The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA, Jan. Pc. w. Thomas
OF Custer county, indicted by the last
grand jury on a charge of unlawfully
fencing 1900 acres of land, pleaded
guilty 10 the federal court before J ddye
Rasch and was sentenced to pay a foe
of 5000. Thomas was indicted on the
same charge In July, 1909 Pleaded
guilty and vas fined $25.
HELENA, an. 1%2.--John S. M. Neill,
individually, and the Independent
Publishing company, of which he is
the proprietor, have been sued in the
federal court by the Helena w ater
Works company for $4,000. alleged
to be the damage done the complain
ant by reason of an alleged false and
defamatory article appearing 10 the
Helena Independent December 2.
BILLINGS, Jan. l2.-Present indica.
lions are that the citizens Of Billings
III the local chamber of commerce
expresses their eentiments-will not
| oppose either of the new counties
whose formation will NEAR the seq.
gregation Of portions OF Yellowstone
county. There may be an effort made
to change the proposed bound aries,
but no effort will be made to defeat
the proposition as q whole.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. PA snowslide in
the upper Madison basin yesterday
caused the death of II. A. Leland and
the narrow escape from the same fate
of five other men whose names cannot
now be learned. The men we're clear.
ing q road in the canyon about a mile
below the site of the Hebden dam when
an avalanche swept down the steep
cliffs upon them. Two of the men were
| able to extricate themselves and after
come difficulty they located three of
their companies and by heroic efforts
succeeded in freeing them from the
mass of snow, rocks and trees.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 13.-Flre de
stroyed the car barns and repair shops
of the Great Falls Electric Properties
at Black Eagle park last night. Esti.
mates place the damage sustained by
the company at $40, 600, all of which
Is covered by insurance. Included in
the property lost were several open
cars, three closed cars and the new big
rotary snow pillow. In spite of the de-
struction of the terminal plant, with q
part OF the rolling stock, the street car
service has not suffered. Today the
traffic was heing handled with the
customary dispatch and ears were
running on schedule time.
LOMBARD, Jan. 13.-Geo. Kobalrk,
who was beating his way east from
Beverly, WASH, penniless and look
ing for work, boarded an %eastbound
Milwaukee freight train at Three
Forks yesterday morning and stood
between two cars. He severely froze
his ears, hands and feet before reach.
ing Lombard, which was the first stop
the train made. Sheriff Doggett from
Townsend came after him and took
him to Townsend where he Is being
taken care of by the county officials.
HELENA, J an. 14.-Jerry Robinson.
pioneer of Montana and California,
died last night at St. Peters hospital,
aged "a. A picture of Robinson graces
the head of the main staircase In the
capitol building. He is represented
as washing gold, and he was asked to
pose for the picture because he was
taken to be typical of the pioneers
who upbuilt Montana. Robinson
came to Montana in the early sixties
from California.
BUTTE, Jan. 14.-District Judge J.
G. McClernan yesterday afternoon
granted the State Savings bank a de.
fault Judgment against the Basin Re.
duction Works, a Heinze corporation,
for sl45, 900, with sl3, 92O interest, and
an attorney fee OF $4,000. Attorney
Sanders represented the plaintiff and
stated that on March l, 1907, the de-
PENDANTS secured Sl45, 600 at eight pc,
cent interest. The interest has beer
!, paid until November l, 1909, but nc
interest has been paid since that time
aud lone of the principal has been re
turned.
KALIsPELL, Jan. l3.-Not q whee
was turned east of Columbia Falls o,
, the Great Northern yesterday and tn
snow crews which were stationed Q
various place. to take adv antsge o
the fret chance to begin clearing tn
tracks we're unable to lift q shovel
= Today, however, they went to worl
= early and railroad men hoped thi
= morning to be able to clear the tract
within . day OF two. While th'