The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-31
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

u ana ~bkIEflEIS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
GREAT FALLS, July 24.-The board
Of county commissioners today aw ard
ed q contract for the construction OF q
steel bridge across Sun river at
Simms, to be built jointly by Cascade
and Teton counties. The contract
price is s12.43O.
HELENA, July "a. - The United
States Gypsum company was made
the defends ant In q suit instituted 10
the district court yesterday by Mrs.
Pauline Togerson. widow of the late
John Gregor johnson, for s45, 900.
Mrs. Togerson brings the action in her
own right and on behalf Of her two
minor children. She bases her claim
of action IN the alleged fact that on
July 26, 1909, her husband received iu-
juries while working az q miner for
the defendant company, which injuries
resulted in his death two days later.
GLEND1vE, July 25.-Peter Schmidt,
age Is, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. j.
Schmidt, f%ormeraly we'll known resi-
dent Of Lewistown, today was drowned
while bathing near Bloomfield. Dur
ing the winter months, farmers had
dug out the bank of Thirteen Mile
creek, mining coal, and Schmidt Slip
ped into q deep hole formed by the
excav alton.
BOHEMIAN, July 25.-Fifty Greeks
who were, employed in reconstruction
work IN the Bozeman street railway,
quit work this afternoon, when four
of their number we're discharged by
Superintendent Busch of the Gallatin
valley road for ~laziness. A dozen
Americans remained on the job. No
effort was made to get the men back
to work but Busch expects another
crew In a day or two.
BOHEMIAN, July 25.-Happy as q
pair Of school children, q 74.year
bridegroom and q 64-year bride were
m married. this morning by Justice WY.
Smith. George Smith Of Josephine.
hale and hearty in spite of the fact
that he has lived more than his allot-
ted three cor years and ten of life,
Is the groom, while the bride is Mar.
tina Daniel, also of Josephine. The
couple will return to this little station
in Gallatin county to make their
future home.
HELENA, July 25.-Mrs. Sophia
Elder, owner of an 800 acre ranch in
the Sun river country, has brought
suit in the district court here against
the Crown Butte Canal g. Irrigation
company for $4,000 damages to her
land by alleged flooding from the
c%ompany's ditch, and for an injunc-
ton restraining the company from
using the ditch until it has been lined
or 90 reconstructed a. to prevent seep-
age.
HELENA. July 25.-The body of a
man lying face downward alongside
the Northern Pacific rack near Glow,
six miles west Of Townsend, was dis
covered by Engineer Hannah at 4
o'clock this morning. The mans neck
was broken and he had q heavy cut
over his eye. 1t is presumed that he
fell from q freight train during the
night. Papers found on his body in
dictate that bis name was Tom Farrah.
He secured q job from al employ
ment Office In Helena Wednesday as
a ranch hand but failed to report.
he is supposed to have worked az q
moulder in Butte, where he Is said to
have relatives.
B ozEMAN, July 27.-John Erastus,
who came to Montana just after the
civil war, and spent most OF his active
years in the service of the govern.
ment, died last night as the result of
injuries received while hauling lum-
Der ten days ago. He was IS years OF
age, but still in good health until the
fatal accident.
LIVINGSTON, July 27.-Fifty con.
victs in charge of Warden Conley
arrived here today from the state
prison at Deer Lodge and were taken
to the upper Yellowstone valley, where
they will work on the park.to.park
highway. Park county has hired the
~convicts to work until the ground