The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-16
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.


Norris requesting the appointment OF
Miles Romuey Of Hamilton as score.
tary of state, to succeed Hon. A. N.
Yoder, who died suddenly at Helena
yesterd ay. The Missoula people feel
that inasmuch as Mr.. Rumney has
twice been the candid ate Of his party
for this position, losing out by q mar.
row margin, be is the logical successor
Of the late secretary.
HELENA, Aug. 8.-State and federal
authorities may clash over the arrest
at Poison yesterday of G. A. Miller,
q epecial agent of the interior depart.
ment engaged in the suppression of
the liquor traffic. Mr.. Miller wired to
the district attorneys Office here that
be had been arrested On q charge OF
assault with intent to kill, but he gave
no details. Assistant District Attor.
ney LeBossiere has gone to Poison to
Investigate.
HELENA, Aug, 8.-Charged with en-
tering into conspiracy to commit q
crime against the United States by
padding the census returns, Phillip E.
Hoffman, now engaged in the real es.
tate business at Great Falls, has been
arrested by the marshal's Office on q
warrant issued on an indictment re.
turned at Madison, Wis. Hoffman
gave a bond for his appearance at
Madison. The alleged frauds we're
committed at Superior Wis. Among
those indicted on a charge of being in
the conspiracy was the mayor of the
town.
KAL1sPELL, August "A report
reached this city today giving meager
details of the shooting of l.. Larson
at Poison yesterday by Special U. S.
Revenue Officer Miller when Larson,
together with a companion, entered
Poison dock early in the morning with
a launch in which the officer believed
was being struggled a quantity Of
liquor. Larson was shot in the
shoulder, and although the wound was
not thought serious at first, he died at
the hospital last night. Miller, who
declared Larson attempted to draw q
gun when ordered to surrender, to.
gether with Revenue Officer Knutson,
we're placed under arrest by the
deputy sheriff.
BILLINGS, Aug. IA large number
OF filings were made at the local land
Office today on lands which were made
available today by an order of the
department of April ID restoring them
to entry. Nearly six townships are
included ia the tract which was with
drawn in connection with The Shoshone
irrig alton project, and 1t was after
wards found tn at this area could not
be included a. it was impracticable to
irrigate it. The lands are located in
southern Yellowstone and Carbon
counties and most of them are already
held by squatters.
HELENA, Aug. 9.-Sitting as the
board of capital commissioners, the
state furnishing board yesterda y
authorized the issuance of bonds fol
the building Of the capitol in the sun
of $3.50, 600, as of date of October L
These bonds were authorized by the
act passed at the special session of the
legislature in 1910 when the building
stone controversy arose..
LIBBY, Aug. 8.-The mystery sur
rounding the killing of Joseph Czech
lovsky, Sr., on August l remains al
deep as ever, absolutely no trace hav
ing been found of the murderer, not
withstanding that the man was seen b,
Mrs. C~echlovsky and the further fac
that the crime was committed in
a place from which escape is NATURAL,
difficult.
HELENA, Aug. 8.-Suit was flet
today in the district court by Eugen'
Murphy against the Great Northern
Railway company asking for So, 00(
} damages. The plaintiff alleges h
bought a ticket from Alhambra t,
SOI Olu lu0V uO was C0IllCu pas
Corbin to Boulder, and that on hi
arrival at Boulder the conducto
, violently elected him, Murphy fallin!
on his head and suffering injuries.
LEwIsTowN, Aug. 9.-The bond o
City Treasurer Bert d'Autremont wa
, last night increased from five thousan'
dollars to seventy five thousand dol
, lars, the official now having under hi
, control over one hundred thousan'
dollars of the city's cash. This viii
be speedily reduced as the new water
works system is installed, and whe|
t that work is completed, the bond will
+ be reduced to twenty-five thousan'
dollars.
: BILLINGS, Aug. 8.-What is con
sidered q most miraculous escape fror
. death happened today to Ray Barlow
. son of Deputy Sheriff Barlow Q