The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

- 0uO&e OF VoaO0Oie 0UOTS ssoUuo
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Jan. 17.-After months of
unexpected delays, the laying of con
crete for the new Hauser lake dam
across the Missouri river has been
started, and it is believed that unless
something unforeseen occurs the plant
will be in operation again in three
months. Big forces are employed at
both Hauser lake and Wolf Creek,
and ut the latter place concresing will
soon be started.
HELENA, Jan. III. w. Finley, q
Flathead Indian, indicted on q charge
of receiving stolen goods, pleaded
guilty today and was sentenced to 90
days in Jail and to pay q fine Of sl0.
Finley, ignorant of the law, assisted
q nephew in buryiug some goods the
nephew had stolen from q reservation
store. The light sentence was on the
suggestion of District Attorney Free.
man, who explained the circumstan.
ces to Judge Bean.
HAMILTON, Jan. 18.-A suit for
libel has been brought against State
Sen stor Miles Romney, editor and bub.
lisher Of the Western News, q weekly
newspaper of this city. for s20,000
damages by City Attorney Charles 8.
Wagner. Several articles that ap-
peared In Mr.. Romney's pap er are
quoted in the complaint, these articles
referring to the city attorneys &C.
lions as q city officer in regard to
gambling.
LIVINGSTON, Jan. l8.-Lewistowon
has been without train service or mail
since Saturday hight. The passenger
train is stalled down the road by q
blizzard that has been raging some
where near Judith Gap, and no at
tempt will be made to get through un.
til the storm is v The weather is
clear and fine here, but in the Gap
section there are big snow drifts and
1t is impossible to clear the cuts until
conditions change.
BUTTE, Jan. 18.-Jerry D. Sulli-
van, q resident of Butte for 80 years,
died yesterday as the result of q bull
let wound be received through the
lungs more than five years, ago. At
that time he was in the saloon bust.
ness and his place was held up. He
resisted and the holdup man shot him.
The robber looted the place and es.
capped and no clew was ever secured to
his indemnity. That was Sept. 5, 1904.
DILLON, Jan. 1S.-A number of the
stockmen of this part of Beaverhead
county have had to resort to grain for
feeding their focks and herds, on &C.
count of a shortage of hay. Baled
timothy Is selling at 800 per ton right
now and baled straw at S6 per ton.
M1ssoULA, Jan. l8.-Boarding the
blind baggage of passenger train No.
l, westbound out of Dixon, after being
ordered off, Lawrence Duchemin, of
Spokane, was assaulted by the fireman
with swinging lantern and being
hurled from the moving car fell in the
path of a swiftly moving yard engine
and received frightful injuries that
proved fatal q few minutes later.
KALIsPELL, Jan. 18.-Another vic.
tim of treacherous lake ice has BEEN
claimed, according to a report reach
ing here from Poison today in which
it is stated that Harry Nyberg, q boy
Is years of age, fell into Poison bay
while going across to mail q letter.
Coroner Wagner has gone 10 the
lei of the accident, it having been
reported that the body has been To-
Gated.
BILLINGS, Jan. 19.-County commits
sioners, clerks and assessors of Mon.
tana are holding their state meeting
here. A joint session was held At the
court house and an address of vel.
come was delivered by Mayor Thomp.
son, after which separate meetings
were held and a few matters pertain
ing to the work in hand, we're dis
cussed. One of the principal features
of the meeting OF the commissioners
was the consideration, in 40 informal
manner, of the question of %iufOrcing
quarantine measures against contag-
ious diseases. No conclusions, how.
ever, were reached.
HELENA, Jan. lS.-Five iudict.
ments, three of them charging illegal
fencing, were made public in the feder-
al court today. The fencing indict-
ments are against j. l.. Sprinkle,
Robert L. Sprinkle and c. E. Sprin-
kle, all of Chouteau county, and
charge them with unlawfully fencing q
comparativly small tract of land.
The other two indictments are against