The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-12
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
KALIsPELL, June 6.-The last OF
the famous Pablo herd OF buff aio was
shipped from Ravalli this week to the
Canadian government park. There
were nine animals in the shipment,
comprising all that is left Of those re-
earded as possible to capture alive.
A small number OF outlaws still range
at large upon the Flathead reserva.
ton. but are seldom seen.
HELENA, June Ex-Governor Norris
has announced the appointment of J.
F. O'Connor, q prominent Livingston
attorney, as district Judge to fill out
the unexpired term Of the late Judge
Frank Henry. Judge O'Connor is one
OF the best known attorneys in eastern
Montana, and for some years has been
associated with II. j. Miller under the
| firm name OF Miller g. O'Connor.
Judge O. Conner is q republican.
HELENA, June eft excessive taxes
are collected through error of the
county official having it In charge,
are paid under protest aud yer
though the person paying them fails
to bring suit for the recovery of the
amount, it is the duty of the county
commissioners to refund the money II
he files a claim for it. This IL the
| opinion of the attorney general rem
dered to County Attorney O'Neill of
Roundup, Musselshell county, re.
garding q Ease now pending there.
M1ssoULA, June 7.-Wm. Ferris,
arrested with Joe Brown by Missoula
officials just before an attempt to hold
up a local saloon, confessed last night
to his share in the robbing Of three
men and the shooting of one of them
in Spokane May %. Brown still de.
MES his guilt.
BUTTE, June 7.-Wm. j. Morgan,
aged 80 years, q bricklayer, formerly
employed at the Pennsylvania mine,
died yesterday as a result of burns
received last Tuesday, when a steam
pipe around which he was working
broke and deluged him with live
steam. Morgan was scalded about
the face and chest, aud his sufferings
we're intense.
LEw1sTowN, June 6.-Matthew
Orrsi, while undoubtedly insane, made
desperate attempt to kill his former
partner, Frank Hollids y, at sunrise
this morning and failing, committed
suicide by hanging himself in the
trestle in front of Philips coal mine
on Spring Creek. he was thirty years
old and leaves a wife in Chicago.
Holiday and Orish have been working
, the mine under lease and the first OF
2 the week Orish sold his interest to
another nan
t BUTTE, June 7.-While attempting
. to swim with a 10'pound dumb bell at
! tached to each foot, Arthur Kaalsen,
d yOuuK 4AoAooAOA "0o a.
y Lake Avoca last night. KaaIsen with
r FIVE countrymen, members OF the In
p dependent club, was boating on th'
lake during the afternoon, and during
q discussion of the relative ability O
d each member of the party to swim
!. Kaalsen bet $40 that he could swim
y With q 10-pound weight tied to eact
}, foot.
" HELENA, June 6.-Eleven self-con
q fesed bootleggers we're given terms Il
:, the county jail by Judge George M
;" Bourquin in the federal court today
- Ten OF them were given 60 days in tn
:. county jail and fined 800 each. Tn
~ eleventh man Frank Dill, was give
!" six months in Jail and q fine of s10(
because only two months before b
was arrested this time he finished
FIVE year sentence at Deer Lodge fo
= burglary in Dawson county.
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