The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-31

OF the state to refrain from entering
the forests, except i4 unavoidable in.
stances, until danger from fires is over.
He also calls upon fire wardens and
deputy wardens to stringently enforce
forest regulations and to arrest all
violatOrs. It is believed that If these
steps are taken they will have q salu-
tary effect and will 60 far toward pre-.
venting further loss of life and de-
struction of property.
BILLINGS, Aug. 27.-Nearly 100, 900
acres Of range and timber lands were
burned over by the fire which ragged in
the Pryor mountains for about three
days. The fire is now extinct, the last
remaining embers having been put out
by the rain and snow. Though q large
part of the range and an immense am.
cunt of valuable timber went up in
smoke, no persons were killed. Fully
twenty men, q large number Of whom
we're Indians, engaged in the task.
BUTTE, Aug. 27.-Their honeymoon
trip having been sadly interrupted by
the appearance upon the scene of q
man claiming to be the true husband
of the bride, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry P.
Lambert of Roundup, returned to that
place at noon today, Mrs. Lambert
being In the custody of a deputy sheriff
and under arrest On q charge of big
amy. Mr.. Lambert ia cashier of the
First National bank of Roundup, and
was formerly for q number of years
employed in the Great Falls National
bank, his parents residing in that
city.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 27.-With a
rainfall of exactly 7.19 inches from
April l to July Is, crops have been
grown on the state experimental dry
farm station southeast of Great Falls,
which will give that station second
place in the list of Montana stations
this year. The dry farm is located
on one Of the poorest pieces of ground
in Cascade county and yet the crops
grown there this year are the second
best and largest grown on all the ex.
pertinent farms in Montana. Some
of the big figures obtained are in the
oats, fall rye and Turkey Red wheat
crops. The oats yielded 37.4 bushels
TO the acre, the fall rye gave 3d.
bushels and Turkey Red wheat rar
27.3 bushels.
HELENA, Aug. 26.-The state board
of railroad commissioners received to
day from the interstate commerce com
mission its decision in the case OF Ry
an against the Great Northern, which
, not only means q refund of an over
charge to the Great Falls grocery
firm, but also q reduction in the driei
. fruit rate from San Francisco to al
!! points west of Mondsk to Sl.10 q hun
u dred. Ryan made q shipment iron
San Francisco to Chinook and wa
. charged at the rate of d .59 . hundred
whereas the rate to Havre is d an
from Havre to Chinook Is cents. Th
commission ordered q refund Of $168,
d 80, with interest at 6 per cent, and fix
n ed the rate at d. 10 from San Francis
q co to Mondsk and points west "a ia
rs Havre.
9 SHELBY, Aug. 2S.-Lying dead I
y their ranch home, several miles mort
. OF here, the bodies of p. J. Hazelber
and his wife we're found today b
neighbors. They had evidently bee
10 dead for several days. The bodit
r we're lying side by side and hand l
hand, with a bullet in the head
each. The position of the bodies az
the surroundings indicated that tt
husband had first shot his wife az
l. then fixing his rifle with q stick and
piece of string, he had lain down b
D. side the body, clasped his wife's har
y and fred the bullet through his ov
Is head.