The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-18
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few DAYS.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
BILLINGS, May 12.-Arraigned be-
fore Justice Mann on q charge of
hunting without license, T. Lewis, .
railroad laborer, entered . plea of
guilty, and was assessed q fine OF $40
which be paid. According to the justice
It ts the habit of members of the con.
struction gang, employed by the Nor.
thern Pacific of the city, to hunt with.
out the necessary permits.
HELENA, May 12.-Msyor Frank j.
Edwards, arrested on bench warrant
two weeks ago. charging him with
contempt of court, was sdjudged in
contempt by Judge Clements. add he
will stand committed until be has
obeyed the order of the court direct.
ing him to restore Police Captain
Leonard Bailey and Patrolman Quin.
ten to duty and gives to them the
emoluments their positions call for.
BILLINGS, May l2.-The strong box
of the city was enriched to the extent
OF 1885 this morning after the fines
imposed by acting Police Msgistrat
Smith had been turned in and $3.50 of
the aggregate was contributed by
Fritz H. Harder, proprietor of the
Blue Ribbon saloon, who entered q
plea of guilty to the charge of violat.
ing the ordinance which provides lat
saloons must remain closed on Sun.
day until one o'clock in the after.
noon.
BozEMAN, May l2.-Prof. r. d.
Kneale of the civil engineering de-.
partment of the agricultural college,
has gone to Deer Lodge, where be has
been invited by the authorities of the
state peniteutiary to aid in formulat.
ing plan for using convict labor on
the roads Of the state. Prof. Kneale
Is au experienced road builder, and
has had experience IN the south in
uperinterding convict labor on
roads. He believes that the plan is a
good one and will eveutua ally be op.
Grated for all able.bodied convicts.
HELENA, May l3.-The shaft on the
East London mine, south of the city,
which Col. Thos. Cruise is developing,
has reached the depth of so feet and
the new hoist is in place and was start.
ed yesterday. The work of Colonel
Cruise has greatly encouraged the own.
ers of mining claims in the Dry gulch
section and they look forward to a
general revival of mining in the camp
following his success.
KALIsPELL, May l3.-Rain which
fell copiously here this week was well
come by the fruit growers and farm.
ers, as this April was the hottest in the
history OF the country, and fear was
felt th at crops would suffer. Messages
received from points east of here
state that in the mountains there was
quantity of snow and eastward to
Browning along the Great Northern
railway heavy rain fell.
BOzEMAN, May 12.-The first colony
of foreign laborerl who are to work
in the suger beet fields os the Gall attn
valley arrived this afternoon. All the
new arriva ais are Germans, with large
families of children. Two carloads 8
came from Western Nebraska and one
carload from Portland, Oregon.
This is the first year that enough su.
gar beets have been raised in the VAL
ley to justify the importation of help.
But this year 1t .is absolutely neces.
sary.
ANACONDA, May 12.-Today com.
pletes the spring shipments of cattle
from Anaconda, when 10 cars will be
sent to the Puget Sound country,
making new record for cattle ship
ments. During the last two months
400 cars OF beef cattle left here, most
of the cattle being from the Big Hole.
An average of Is head is loaded to
q car, 80 the total shipment is 10000
head. They will bring IN average Of
S75 per head, which means that this
section shipped s700, 900 worth OF cat.
tie in two months.
HELENA, May 4.-An additional
segreg alton OF state land of $1,000
acres for the Flatwillow Carey land
project has been made by Walter &.
Winnett OF Lewistown, bringing the
total segreg alton for the project up
to Is, 900 acres. This latest applica.
tion makes the project the largest Of
its kind in the state.
HELENA, May 13.-Three hundred
dollars fine imposed on Mayor Ed
wards and $40 on each of the seven
aldermen who were charged with con.
tempt in the police case was the judg-
L.