The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

hendricks, IA year-Old sou Oh l. H.
Hendricks OF Orchard addition, was
severely Injured by the explosion OF q
dynamite cap which he was picking
with a pin. Two fugers and a thumb
we're ampu:ated by DR.. Bottorf, who
attended the child. The boy mistook
the cap for q small cartridge she'll.
ROUNDUP, Sept. 1l.-Reports from
all over the Musselshell valley are
coming In and are to the effect that
the grain yields are good. 1t is esti'
mated that wheat will average be-
tween Is and 30 bushels per acre.
These yields are on unirrigated lands
on the benches on both sides OF the
Musselshell river.
STEvENsvILLE, Sept. l1.-With his
body badly mangled In the running
gear of q moving machine, John
Brum6eld was found at the Strange
ranch south Of town yesterday after
noon. He had been dragged over a
mile to the ranch house from the field
where he had been working. He was
brought to town during the afternoon
and today he is lying at the point OF
death at the Thornton hospital here,
not having reg aimed consciousness.
BOHEMIAN, Sept. ll.-Reduction OF
rates per ton on hay have just been
announced, the reduction to take effect
Immediately. The Northern Pacific
will transport hay from points as far
west as Townsend and Alder to St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, West
Superior aud other terminal points
for 81 per ton, a reduction of nearly
81. The same service from Red Lodge,
Columbus and Intermediate points
will cost Sc.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 11.--1f the pro-
posal made today by the commission.
ers of Meagher county TO the commits
sioners of Cascade county shall be
accepted, one of the most magnificent
auto scenic roads in the state will be
open to travel. The commissioners
we're asked to make passable the old
Meth art White Sulphur Springs stage
road, which has been practically
abandoned since Neihart was taken
into Cascade county, IA years ago.
The local board will make az inspec-
ton OF the road to ascertain the cost.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. l3.-Alleging
that the Great Northern railroad
caused them q loss of ST, 73l.43 by
failure to ARE for cattle shipped from
Great Falls and Cascade last October,
F. G. Givens of Cascade, and D. H.
Cameron of this city, have brought
suit against the road to ecove the
above amount.
HELENA, Sept. l4.-The closing Of
the "bull pen,' a notorious brothel
in Helena's restricted district, by an
Injunction issued by Judge Clements
in the district court, may result in the
complete wiping ont Of the restricted
district. The owner of the ''bull pen'
declares tina he will wage a campaign
to close every other dive in town.
HELENA, Sept. ID. - Fire which
; threatened to destroy the town OF
Clancy was finally gotten under con-
troll at an early hour this morning,
but not until a hotel and another
building we're consumed and one man,
q guest of the hotel, was burned to
death. There were many narrow es-
capes on the part OF other guests OF
the hotel, several, 1t is reported, hav.
ing made their way out of the building
on a scratch.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. l2.-For al.
lowing children to frequent his sa'
loon at Power and particularly sew.
eral girls of the ages of Is and IL
years, John May6eld, q Power sa.
loon keeper, was fined S75 in q justice
court at Conrad yesterday. The case
was prosecuted by Deputy Humane
Officer DeHart.
HELENA, Sept. l3.-Montana boys
ambitious to lead the life of a soldier
should write 10 Senator Myers o:
. Hamilton, who will name q candida at
: for a cadetship vacancy in the United
. States Military Academy. the en-
{ trance examination for which is to bt
, held beginning on the last Tuesday i,
April, 1912. 1t is presumed that Sen
> ator Myers will follow the custom o
' his predecessors and hold q competi
, tive examin alton to select the princi
> pal and alternate.
!, DEER LODGE, Sept. l3.-Capturet
:, at a vacant ranch house near Drum
mond after a long chase by Sheriff
Neville in an automobile, Charlie
Hecker, 81 years OF age, is in tn
county Jail today charged with tn
q murder of NJ. Mcmillan at the BIZ
r Blackfoot crossing, six miles north Q
9 Helmville, at an early hour yesterda.