The river press., 1912-11-27
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,

What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
ROUNDUP, Nov. 21.-W Wards.
worth is here dead from the effects of
q shot fred by himself following q
drunken row with an INN ate of house
of i'll fame. Little is known of the
suicide here except that he had been
employed as fireman on the Oregon
Short Line at Dillon.
LIBBY, Nov, 2l.-State Senator
James Leary of Lincoln county and
N. W. Leary of Spokane were con-
stderably cut aud bruised when getting
out of bed to kill q troublesome
mountain rat in their hunting cabin
on Cherry creek. A bullet struck an
eight-pound package Of powder which
exploded and blew the cabin into bits.
LEwIsTOwN, Nov. 21.-It IL an.
nounced that when tine Milwaukee
completes it's track from Lewistown to
the Judith river, seventeen miles west
of the line to Great Falls, it will cease
track laying until spring. 1t Is in
tended to reach the river by January
first, and the company will then be
prepared to haul all bridge meteria al
over Its own rails.
MALTA, Nov. 2l.-Ohmar Holmes OF
this city shot and perhaps fatally in
jured his 10-year-old son Robert, Mon.
day night while he was cleaning an
automatic revolver, Holmes was ex'
tremely careless with firearms, but
like all newcomers who come west his
first thought was to own q gun. The
boy was standing directly in front OF
the weapon when it went of, the bull
let striking his hip and penetrating
the bladder. Thd little fellow was
taken to Glasgow, but not much hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
BUTTE, Nov. 22.-W. A. Clark,
former United States sen ator and
many times million aire, was drawn
for q criminal venire, Monday, but
when the jury was selected, pleaded
the age limit and was excused. All
citizens beyond 20 are exempt in Mon.
tana. Mr.. Clark did not state his age,
bey ond that he ia more than 10.
BUTTE, Nov. 22.-Culminating q
political argument involving the ten
ents of socialism and democracy,
James Ferry, aged 36, was stabbed
through the heart last night at Mair
and Broadway. The police are
searching for Dan Merrigan, whom
Ferry named as the man who stabbed
him, just before he died. Both mer
are miners and the quarrel resulted
from Ferry's declar alton that Merri
gan had spoken in obloquy OF thu
priests and sisters of the Catholic
church before election.
MIssoULA, Nov. 22.-Albert Will
liams we'll known here and in the Bit
ter Root valley, who recently has beel
stable boss at q lumber camp of th
Interstate Lumber company in the BIZ
Blackfoot valley, committed suicid
in tragic manner here yesterday
giving as his reason his failure t.
win the love of q waitress at Garri
son. Williams took poison In hi
room, walked out on the street with
friend and dropped dead on the eide
walk.
HELENA, Nov. 22.-The highee
wind in the history Of the records Q
the Helena weather bureau early thi
morniog did damage estimate at NO
less than q, 900 to Helena buildings
fences, telegraph poles and windows
The records of the weather burea
chow the wind attained velocity Q
66 miles an hour, Eve miles more tha
was ever attained here before. Twic
the wind reached q velocity of 6
miles an hour, the first time Februar
6, 1890, and the second time Chris,
mas eve of the same year.
HELENA, Nov. PAN appropris
tion of $4,000 will be asked OF th
Legislature this winter for the con
pletion of the states hydro-electri
power plant at Race Track. The ma
ter of the building OF this plant wa
taken up by the state board OF priso
commissioners several years age
Preliminary surveys were made, righ,
OF way and water rights obtained
and then q crew OF prisoners was p,
to work cutting five mile canal o,
, of the solid rock to deliver water int
a reservoir just above the site selec.e
tcr the generators. Another crew wa
IN to work at the states sawmil
getting out lumber for the fun
through which the water will be d.
livered to the plant.