The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
MONTANA BR|EFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE,
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

ing the PaSt rev Days.
BUTTE, Dec. 12.-Albert Halk, ,
laborer convicted last week for til,
murder Of Thomas Slonski, was givel
100 years in the p%enitentiary by Judg'
Donlsn. Both men leave families ane
q quarrel between the wives led t tn
killing. which occurred August 9 last.
BILLINGS, Dec. 12.-After re .ct
ing q bottle of carbolic acid. he sale
it was not enough to kill him, j. l.
Bean, q prosperous farmer living
east OF Billings, went to his barn t1i-
morning and hung himself. The Ill
health of Mrs. Bean is thought tc
have been responsible for his deed.
BELT, Dec. 1l.-Oscar Sale, a miner
% years old and married, was acct
dentally shot to death this afternot q
by William Rautie, q companion,
while the two We're target shooting on
the way home from a hunting trip.
The shot which killed Sale was fired
while Rautie vas changing the shells
in his magazine rife and penetra ted
Sales breast, severing the great
artery.
HELENA, Dec. l2.-Tne will of the
late d. A. G. Floweree, the pioneer
Montana cattleman, who died recent.
ly a. Atlanta, Ca, has been filed with
F. L. Reece, clerk of the district court
Mr.. Floweree left personal property
in Montana of the value of $780,
600, and real property of the value OF
s65, 600, according to the petition for
the probate of the will. which was al
so filed with the clerk of the court.
HELENA, Dec. 13.-William David
con, who freighted between Corinne,
Utah, and Helena in the early days,
but for the last % years engaged 10
horse raising and %rsnching near Belt
and Arlington, died here last night
at the home OF his daughter, aged SO
years.
BILLINGS, Dec. 12.-Due to heart
failure, John Fisher, q farmer, aged
about go years, dropped dead at his
home 10 miles east OF this city today.
he had apparently been in his usual
health and death was q great shock to
his family. He came to Montsna from
Iowa q little more than q year ago.
HELENA, Dec. 13.-Approximatel
81, 200 acres of land on the various
Carey projects in Montana have been
sold to actual settlers, according 70
the biennial report of the Carey board,
N sde through its secretary, State
Engineer A. W. Mahon. Contracts
have either been approved or are
pending between the state and the ma.
government, for the reclama-
ton of 233, 900 acres.
HELENA, Dec. 13.-Gov. S. v.
Stewart, Lieut. Gov. w. w. Mcdowell
and the other newly elected state
officers will be the guests OF the citi-
zens of Helena at an inaugural re-
and ball in the capitol build
ing the night of Monday, January s.
No formal Invitations will be issued.
citizen of Montana is invited to
attend the I'll fair.
ROUNDUP, Dec. ia bold holdup
which unusual methods we're en-
was committed ia a resort at
q small town near here.
The desperate, after covering the in.
mates with q revolver, punched them
and bound them together with heavy
iron wire which he carried for the
purpose. After securely binding the
half dozen men and women, he reliev.
ed them Of everything OF value. and
after searching the house for other
articles of value left, leaving his VIC
bound In such q manner as to
prevent them from escaping to give an
alarm until be had several hours
start.
HELENA, Dec. l4.-To increase the
prestige and strength Of the democra-
Tic party In Montana by usinR the
state central committee for the advo-
cscy and dissemin alton of measures
that will benefit the state and oil its
citizens 10 the proposition that will be
submitted to the members Of that body
by Chairman G. r. Swindlehurss, who
announced today . meeting will be
held at Helena early In January.
BUTTE, Dec. lahore than $500
worth Of gambling apparatus, seized In
, raid, will be destroyed in q big pub
lie bonfire BY an order issued by
Judge Donlan today when he dned Joe
O'Neill, Joseph Mulltne, james c.
Walter aud r. 81. Still q total OF e1,-
300. The men entered pleas OF guilty
Of the charges. LET the sheriff take
the whole of It into q vacant lot and
set it on FIRE where everybody q see