bill
for one setter dog, the property and
highly.priz-d pet of the late Josiah
Beck, was the subjec. Of litigation in
Judge McClernan's department OF the
district court this afternoon. Mrs.
Sarah Levengood sued A. w. Bern.
ard, administrator of the Beck estate,
for this sum to compeusat her for the
care of the animal from 1902 until 1909,
when Mr.. Beck died in this city, and
the jury awarded her S408.7 IS.
BUTTE, June ll.-One OF the boldest
and most daring holdups ever pulled
off In this city occurred this morning
in the Empire block at "a South Main
street. when man entered the room
of the Rev. Alexander Sandstrom of
the Finnish church in this city, and
under cover of two big guns made the
clergyman open his trunk and hand
over $l6l and his gold watch and
chain.
BROWNING, June 1.-Two men were
killed in collision between a Great
Northern freight aud passenger train
here today. The dead are Brakeman
L. Switzer of Whitefish and E. L. Hill,
also OF White6sh, but recent arriv al
from New York state. The freight was
clearing the way for the passenger
train when the latter came along and
struck the caboose before 1t had gotten
into the sidetra ack.
LEWIsTOwN. June l.-Yesterda ay
morning the warehouse and store of
the Slayton Commercial company at
Lavina. with the stock, we're complete
ly destroyed by fire, the loss being
$500 In addition to the merchan.
disc, the mail In the postoffice, loo ated
In the store, was destroyed. The fire
started in the warehouse, just back of
the store, and the flames spread 80
rapidly that three employees who slept
in the store building had barely time
to escape.
HELENA, June ll.-Suit was insti.
tuted Ia the federal court here today
by Kennard B. Diltz, . locomotive fire.
man. formerly employed on the North.
ern Pacific railroad to recover e25, 900
damages for injuries which he received
while employed by the company.
While riding on an engine near Bear
creek the locomotive jumped the track
and skidded along on the ties. Think.
ing that It was about to turn over
Diltz jumped and 90 seriously injured
his back that he Is unable to earn q
living.
BUTTE, June 1l.-John Ringling,
the circus magn ate, today awarded q
contract to Mcintosh Brothers for the
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