The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-04
MONTANA BR|EFlETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
LEwIsTowN, Dec. 2S.-Word was
received here this moring from the
| Sipple ranch. some 40 miles from
town, to the effect that Miss Irene Van
Kleek, in charge Of the commercial de-
psrtment Of the local high school, had
been fatally injured by being thrown
from q horse while riding from the
Sipple place to her homestead.
BILLINGS. Dec. 27.-Caught red.
handed in an effort to burglarize the
Tunnel saloon, John Mitchell and D.
S. Harrington are behind the bars in
the city Jail, to await action by the
county attorney. The attempt vas
made late last night and its success
was prevented by the vigilance of
Frank Ray, proprietor of the place,
who held Mitchell up with q shotgun
and frightened Harrington so tn at he
ran up the street and was afterward
caught by the police.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 2S.-The Rev.
James Molyneux, rector of St. AIMS
cathedral, is appointed by Bishop
Lenihan the first chancellor Of Great
Falls diocese. This is q high Office
worthily bestowed on q respected
young priest. The duties of q diocesan
chancellor are about the same as those
OF q vicar general in other dioceses.
He keeps q record of all official church
documents and in the absence of the
bishop from the diocese, he exercises
many OF the faculties that are reserved
for a vicar general.
BILLINGS, Dec. 2~7.-Teachers from
all parts OF the state are gathered 10
this city In attendance at the sessions
of the State Teachers association,
and the meeting promises to be one of
the best ever held. Although not so
large in numbers as some previous
ones, the states leading educators are
all present and questions of vital i'm
portance in educational affairs Of the
state will be considered at the ses-
sions scheduled for tomorrow and
Thursday.
BUTTE, Dec. 26.-The introduction
OF evidence at the election contests in
Silver Bow county was pr practically
completed yesterda y, and motions are
now pending to dismiss all of the con.
tests except that over the office of as.
SCISSOR. At the hearing yesterday the
republican contestants introduced
some testimony showing %fraudulen,
voting and repeating in several pre-.
ciucts and illegal registration in an
other precinct. However, there was
no testimony offered to show for whom
the men voted who were alleged to
have registered illegally, or that they
voted at all. And there was no evi'
dence to show for whom the alleged
reporters voted.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 29.--That Grea1
Falls is rapidly becoming one of the
most important customs collection
%centers in the United States is evident
from figures given out this afternoon
by J. G.. Bair. collector of customs
for Montana and Idaho, with head
quarters in this city. The collections
for the fiscal year ending June 30 las
were 1922 900, as compared with S347,
600 for the year before.
HELENA, Dec. 29.-Legislators, sen
atorial lobbyists, county divisionist,
and job hunters are now swarmine
into Helena in preparation for tn
converting Monday noon OF the Twelfth
i, legislative assembly. Chief interest
%centers upon the speakership fgh
= in the house, and next to that, tn
fight over the chief clerkship. Upor
l these two positions much depends, az
conseq uently they are two plums upor
which senatorial candid ates are bend
: ing all their efforts to win.
| GREAT FALL, Dec. ga message
7 received in Great Falls from II. N
! Savage of Helena, supervising en-
< gineer of the reclamation work II
Montana, officially confirms the fig
ures previously given as the amount
appropriated for Sun river and Mill
+ river irrigation Developments. Mr.
r Savage said that Sun river would re
> ceive %, 278, 900 and Milk river %, $50,
900 for the prosecution of co%nstructio,
in the next three years. He congrstu
lated northern Montana on its goo,
= fortune. The official orders for th'
appropriation of this much money TO
these projects have been issued ant
the whole matter ia now settled.
MIssoULA, Dec. 28.-Late tonigh
at the county jail Sheriff Graham
says he secured q confession from tw'
soldiers named John Murphy ant
Archie Primroae. both Of Fort Mis-