The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

- 0uO6St u n00OOOsc SUOTk sA0ssso
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Jan. 3.-The state of Mon
tana has nearly 81, 600, 600 in cash and
bonds, according to the report OF E.
E. Esselstyn, state treasurar, for the
month of December, which was filed
with Governor Norris today. During
December the receipts amounted 10
81, lao, 399. 95, while $3.50, 589.41 was
paid out.
KALIsPELL, Jan. ~3.-Engineer H.
N. Savage, of the reclamation Sci.
vice, has filed water rights for over
80, 600 acres of alton lands,
wherein the government shows it in
tends to do things for the settler on
this large domain. The water go har.
messed will be taken from the Flathead
river and Mud creek and their tribu.
taries in that neighborhood, and Is
DIVIDED into seven different tracts.
HELENA, Jan. All develops that
fifteen members of the house, but no
senators applied to the state auditor
and received warrants for their servi.
ces at the recent Extraordinary session
Of the Legislature, despite the fact
that q number Of them had signed the
request to the governor for the extra
session and pledging themselves to
serve gratis. Likewise, they asked
for and received mileage. The money
wac available under a former appro.
priation.
CHOTEAU, Jan. 4.-The home of
Mrs. Anderson, county superintend-
ent of schools, valued at 8 800 to
$4,000, and the house of John Fields
of Conrad, occupied by Frank Harris,
valued at 1000 were burned down to.
day. The fire started from q defective
chimney in the Anderson house. It
was with difficulty that a third house
was saved.
HELENA, Jan. Sit is reported
here that j. r. King of Livingston,
and Gus Barth of Billings, have CON-
cluded a deal for the purchase OF the
]. P. Woolman ranch near Augusta.
The ranch Is one of the largest in the
country. The considera alton is not
known.
HELENA, Jan. 4.-W. J. Barrows
OF the general census office at Wash.
ington left Helena this afternoon for
Butte, where he will take charge of
the First Montana district until q
supervisor is named by President Taft.
Mr.. Barrows has charge of the bureau
of 6n ances, a division employing
nearly 100 men.
KAL1SPELL, Jan. 4.-Contracts we're
closed here yesterday between l. G.
B. Bondurant aud the Kalispell Lum.
Der company for the sale of $500, 900
feet of mixed timber and a crew of 60
men has been put to logging 10 an ef-
fort to get 1t off while the snow lasts.
The Mem annamy mill, Is miles north
west of the city, will Immediately put
on a double crew and run night and
day while cutting it.
BILLINGS, Jan. 4.-The campaign
of the Billings sugar factory has just
been closed, and, while actual figures
are nc obtainable, it is said the
)argest tonnage of sugar ever manu-.
featured was the result of last seasons
run. The campaign was shorter than
that of last year, but the mill was op.
Grated each day beyond its reputed
capacity, grinding 1900 to 1900 tons
OF beets each "a hours. Work was
begun October Is. 1t is stated that
the acreage seeded to beets next
spring will be the largest in the his
tory OF the industry in the valley.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 4.-Frank Col.
Inns, Charles Wilson and Jim Clark,
three of the men who held up the store
OF the Boormau Mercantile company
at Collins the night of November 20
and who were arrested in this city a
few days later, tonight made their es.
cape from the county Jail of Teton
county at Choteau, where they were
being held pending their trials. The
trio secured their freedom when the
jailer entered their cells to bring the
prisoners their evening meal. One Of
them struck the jailer across the head
with q poker and knocked him down
while another took the j%ailer's revol.
yer. After disarming him the outl avs
locked the jailer up in their cell and
left the place.
BILLINGS. Jan. 6.-The body of an
unknown man, who had frozen to
death, was found in the road two
miles south of this city early this
morning. The man was dressed as a
laborer and was without an overcoat,
No papers or money were found in his
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