The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

n oOo8et OF onOT SteH"s
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Dec. 6.-The hotel commit.
tee has concluded all arrangements
for the requirement OF the cite OF the
pew $500, 600 hotel At the southeast
corner Of Main and Grand streets.
The deed OF the property will be pass.
ed 10 y few days.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. Sc am bling In all
its forms must stop in Bozeman or
there will be Wholesale arrests accord.
ing to q statement given out by County
Attorney Smith. There IL too much
card playing for prizes, and too much
playing of pea pool by boys for mon
ey," he said.
BUTTE, Dec. 5.-The Montana state
board OF dental examiners has insug.
urated . campaign against "bush
whackers" OF the profession; that is
unlicensed and illegal practitioners.
The board met yesterday in Butte and
formulated . campaign which con-
templates immediate prosecutions and
more stringent regulations In the fu-
ture.
KAL1sPELL, Dec. 5.-Estimates of
conservative spOrtsmen place the
number of deer killed during the
hunting season ia Flathead county at
more than 5000. Never before in the
local annals of forest sport has a
parallel occurred. The causes that
contributed largely to the slaughter
of deer were the heavy SHOWS OF two
weeks ago which drove the game into
the valleys in large numbers, and the
fact that hundreds OF hunters have
killed In excess of their legal limit,
which is three, some killing as many
as to 80 to so.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. s. Considerable
interest attaches here to the failure OF
the Northern Pacific railroad to pay
taxes amounting to $1,000 On lands
aggregating 100, 1000 acres in Gallatin
county. There 10 q difference of opin-
ion between the officials OF the road
and the county officers concerning the
' alu alton of the land and the North.
ern Pacific refuses to pay. The taxes
have been entered up as delinquent
and will go through the regular course
Of such property.
BUTTE, Dec. 6.-By an unanimous
vote a jury returned a verdict in favor
of the city in the suit brought by Chris
Biskey to recover Sc, 900 dam ages for
injuries sustained by a fall OF a slip.
perry iron door in the pavement.
BOHEMIAN, Dec. 6.-Robert Richie,
one of Belgrade's we'll known citizens,
who, on September 2, shot Edward
Harkins while the latter was sleeping
10 Ritchie's barn at Belgrade, has
been surrendered by his bondsmen
and put in Jail. Harkins still lives.
GREAT FALLS. Dec. 6.-James Mon.
niger, aged II, and Edward Clarity,
aged 10, were brought to the city to-
day from Belt, having been bound
over to the district court to be tried
for burglary. The boys are members
OF good families in Belt.
HELENA, Dec. 6.-After q long ex-
%ecutive session, W. E. Harmon, secre.
tary of the state board of education,
} announced that E. H. Renisch, super.
%intendent of the State Orphans home
at Twin Bridges, had been entirely
exonerated of the charges of brutality
and inhumane treatment preferred
against him. After being cleared,
, Mr.. Renisch presented his resign alton,
to take effect March l, 1912.
BIG TIMBER, Dec. 6.-Sherif Fall
lang has returned from q fruitless
chase after Mel lowell, the murderer
of Deputy Sheriff Bramnin. The last
heard of the fugitive he was seen near
Glasgow in Valley county. He had
abandoned the two horses he was
known to have been skulking in this
part of the state and was riding q
fresh mount. He was also said to
: carry two rifles and q revolver and
was we'll supplied with money.
= HELENA, Dec. 6.-Too old to work
! and too proud to 90 to the poorhouse,
= George Garkong, who claims to be 90
. years old, was found half frozen last
night in the basement of an old build
. ing on Main street. He was hustled
to the county jail and revived, and
today we'll fed, freshly shaven and
v ---L- + AL~ ia --
danced a jig for JOY. Arrangements
y to care for him during the winter have
been made.