The river press., 1910-06-15
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS


A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, June 7.-More than 20, 600
acres of raw land we're broken in
Teton county this year, according to
Commissioner J. 81. Hall, who has re.
turned from q trip to Conrad and Val.
ier. He said that the winter wheat is
in fine shape, but that the spring crops
are more or less dependent upon the
rains to come.
DILLON, June 7-While swinging
by his arms from q limb Of Q tree
Frank Harkness, q II year.old boy,
was instantly killed by . falling pair
OF shears at the Harkness ranch, 30
miles south OF Dillon. The shears
were hanging on . nail on the eide Of
the tree. The motion Of the boys
body dislodged them aud, striking the
lad in the breast, they penetr sted his
heart and he fell dead on the ground.
BUTTE. June 7.-Judge Donlsn this
morning sentenced Thomas Brady to
three years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. he was recently found guilty
of an assault in the second degree BY
q jury and the punishment left to the
court. The testimony showed that he
attempted to poison Sadie Cohen in
her crib by putting chloral hydrste in
q glass of beer he had purchased lfor
her.
Pony, June 7.-Duripg baseball
game At Ennis lightning struck Gun.
shade in the hand of Mrs. M. F. Buck,
wife of Superintendent Buck of the
Madison River Power company, and
running down the handle knocked Ave
men and four women to the ground.
Mrs. Bucks corset was torn from her
body and her shoes from her feet, but
although seriously injured, it is
thought she will recover. All the
other victims are burned quite serious.
ly.
HELENA, June 7.-Mayor F. j. Ed.
wards must pay the fine of $500 i'm.
posed by the district court of this
county for contempt Of court for fail.
ure to reinstate two officers deposed
from the Helena police force, and like
wise seven aldermen must pay into the
Golfers of the clerk OF the court 800
each or suffer the ignominy of q jail
sentence. This is the essence of az
opinion handed down by the supreme
court today in an opinion prepared by
Associate Justice Holloway in what IL
known as the Helena police case.
DILLON, June 6.-Losing his bal,
auce while riding on the top of q
freight ear, j. Nelson, an Oregon
Short Line brakeman, fell to the
ground Is miles south of this city and
is 80 badly injured that he is not ex
pected to live. Nelson fell with such
force that the bone of one of his legt
protruded through the flesh.
HELENA, June S.-Thirty men en-
ployed in the sampling works OF the
East Helena plant of the American
Smelling & Refining company walked
out this noon, following a demand
made Saturday for an increase of 2;
cents day over the present scale o1
81 day. There was no disorder and
no attempt has yet been made to i'll
the places of the strikers.
HELENA, June 8.-Wm. Rees. who
killed his wife in q drunken row whil,
they were alone at their home in tht
northern part OF the county two years
ago, pleaded guilty to involuntary
manslaughter and was sentenced te
Eve years imprisonment. On former
trial Rees was convicted of seconl
degree murder and was sentenced K
life, but secured q new trial by al
appeal to the supreme court.
DILLON, June 8.-After spending
nearly all his life in q futile effort t
find q mine that would make him ,
millionaire Philip Miller. q vel
known old time prospector OF thi'
country, was brought to Dillon yes
terday, examined today for his sanity
pronounced insane and will be take,
to the asylum at Warm Springs tht
next day or two. Miller came to thii
country in 1865 and has prospectet
and mined ever since.
| HELENA, June S.-With capital
ization of s15.000,0 900, articles hav'
been filed with Secretary of Stat
Yoder of the Great Falls Power com
pany. Great Falls will be the princi
pal place of business. The compan!
is incorporated to develop and utilize
water power of the Missouri river i.
Montana and any other water power