The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

most successful horse school ever 0el0
At the Montana state college closed
Saturday with q banquet in the Ok
ford hotel. The total attend snc at
the horse show THE year was l2O, with
q greatly increased interest ove that
shown last year.
BUTTE, Jan. 3O.-A lone bandit At
l O'Clock this morning with handker-
chief c%oncealing his features, walked
boldly into q saloon conducted by b.
J. Sullivan, lined nine men against
the wall with hands up, made the bar.
tender dance around the bar aud join
the crowd, and then helped himself to
the contents of the cash register, Sl5.
With customary ''good night" he
backed out the front door and dissp-
peared.
BUTTE, Jan. 2O.-Oliver Chevrier
has commenced suit in the district
court for the recovery of $40, 600
damages for the loss of his son, Leo
Chevrier, who was killed in the Black
Rock mine early in September, 1911.
Young Chevrier, who a 18 years of
age, vas among a party o: six killed
ia a cage accident, and in the ON
plant it is alleged that the accident
was due to the carelassness of the mine
management in allowing the door of
the cage to be left open.
BILLINGS, Jan. 30.-Gladys York,
the 10.year-old daughter of Minor
York, a farmer who resides west of
here, died from the effects of a bullet
wound inflicted accidentally. She and
her little sister we're playing with q
- calibre rifle, and in some unknown
manner it was discharged. The bullet
entered the child's side a little below
and to the left of the heart. She was
hurried to the city and attended by
surgeons, but all efforts to save her
we're u%navailtng.
ROUNDUP, Jan. 30.-Approximately
SIC, 900 ia to be refunded to the coal
miners in the Roundup coal field with
inithe next 30 days on account of the
recent decision that the accident and
total disability law which was enacted
by the state legislature in 1909 is un-
constitutional. Sums ranging from
five cents to $40 will be paid to about
!, 500 miners who have been employed
in the Roundup mines since the law
went into effect on October l, 1910.
STEvENsvILLE, Jan. 20. Victor
Burch, old-time character of the Bit
ter Root and Indian fighter of the
time when Chief Joseph of the Nez
Perces left Idaho on his memorable
raid, died today ut his ranch near
here. Burch participated in the bat.
tie of the Big Hole.
TWIN BRIDGES. Jan. 3l.-William
Kiser, aged 60, wearied after practi.
cally q life spent in fruitless search OF
the mountains of Madison county for
gold, placed a stick of dynamite under
his pillow or in his mouth, lighted the
fuse and lay down on his bed. There
was nothing whatever found OF the
upper portion OF the body.
HELENA, Jan. 3O.-The Pauly Jail
Building company of St. Louis was
today awarded the contract by the
state board of examiners to furnish
the material and do the work on the
steel and iron cells to be installed in
the new cell house at the state prison.
The contract price is S28, 546, this bid
being the lowest of four submitted.
LEw1sTowN, Jan. 3~1.-James Can
non, an old and highly respected resi-.
dent OF this city aud section and long
employed with the N-bar, owned by
Col. Thomas Cruise, was found dead
in his home, where he lived alone,
yesterday. The body was seated in
q chair and the circumstances showed
that the N had come suddenly
and unexpected, although death re.
suited from natural causes Mr.. Can.
non was a man Of considerable means
GLASGOW, Jan. 3l.-A woman was
found d cad on the Butte sleeper at.
tached to Great Northern train No. 2
this morning and was taken off here
by Coroner G. E. Peterson. The porter
said the woman was helped on the
train at Butte yesterday by o lady
and two men, and that she vas sick
when she got on. She requested that
she be allowed to sit up In her berth,
"a it vas impossible for her to lie
down and breathe easily.
LEWIsTOWN, Jan. 30.-Supposed to
have been murdered a. Ogden, Utah,
in March, 1910 and his body thrown
into the Weber river at that point,
John S.. Hovis, a former we'll known
contr actor of this city, arrived here
yesterda y very much alive, after an
absence of nearly three years. Hovis'
purpose when he left this city was to