The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

n ouo&et OF Snort TENS
From Various Parts Of the State.
GREAT FALLS, May 2l.-After suf-
trriug u montn rs the result OF his
mistake 10 taking internally q guam
thy Of I've for EPSON sal :. J. P. Hdn.
a cook in the employ OF Dan Boying-
ton, at q construction camp ON the
Great Northern near Great Falls, died
yesterday at the Deacoaess hospital.
Ham was 43 years of age and un-
married. So far as known be has no
relatives ia Montana.
BILLINGS, MAY 2O.-By a cloud
burst last night at Silesia, a small
place west OF this city, 1000 feet Of
Northern Pacific track was inund ated
to q depth of elk inches and q small
part carried OUT. The house of j. b.
Convery was moved from its founda-
ton aud carried for nearly 500 feet.
The family got out before the structure
wac moved. The washout OF the track
was repaired with little delay to traffic.
GREAT FALLS, May 2l.-Lem Betz,
q we'll known raucher of this section
was almost instantly killed yesterday
morning. He vas trying to head of .
steer that had broken away from q
bunch he and q hired man we're driv-
ing. The horse got his foot tangled
in a wire and was thrown. Betz struck
head first and the impact broke his
neck. He was dead when the hired
man reached him.
BILLINGS, May 20 After wander
ing over the open prairie for As hours,
clad only in his underclothes, Mike
Sullivan, 9 we'll known Butte man,
who has located o homestead near
B%roadview, was found by 9 searching
party OF neighbors and died shortly
after being taken to Broadview. Sui
livan had been suffering from an at
tack OF pneumonia and had been sent
to Broadview for attendance. The
unfortunate returned to his claim and
when the neighbors went to see how
he was, they found the bed charred,
the window broken and the man gone.
BILLINGS, Muy 20.-Mrs. Claude
Jones, saleelady for the Hart-Albin
company here, was taken into custody
last night on q charge of grand lar
ceny, the allegation being that she
had stolen dry goods to the value of
approximately $4,000 from her en-
ployers, and, according to the officers,
the woman admits that the charges
are true. She is held under 81. 500
cash bond for her preliminary hear
ing. When her home was searched
merchandise which includes elk
goods, party dresses, cloaks, ribbons,
Is pairs of gloves and many other ar
%ticles, were found, cached In every
conceivable place, from cellar to gar.
ret.
BUTTE, May 2l.-A lone bandit held
up an Oregon avenue street car tonight
near its terminal at Yale avenue and
robbed both the motorman and con.
ductor of nominal sums. He stopped
the car by pulling the trolley off.
HELENA, May 2l.-At q sheriff's
sale here today the water rights and
other property under the Dearborn
canal project were sold to the Ames
Realty company for $50. 900 to satisfy
a claim of that company against the
Great Falls Land and Irrigation com.
any of 500, $50.
HELENA, May 22.-The railroad
commission has rendered its decision
on the application OF residents of
Dutton, on the Great Falls.Shelby
line of the Great Northern, to compel
the company to maintain an agency
there, and granted the application
The Great Northern is given until
September l to comply with the order,
and after January l may apply for a
further hearing to show, If it can, that
the agency is not warranted by the
volume of business done.
LEwIsTowN. MAY 22.-The members
of the commercial clubs railway com
mittee have returned from St. Paul,
where they went TO turn over 10 the
Great Northern the subscription Of
$15, 600 given by the citizens Of Lewis.
town to be applied on the purchase Of
the site for the shops in case this city
Is made q division point. They confer
red with the Great Northern officials
but will not make a report until later