The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-25
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

a Budget OF Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
BILLINGS. Sept. 16-Three inches OF
suow reii to-day 10 eastern Montana.
L, melted. however, within q few hours.
1. il reported tn a. this mornings frost
damaged crops 10 the Big Horn val
ley.
GREAT FALLS, Sept. 16 &C. 0. J arl, |
a Great Falls contractor, was notified
today that be had been awarded the
contract for the erection of the pro-
posed Great Northern freight house to
be built in this city at an approximate
cost Of $50, 600. Work will be started
within q week. The new building will
length.
HELENA, Sept. l6.-Edward Mich
aels, who was accidentally shot in the
back two weeks ago while bunting In
the Boulder valley, died last night.
At the time of his injury young Mich.
aels was hunting neal his home with .
companion. The two were q short
distance apart and Michaels was in
the lead. While going through some
brush the hammer of the gun held by
his companion caught and the weapon
discharged, the bullet hitting Michaels
in the back.
HELENA, Sept. lion behalf Of l..
h. Van Dych & Co., Of G ardiner, the
Montana railroad commission today
filed with the interstate commerce COM
mission at Washington a protest
against the rate on corn from Missouri
river points. The rate at present il
fifty cents a hundred weight, which is
attacked as being unreasonable and
discriminatory. 1t is said that if a
reasonable rate we're 10 effect much
corn would be shipped to Gardiner to
be used in feeding stock.
a HELENA, Sept 17.-Oficials of the
state land Office have returned from
White Sulphur Springs where Satur-
, day they auctioned of SOLO acres
of land to the highest bidders, ~receiv.
e ing Gill, 1904 an average of S13.77
an acre. A total of 9,O3l. O6 acres
we're offered for sale.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. 17.-Lesiie Kin
nard, former special counsel for q
: railroad in Minneapolis aud feature
writer for Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco papers, today pleaded guilty to
forgery before Judge J. F. O'Conner
and was sentenced to Is months in the
state prison at Deer Lodge. Kinnard
forged a check for s25 on a Los Ange-
les bank. John II. Davidson OF
Hunters springs cashed the check.
: HELENA, Sept. 1S.-A quarantine
j against dogs from Minnesota and
against horses from Nebraska and
Kansas has been declared by the state
livestock sanitary board on the re.
q commend alton OF State Veterin ariau
y M. E. Knowles. The quarantine has
e been declared against Minnesota dogs
l because of the prevalence of rabies ir
! that state; and against Kansas and
Nebraska horses because of the str ange
pAoE NC oO" lus olCAC'
LIVINGSTON, Sept. l8.-Mrs. Millit
Hickman, wife of County Clerk ani
Recorder F. r. Hickman of Swee
Grass county, and her W children
|e were burned to death at l o'clock yes
d terday morning at the Hickman Ranch
on Bridger creek 20 miles from Biz
>. Timber. Doris Hickman, the young
est child, aged 4, was rescued by bel
10 mother. The fire completely destroyed
le the farm house.
% LEW1sTOwN, Sept. 1S.-That th'
'e 500 Is preparing for a vigorous cam
% paign in the field in this section wa
y evidenced this week when q number o
camp wagons were ordered fitted GU
e at once. 10 addition to this one o
y the engineers has leased apartment
u for over a year and will occupy then
le within a short time. From this j
T. would seem that the 500 will maxi
T. Lewistown headquarters for the en-
- cheering operations in this part o
II the state.
HELENA, Sept. l8.-On behalf of tn,
Conrad Mercantile company of Con
rad, the Montana railroad commits
sion today filed with the Interstate
commerce commission at Washington
a protest against the express rates Of
- fruit from Wenatchee, Washington
;. to Conrad. The commission point
out that at present q rate is made t.
Conrad of ST. Is per hundredweight Of
," ton lot shipments, but that a q o
So rs is made on shipments weighin!
less than a ton; while the rate to Butt
from Wenatchee on shipments ir
respective of size ia 81. rs.
Birthday Banquet For Hill.
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