The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-18
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
DILLON, May 9.-The greater num-
Der of the 80 persons who last night
sat down to q Knights Templar ban.
Quet in celebr alton Of Ascension day,
today are i'll, aud many are confined
to their beds as the result of ptomaine
poison induced by eating lobster
salad.
GLASGOW, May 9.-Charles A..
Gunsey, q steamboat engineer, lies
dead at the morgue in this city az a
result of q fight in Mondak q little
more than q month ago. While in
Mondak, March "a, he got Into q row
with Pete CrinRen, a Japanese store
keeper, and was hit on the head with
a club and his skull crushed.
LEw1sTowN, May. l0.-Donald
Mcintosh Of, Mcintosh Brothers. who
have the contract for grading for the
Milwaukee line between the Mussel-
shell and Great Falls, gave out his
first statement this morning while his
big outfit vas unloading At the depot.
It will be several days before the en-.
tire equipment is assembled here, but
work will be commenced within ten
days.
TWIN BRIDGES, May 1O.-Ranchers
in this part of the country report some
damage done to their alfalfa fields by
winter killing. While the damage is
not great, but few fields escaped being
killed out in spots. Reseeding is gen.
orally resorted to and q few fields are
being plowed up and sown to grain.
The damage is the result, it Is claimed,
of the unusual cold weather the past
winter.
MILES City, May 10.-The w. E.
Harris cattle, over 1000 head, and
the brand SY, were sold yesterday by
Charles to W. L. Richards and A. 81.
Arnett of Dickinson, N. D., and w.
s. Parkins, president of the Merchants
National bank of Mandan. Delivery
begins July IA at Miles City and two
years are given to complete it. The
price was s35 all around. The beef
cattle will be shipped to market and
the she stock taken to Dakota.
HELENA, May 9.-More than q, 500
will be distributed among exhibitors of
dry farming products at the Montana
state fair this year by James j. Hill
chairman of the board of directors of
the Great Northern railway. This
announcement is made by Martin
Martin, secretary of the fair, follow.
ing a conference with Mr.. Hill Satur.
day. The cash premiums amount to 81,
GAO. In addition a silver trophy cup
will be given to the experiment station
in the state making the best exhibit.
KAL1sPELL, May 10.-Heavy rains
today over the entire valley have re-
lieyed apprehension regarding the
crops. Reports from east of the range
state thai rain and snow is falling
there; some forest fires have also been
%quenched and little damage was done.
GREAT FALLS, May 10.-Dominick
Robisco, an Italian, who has been an
inmate of the county poor farm for
several years past, and who has been
in i'll health, has been missing since
last Friday and when a search was in
stituted today his coat and vest, to.
gether with his shoes and stockings,
were found at the edge OF deep pond
near the poor farm. 1t is supposed he
became Respondent and committed sui.
eide by drowning.
HELENA, May 1l.-Harold M. Cath.
cart, a young civil engineer, and w.
Hutchinson, q fireman, were drowned
In the Missouri river just below the
Hauserlake dam yesterday afternoon,
while engaged in stretching q wire
across the river for the purpose of
putting in q water gauge. Another
man by the name of Edwards, who was
In the boat, reached the shore in safe-
ty. The boat capsized by coming in
contact with a swift current. Up to q
late hour this afternoon neither of the
bodies had been recovered.