The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
MONTANA BRlEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROMs
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dun-
ing the Past Few Days.
LRwIsTOwN, March 17.-James.Iz.
Burk, who recently passed q worthlsss
'opeed check at local business house,
;oaay pleaded guilty to . charge Of
'osRery and was sentencd by JsadRe |
to one year In the peniten.
dary.
HELENA, March 16.-Announcament |
VAS made today that an auction sale
Of state lands will be held April Is. at
The court house at Great Falls. The
lands to be offered are all IN Cascade
county and have been reappra aised at
from so to s16 an acre. About 10000
acres will be offered and for practic-
ally all of them there have been pri-
' ate tenders.
HELENA, March 16.-=Governor Nor
ris today wrote to Secretary iof the In.
terror Richard A. Rallinger. request
ing him to increase the land Office
forces in Montana. and particul arly
at Great Falls, SO that settlers will
not be discomnaoded as much as q
present. The governor recently re-
turned from q visit to the Falls, and
while there be went into the land Office.
KAL1sPEIL, March 17.-Kalispell
boasts now the largest electric Sign in
the state of Montana, one reared
above a local brewery, with letters
four feet high, 65 feet in lengtg and
containing 26S lamps. The fret sign
ever placed before Kalispell public
consisted of one plain glass globe,
washed with q white preparation,
against which in ordinary black let.
ters, was writtern the name of the
firm. and contained but one 1O.candle
power light.
BROWNING. March 16.-Conducto
o. L. Pemkarke, Great Northern
line freight conductor, running be.
tween Cut Bank and Whitefish, on
train number 435, was instantly killed
today at Fielding. He was climbing
up the side Of Il box car on the train
while In motion. and was caught be.
tween his train and car standiuy on
a siding, and which did not clear the
main track sufficiently. The remains
are being taken to White6sh, where he
resided with his mother, wife and one
child.
BUTTE, March 1.-THE Butte post
Office was in receipt this morning of
the most valua car of freight ever
shipped into the city, consisting of
stamped envelopes and post cards,
and representing an aggregate cost of
S95, 900. The envelopes come in vary.
ing sizes, and with the cards are sent
here for distri ibution to other Offices
in the state and other points in the
Butte district.
KAL1sPELL, March II. - Kept in
storage as q test of winter quality
since picking time last autumn, q box
of Roman Beauties sold at the apple
banquet here last night for s35, the
highest price, it is believed, paid for
box of apples in the history of fruit
growing in Montana. The apples we're
grown by J. G. Wood and we're bought
by q. E. Miller as gift to President
L. w. Hill of the Great Northern, to
whom they were sent today.
LEwIsTowN, March II. - Joseph
shbridge, sheep commissioner for
Fergus county. has received returns
from his wool clip, which he con-
signed last season to the Chicago
Warehouse association. The wool
netted MIR. Ashbridge Is cents and he
is certain he received 900 more for
1t than If he sold it in the usual way.
Mr.. Ashbridge has studied the ware.
house proposition carefully and be-
lieves it is q winner.
HELENA, March 17.-Dates of ten
Montana fairs were fixed at the final
meeting today of the committee which
represents the associations. The pro.
gram was arranged with the eod in
view of making the jumps from one
fair to another as short a. possible,
90 as to reduce the travelling expenses
of the horsemen. The harness racing
in Montana this year should be of Q
high class. At the minimum S30, 900
will be awarded in harness stakes and
purses at the fairs.
MILES CITY, March II. - J. E.
Trumble, agent of the Milwaukee
station at Mildred, was stabbed Sun.
day night by his brother.in.law, J. E.
Shobe, who used knife, which made
hole about four inches deep between
the seventh and eighth ribs on the left