The river press., 1910-11-23
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.


der arrest, Burnett was In the act of.
passing come worthless checks in q
local saloon. Burnett, IL 10 said, for
merly occupied . position in Three
Forks with the Milw sukee road.
BUTTE, Nov. 17.-F. s. Holbrook,
an employe Of the United States bu.
reau of standards and measures, de.
clared yesterday at the conclusion OF
Today secret investig alton of local
weights and measures that the practice
Of shortweighing is more generally
praticed In this city than in any other
place in the United States. The short
weights are astounding, he declared.
Practically every commodity sold
from the counter of certain grocers
and butchers, he said, is shortweiQht-
ed, many Of the scales being three,
four and even five ounces of each
pound underweight. In the aggregate
the profits OF this system of short
weights are enormous each day.
GREAT FALLS, Nov. 17.-One man
killed, all of the south side of Great
Falls in darkness and without power,
and come damage to the circuits,
globes and fixtures of the Great Falls
Electric Properties was the toll taken
by crossed.up and burning wires. It
seems that q wire fell across the Elec.
trio Properties wires at First avenue
south and Ninth street. It connected
the power line of the Electric company
with the lighting circuit, switching g..
600 volts over the lighting wires of the
south side. Shortly after 4 O'Clock,
Mike Veiring, an employe of the Min
neapolis house, on the corner of
Fourth street and Second avenue
south, reached up to turn on an elec.
trio light, and was instantly killed by
the shock which he received.
MILES CITY, Nov. 18.-The lid on
gambling came down with q slam in
this city, when q squad of police, act
ing under orders Of the mayor, raided
q number of saloons where gambling
was believed to be in progress, 16 men
being caught in the dragnet.
HELENA, Nov. 17.-Survey of pub
lie lands for Montana has been finish.
ed for the year, parties reaching here
today from several northern and east
ern counties. Despite the late start,
l 1850, 900 acres were surveyed under
the new system, which is straight
salary basis as distinguished from the
contr act plan. In his report the sur
veyor general also states that the min.
eral land business this year is the
greatest on record.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. ia party of
searchers has left here for the West
G allatin basin upon receipt of word
that Claud Henderson of this city was
lost in the mountains there, about
seventy miles from Bozeman. Mr..
Henderson left here with three com.
panions last week for big game
hunt. He expected to be gone about
ten days. The report received says
hat he has been lost for two days and
three nights and all efforts on the par,
his companions to locate him have
been futile.
DILLON, Nov. 1S.-Henry r. Spur
Ter, an old time miner on Wise river,
having q premonition that he was
about to die, refused to receive medi'
cal attention when he injured his hand
about ten days ago, and blood poison
ing developed. October % Spurie'
called all his friends together and be-
Queathed to them all his belongings
Three nights ago. according to wore
which has just reached here, Spurier
unable to endure further pain, quietly
slipped from his bed during the nigh
and going outside his cabin, blew hi
br ains out with his six.shooter.
| KAL1sPELL, Nov. lS.-The bigges
deal in Flathead lake lands that hs
lever taken place. was finished her
when w. c. Whipps, mayor OF Kslis
pell, sold to two men from Canyon
City, Colo, 148 acres of land At Ange
Point for $4,000. Mr.. Whips bough
the land about . year ego At fifty dol
liars an acre and had it plotted ant
put on sale for summer homes an'
small orchards. The land is besuti
fully situated for summer homes, 90
lies on . high bench overlooking Flat
head lake at its widest point.
BUTTE, Nov. 19.-Death came in
stantly last night to Andrew Curry
aged 81 years, one Of the old tim
Butte miners, while working on th
700 level of the East Stewart mine
Two monster boulders fell down o.
the miners head with such force ss t.
break his neck, causing instant death
GREAT FALLS. Nov, l9.-John. tn