The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
BUTTE, Feb. 3.-Charles w. Cock.
rell. prominent broker OF this city,
killed himself yesterday, taking car.
bolic acid. Dependency over busi-
ness reverses and domestic troubles
are said to have caused the act.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-Governor Norris
has addressed . letter to President
Taft, requesting that the surveys of
millions Of acres of arabic lands in
this state be speedily made. It is
pointed out that the settlement Of
lands of the state is retarded because
of this fact. Accompanying the letter
was q communication from the state
board of land commissioners to the
same effect.
BILLINGS, Feb. 4.-Stockmen IN
various parts of Yellowstone county
report that conditions have been
greatly improved with the melting Of
virtually all of the snow which covered
the ranges during all Of December
and which for time threatened to
work havoc with the sheep business.
Even At worst, however, they were
never SO bad as many reports made
them and loses were compsr atively
light.
KAL1sPELL, Feb. 4.-Death yester.
day suddenly called Fred Williams,
who was thought to be recovering
rapidly from injuries received in q
landslide at Big Fork January 20.
Williams had received q broken leg
and his body had been internally in
jured, but he had begun to walk about
on crutches when he suddenly died,
falling from his chair after q brief ex.
ertion. Imbolism at the base of the
brain is given as the cause.
KALIsPELL, Feb. 4.-Steps have
been taken for the org anization of an
irrig atiou district to cover the major
portion of the Flathead valley and to
irrigate eventually 100000 acres Of
land extending from Bad Rock can.
yon to Flathead lake and from the
Kootenai mountains to the western
foothills. The plan Is being fostered
by j. L. Dou ahue, agent for the bond
companies who are now engaged in the
Willow creek and Three Forks pro-
ject of $4,000 acres near Bozeman,
and the Madison river project cover.
ing $1,000 acres II miles from the
town of Norris.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-Following quar-.
rel, it is said, with her lover, Tim LIE.
beau of this city, Annie Ruhl, age 2l,
and whose parents reside in Seattle,
committed suicide tonight by taking
strychnine. The woman entered
carriage, threatening to take q train
for Butte, but had no sooner entered
the vehicle than she swallowed the
contents of small bottle of the pois.
on. She threw the bottle to Lebeau
and bade him good by. She was tax.
en- to her rooms, where doctors en-.
gagged in q futile attempt to save her
life.
HELENA, Feb. 4.--The supreme
court today made an order denying a
rehearing in the so.called Helena po-
lice cases recently decided in favor
of the four mem bers of the local force
as against the mayor and city council
of Helena. This means that the men
must be restored to their former posi-.
tions.
BUTTE. Feb. 5.-Notice has been re-
ceived by Acting Postmaster Neely
that hereafter Butte will be the distri.
buting Office in the whole northwest
for postal cards, wrappers and
stamped envelopes. Included in the
notice received was the statement that
Sl25, 900 worth of stock had been ship.
ped to the Butte postoffice.
BOHEMIAN. Feb. 5.-The sale of state
lands held In the courthouse here this
afternoon was the most successful af.
fair of the kind ever held in the state
and probably in the west. More than
q quarter OF q million dollars worth
of these lands were sold at auction by
Joseph Oker, assistant state land reg.
ister. About Ii, 900 acres were offered
and of these more then 1900 acres
found ready and eager buyers. The
prices paid ranged from $40 to $51. so
per acre.