The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

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From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA. May q From this time
on the child labor &C. is going to be
vigorously eoforced." declared Com
missi'ne: J. Il. Hall Of the bureau OF
agriculture. labor and industry, who
swore to teo complaints charging tue
Western Ua:on, the Postal aud the
owner Of the Granite block here with
employing as messengers and elev ator
operators boys under the age Of IL
years.
HELENA. May 23.-Power to reduce
the police force when economy makes
It necessary to exercise such power IL
vested 10 the city council and not In
the mayor OF q city, holds the supreme
court in granting the application OF
James II Rowling aud others for q
writ of peremptory mand ate to compel
the mayor OF Butte TO restore them to
active service.
LEw1sTowN, May 23.-With q rain.
fall exceeding l 81 inches during the
past few days, the farmers are now
feeling quite certain of q big harvest
this year.. If there is a good, soaking
rain tow ard the eud Of June they will
be content. 1t ia estimated that the
yield of winter whea. in the Judith
basin will not be under IS bushels to
the acre this fall.
HELENA, May 22.-Frank Adams,
who was arrested here yesterday OF
the charge of being a mau wanted at
Wardner. Idaho, on a charge of horse
stealing was identified today as James
Warner, q former resident Of this city,
who was sent to the Miles City reform
school when fifteen years old. After
he was released from that institution
he figured in prize fights in this city
aud was known as "Kid" Warner.
GREAT FALLS, May 23.-Alleged
discrimina alton on the part of the
Great Northern Railway company
against Great Falls 10 the matter of
freight rates has caused q re.opening
of the now famous Spokane rate case
issue before the interstate commerce
commission with the city of Great
Falls as the plaintiff party and the
Great Northern system as the defend
ant. Yesterday Boyd Bros, Great
Falls plumbers, through their agent,
Byron DeForest of Great Falls, filed
by mail with the commission q com.
plant and papers in evidence in the
case.
HELENA, May ga heavy snow.
storm which melted as it fell, but left
. the mountains and foothills covered
with white, lasted practically all at.
ternoon, the storm being remarkable
for the extreme size of its fakes, some
of which were two inches across. Re.
ports indicate that the storm was gen.
, eral throughout the state.
:. MILES CITY, May 24.-Clarence S.
Town, a cousin of Postmaster Towers,
is dead as a result of being kicked
, and tramped by a horse at the Fort
:. Keogh remount station, where he was
, employed. Mr.. Town vent to his barn
to harness a team and did not return.
When found he was unconscious and
remained 80 until the end.
BUTTE, May 24.-J. P. Murphy,
commonly known as "Swede" Muir
ply, detective on the Butte police
force aud one of the best known citi-
zens in Montana, last night was found
e guilty, by the police commission, o.
j. having accepted protection money
= election day, April 2, and his dis
missal from the force ordered. At ar
e sll.day hearing by the police commits
e sion, witnesses were introduced who
q told of gambling having been per
mitted and of saloons having beer
allowed to operate election day II
violation of the statutes.
GREAT FALLS, May 24.-That tn
assessed valu alton of Cascade count,
" will be increased at least one millio,
: dollars is the announcement made b.,
County Assessor Gillen, jr., who
:" with his force of deputies, has practi
cally completed the work of assessing
the property OF Cascade county fo1
=. this year. An increase of 81 900, 00
" will mean that Cascade county's as
sessed valuation will approach YER.
" near TO 1928, 600, 900 this year. Asses
. sor Gillen says that his estimate i
very conserv alive and that he woul'
~ not be surprised if the increase wer
even greater.
BUTTE. May 25.- The Norther
Pacific Railway was this mornin
made defendan in a suit for $751; so
es by Herman Strasberger. It is allege
that on November 4, 1910, Will
'n Stra q berger WAS riding in defend