The river press., 1911-05-10
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.


From Various Parts Of the State.
BozEMAN, May Ia sale OF prop. |
erty in the G ALA and Madison val
leys was cousummated here today |
when 1895 acres of real estate changed
hands from Andrew J. Green to ]. q.
Jensen of Albert Lea, Mimi, for
$ll5. $3.50. Mr.. Jensen will colonize
the property.
HELENA, May 2.-The rejuven alton
of Neihart as q mining camp ts in
eight. The United States Smelling &
Refining company of Salt Lake, has
secured from w. G. Conrad q lease
and bond on the property OF the Queen
Mining g. Milling company at Mel
b art, which went into effect yesterday
and expires October l, when the fret
payment is due. It is understood that
the property was bonded for Sl5O, 900.
CRAIG, May 1.-Adolph Levin, .
member OF Levin Bros., stockmen, was
shot and instantly killed this morning
while plowing in field on his ranch,
II miles from this place, and Walter
Wentworth, a farm hand employed on
the sheep ranch of Gillette & Reeder,
whose ranch adjoins that OF the Levin
brothers, has given himself up in con.
nection with the tragedy.
| BOHEMIAN, May 2.-Gallatin county
seed is growing more popular in other
parts of the state each year and this
spring the shipment of oats, wheat,
barley and fax during the last month
aggregated 100000 pounds. All
of this is for seed purposes and much
of it goes to the northern and eastern
part of Montana. Besides these ship
ments is the great amount bought up
by eastern seed firms earlier 10 the
season.
HELENA. May $50 long as the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
complies with the provisions of
stipul alton between Attorney General
Wickersham for the government and
President b. B. Thayer and G. Kelly
and l.. o. Evans for the company,
filed in the federal court, the govern
ment will not press the suit started
last year for the closing down of the
works at Anaconda on account OF the
smoke nuisance and the alleged dam
age to timber and forage on the public
domain. A board of experts is created
whose duties it will be to determine
whether or not the stipulati is being
complied with.
i LIVINGSTON, May D. Eighteen
: cows, a part of herd of 40, which
, ally has been supplying milk to Liv.
ingston residents, were discovered to.
[ day to be tuberculous. The animals
were killed by O. E. Devore, deputy
state veterinary.
, HELENA, May "A directed verdict
/. for the government was returned by q
3 jury in the federal court today in the
case of the government against the
4 Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
= railroad charged with violating the
g safety appliance act. The governmen,
= alleged that certain drawbars were
not of lega al length. The company was
fined $lOO which was paid.
BUTTE, May 2.-The city of Butte
; this afternoon brought suit agains
!. former County Treasurer Phil G
! Goodwin and his bondsmen asking
I tn at be be compelled to turn over to the
city treasurer Sl7, ,47l.l2 taxes alleged
to have been received by him as city
u treasurer, which he has refused to &C
y count for. and has refused to give uI
= the money, although written demand
u was made OF him.
. LIVINGSTON, May 3.-Northerr
- Pacific train No. AZ was held here tht'
" morning while Mrs. w. M. Bradford
e was rushed to the depot just after re
. ceiving a message to the effect that he
son, Louis Bradford, was killed IL
= Great Falls this morning. The deat
= boy is 10 years old and was formerl
= a student of Helena Wesleyan. H
u was employed as brakeman on tn
ee Great Northern and was killed earl
"a today in an accident near Great Falls
8 BUTTE, May 3,-Because he wa
e arrested by the electric light compan
IL on chsrge of stealing gas and wa
3, later found not guilty, w. E. Deeue
20 is suing the company for 81 ,999 i
ss Judge McClernan n's court, and consid
3. ers that if he is successful in getting
ID Judgment for that amount he will re
ceive proper amends for the damag
to his reputation. If he had made th
damages 81 more he would have ha
sc to take the case to the federal cour
It where he would have to receive a
!. unanimous verdict for damages, viii
in the district court he only has I
10 secure q majority vote of the Jurors
le He was willing to sacrifice the doll al
ee