The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-13
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, April 5. - Chief Justice
Theo. Brantly will be q candid ate to
succeed himself On the supreme court
bench, and he announced that petit.
lions 10 his behalf will be placed in
general circulation throughout the
state.
MILES CITY, April 5.--Dr. Cheney,
the deputy state veterinar an in Gus
ter county, has reported to Dr.. Know.
les and the state board the case of j.
M. Kanouse, whom the doctor found
had trsiled into Montana from Beach,
N. D., IL head of horses, without no.
flying the Montana authorities. The
horses will be subjected to tests pre-.
scribed by the Montana regulations
and Dr.. Cheney is waiting to hear
from Dr.. Knowles as to what urlher
action the state board may intend to
take In the matter.
LEw1sTowN, April 5-Former May.
or John MacGinnis, John Berkin and
J. l.. Lyon of Butte, with David Hill.
ger and Walter Winnett of this city,
have made public q big reclamation
project for which they have completed
plane and, proceeding under the Carey
act, have withdrawn from entry .
tract of about 10000 acres of land be.
tween. Mcdonald and Flatwillow
creeks. They will shortly begin con-
struction of a dam acros Flatwillow
creek and will impound sufficient va.
ter to irrigate this tract Of land. This
is the fret withdrawal OF public land
in Fergus under the act.
BELT, April cat the city election
held Monday the voters decided by q
majority OF IL votes that all saloons
within the city limits must remain
closed all day Sunday and from mid.
night until 7 q. N. during the week.
This is believed to be one of the best
moves the citizens have ever made,
especially at THE time, on account of
the number of railroad laborers
around the city.
M1ssoULA, April San unknown
man, having absolutely nothing about
his person by which his identity could
be determined, was found unconscious
along the Northern Pacific railway
tracks q short distance esst of Mis-.
souls today. He was brought to the
city on the first passenger train which
passed and at q late hour tonight is
still unconscious. 1t 10 believed the
man was hit in the head by a train
and that his skull is fractured.
BUTTE, April 6.-Explosion of q
big hosting engine at the Never
Sweat mine blew of the head of En.
gineer E. L. McNab. formerly of Van.
couver, b. c., and otherwise multi
ated his body. The engine, u of the
biggest in Butte and valued at $3.50, 900
was completely wrecked. Three cages
fell 1900 feet, but no one happened t o
he aboard. Three hundred men are
thrown out of work by the explosion,
for about six months.
MILES CITY, April Gas a result
Of the city election Miles City will
expend something like $3.50, 900 90 i'm.
proving its electric light, sewer and
water sy stems, all of which are badly
needed as the town has had a phe.
nomenal growth since the advent of
the Milwaukee road. Under the plans
proposed the water will be taken from
the Yellowstone river, pumped to q
500, 000.g sllon steel tank in the city
park. and thence distributed.
LIVINGSTON, April 5.-The body of
James Fox, a bartender who was em-
ployed in the local saloons in this
city and who disappeared more than
three months ago, was found today
on a sandbar in the Yellowstone river
four miles below Livingston. At the
time of the disappearance of Fox it
was believed he had fallen 10 the Vel.
lowstoue river, but his friends have
persistently commended that he met
with foul play and his body was
thrown in the river after he was muir.
dered.
Judge Hunt Leaves Montana.
HELENA, April 4.-Judge VIM. Fl.
Hunt, after serving six years on the
bench Of the United States court, dis.
trict of Montana, left here tonight
with his family for Washington, D.
c., where Friday he will take oath as
a member of the newly created court
OF customs appeal.
Judge Hunt expects his successor to
be appointed and to qualify within the
next two weeks. this being shown by
the fact that be ordered court ad.
journed today until Tuesday, April 10.
Demurrers of the government 10