The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

penalty, from ten years to life, to be
fixed by the court.
DILLON, March 2.-The rush for
bench lands in the Beverhead valley,
for the purpose Of carrying on dry
land farming, has begun. During the
past few weeks about $50 persons have
filed upon 800 acre homesteads in this
valley, and thousands of acres of
bench lands that have been used for
nothing other than grazing purposes
are now being rapidly fenced in.
BUTTE, March 2.-The strike of
the engineers was called of late yes.
terday afternoon. President M. M.
Donoghue of the Montana Federation
of Labor was in conference with the
strikers this afternoon, and it was
stated that the strike would be called
of, and there would be no mass meet.
ing at the Auditorium as stated.
Wholesale desertions from the ranks
Of the strikers caused the speedy COL
lapse of the strike.
HELENA, March 3.-Not since the
foods of June, 1907, has train service
In Montana been so completely de.
moralized. Practically every train in
this state Is at q standstill, and 1t is
believed that should the present warm
weather continue hundreds of miles of
track will be washed out. At the
present time the Northern Pacific
track between Helena and Missoula is
inundated, while more than half
mile OF road on the Great Northern
between this city and Great Falls is
completely washed out.
HELENA, NJ arch 4.-Governor Nor.
ris has Issued call for gooc:roaas
convention to he held 1T Billings on
June 16. II and 18. The call gives
the representation and names an ex.
ecutive committee which will make the
arrangements for the congress, The
first meeting of the executive commit.
tee will be held at Billings M arch 16.
BUTTE, March 3.-An unknown man
was found dead at the door of q
chicken house by Lou Brecktel on his
ranch near Crystal Springs early this
morning. His clothes we're soaking
wet, and covered with thorns and
small pieces of bark and his face was
scratched. The man had evidently
perished from exposure after spending
the night wandering through swamps
and thickets. In his pocket was an
empty cocaine box.
MILES CITY, March 4.-Donald Nc
Rea, a sheepman living on the north
side of the Yellowstone river near Ter
ry, is reported to have been drowned
in the Yellowstone last night. Tongue
river gorged at the Milwaukee rail-
road bridge last night and flooded the
north part of town two or three feet
deep. No damage was done except
to cellars and carpets.
MILES CITY, March 4. - Sheriff
Wells left Sunday for Billings to en-
deavor to locate 100 pounds of hides
that were stolen from q butcher shop
here and shipped to junk dealer at
Billings. The sheriff while hunting
up parties who have been unlawfully
killing cattle on the Fort Keogh reser.
walton, found they we're connected
with the stealing of the hides, and
this inform alton also led to the find
ing of the cache where hides had been
concealed in dugout along Tongue
river.
LEw1sTowN, Mhrch 5.-For the fret
time in the history Of the Judith basin
laxseed will be cultivated here this
year on q large scale, although for
some years 1t has been we'll known
that few sections were better suited to
fax than the basin. Mr.. Warren In
tends to put in some 2, 500 acres in fax
and following the fax harvest in the
fall will SOW the same ground to
wheat.
BozEMAN, March 5.-One of the
most cold. blooded robberies and at.
tempts at murder in this county for
years has just come to light. The
victim is Thomas Emerson, an aged
bachelor living near Bridger canyon,
who now lies in q hospital in this city
in rather critical condition. John
Stafford is In Jail and has confessed
to ass aulting the old man with q gun.
HELENA, March 5.-Statistics COL
lected by the Great Northern from its
two exhibit cars and its exhibit halls
in Boston and St. Paul show that 40
per cent of the people who visit the