The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
BOULDER, April l9-Daniel Mcneil,
one of the prominent ranchmen Of the
upper Boulder basin, sold 400 cattle q
few days ago TO j. A. Talbot of
Three Forks, the consider alton being
$50 per head. Mr.. McNeill con,em-
plates going out Of the stockraising
business and hept only q few mich
COWS for home use.
KAL1sPELL, April 19.-The record
price for q Flathead ranch is supposed
to have been paid by Edwin c. Steu.
Der here for 1875 acres of farm land
between Kalispell and Flathesd lake.
The price was s14.0 600. The land is
improved with fences and buildings,
but is situated In the "alkali" belt,
in many portions of which the soil is
not deep. Good crops, however, have
been raised and Steuber is we'll satis.
fed with his buy.
BUTTE, April 19.-Michael Joy. su.
p~erintendent Of the Diamond mine,
and one of the prominent citizens of
Butte, was instantly killed yesterday.
While descending q shaft on the chip.
py cage he was struck by q drill fall.
ing down the shaft, between the 600.
700 level. and his body fell 1000 feet
to the bottom Of the shaft. joys
body was fearfully mu,ilated by bump.
ing from timber to timber, and it
took three hours to pick up the frag-
ments of HE corpse from the project
ing timbers.
KALIsPELL, April l8.-After lying
for nearly four months buried in q
drift Of snow, which prevented it from
too rapid decay, the body of Arusl
Morley, an aged civil war veteran
who was lost in the Swan valley last
December, was found Friday and
brought to this city for preparation
for burial. Morley was az uncle Of
E. A. Morley of Butte, state railway
commissioner, and the latter arrived
today to attend the funeral.
LEw1sTowN. April 19.-There was
general surprise in this city when 1t
was learned that the first thunder
storm of the season, which was 80
light here as to be scarcely noticed,
had been Of unusual severity in some
other sections. Stephen Strouf. who
was working in his field some miles
from Sanford, was killed by q bolt,
and at Kendall three horses owned by
Robert Hamilton we're killed by light.
ming while being driven from a field
where they had been working.
HELENA, April 20.-Roy Whitcomb
of Missoula, convicted here last week
of attempted criminal assault on a
ID year.old girl, was sentenced by
Judge Clements to serve five years in
the p~enitentiary. The our observed
that If it we're not for the DEFENDANT
mother the sentence would have been
heavier.
LEW1sTOwN, April 19.-It is cur
rently reported today that the Mil.
waukee has made all arrangements
for beginning construction work on
the Musselshell. Great Falls cutoff
within 60 days. The officers of the
road now here will not give out any
announcement, but the report is gen.
orally accepted as correct.
HELENA, April 19.-After being hit
on the head or given a dose of knock.
out drops, w. B. Willard Of Hotter,
was robbed of q gold watch and $l67
in cash last night about 8 O'Clock and
left lying 10 Helena avenue by his
ass Gil ants. Willard was taken to St.
Peters hospital, where he remained
unconscious all day. Ray Blewitt,
who was seen with Willard, was ar.
rested and is in jail, but his connec-
ton with the case has not az yet been
established.
BOHEMIAN, April 2O.-Barry Brown,
who was severely injured 10 q saloon
brawl 10 Logan last Friday night,
has been brought to the hospital in
this city and lies in a critical condi-
ton. His intestines were punctured
FIVE times by the bullet which plowed
its way through his abdomen. VIM.
Barber is ia jail and no Information
will be filed against him until it is de.
termined whether or not his victim
will recover Both men were EN-.
ployed on the construction gang on
the Gallatin Interurban and were with
some friends engaged in celebrating
In Logan on the evening when the
shooting occurred.