The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-28
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
MILES CITY, June PR. Adj ANS,
living near B%lachford, had q foot cut
off this afternoon by Northern Pacific
train No, 6, and will be brought to a
Miles City hospital tonight on No. 3,
which, however. is delayed an hour or
more by a washout which took place
after 5 p. m. at some point between
Terry and Miles City.
BOHEMIAN, June 2l.-R. II. Boomer,
q farmer living near Manhattan, sut-
fered a loss of l50 choice young tur.
keys Monday as a result of q hail
storm that lasted fifty seconds. Mr..
Boomer has $50 young turkeys that
were uninjured by the storm. He says
his entire flock would have been wiped
out had the hail downfall lasted for
five minutes.
GREAT FALLS, June 2l.-Automo.
bile owners of this city are eng aged
in raising funds by subscription for
the purpose of placing the road from
Great Falls to Cascade in good shape
for the Dispatch trophy our from the
Twin cities to Helena next month.
The county commissioners have agreed
to appropriate q sum equal to that to
be raised by subscription not to ex-
coed 81, 900. The local Automobiles
are making plans to royalty entertain
the tourists when they reach Great
Falls.
LEw1sTowN, June 23.-Fred Run.
gel, alleged to be a member of the Cat
creek busin gang OF cattle rustlers,
was brought in today, charged with
grand larceny. He Is the fourth men,
Der Of this alleged gang to be taken
into custody.
HELENA, June 23.-J. G. Locke, OF
Bozeman, recently appointed surveyor
general OF Montana to succeed j.
Frank Cone, of Ravalli county, today
took the oath OF Office before Clerk OF
the federal Court G. w. Sproule. He
will take Office July l.
HELENA, June 22.-Contending that
the child labor law prohibiting the
employment of boys under the ages OF
l6 as messengers is class legislation,
the Postal Telegraph company has
appealed the conviction of it's Helena
manager for violating the law and will
carry the case through the district to
the supreme court, it is said. The case
will also be fought out on the facts
The company was brought into the
courts on complaint OF j. h. Hall
commissioner of the bureau of agri
culture, labor and industry.
GLASGOW, June 22.-The body O
Fred Frink, a cowboy, was jus
brought in from the Elmer Kane ranch
and turned over to the HI
was herding horses for Kane & Down
ing, about Is miles northwest of tn
city, and left the camp about l O'CLOCK
yesterday as a sharp electrical storm
; was coming up, this was the last tim
l he was seen alive. About 6 o'clocl
last night another rider found his bod.
and that of his horse piled up togethe
T about a mile from where he left camp
BUTTE, June 22.-Carl Standsl
driver of an ice wagon, today made a.
Intellectual attempt to commit suicid
by Sitting his throat. He succeede,
: in severing everything In his throa
+ but the juglar vein, destroying tn
+ power OF speech. On the operatin
+ table, in the emergency hospital, b
+ begged in broken whispers for th
( surgeons to let him die or kill hin
: A young woman's refusal to becom
+ Sandals wife caused him to seek sell
destruction. The case from the stand
point OF the surgeons was the wOr'
ever DrOugnt q the nOspltal.
+ K~ALIsPELL, June 24.-W alking O
! the railroad %engrossed in the perust
+ of a Flathead advertising pamphlet,
+ poorly dressed man apparently fiji
+ years old was struck and Instant
+ killed by an eastbound freight nes
+ Lupfer siding last night. In his poe
]. cts were found two notebooks contain
+ ing the inscription, Joseph H. Call
+ han, Lowell, Mass, and several mo-
+ booster booklets of western towns.
+ HELENA, June 23.-Work on Il
+ construction of the Conrad-Va ali
+ project in Teton county is to be r
+ sumed Immediately and pushed
+ completion. This is the informati'