The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-11
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA, Oct. 3.-The body OF Mark
| Monroe, for a number Of years q
rauchman ia the Prickly Pear valley,
was found in a room at the Occidental
roomipg house yesterda y. The indt'
cations were that Monroe had com.
mitted suicide BY taking carbolic acid
BILLINGS, OF. 3.--Neariy Sl1. 900 is
the price received for 80 acres Of yell
lowstone county land this week. 10 q
deal made between e. c. Steers OF
Laurel and Mr.. Tiggs OF Greedy, the
latter became owner OF the Steers
farm, which is located about four
miles west of Laurel. The %considera'
ton ia said to have been Sl37 per acre,
or q total of $40, 900.
GREAT FALLS. Oct. 3.-ProRress!ve
farmers of this county who have
planned sending exhibits Of their grain
to the American Land and Irrig alton
exposition in New York are up against
the proposition OF al afid which
may defeat their wishes and keep them
out of the show because OF the heavy
expense 1t would entail. The afid avit,
which must be made before a magis-
trate and accompany the entry, de-
clares tn at the exhibition offered un'
der the entry was "raken from an
officially surveyed acre"
LEw1sTowN, Oct. "a boy yester.
day afternoon discovered the body OF
Alexander Van 1derstein lying in the
grass near the electric light company's
ditch up Spring creek, close to the
road. The decedent q few months ago
suffered a very serious attack of ty.
phoid fever aud on recovering never
reg aimed his normal strength. 1t is
clear that in coming down the road
be slipped and fell into the ditch, in
which the water runs swiftly, and had
great difficulty In getting out. He
succeeded, but in his weakened condi.
ton the effort was too much for him
and he died of exhaustion.
HELENA, Oct. 4.-The property in
this city and county of the Helena
Water Works company has been form
ally turned over to the city OF Helena.
The bonds issued by the city we're
taken up by the American National,
the Nations al bank of Montana and the
Union Bank & Trust company of this
city, and the $500, 900 turned over to
water company representatives. Next
week Mayor Horsky will appoint q
water commission to look after the
running of the plant for the city.
HELENA, Oct. "A movement has
been started in Helena to commemor'
ate the feat Of Cromwell Dixon, the
aviator, ia crossing the main range Of
the Rockies by erecting a tablet to his
memory recounting the feat. The pro-
posal is to put the tablet in one of the
buildings at the state fair. State SEN
ator Charles N. Kessler is the pro-
moter Of the project and be has q
number of active business men with
him in it.
HELENA, Oct. 4-Oct. As the
result of a shooting scrape which oc'
Cured In the saloon of A. Mcdonald
at Wolf Creek, two lei are now il
hospitals ia Helena dangerously
!, wounded, and A. Mcdonald, the owner
4 of the saloon is in the county Jail
The wounded men are Thomas Howard
: a harness maker, and Charley, q Jap
anese, whose last name is unknown
but who has been around Wolf Creel
} for some time.
BILLINGS, Oct. 3.-What is believed
to be the smallest area of public lant
ever taken in this district by home
, stead entry was filed upon here toda!
= by Charles A. Mann of Bridger, tn
tract including a fraction more thai
y six acres, located q short distance iron
the Carbon county town. There wa
some competition for the tract for MIR
9 Mann's entry had not dried on tn
y records when a woman, who did no
give her name, appeared at the offio
and asked to file upon the land as a
y "%isolatedo area.
KALIsPELL, Oct. 4.-The immens
modern mill of the Northwestern Lun
:, Der company situated a mile north c
this city was completely destroyed b
fire last evening, together with tn
: planning mill adjoining. 1t starte
. from unknown origin in the engin
room about $50 p. m. when flame
were discovered by Mike Burke tn
), engineer who had been summoned
;, the mill by the night Waterman. Th
- entire engine room was soon e~nvelol
ed shutting off the steam supply to th
pump house 100 yards away, and con
t. pletely Gripping the water systel
:. which is one of the most efectiy
maintained by any mill in the localit,