The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-24
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
LEw1sTowN, May l6.-John Nc.
Cune, y young man employed At the
Cruise ranch 1t Flat Willow, was
drowned at I o'clock this morning.
He was riding across the Henry Sie-
bert ranch and missing the bridge,
went into the stream, which ts very
swift and deep at that point.
HELENA, May l6.-According to
reports received here the recent rain
was general from helena to St. Paul.
Two.ifths of an inch fell here, three
inches At Billings, 40 inch At Glen
dive, and two inches at ST. Paul. 1t
raioed from Cut Bank to Culbertson,
and from Chester east to the Dakota
line.
KAL1sPELL, May l5.-Both claim.
ing right to . valuable 80 acres near
Big Arm. W. G. hobbs and D. P.
Lowery yesterday clashed when Low.
cry attempted TO move . cabin on land
already fenced by Hobbs. Guns were
drawn, but Lowery succeeded in get
tiog on the land, and both men are
now holding the ground pending q
land Office decision.
HELENA, May 16.-In the COVER
nor's Office at the state house yester-
day afternoon, the Sanders memorial
commission gave to A. Afdjornson. q
sculptor from Chicago, the contr act
to carve in clay, the figure of the fam.
Gus pioneer, Wilbur F. Sanders, from
which q statue of bronze will be mod
eled in the Clark foundry, in New
York city and will be given to the as
ISOLATION by w. A.. Clark. The sculp.
tor contracted to do the work for the
sum of So, 900.
MIssOULA, May l6. One of the
largest verdicts eve awarded in q
personal damage suit against a rail.
way company in the district court
here was that returned by the jury in
case OF Stella Anderson against the
Northern Pacific this afternoon for
$40, 600 for the death of her husband,
who was killed In the yards in 90 &C.
cident that happened q year ago. The
plaintiff asked for $40, 600. The at.
torneys for the company gave notice
of appeal. The trial has been in pro.
gress ten days.
HELENA, May l6.-Formal appli-
cation under the Carey act has been
made for segregation of 10, 900 acres
Of public land along the Flatwillow
creek, in the eastern part of Fergus
county, by the Fergus County Land
& Irrigation company, in which are
interested John MacGinniss Of Butte,
John Berkin of Butte, David Hilgel
Of Lewistown, and other Butte ani
Lewistown men. Immediately upor
its acceptance by the interior depart
ment work upon the project will b
started, it il said. The estimated cos
is $3.50, QUO.
HELENA, May 17.-Forty Thousand
dollars is the sum j. Hulse demand
from the Northern Pacific Railwa!
company for the loss of his left leg
while beating his way from Missoula t.
Helena March 81 last on q freigh
train.
M1ssoULA, May 1.-THE question
of accepting the commission form o
} government was carried yesterday q
special election by a majority of ~
votes. This makes Missoula the frs
city in the state to adopt the new form
under the law recently passed by tn
state legislature.
BOULDER, May 17.-District Judg
Lew D. Galloway at the conclusion o
a short session of court yesterday OF
petition of q large number of taxpay
: ers, drew fifteen names from the jur
t box and from these seven to constitut
. a grand jury will be drawn. The pet
: ton seeks an investig alton into tn
administration of the affairs of Jeffe,
e son county.
q BUTTE, May 1.-THE annual mee1
t ing of the Anaconda Copper MininI
+ company was held in Anaconda thi
morning and the old board of diree
tors was reelected. The report make
public for the first time the price pal
I for the Butte mines of former Senate
> W. A. Clark, transfer of which Wa
:. announced six months ago. The cor
u s%ideration is given as IS, 600, 900 an
the properties were transferred to I'll
Amalgamated Copper company fc
ll2, 600 shares of Anaconda stock.
HELENA, May l7.-H. j. Herrin,
rancher of Wolf Creek, is plaintiff
v q suit started in the district cou'
h against Henry Sieben and Thoma
n Grimes. The action ia to recovt
d 81, 600 in which amount Herrin allegt
be has been damaged for the reaso
!, that Sieben & Grimes at sundry ar