The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

of kalispeli, was today appointed by
State Superintendent of Public To-
struction Harmoo as his deputy. Mr..
Ketcham succeeds B. T. Hathaway,
who recently resigned and went to the
coast on account of his health.
BUTTE, Sept. 2.-Because she was
q passenger on q Northern Pacific
rain that bumped into q switch en-
CINE near Butte November 4, 1910. and
was thrown upon the floor, sustaining
alleged spinal injuries, Ethel Clark
today brought suit against the rail.
road company for $40, $50 damages.
MILES CITY. Sspt. 2-The body OF
Fred Huckster. foreman of the John
T. Murphy cattle outfit, was found on
the Fort Keoeh reserv alton. A bullet
wound was found in the right temple
that passed clear through his head.
1t is considered Q plain case OF sui
eide. The body lay on the back with
q revolver under the left hand.
MIssoULA, Sept. 2.-The village OF
Frenchtown, Is miles below Missoula,
was practically DESTROYED by fire to.
day. But q part of one brick store,
owned by Marion Bros. stands to.
| night, the entire business district be-
ing wiped out. Frenchtown Ia one of
the oldest towns ia the state and re.
mains one of the first French-C an adian
settlements in Montana. 1t is UNDER
| stood that the town will be rebuilt.
F~reuchtown has about 300 inhabitants.
HAvRE, Sept. 3.-General Marion
Maus of the United States army, ar
rived here last week to look over Fort
| Assinniboine, and much interest in
this section centers on the outcome Of
his inspection of the post and reser.
walton. General Maus is on q tour
of inspection of the various military
reservations in the west, and the fu-
ure of Assinniboine will depend
largely upon his report to the war de-
partment.
HELENA, Sept. 5.-That part of
Montana's gold production for Au-
gust which was turned into United
States assay Office here, amounted to
q total Of 1852, 639. IS, according to the
monthly report of Assayer in Charge
T. b. Miller. Madison took first
place, Fergus second and Chouteau
third.
HELENA, Sept. 5.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy against Preston
B. Moss, president of the insolvent
First National bank of Billings, and
prominent in many other Billings in
stitutions, was filed in the federal
court here Saturday night. The re-
turn date has been fixed at September
10.
LEw1sTowN, Sept. ELI Willis,
Union veteran, who would have ce!e'
brated his 18th birthda y today, drop
ped dead on the street last night from
heart failure. He was a native o
Missouri, had lived here many years
and leaves a widow, three daughters
and one son.
BUTTE, Sept. 5.-Butte's Labor da,
celebration was the greatest of any II
the history of this city, there being
more unions participating in the pro
%cession than ever before owing to tn
utilization of the Western FEEDER alto,
of Miners union with the American
Federation Of Labor. Close to 500
men we're IN the parade. Magni6cen
floats representing the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor led the procession
Three bands 10 the procession endeav
ored to ~enliven the march.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 4.-With
| stolen purse in his possession an
e with the owner of the purse chasing
e him, Angus Stersinger ran almost int
3 the arms Of the police early this morn
. ing in the restricted district and wa
+ captured by a couple of officers ate
they had chased him a couple Q
r blocks. The purse, which he ha
e taken from the apartment of Myrtl
Smith, was found inside his under
wear when be was searched at the ste
e ton.
HAMILTON, Sept. ga body whic
has been identified as that of Charlie
Herr was found Labor day by O. I
Hutchins in the Bitter Root river {
Eagle Rock. From the position of til
body, as we'll as from evidence of
struggle near the place, it is believe
that Herr was murdered. The bod
was badly decom posed.
LIVINGSTON, Sept, 5.-Mrs. Mar
Powl, a we'll known resident of Ii,
r ingston lies in the Livingston hosp
tai tonight in a critical condition
y the result of a bullet wound, an
Dominick Long, aged 10 years,
under arrest, charged with havir
fred the shot, Mrs, POWl was sittiu