The river press., 1911-12-06
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS

MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
TOWNSEND, Dec. 2.-Wholesale ar
rests of alleged cattle thieves are be-
ing made in Broadwate county as
result of determined effort on the
part of the organized stockmen to
stamp out rustling which is declared
to have grown to alarming proper
tions. The old days OF the rustlers
who stole cattle and thus started or
augmented q herd are over, but in
their place there is said to have de-
veloped q large number OF petty
thieves who find it cheaper to kill
beef than to buy it, or to operate on a
email scale by killing other peoples
steers and selling them to small butch
ers.
FORSYTH, Dec. "A suit in the dis
trict court here, which is considered
one of the most important to stocknen
ever tried, resulted in the granting OF
q temporary restr aiming order to the
Rea Bros. Sheep company against
seven sheepmen in this county. The
sheep company has leased large
number of odd numbered sections In
the northwest part of the county from
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany. The land, with the even mum.
bered government sections, embraces
q territory 81 miles from east to west
and 40 miles from north to south.
Other sheepmen have been grazing
their stock in this territory and the
sheep company asked that they be re-
ctr aimed from grazing on the railroad
sections. ~-
HELENA, Dec. 2.-Seventy.one per.
sons were killed and 528 persons were
Injured on Montana railroads during
the year beginning Oct. l, 1910 and end
ing Septemb mber 30, 1911, according to
. the annual report OF the Montana
railroad commission presented to
| Acting Governor W. r. Allen.
GREAT FALLS, Dec. 1.-When the
, gambling case against Dan Shields
, was called today in Justice Safford's
court, the complaining witness, Chas
{ Carr, who alleged he lost $50 ir
+ Shields place in q poker game. wa:
not in court, and County Attorney
!. Greene moved dismissal of the case
There has been talk of q grand jury
: to look into gambling.
:, BUTTE, Dec. 2.-The damage sui
r brought in behalf of Mike Novack
: 10 years old against the Northern
), Pacific railroad company, was con
q cluded in Judge Lynch's court yester
Il day, and the jury returned a verdic
q in favor of the boy for the recover,
r of s25, 900. 1t was alleged that younl
e Novack was injured by being struc
s by an engine while he was employe
as section hand at Chestnut station
. LEw1sTowN, Dec. IA sens alto
. was caused here yesterday morning b
4 the arrest of FELTON, r. Lyons, q we
It known young telegrapher, employe
d at the Office of the Continental Con
e. pany, here. on charge of bigsm
Is preferred by his first wife, Mrs. Pea
D. Lyons of Sioux City, Iowa. Lyons
ar now in the county jail.
It BILLINGS, Nov. 30.-Eight carlo &C
+, of cattle will be shipped out OF Huntle
IN tomorrow morning by Judge Mann I
u = this city and Thomas q. Hogan OF Il
y. Pryor creek country. The anima
Ia Ia will be forwa arded to the markets
~ Kansas City. They have been fatte
40 ed upon beet tops and alfalfa and q
G said to be in excellent condition.
- LIBBY, Dec. 1.-During the huntil
al season which closed yesterday mo
on deer have been killed in northweste
ch Montana than In any previous seas'
IL for many years. It was estimated Ia
Ill season that 1000 deer were killed
lrt Lincoln county, but this year 1t "
M thought that at least 5000 have be
10 killed. The heavy snowstorm ear
ne in November drove the deer down O
ng of the mountains much earlier tn
ng usual and since that time there b
ng been a. great slaughter.
nd HELENA, Dec. L. That the +
1s, dredges in operation in Madison cou
~ ty aid materially In sustaining
~ reputation of that county as q &C
ito producer is indicated by the month
=. report from the United States ass
in Office in this city for the month
he November, which shows that the I
las post from Madison is s82,566.52,
IN nearly one half of the entire depo
act from all of the other Montana count
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