The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short 'tems
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, April 18.-Judge Frank 8.
Dietrich, sitting In the federal court
for Judge Rasch, made an order auth
orizing the receiver of the Helena Wa
ter company to cell the plant to the
city for s400, 600. The offer will be
submitted to the city council, which
may or may not submit 1t to . vote Of
the taxpayers.
KAL1sPELL, April II. - Wearing
trousers, . ring, q stickpin and
watch stolen from the Knott residence
Saturday Tom Morton, . crippled
dope aend, wss captured by Sheriff
Ingraham last night at the State mill.
IL miles north OF here, where be had
walked, Notwithstanding the handicap
Of . crutch and . recently broken leg.
He acknowledged his guilt.
BUTTE, April ia complaint has
been issued against Robert Lester, the
ticket agent of the short line, alleging
. shortage in his accounts of $3.50.
He has been missing q week. Before
coming to Butte Lester was stationed
At Helena, Spokane, Grand Forks and
Minneapolis. His wife attributes the
shortage to q mania for gambling.
A rigorous search has been instituted
for the defaulting agent by the rail.
road officials.
LEw1sTowN, April 17.-John Sny-
der, q rancher on Alaska bench, some
miles from this city, has not been
seen since last Wednesday and the
neighboring ranchers have notified
the officers here. 1t is their firm be-
lief that Snyder has committed suicide.
He had been in i'll health for some
time and acted strangely at times.
Snyder is quite a popular man, un-
married and 40 years of age.
BUTTE, April 18.-The Butte Busi.
ness Mems association committee hav-
ing ia charge the recent audit of the
financial affairs Of the city books in
which alleged shortages reaching close
to 900, 600 were found, last night
urged the calling OF . grand jury to
further prosecute the investigation.
The committee also urges an audit
into the financial aft airs OF the officials
of Silver Bow county, and takes &C.
casion to criticise the permitting of
former City Treasurer Phil Goodwin
to remove the city ire asurer's books
from the city hall to be examined by
an auditor OF Goodwin's choice.
M%1ssoULA. April 19.-As a result
OF eating wild parsnips, John Hughes,
q truck gardener, aged 40 years, and
for nor than 20 years q resident of
Missoula, died in great agony. Geo.
Steinmuller was taken violently i'll at
the same time, and the attending ply
sicians report that his condition is
critical. 80.
GREAT FALLS, April Is. Belle
Miller, aged 26, pleaded guilty in the
district court today to the charge Of
arson and will be sentenced on Thurs
day. This ia the first woman, 1t is
said, to be convicted of arson here.
She set fire to her home on the south
eide some days ago, but the police
called the fire department and saved
the structure.
KAL1sPELL, April 18.-A barge
load of hay, grain and farming i'm
plements, belonging to VIM. Egan,
James Raymond and Gregory Duffy,
bound from Egan's Landing to Big
Arm, for use on reserva alton claims,
burned to the waters edge on Flat
head lake today, entailing several
hundred dollars lose, according to
reports tonight. Fire caught from the
stack of the boat towing the barge.
BOHEMIAN, April 19.-A frightful
and nearly fatal accident occurred at
Salesville, Is miles from this city, re.
sulting in the loss of the right leg OF
Wesley McNamor, q seven-year-old
boy whose parents reside near that
place. The boy was attempting to get
on a moving buggy and his leg be-
came caught in the wheel. Before the
rig could be brought to q s%tandstill,
the limb was ground to a pulpy mass
and the bone broken in about twenty
pieces. He was brought to the Boze.
man sanitarium and the leg ampu.
tated.
"Our baby cries for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick, Rasaca, Ga. "It is the
best cough remedy on the market for
coughs, colds and Group" For sale
by all dealers.