The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing tho Past Few DAYS.

At S50,O9l.
KAL1sPELL, Jan. 12.-More than
u, 600. 900 q year has been withheld
from circulation In Flsthead county
by the setting aside of national for.
ests, according to the estimate of Re.
ceiver Andrew Swaney, who has just
completed statistics Of the work done
in the local Office for the year. About
two-thirds OF Flathead county is now
embr aced In forest reserves.
HAMILTON, Jan. II. - James E..
Cunningham Of Hoopestown, ILL.,. was
accidentally shot and instantly killed
while riding with his son in an auto
mobile. Mr.. Cunningham had just
arrived from Illinois and was on his
way to their farm which is situated
six miles south of Hamilton. He
leaned over shotgun which had just
been purchased by his son and the
weapon was discharged. The wife OF
the deceased is at Long Beach, Calf.
BUTTE, Jan. 13.-Butte is on the
verge of coal famine. Not q coal
dealer In Butte but throws up his
hands and declares that he is 400
loads ahead of his present supply.
Some say that they have no coal at
all. The coal dealers have split the
orders, giving those who want ton
OF coal half a ton. In this way dis
tress has been prevented up to the
present time.
HELENA, Jan. l3.--John II. Raftery,
one of the best known newspaper men
in Helena, formerly editor of the
Helena Independent, and now editor
! and publisher of the Treasure State,
| q weekly magazine, was arrested thia
afternoon on q charge of Grimm al
libel, preferred by Mayor Frank j.
Edwards. Thirteen articles appear.
ing in Raftery's magazine between
July and November are quoted in the
complaint.
LEWIsTowN, Jan. 13, - Formally
charged with murder In the fret de-
gree in 40 Information filed direct to-
day by County Attorney Huntoon,
Cyrus Spangler, the Forest Grove
ranchman, will remain in the county
jail until next month, when it ie ex-
pected he will be tried for killing Law
renee Boland, formerly of Butte. Not
until then will Spangler's version Of
the tragedy be known. twas learned
today that on the day of the killing
Boland had filed on homestead in
Spangler's field, going before the
United States commissioner at Grass
Range. This action Is supposed to
have had something to do with the
killing.
BILLINGS, Jan. I5.-A trainload of
fat sheep will be forwarded over the
Northern Pacific to the Chicago mar
ket tomorrow morning. The train
will be made up of Is double.deck
cars, containing about 5000 sheep, of
which about 1000 belong to Lee Sim.
ousen and the rest to j. A. Miller.
HELENA, ian. l5.-Carrie Nation is
coming to Montaaa and will visit
Butte and Helena and lecture, accord.
ing to Information received by the
local w. G. T. U. She is billed for
Butte Ian. 18 and will be in Helena
either the l7th or 10th. The sudito.
rum here has been engaged for her.
BILLINGS. Jan. 15.-To fall from q
rapidly moving train and escape with
only few bruises about the head was
the fate Of John Nevis, SO years of
age, late last night, while riding on
Burlington passenger train, enroute
west. The accident happened between
Manchester, Wyo., and Grow Agency
and the aged man was found this
morning two miles west of Manchester,
after searchers had secured the track
throughout the night.
HELENA, Jan. 15.-Charged with
conspiracy to prevent bidding at auc.
tions of public lands, indictments re-.
turned by the last grand jury were
made public today. S. P. Stoner and
Archie Harrigan are the defendants.
1t is alleged that July q, 1909, Stouer
attempted to enter into an agreement
with Harry M. Allen, pro posing that if
Allen would not bid on land auctioned
at Lewistown, he would give Allen so
cents an acre.
KALIsPELL, Jan. 15.-One million
feet of timber, just disposed OF by the
supervisor of the Blackfeet national
forest, is to be cut by band of Indians
now stationed on the Blackfeet reser.
walton, the agent there having secured