The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-12
MONTANA BRIEFlETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
MILES CITY, July 4.-News has
reached the city OF the death of Fred
Neiderhauser, q long distance walker,
who was struck and killed by lightning
in the Long Pine country, east of
Ekalaka.
GREAT FALLS, July 5.--The T. c..
Power & Bro. interests today filed for
record six deeds which make the Sun
River Stock and Land company, which
they control, the owners of 1904 acres
Of land north of the city OF Cascade
and toward the Sun river district,
which it purchased from the Northern
Pacific Railroad company. The pur.
chase price was ST., 3
GLENDIvE, July s.. 49, The city of
Gledive is probably the first munich.
pality In the United States to own q
real live airship. One minute past
midnight this morning an attachment
was served upon a biplane of the
Curtiss type, which failed to fly at
yesterdays celebration of the Fourth
and when the civil process was served
the guard OF militia which had saved
it from destruction was removed from
duty.
HELENA, July 6.-Joe Corby, re-
Gently appointed by Secretary Yoder
deputy state scaler of weights and
measures, is in the city from Butte,
ready to begin the testing OF all
weights and the examin alton of all
measures. Some of the parapherna.
liza necessary for the work has ar
rived, and the remainder has been
shipped.
HELENA, July 6.-Action has been
started in the district court by the
state of Montana against Louisa J.
and George Blackburn and others for
the appointment Of q board to ap.
praise the value OF lands which it is
sought to condemn for state fair pur.
poses. The lands are adjacent to the
fair grounds and it is alleged they are
necessary for its use.
GREAT FALLS, July 6.-Mrs. NJ. P.
Horan Of this city, lost her race
against death, according to kilograms
received here by her husband today.
She was taking her four.year.old child
to the coast with her family physician
in attend ance. The child's heart was
too weak for the trip and he died
near Columbia Falls. Mr.. Koran
started today to accompany his wife
home with the body.
MILES CITY, July John Smith
Of the Pinehill country, today paid to
Ed. Love and Sherman Hunt 81, 700 te
release a deal he had made with then
for the sale of his ranch to them FOL
$40, 900. Smith evidently did not know
what to do with himself after he hal
unloaded his ranch, with which he ha
been connected ever since locating il
this country many years ago.
GLASGOW, July S.-W. E. Moustol
was drowned in the Missouri rive
near Lismas yesterday morning. H
was riding on the front end Of tn
McCane ferry and handling the sound
ing line so as to avoid a sandba
when a board gave way and let hir
fall into the water. He disappeare
and never came up after going dow
the first time.
HELENA, July 8.-Being a China
man does not necess arily bar a perso
from filing on Uncle Sans land:
This point was presented for consider
alton in the Helena land Office q fe
d avs ago and was forwarded to tn
commissioner of the general Ian
Office, who holds that a Chinamar
born in the United States, is as niue
entitled to file on land as any othe
native or naturalized citizen. Hol
Sung, q Chinaman living at Whit
| Sulpher Springs, was then permitte
! to file on a homestead in Meaghe
: county.
HELENA, July $40 recommen
!. the order of the construction work Q
the great Sun river reclamation pr,
ject. and to determine on the layo,
OF the canal system, a board OF co,
, sulting engineers has been ordered
assemble Immediately, announce
Supervising Engineer h. N. Saval
3 today. A similar board has ju
;, made q trip over the Milk River pr
ject, and it's report has been forward
I to the director OF the reclamation se
vice. The preliminary details co.
. nected with these projects are now b
= ing disposed Of, and it is expects
y that actual construction work vi
coon be under way.
BILLINGS, July l0.-Forty. two het