The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-25
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts of the State.

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From Various Parts Of the State.
DILLON, Oct. II Justice Rich cen.
fenced n. NJ. Griffin of Dell to 30 days
in the county Jail for violating the
law prohibiting drinking upon the
%trains, which was passed by the leeis'
lature at the las. session.
BILLINGS, Oct. l7.-O1d Fellows
aud Rebeccas from every known corner
of Montana are in Billings for the
9th annual meeting OF the grand
lodge. About 300 are already here
and it Is believed that later nearly 500
will be on hand, so the convention
will be one Of the largest ever enter
tanned 10 this city. 1t will continue
until Thursda az evening.
HELENA, Oct. l7.-News is received
in Helena Of the death in Spokane Of
W. c. Buskett, one of the best known
OF Montsna's pioneers. Several years
ago Mr.. Buskett was active in mining
and political circles, and at one time
had q fortune, which he lost through
business reverses. Buskett was q
close friend OF the late Eugene Field,
and was the "Penn Van Bill' In
Fields we'll known poem OF thai name.
He leaves a father In St. Louis.
GREAT FALLS, OFT. 17.-Suit that
was brought by an eastern scale firm
against r. B. Noble, a merchant, to
collect a balance Of 800 on q scale
contr act, will bring TO a test the merits
OF the Montana law. The scales, 1t
will be alleged by Noble in his answer
are inaccurate and defective, and do
not meet the requirements Of the state
eealer of weights and measures, weigh
ing light. The case, it is said, will
bring the states new department of
sealer Of weights and measures into
court, for some of the facts relied on
by the defense are expected TO be gain
ed through that channel.
CONRAD, Oct. 18.-By q vote OF IS to
rs Conrad delegates against the ordin.
ance passed several weeks ago by the
city council providing for midnight
and Sunday closing of saloons, on
which q referendum vote was called
for by the saloon men. Very little
interest was shown in the election.
The general opinion prevailing was
that the time was ~inopportune for re-
form measures.
GREAT FALLS, Get. Isl. E. Will
liams, an old timer of this section,
who was arrested recently on a charge
of selling liquor without a license up.
on the complaint of counsel for the
Anaconda Copper Mining company,
today pleaded guilty and was fined
, 500. Williams has been running a
club near Albright adjacent t o the
limerick quarry of the mining com
: pany, which has been trying to dis
lodge him for several years.
+ HELENA, Oct. ia sequel to the
shooting ARRAY which occurred this
month at Wolf Creek in the northern
part of this county and during which
Thomas Howard was shot below the
: heart, and q Japanese was shoG
through the leg, came this afternoon
when Mr.. Howard started suit in the
district court against Albion Melon.
aid for damages in the sum of $40, 600.
: Howard alleges that he entered the
saloon upon invitation of Mcdonald,
+ and that after his entrance Mcdonald
=. began shooting carelessly, recklessly
and negligently and in utter disreg ard
of the life OF the plaintiff.
HELENA, Oct. l7.-In the arrest re.
Gently Of two men for killing game in
the Glacier national park, q fine ques-
: ton has been raised as to whether
under existing laws it is q crime to
kill game in the Glacier park. The
matter has been referred by Maj. W.
r. Logan, park superintendent to
District Attorney Freeman's Office,
} and an investig alton Is now being
. made. Thomas Shields of Essex,
g Mont, and Archibald Patterson
4 of Paola, Mont, are charged with
having slain an elk and a deer in the
park. A complaint was sworn GU,
d against them and they were brought
before United States COMMISSIONS,
n Henry w. Hutchins OF Bolton.
y lame hack ia one Of the mOet com,