The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-04
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

SoTIOue poTts VI WIS eVo'C VIII uCSs ~
Butte December 5, TO discuss the pro-. ,
posed workmen's compensation act for
Montana to he submitted to the COM
ing legislature. AT that meeting the
various committees who have b en-
working 10 their Own localities will
have sections of proposed bills to
cover the planned legislation.
BOHEMIAN, Nov. 27.-Oil has been
found on the slough OF the ranch be-
longing to James and j.. A. Kirk
patrick about two miles fon the
Bozeman Hot Springs. Samples Of
the oil have been gathered aud taken
to the state college chemist tor ana'y-
sis. The oil appears to be of high
grade. The location of the bed from
which the oil comes has not been de-
termired, but efforts will be made TO
uncover it.
LEWISTOWN, Nov % Chief Eogi-
neer Huss AID a 500 engineering
party left here by su os yesterda y for
the Hilger county, where the survey
for the 500 line has been about COM.
pleted. Arrangements were made for
supplies, and it IL stated that the 500
Is now contemplating preparations to
begin actual constitution work north
of Lewistown in the spring.
HELENA, Nov. 27.-Though regis
tered voters fail to cast their ballots
at q general election, they are still
eligible to vote on q question OF IL
ty division tn at ome up before the
next general election, held Attorney
General Galen today in response to a
query ~propounded by County AttOr.
ney G. l.. Crum of Forsyth. The law
provides that before electors who fail
to vote at a regular election can vote
at another regular election, they must
re-register, the M of the delin.
quent voters not b.ing carried over
from nj great register to another.
BILLINGS, Nov. 29.-Rnewed efforts
will be made by the chamber of com
MERGE to the end that the Grow reserva-
ton may be thrown open to settlement,
by the white man. This was decided
at a meeting by the board of trustees
and a resolution in keeping was draft
ed and will be presented to congress,
LEwIsTowN, Nov. CIV. H. Bar,
ney, the Deerfeld rancher, has sold tt
Mr.. De Wolf, the Chicago buyer
eleven head of steers at S13S per head
the highest price paid for steers here
this year. William Shell, Of Straw
has sold FIVE cars of sheep at 1872:
head and this is expected to wind W
the sheep sales here for the year.
HELENA, Nov. 28.-Hundreds @
friends from all parts Of Montana wer'
in attend ance this afternoon on tn
funeral of D. A. G.. Flowereee, Mon
tana pioneer and ssockman, who dice
8 funeral was held under the auspice
o of the Lewis and Clark society Of Mon
taua pioneers and the services wer
conducted by the Rev. j. f. McName
of the Baptist church. 1nterment wa
in Forest Valley. cemetery.
2 HELENA, Nov. 30.-Alleging thei
father, William Shean, was kille'
through the carelessness of q part
of automobiles, Mabel and Edn
8 Shean begun suit in the district cou
o this morning against Henry Siebe1
s and T. E. Kessler, the administr alto
8 of Mr.. Sieben's estate, for $l5, 600.
ANACONDA, Nov. 3O.-George Stra
KEEL and James Haughay were probat
y ly fatally burned today when a travel
D ing ladle of molten copper tipped a
a curve inside the converter building
The ladle containing about eight ton
OF molten copper matte was bein
J. taken from the reverber atory furnace
to the ~converters and three or fou,
tons of the hot metal spilled over th
men on the floor below and set fire t
the boards. Strakel was burne
C about the head aud back, the ski,
hanging in shreds. Both men are
y mass of burns.
# HARLOWTOWN, Nov. 30.-The crea
l. ton of the new county of Wheatlan
appears about to become an actually
This judgment is based on the lates
results obtained from circulation o
petitions in eastern Meagher an
o parts Of Fergus and Sweetgrass cout
re ties. Although all petitions WILL nc
be turned in until tomorrow, it ha
70 been learned that out of a total regi,
tration of $50 in eastern Meaghe
70 county, 500 voters, 100 of whom n
side around Judith Gap and 260 i
ID Harlowtown, have signed the petition
HELENA, Nov. 30.-In three yea,
- the value of certain tracts on the Va
:. Ter Carey project in Teton county hs
more than doubled, according to