The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

J0"CAAy SASOPUIuk tWO 0tlCk pins, mas
been found In the various pawn shops
about Missoula.
BUTTE, Feb. 1O.-On his own re-
quest j. B. Martin, was brought into
Judge DOMAINS court yesterday and
entered a plea of guilty to q charge OF
grand larceny. He was sentenced to
three years in the p~enitentiary. He
stole a number OF ivory billiard bale.
HELENA, Feb. 9.-Nick Masich be-
gan suit in the district court here to-
day against the American Smelling &
Refining company for $40. 900 for in
juries alleged to have been received
Feb. 10, 1900, while feeding q rock
crusher at the East Helena smelter.
His hand was crushed in the ma.
%chinery.
GREAT FALLS, Feb. 9.-Mrs. M.
Haniin wac terribly burned about the
face this morning as the result of an
explosion of gasoline as she was work
ing cleaning some garments in her
place Of business on Second street
north. She was hurried to the Colum-
bus hospital, where she was attended
by surgeons where, it is said, that
while her burns are very critical, she
will ecover.
BUTTE, Feb. 9.-James Gallagher,
who was shot four times while strug-
Cling with a desperate last night, died
this afternoon. Gallagher was in the
Peoples saloon when that place was
entered by two highwaymen who com.
manded about q dozen men in the
place to elevate their hands against
the wall. Gallagher fearlesly engaged
the larger of the two outlaws, and the
other emptied his gun at Gallagher,
only two shots going wild.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. lot is reported
here today that State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction w. E. Harmon
has sold his ranch five miles west OF
Bozeman to William Nash OF Toronto,
Canada. The ranch is known as the
"old Newton place." and contains 100
acres. The price is understood to
have been 1925 per acre. Mr.. Nash
was q resident OF the valley several
years ago, later returning to Canada.
Superintendent Harmon owns another
large ranch near here which he is
operating in conjunction with his
school duties.
BUTTE, Fea. 9.-Mrs. Jennie Barto.
vich has brought suit in the district
court against Nick PERKS, q saloon
keeper, for $1,000 damages, alleging
that be sold her husband, John Barto-
vich, liquor after he had been warned
not to and then induced him to get a
divorce from the plaintiff. She says
her husband eve drank to excess
until he began to frequent the Peris
saloon and then he became an habitual
drunkard, of which the defendant had
knowledge. Mrs. Bartovich says she
also notified Peris prior to March
l, 1910, not to sell her husband any
more liquor, but he did not heed the
warning.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. 12.-The annual four
weeks creamery course is now in pro-
gress at the State college. Nine per-
sons are taking the course, which fits
q person to take charge of q creamery
and urn out first class creamery but.
ter. The forenoons are devoted to
lectures and the afternoon to practical
applications of the work given in the
lectures.
DILLON, Feb. l2.-After one of the
hardest fought legal battles ever held
here, the jury in the first condemna-
ton suit brought by the Gilmore &
Pitts burg railroad to be tried brought
in a verdict of 81, 900 an acre for the
land to be condemned and 81, 900 dam
ages to the owner of the property.
Just six and three. tenths acres are in
the tract of land, which lies back Of
the normal college and extends north
ward from there toward the city.
BOHEMIAN, Feb. 11.-With an en-
dorsement of Senator Joseph M.
Dixon and a resolution criticising the
alleged interference of the Amalgamat at
ed Copper company In the politics of
Montana, the progressive republicans
OF the city and county organized the
"Dixon republican league OF Gala
tin county, here last night. County
Attorney Justice M. Smith called the
meeting to order and announced it's
purpose.
HELENA. Feb. Ex-Governor Edwin
L. Norris is being bombarded with
protests from all over the state at the
action of the state board of education
In Diminishing Dr.. G. A. Duniway as
president OF the State university at the
expiration OF his present contract.
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