The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
BUTTE, Jan. 19.-About 5000 tons
OF ore from the Boston & Montana
mines In this city are being sent daily
to the Great Falls smelter. The CO.
pactty OF the smelter is $500 tons .
day and It is expected that the works
will be operated full force in the near
future. Work At the smelter is pro-
ceeding without Interruption.
HELENA, Jan. 19.-The clerk of the
Carey land act board has prepared q
statement showing the statue of the
various Montana projects. Under
the national law Montana has . max.
imum of 1000, 900 acres which it can
reclaim under the Carey act. and it
has taken advantage of it to the OK.
tent Of 88,375 acres.
KALIsPELL, Jan. 19.-During the
year 1909 the mills of Flathead valley
belonging to the Montana Larch and
Pine Manufacturers associa alton cut
103, ,000, 900 feet of lumber, according
to the reports CLEANED at the annual
meeting of the association yesterday.
HELENA, Jan. 19.-Four more in.
dictments returned by the recent fed
eral grand jury were made public to.
day. They were against Ed Powell,
Jack Cavanaugh and Morgan 81.
Shaffer, who are charged with having
furnished liquor to Indian wards of
the government at Malta, the reds be-
ing from the Turtle Mountain reser-
vation of North Dakota.
LEw1sTowN, Jan. 19.--The first
Milwaukee train to arrive since last
Saturday night came in today, the
snow blockade near Judith Gap being
broken by the big rotary plow. The
train brought in large number of
passengers and several days. mail
and express. AS the track is now
open and in fine condition between
here and Butte, no further trouble is
anticipated, unless there should be
another snowstorm.
MILES CITY, Jan. 19.-State Sena.
tor Cowgirl of Teton county and T. O.
Larsen are Ia the city today on bust.
ness, having come to Miles City to see
about purchasing sheep, as Sen ator
Cowgirl had heard reports that the
animals we're being sold here at very
low prices due to alleged severe
weather. After conversing with sew.
eral wool growers and stockraisers he
found that any reports he may have
heard as to sheep being offered at a
sacrifice were without basis and none
OF the stockmen or woolgrowers are
apparently entertaining apprehen.
sions on account of the weather, 80 he
will return without making any pur-
ch ases.
HELENA, Jan. 20. - Indictments
charging Martin Griffin and j. F. Ke.
hoe, saloonkeepers of Culbertson,
with selling liquor to Indians, were
made public today. They we're found
by the last grand jury and the men
have just been placed under arrest.
RED LODGE, Jan. 21.-Probably for
the first time in Montana the saloon
men beat the temperance workers to
it, and formally petitioned the city
council for the enactment of an ordi-
nance compelling the saloons to close
at midnight Saturday night until one
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. The tenn
perance advocates had been circulate
ing a petition asking for q special
election on the subject.
MIssOULA, Jan. 2l.-Fifty forest
rangers who recently entered the
school of forestry at the state univer-
sitv with the understanding th at while
they we're attending the school they
would continue to draw their pay,
have been notified that they are lille.
gally in attend ance and that they can.
not continue to draw pay while they
are in school, nor receive any salary
for the time they have been in the
school. The order ie based on rul.
ing of the law department OF the ma
tional government, to the effect that
ia there authority for the pro-
cedure.
HELENA, Jan. d. Oliver G. Dal-
las, former chief clerk, and J. D. Nc.
leod, former chief draftsmsn In the
Office of the United states surveyor
general for Montana, In this city,
we're tod ay acquitted by jury in the
federal court on the charge of con.
spiracy with intent to defraud the
government of the United States, In
with returns on mineral |
surveys.
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