The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-01
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

s0sllok lINll q - w UsS ~
was putting up ice, j. D. Turner was
fatally injured. Turner vas push.
ed from the scaffold by = large
piece of ice and fell about Is feet,
striking on the back Of his head.
BILLINGS, Jan. 23.-Seven years in
the penitentiary was the sentence met.
ed out in the district court today by
Judge Henry to Harry P. Gormsn,
found guilty OF forgery. German did
not throw himself on the mercy Of the
court as had been anticipated, and
had nothing to say when asked by the
court II be wished 10 make any re.
marks.
M1ssoULA, Jan. 23.-Joe Pegg, aged
IS, was Instantly killed late this after.
noon by being caught by q falling
tree. He was working in the woods
about FIVE miles up the R~attlesnake
valley and bis body was moi brought
to the city until late tonight. BE and
q companion, William johnson, had
cut q big tree, which fell In the op.
posite direction from which they had
planned. Pegg's head was crushed.
WHITEFIsH, Jan. % Traffic on the
Great Northern railroad from this
point eastward has been practically
at q standstill since the hesd.on col.
lision at Lubec yesterday morning be-
tween Burlington train No. A and q
rotary snowplow. A terrific snow.
storm has been raging in. the noun
tains in the vicinity 80 that it has
been impossible to clear the wreckage
of the track. Three huge damaged
locomotives and the snowplow block
the way and have been drifted in with
snow.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. 24-The special
school for horsemen which is offered
as one of the short courses opened At
the institution yesterday. Last year
this new line OF work was introduced
for the fret time, and at the fret lee
ture there was an attendance Of but
six, all from the neighborhood OF the
college. The first lecture this year
brought forty ranchmen from the Flat
head, Gallatin valley, Park and Vel.
lowstone counties. Indications are
that the entire number who registered
for this work last year will be at least
tripled this winter, and Professor r.
w. Clark, head of the animal industry
department of the college states that
probably four hundred persons will
attend the lectures this week.
BUTTE, Jan. 25.-R. Fl. Merrick is
short ~, 1876 In his accounts with the
National Packing company, according
to q complaint issued today. The
police are on his trail and have
traced him and his wife as far az San
Barnardino, Cal. Merrick Ia the man
who caused the dismissal Of Cap.
tain of Police W. j. Buckner and in.
volved Mayor Nevin in the embrog.
Ito.
LEWIsTOWN, Jan. 25. - The first
train to reach this city since Sunday
came through yesterday afternoon.
Monday mornings train struck a
heavy snow bank south of here and
attempting to buck it the engine went
off the rails. No damage was done
aside from delay. but it took q long
time to clear the track.
LIBBY, Jan. 24.-Coroner George
Ottawa has received q message from
Troy saying the body OF q man had
been found at the Thomas ranch, three
from town. The man had apparently
been murdered in the house. after
which the body was placed in q can
vas and rolled down q steep hill.
The name of the murdered man has
not been learned.
HELENA, Jan. 24.-The state board
of railroad commissioners today rem.
dered its decision in the case OF citi.
zens OF Brady against the Great Nor
them railway company to the effect
that the carrier must, on or before
May l next, install a suitable depot
and platform at that place for the &C.
commod alton OF passengers and for
protection OF freight, baggage and
express, and likewise to place an
agent in charge thereof. Brady is a
station on the Great Falls.Shelby
cutoff, in Teton county, about ten
miles north of Collins aud ID miles
south of Conrad.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 24.-This city
and a portion of Cascade county is
apparently against the proposition to
create DAILY county. The board OF
commerce at its luncheon today took
formal action against the plan, led
by Mayor Charles F. Murphy, who
offered q resolution declaring tina
"we r unanimously opposed to the
creation of Daily county from Cascade
cOuntv.D The motion of the mavor