The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.

What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days.
BoNNERs FERRY, April 18.-Frank
Woods, while blasting out stumps
near Libby, Montana, was so badly
injured that it was necess airy to am
putate his left hand in q local hos.
pital. After the operation Woods cut
his throat with q razor which he had
concealed in his clothing, dying in.
etantly.
BUTTE, April 19.-That 1t is posi-.
BILE that q large chicken ranch, with 9
capacity of 5000, 600 eggs annually,
will be started within three miles of
Butte in the near future was the fea.
ture of the monthly meeting of the
southern Montana Poultry associa-
ton held in the city council ch ambers
last night. The proposed immense
chicken project will start with 20, 600
hens, which number will be increased
as soon as the business is firmly es-
ta%blished.
HELENA, April 19.-In q moment of
temporary insanity, superinduced by
severe pains in the head from which
he has been suffering for the past six
weeks, Milton Gamer, proprietor of
the Gamer store on Sixth avenue,
ended his life with q revolver some
time after midnight. His body vas
found in the basement of his store
this morning. The news of his tragic
ending was a shock to his friends, and
occasioned the utmost surprise, mas.
much 70 Mr.. Gamer was q man of an
unusually jovial disposition, and one
who looked on the bright side of
things.
HELENA, April 20.-James J. Hill
OF ST. Paul has donated $50, 600 to the
endowment fund of the Montana
Wesleya an university at Helena. &C.
cording to advices received by Prof.
G. w. Tenny from President Charles
l.. Bovard. who Is Ia the east. II has
been understood for some time that
Mr.. Hill intended to endow the Helena
school, but what donation he intended
| to make was unknown.
LIVINGSTON, April 20.-Six feet of
| snow fell in Yellowstone park last
night and this morning. Five feet
covered the ground at Gardiner. The
fall is the heaviest in history for this
time of the year. In Livingston the
depth Of the snow was six inches. In
the Shields valley not a fake fell. In
the Yellowstone valley just outside of
Livingston the snow was two feet
deep.
GREAT FALLS, April 2o.-Che-gcd
with attempting to defraud the Spo.
kane Dry Goods company of goods In
voiced at $3.50. through selling them
to Strain Bros. OF this city, F. j.
Perry was arrested here tonight by q
deputy from the Office of Sheriff John
A. Collins, after a warrant had been
sworn TO by Manager Ward of Hotel
Rainbow, who alleged that Perry had
tried to beat the hotel out of q bill of
SIT.
HELENA, April 20.-In an opinion
written by Associate Justice Holloway
in the suit of the county of Silver Bow
against the Monidah Trust, it is held
that a foreign corporation doing bust
ness in Montana ia not liable to tax
alton upon its solvent credits, so far
as they arise out of business trans
acted in the state. In the lower court
, an Injunction vas granted restraining
, the county from selling real estate be.
longing to the Monid ali Trust to sat
isfy taxes alleged to be due on mort.
) cages. The supreme court afirms the
lower court.
LEw1sTowN, April 2l.-The Judith
r basin is very likely to be the choice
of q large colony of Mennonites who
have their representatives here look
Ing for Q location ad apted to farming
They have looked over several sec
tions of the state and say that The
basin Is their choice, provided nego
tiations for the purchase OF the LAND
desired are successful.
ANACONDA, April 2~l.-Jacob Tua
mala OF Butte, aged IS, was killed b!
an explosion at the grading camp o
the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific at tn
head OF Warm Springs creek yester
day. The man was about 300 feet iron
the explosion but q flying stump o
wood hitting him on the side OF tn
head broke his neck.
Child Lost On Prairie
LEwIsTowN, April 18.-While play
fully chasing prairie dogs and anus