The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA. Jan. 2.-TLe state board
of railroad commissioners met today
and perfected it's organization for the
ensuing year. b. T. Stanton was Sc.
lected as chairman, 10 place Of E. A.
Morley, while all of the employees of
the commission we're r. appointed.
HELENA, Jan. 3.-But for the prompt
work Of the Ere fighting crew at the
East Helena smelter, . loss that would
have shut down the plant for months
was prevented. Fire broke out In the
blast furnace building and was spread-
ing rapidly when the crew began work
and held the loss down to $1,000.
DEER LODGE, Jan. 3.-Thomas W.
Catlin. a we'll known resident OF Mon.
tana, died 1t his home in this city
yesterday following an attack OF pa.
ralysis. He was at the time of his
death librarian OF Kohrs memorial
library. (. He was formerly . United
States commissioner and held . mum.
Der OF other public Offices. He grad.
uated from Yale 10 1856.
BUTTE, Jan. 1.-The body Of an
unknown man was found frozen to
death on Black Tail creek this after.
noon south Of Butte. His shoes we're
on the roadside. indicating that on
finding that his feet had been frost.
bitten he took on the shoes to rub them
in the snow. On the fat below Butte
this morning 1t was 40 below-in Butte
1t was 20. At Argenta, high in the
mountains, the temper AZURE fell to SIS
below zero.
KAL1SPELL, Jan. 3.-Plans are on
foot, it is learned, for the building Of
q large modern tourist hotel on the
chores Of Lake Mcdonald in the Ola.
cier National park, q structure to
equal the finest lakeside and seashore
resorts of the east, and to be put into
use sometime during the coming tour
let season, although 1t will not be
completed At that time. The institu.
ton is to take the place of the famous
Glacier hotel, now owned by J.. E.
Lewis At the upper end of the lake.
and this historic resort will be rszed
In order to make q cite for the new
one.
HELENA, Jan. 3.-The funeral of
Mrs. Henri Cremmelin of Spokane,
daughter of the late Colonel G. A.
Broadwater, wss held here today and
the services we're attended by scores
of friends of the Broadw ater family.
Interment wss in the family plot at
Forestvale.
BUTTE, Jan. 4.-Hugh Munroe is
missing and there is little doubt but
tn at he persisted in the blizzard which
swept Montana Sunday afternoon.
The frozen remains of Geo. Grenier
we're found near Pennington and par.
ties are searching for the body of
Munroe. Munroe and Grenier left
Butte together, enrou.e to Munroe's
mining claim.
HELRNA, Jan. 3-An Indictment
found by the last federal grand jury
against Jack Moser, who is charged
with forging an endorsement on q
money order al KalispelI, was made
public today in the federal court,
when Morris appeared to be ar.
raigned. Mitchell Peterson, Walter
Peterson, Oscar Peterson, Melvin
Peterson and Chas. Peterson, charged
with stealing cattle on the Blackfeet
reservation, today entered pleas of
not guilty in the federal court.
HELENA, Jan. 3.-The hearing in
the equity suit Of the Northern Pacific
against Custer county, set for today
in the federal court has been contin.
ued. 1t is not known when the matter
will come up. The railroad company
asked for an injunction to restrain
Custer county from selling as delin.
quent 500, 600 acres Of land the com.
pany owns in Custer. The complain
ant refused to pay the amount of taxes
assessed against the land, charging
that the assessed valuation was much
greater than that placed on similar
lands. Thereupon Custer county ad.
vertised the land for sale as delin.
quent.