The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-08
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLE1S
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

n Budget OF Readable onoT1 ''e'"s
From Various Parts Of the State.
HAMILTON, Feb. 27.-J. E. Totman,
superintendent OF Anaconda Copper
compsny's sawmill plant here, the
largest In Montana, announced today
that the mill would resume operations
Wednesday. The plant has been
closed since last November. II will
afford employment 20 about 300 men.
BUTTE, Feb. %. - District Judge
Lynch has issued an order dissolving
the Boston & Montana Mining com.
psny, thus permitting the merger OF
al Amslgamated Copper company
corporations by the Anaconda Copper
Mining company. overruling the OBJ
lection raised by Louis SessonRood
OF Cincinnati, O.. holder OF Is shares,
who alleged that the sale TO the Ana.
conda company val illegal and un'
fair. Judge Lynch refused the written
request of MI. Seasongood for W
weeks' extension Of the hearing.
HELENA. Feb. 2S.-A. N. Yoder,
secretary OF state, today deposited
with E. e. Esselstyn, state treasurer,
Oh, 693. Is, which represents the re.
ceipts of that department for the quar-.
ter ended today. Compared with the
corresponding quarter OF last year
this indicates q gain of 81, 200. H. r.
Cunningham, state insurance commits.
sioner, today deposited with Mr.. Es-
selstyn the sun of S4l, TAG, which rep.
resents the collections of that depart.
ment from fees, premiums and other
insurance resources, for the quarter
ending today. Compared with the
preceding quarter this is a gain of
81, O96.
GREAT FALLS, Feb. 28.-Lars Vasby
vas given q verdict against the United
States Gypsum company in Judge
Leslie's court this evening for $40, 500
for personal damages received while
working in one of the company's
mines near here last summer, at which
time he had his left leg broken in two
places. Vasby sued for S25, 900.
GREAT FALLS. Feb %. - An un-
known man was found frozen to death
this afternoon one mile west of
Vaughn on the G. N. Awards ranch.
A search of his clothes revealed moth.
ing but q couple of beer hall pro.
grams. The body was brought to
Great Falls, but has not been identi.
fed. From appearances the man has
been dead for three weeks. He was
five feet sever inches tall, weighed
about 140 pounds and had sandy hair
and mustache.
HELENA, March la disastrous
fire in the coal warehouse and barn
of Dorrance and Silverman at the
Northern Pacific depot resulted in the
burning of seven fine work horses.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused from the spark of q passing
engine. The buildings were frame
and the fire spread rapidly, the lurid
flames lighting the entire sky. In the
early stages of the fire some railroad
men and residents of the Sixth ward
made q heroic effort to save the
l horses, but the doors were locked and
the we're unable to break into
the building until too late.
BUTTE, March Thomas Hend'
rickson, q miner aged 26, committed
suicide by leaping 2,l00 feet into thu
. bowels of the earth to his death, {
distance equal that had he leaped of
, the top of q building $50 stories II
height. Hendrickson's remains wer'
picked up in pieces, pulpy and un
recognizable. he had fret removed
his coat and hat. hanging them on .
nail, then crawled under the guart
rail and jumped into the Parrot shaft
Friends al attribute no motive TO-
!, the deed, but It was probably q cas-
of women and wine with the usua
denouement of being Tilted whe,
broke.
% The most common cause of insomni,
Z N--