The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
RED LODGE, Nov. 2O.-John Par.
onger, = German coal miner, met al
frightful death this noon in the
Brophy mine by being struck by q i
runaway car which dashed down the
slope. The dece ased was a member OF
the Eagles lodge 1T Bridgeport, o.,
where his ag.d mother resides.
HELENA, Nov. 21.-Only 40 the an.
nual school election does the regis
tration law enacted by the legislature
last winter apply, holds Attorney |
Gen. Gslen. and not to special school
district elections, and that therefore
registration for such elections is IN.
necessary. But women, in order to
vote At any election at which electors
are required to be registered, must be
registered under the law the same ss
men, 1t 10 further held.
BIG TIMBER, Nov. 20.-Search for
Mel Jewell who shot and killed Dep.
uty Sheriff Brannin, at Melville last
Thursda y evening, Is still going on by
officers Of this and Yellowstone coun.
ty. The fugitive's trail has been struck
at different times, but so far he has
managed to eIude his pursuers. It is
believed that he is somewhere In the
section east of here, between Yellow.
stone and Musselshe)l river and that
will lead him to the south eide of the
Yellowstone.
BUTTE, Nov. 21.-The perceptible
g scarcity of silver dollars in Montana
during the past few months and the
circulation OF paper money in their
stead has aroused the interest Of bust
ness men here. The matter was taken
up at last nights meeting of the Butte
Business Mems association and toda
President Blank will appoint q com
mittee Of three to draft resolutions to
be forwarded to the secretary of the
treasury and to President Taft as we'll
and to the senators and congressman
of the western states in an effort to
restore silver to as wide a circulation
as possible.
BILLINGS, Nov. 22.-More than s5,.
O0O. 600 worth of farm machinery has
been sold in eastern Montana in 1911,
according to figures compiled by mem.
bers of the Montana & Wyoming
Plowmen & Threshermen's association
which has headquarters here. OF this
amount 50, 500, 900 passed through ma.
chinery houses with headquarters here.
| aod included 600 traction engines and
200 separators.
BILLINGS, Nov. 22.-W. B. George
has returned from New York, where
be has been in attendance at the big
land show, boosting Montana by Civ
ing illustrated lectures. He says that
the greatest of Montana's u is
her climate and that every body wants
to know about it.
BUTTE, Nov. % After Mary Need.
ham, aged Is, was brought into court
on a charge of incorrigibility, the
complaint having been made by the
mother Of the girl, who also was in
court. Judge Donian ordered an infor.
N ation fled against the mother charg.
ing bigamy, as she admitted living
with q man to whom she had not been
wed, she never having been divorced
from her husband. The girl explained
that was the reason why she refused to
i've at home.
BILLINGS, Nov. 22.-The work of
harvesting the sugar beet crop has
practically been completed. 1t was
somewhat delayed by the recent storm,
about 600 acres having been frozen in
the earth, but the subsequent thaw has
enabled the growers to get most of
them out but with little loss. On No.
vember Is the company distributed
$3.50, 600 to farmers, bringing the to-
tai for this year, SO far, up to 81, 000,-
600. There will be another pay day
for farmers on December Is, when
about S400. 900 will be paid out, max.
ing the sum for this year double that
of any previous season.
For pains in the side or chest d lamp.
| on a niaca Of flannel with har.