The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-11
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.
KAL1sPELL, May 3.-The first days
drawings for claims on the Flathead
Indian reservation resulted in but IA
filings of the first SO numbers called,
and the greater number Of those en-.
tries were made upon land classified
by the government as third class, and
the lucky ones we're only obligated
therefore TO the extent OF ell per
acre, this being the government ap.
praisement OF third class selections.
HELENA, May 2.-Boxing and wres.
Ting in q gymnasium between the
members of an organization. and for
exercise, are not unlawful unless the
facts surrounding some particular
cause would make it 80. Such is the
Interpretation put upon the Montana
law prohibiting prize fighting by Az.
torney General Galen, who today rem.
dered an opinion in the after 1T the
request of County Attorney w. H.
Trippet OF Deer Lodge county.
GREAT FALLS, May 2.-Frank Mil.
Ter, arrested here on charge of for.
gerry, had evidently planned to put his
employers bank account to the bad.
When he came to Great Falls last
week, 1t was learned today, Miller had
passed q number of checks here, rang.
ing from $40 to SAT- 20 When his grip
was searched at the police station the
authorities found checks sggregating
nearly $500. Frank Whitaker, Mil
ler's employer, arrived today from
his ranch at Albright. When he went
to the Cascade bank of Great Falls to
get q go check cashed he discovered
that he had no funds. The entire &C.
count had been cashed GU. by the
worthless checks alleged to have been
forged by Miller.
HELENA, May. Sat the meeting
of the state land board today, the
sales of state land in Fergus county,
last week, were approved. Friday
another state land auction will be
held at Choteau, and 20. 600 acres will
be offered.
BUTTE, May 3.-Byron E. Cooney,
through his attorneys. Mackel and
Meyer, begun suit today in the dis
trict court to Gov damages from
the Butte Miner, for the publication
of a defamatory article rejecting on
his character, ability and standing in
the community. The complaint asks
for S25, 600 damages and is brought
against the Miner Publishing COM
pany, a corporation.
GREAT FALLS, May 1.-THE city of
Great Falls is the first in Montana to
enact a sweeping ordinance designed
to give this city q sane and safe
Fourth of July celebration. At the
Monday night meeting of the city
council a communication was received
from the First Unitarian Sunday
school praying for the adoption of an
ordinance insuring a bloodless and
HeACo VI u4y' HOliO" IIg tuC
reading of the petition an ordinance
covering the ground was submitted,
and it was passed without a dissenting
vote.
HELENA, May 4. United States
Deputy Marshal Jack Haigler re-
turned to Helena yesterday from the
Blackfeet Indian reservation, where
he arrested VIM. Cobell and Johnson
Burd, both half breeds, on charges of
stealing horses. Both men we're given
a hearing before q United States com.
missioner at Browning aud as q re.
suit they were bound over to the &C.
ton OF the federal grand jury. Burd
was taken into custody upon complaint
OF his father, who charges that his
son stole seven head of horses from
his farm. Cobell is charged with the
theft Of two horses from another In.
dian resident of the reserve.