The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-11-16
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
LEwIsTowN, Nov. THE "Candy
Kid" said to be we'll known elsewhere,
but q stranger here, is under arrest,
having been taken in as he was abou,
to leave on the train. The arrest was
made at the request Of Meagher county
officers. The youth is alleged to be
wanted there for robbing q sheep
herder of several hundred dollars.
HELENA, Nov. 7.-White Sulphur
Springs will hold q big celebration
Nov. Is to commemorate the ad rent OF
the railroad which started ations
three days ago. There will be speech
es, q banquet. q grand ball and other
exercises. Governor Norris has been
invited to deliver the chief address,
and hundreds of invitations are being
sent out to people all over Montana.
HELENA, Nov. l0.-Judge Rasch
issued q call for trial jurors in the
federal court yesterday to report for
November %. The venire will con.
sist of ten residents of Lewis and
Clark county, and forty residents OF
Jefferson, Broadwater, Meagher,
Dawson, Valley, Flathead, Missoula,
Sanders, Powell, Teton, Che and
Fergus counties.
LIBBY, November 9.-Returns in the
county seat fight between Libby and
Eureka in Lincoln county indicate
that Eureka has won by about Is
votes, but the election will undoubt.
eddy be contested 81 It is claimed that
there were many illegal ballots cast
in some of the precincts that were
favorable to Eureka. Libby men who
were sent to some of these precincts to
watch the election we're In some cases
not allowed in polling places. A mar
sent to Eureka to watch the election
was locked up until the polls closed.
HELENA. Nov. 10.-Indications are
that Theodore Brantly. republican. is
reelected chief justice of the supreme
court, while the constitutional amend.
ment raising from $500, 900 to $500, 900
the limit for the present tax rate, has
carried overwhelmingly.
DILLON, Nov. 10.--Edward Smith,
the Dillon highwayman, charged with
shooting at A. j. Breda, while at.
tempting to hold up the State bank of
Dillon, August 8, pleaded guilty yes.
terd ay afternoon and was sentenced
to twenty years in the pe%nitentiary.
Other charges pending against Smith
were dismissed.
BILLINGS, Nov. 1.-Two hundred
tracts of government land on the ced-
ed portion of the Grow reserv alton
were offered for sale at public auction
by Register Harris Of the Billings
land Office, and of that mum Der 81 went
into the hands of individuals. The
prices paid ranged from 81 to s16 per
acre, the average being about 81.
LIBBY. Nov. 12.-The face of the re.
turns 80 far available show that Eure-
ka has won the county.seat over Libby
by about se~venty.fve votes. Friends
OF Libby propose to contest the elec-
ton, and declare that the Lincoln
county.seat question is by no means
settled.
TOWNSEND, Nov. 12.-While work.
ing In the Rena mine in the Raiders.
burg mining district, three miners
were overcome by gas yesterday after
noon, and later two died. This mine
is considered one Of the best ventil ated
mines In the district. The air ia the
workings has always been considered
pure.
BUTTE, Nov. PA mysterious tele.
phone message received at the police
headquarters led to the arrest OF w.
c. Roberts, a miner, who was posi-
lively identified as the man who was
seen running away from the scene Of
the murder of Roland c. Vorholz.
early last Sunday morning. Vorholz,
who vas we'll known, although he
knew he was dying, refused to divulge
the name of his assassin. 1t is limited
that Vorholz's relations with Roberts
sister figured in the tragedy.
ANACONDA, Nov. 11.-Fred Priebt
blew out his brains this morning al
his ranch home, about five miles wes'
of Anaconda. he told his family tina
he was going away, and taking q rife
went into the yard and bracing him
self against q wagon, used q stee
drill to press the trigger. His sol
William witnessed his preparations
but when he started to stop him biz
father threatened him with the riff,
and ordered him to stsy away or b.
would shoot him.
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