The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10

Of the accident and how Richardson
fell is unknown.
LEw1sTowN, Jan. 6.--Judge E. K.
Cheadle sentenced Harold Simpson to
Is months in prison on his plea of
guilty to a charge of forgery. Simp.
son il the yonng man who cleaned up
some $500 by passing worthless checks
on local business men q few weeks ago
while representing himself as an ad-
vertising solicitor.
HELENA, Jan. 6. - Six Flatnead
bootleggers were sent to Jail by Judge
Hunt today, three persons accused of
being bootleggers pleaded not guilty
and the grand jury reported eleven
more indictments, all charging boot.
Logging on the Flathead. The men
who pleaded guilty today were sen.
fenced to serve sixty days in the coun-
ty Jail aud to pay a fine of 800.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. 6.-The Northern
Pacific railway can sell its lands in
Gallatin county for Sc per acre, de-
spite the fact that the road claims the
county board of equalization assessed
the land at so per cent of it's actual
value when it was taxed on the basis
81 per acre. A formal offer to buy
the railroads land in this county was
received by County Commissioner
Henry Davis this afternoon. The
offer is from the Pace.Woods I'm.
provement company of Whitehall.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 5.-Robert j,
Hayes, who has been employed for q
time as station agent for the Great
Northern Railway company at Sand
Coulee, was arrested today by Special
Officer Richard Miller of the railway
service and placed in the county jail
charged with the misappropriation Of
90 for the company's funds. A com
plant was later filed in court charg'
ing him with petty larceny.
BILLINGS, Jan. 6.-Claiming thai
nine head of horses were stolen from
him by J. Dorsey, q few days ago.
Settakum Moosemey, q Cree Indian
has arrived in the city. The animal'
were taken from the Musselshell coun'
try and sold near Lavina. They were
recovered by the local stock inspector
and Dorsey has been arrested ant
placed in jail. According to tn
sheriff, he says he does not consider
it any crime to steal from Cree In
dams.
HELENA, January 8.-Edward w
Thompson, the Great Falls letter car
rier who confessed to the theft of IS
from the registered mails of that city
was sentenced to one year and q da.
in the federal prison at Fort Leaven
worth today by Judge Hunt in tn
federal court. Upon pronouncinl
sentence Thompson's two sisters, wit
were present, collapsed and we're tax
en- from the court room In tears.
HELENA, Jan. 8.-Fire at Canyol
Ferry, on the Missouri river, invent
miles east of Helena, early last even
ing destroyed the hotel and genera
store, entsiling loss Of about s25, 0O(
The fire started from an over.heate'
stove, and the fact that the river wa
, frozen over and water was not avails
BILE, prevented successful efforts t
! combat the blaze. There was no II
: surance.
: LIBBY, Jan. THE Sl25 900 bond
to be issued by Lincoln county for Il
q purpose Of building bridges an
!, roads have been purchased by N. "
Hslsey of Chicago, who pays . prer
ium of %, $50. Eight other bids wei
Q submitted to the board of county con
9 missioners. the Halsey bid being tt
lowest. Work has already started c
. the building OF three bridges aero
the Kootenai river.