The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-06
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETSI
A Budget Of Readable Short items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, Aug. 2S.-J T. Jones, q
swi,cbman employed in the Helena
yards, today sued the Northern Paci-
&c railcoad FIR Sl5, 900 damages, for
injuries received Aug. 81, 1911. when
he jumped from q switch engine TO
avoid injury in a collision, accord
ing to the complaint. In jumping be
injured bis back, ankle and spine. 1t
is averred.
BUTTE, Aug. 29.-Thirteen western
states will be represented In an ex.
hibit tr ain 10 be known a. the "Gov-
ernors' Special" which will be sent
on q tour OF 5000 miles through the
east and middle west with . view to
exploiting western territory. Ar.
rangements for the epecial, which will
make a s~even-weeks' trip at an ex.
pense of s75, 600, we're completed in
Butte today.
HELENA, Aug. 28.-Railroads OF
Montana did not protest the assess.
ment OF their lines recently made by
the state board of equalization. To.
day was the date fixed for the hearing
of objections. None we're fled and no
representatives of the railroads were
present. Because of the lack Of q
quorum, the state board continued the
hearing until Wednesday, when it will
formally adjourn.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. O.-Nathan A.
Roach was fined 800 and costs this
morning by Judge Leslie and the sen.
teuce suspended until further order
and during good behavior. Roach
was accused of pulling down fences on
lands belonging to the Great Northern
railway at Ashield, between Saco and
Malta, contrary to the provisions OF q
restraining order issued IN May en-.
joining him from interfering. Roach's
homestead abuts on the Great North.
ern land aud he claims that they were
encroaching. The court held other.
wise.
KAL1sPELL, Aug. 29.-Fifty bundles
OF oats, some of the finest samples ever
produced in Flathead valley, were
shipped tonight by Secretary Rhodes
OF the chamber of Commerce 10 St.
Paul, where they will be put on u.
hibition in the Great Northern hall In
that city. The grain was raised by
Henry M. Colling Of Holt, and is re-
markable for its prolific heads. The
stalks lacked only a fraction OF being
six feet in height.
BoZEMAN, Aug. 29.-Under clusters
of lights as brilliant as the noonda y
sun and before thousands of admiring
eyes, Miss Mildred Livingston vas to.
night crowned queen of the 1911 sweet
pea carnival, and following the words
of the archbishop, who placed the dia-
dem on the royal brow, che was pro-
claimed Queen Mildred l.
LEw1sTowN, Aug. 30.-Dan Hanley
has put through a big deal by which
Claus Borgeson, of Butte, becomes
the owner of the big Judith Basin flour
mills plant. The consideration was
about 800, 600. The plant was owned
by John P. Barnes, of Helena. who
has not operated it for a long time.
LIVINGSTON, Aug. 3O.-Three forest
fires are burning in Park county to-
night and the smoky haze which has
hung over Livingston all day grew
heavier tonight and the surrounding
hills and mountains are now invisible.
The largest fire is burning IN upper
Deep creek at the west end of Mount
Badly. A force OF rangers from here
and the farmers living neal the fire
are out fighting the flames.
BUTTE, Aug. 29.-M att G. Ives, city
passenger agent for the Great North.
ern road, officially announced this
morning that the Great Northern has
established q chain of six camps from
Midvale, on the eastern bound airy OF
the Glacier national park, to Bolton,
ninety miles away, on the western
slope of the great divide, for the bene.
: fl of tourists wishing to visit the gla'
ciers. Until this new QUITE was estab'
lished Bolton was the only point OF
entrance, and many beautiful nature
wonders were lost to the travellers.
HELENA, Aug. 30.-Great excitemen,
prevail tonight in Marysville, %
miles from here over the reported dis
covery in the Belmont mine of the
mother lode. which has been sough,
for many years by prospectors. The
Belmont mine was purchased a few
years ago by Col. Thomas Cruise, dis.
coverer of the famous Drum Lummon,
in the same district, and has been
worked with success. To-day's dis.
covery is said to be in a new shaft,
which uncovered q vein of fabulous
richness.
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 30.-Falling