The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-27
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

ing the Past Few Days.
CHOTEAU, Sept. 2l.-The body of
Gus Beach, who committed suicide
near the cabin of Anthony Minister,
In Sun river canyon, was brought to
Choteau and buried in the Choteau
cemetery. Beach tried some time ago
to cut his throat, but lost his nerve
before the job was completed. Early
last spring Beach was thrown from a
horse, receiving q sever injury to his
skull, and it is thought that his de.
rangement was due to this.
LIBBY, Sept. 20.-The mystery sur.
rounding the disappearance of Simon
Schmidt, a tailor, was cleared up here
yesterday when his body was found
floating in the Kootenai river. Schmidt
disappeared about three weeks ago,
leaving a note to the effect that he in
tended to kill himself. The man had
been respondent since the death of his
wife, about a year ago.
HELENA, Sept. 22.-Mrs. Laura T.
Howey, formerly and for many years
librarian of the state historical library
and one OF the best known women 10
the west, died at q hospital here after
a lingering illness of heart trouble.
She was 81 years of age.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 2l.-Attempt.
ing to cross the Great Northern rail.
way bridge at this place this evening
and walking along the edge OF the
track instead Of utilizing the foo,
bridge at the other side, j. M. Mccoy,
q coal miner of Sand Coulee, was
struck by the locomotive of an incom
ing passenger train No. 240, from
Shelby, and was knocked down to the
waters edge, striking upon a pile o,
rocks just below the west approach te
the bridge.
HELENA, Sept. 22.-Charging tina
the Montana Independent Telephone
company was negligent in maintaining
q telephone pole at a dangerous poin
on q public highway in the village O
Corbin, John T. Murphy, as admins
traitor of the estate OF Charles +
Anderson, who was killed in q ,runa
way At Corbin July 5, 1910, has start
ed q suit in the district court sgains
the telephone company for damage
in the sum Of $40 900 and costs.
BILLINGS, Sept. 22.-The campsig,
of sugar making Is scheduled to star
Saturday at the local factory an,
will be in progress during the follow
ing four months. This will be by IA
the longest campaign In the history o
the enterprise in the valley and it l
believed the tonnage OF sugar will b
nearly double that Of last yoar. Tn
tests made of the beets show that the.
are particularly high in the p~ercentsg
of sacchsrine matter, which means tina
the money paid to the growers will b
proportionately large.
HELENA, Sept. 22.-Rosebud is tn
healthiest county in Montana, ant
Bozemsn 10 the healthiest city ! thes'
having the smallest death rate pei
thousand of any county or city in tn
state, according to tables just com
piled by DR.. T. D. futile, secretary O
the state board OF health. The tables
cover the year ending June 30, 1911.
and the totals show q slight increase
in the death rate per thousand for the
entire state, chiefly due, it is said, to
the fact that the health officials were
more vigilant in reporting deaths than
the year previous.
BUTTE, Sept. 23.-Butte's postal
bank Ia breaking all records, with an