The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-27
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

10 Wntcl he confessed ne was snort ID
his accounts, but ascribed It to the fact
he had been robbed, aud announced
tha he was going to commit suicide,
John A. Sites, local agent Of Swift &
Co. for the lat ten months has been
missing since Thursdav. It Ia on.
sidered improbable thai he has car
ried out his threat, as q trace Of him
was made 10 Missoula Friday. Police
of Spokane and other western cities
have been advised to keep q lookout
for him and TO take him into custody
II found.
HELENA, Nov. 19.-Railroad Com
missioners E. A. Morley and Dan
Boyle left today for Carbon county to
make q personal investigation of the
coal situation. Many complaints have
been received by the commission late.
ly that contracts, both public and
private, for the delivery Of coal have
not been fulfilled with regularity, aud
to ascertain where the blame lies, the
commission determined to make in
vestigation On its own account. In
addition to the general car shortage,
a coal shortage exist, in some parts
OF the state.
HELENA, Nov. o. With fifteen in
attend ance, the first conference OF
chief clerks of the United States rec
am alton service was opened here this
morning ia the Office of H. N. Savage,
supervising engineer OF the reclama-
ton service in the northern division.
The purpose Mr.. Savage had in view
in arranging for the conference was to
secure a wider adoption of the methods
which experience has demonstrated to
be the most successful, for it will be
largely through the chief clerks that
disbursements averaging SlO,O 900 q
day for q considerable period of years
will be made in the northern division.
HELENA, Nov. 20.-At the CONNER
cial club luncheon Supervising Engi-
neer H. N. Savage read q telegram he
received from the department of the
interior advising him to take 40
further action looking toward the re.
moval of headquarters of the northern
division from Helena to Great Falls
until further Instructions. This is
taken to mean the matter will not be
pressed.
HELENA, Nov. 2O.-Figures com
piled from the returns made by the
county canvassing boards show that
S. V. Stewart, democratic candidate
for governor, has a plurality of 2,56e
over Wilson, republican. The latter
leads Edwards. progressive, by 1851,
Duncan socialist candidate, a ahead
of Debs in the state, receiving 1864
votes.
HELENA, Nov. 2O.-Dr. 7. D. futile,
secretary Of the state board of health,
has been appointed by Governor Nor
ris president and manager OF the
state tuberculosis hospital at Warn
Springs, at a salary Of So, 900 a year.
DR.. Tuttle said this afternoon he has
reached no decision as to whether he
will accept the appointment. The
sanitarium will be ready for occupancy
about the middle Of next mouth or
in January.
BUTTE, Nov. 2O.-The indictment OF
Frederick Wells of Lewistown, a
prominent real estate operator, by the
federal grand jury on a charge Of the
fraudulent use of the mails in pro-
noting land deals was made public
yesterd ay. His bond was declared
forfeited when he failed to appear be-
fore Federal Judge Bourquin. he
was in court yesterday and being un-
able to furnish the increased bonds
was ordered held in the county jail.
Indictment was returned several weeks
ago and contains four counts.
LEWIsTowN, Nov. 20.-The cheer.
full toot of a Great Northern locomo-
tive was heard in Lewistown for the
first time this morning, the track lay
ing crew having carried the steel into
the city limits. By night the track
will be completed to the depot grounds
on First Lawistown Is thus
today connected by bands of steel
with Great Falls. In less than a
month the track from here to the
Judith will be in first class shape and
ready for any sort of traffic, while
west of the river it has been in the
best of shape for weeks past and in con-
slant use in hauling material for the
bridge and for the construction of the
line on into LeMistOWn.