The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-17
MONTANA NEWS BR|EFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

a. SOOo W ~ .
HELENA. Jan. o. United States
NJ arshal William Lindsay is the re.
cipient of many congratulations on
the fact b at when he returned home
from the east he brought with him q
bride. The marshal observed New
Years by being quietly married at
Cleveland, Ohio, to Mrs. Audrey
| Hughes, a resident of Glendive for the
past year.
FORSYTH, Jan. 8.-One of the most
| stubborn fires ever had In Forsyth,
causing a loss of about go, 0 broke
out about noon today in the basement
of the American hotel. q brick build
Ing in the business section OF the city,
and that structure was practically de-
stroyed. The fire department fought
for five hours before the flames were
under control.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 9.-John Doyle
and Charles Levers we're sentenced to
forty days in the county jail this
morning by Justice Stafford when
they pleaded guilty to the theft of q
sack of coal from the Great Northern
yards, which they exchanged for q can
of beer. Both men we're arrested by
Patrolman Semmingsen, who trailed
them from the yards to the saloon and
caught them making awcy with the
beer.
HELENA, Jan. 9,-The petition of
Anna Maud Kahle and VIM. Smith
for the appointment of a receiver to
take charge of the affairs of the Smith
Bros. Sheep company, of Meagher
county, was granted by Judge Hunt.
1t ia probable that Louis Heitman Of
Helena and White Sui phur Springs,
will be named. The petitioners are
suing, one in the federal court, and
the other 10 the state courts, for the
recovery Of the shares in the company
they inherited from their father, and
which we're subsequently, sold by their
guardian to another relative.
HELENA, Jan. 81. A. Nelson, q
mining man and promoter of the
Nelson-Jenks Coal company Of Great
Falls and the Nelson.Johanson Mill
company of Tacoma, has filed q petit
ton in bankruptcy in the federal court
at Spokane. His liabilities are s341,-
600, and his assets nothing. Many Of
the liabilities we're incurred IN connec.
ton with the conduct of the Nelson
Johanson Mill company of Tacoma.
the sums being borrowed to defray
expenses Of operating the plant.
BELT, Jan. Silver Anderson, a
ranch hand in the employ of Tony
Weggeland, vas buried in q snow
slide and killed and Weggeland was
able to get himself to safety after
having gone down in the slide only
after three hours of hard work Sun.
day afternoon while they were riding
the range looking for q missing band
of sheep. Mr.. Weggeland at once
organized a squad OF %ranchers, to try
to rescue Anderson and they worked
all last night and till noon today, but
they we're unable to find the body of
the missing a They then dis
patched messengers to this city for the
coroner.
HELENA, Jan. 10.-According to
the monthly report of State Treasurer
Esselstyn, the states available cash
balance December 81, was 81, AGO, 1853,
the largest amount of ready money
Montana has ever had on hand at one
time. The money is deposited in 80
different banks.
BUTTE, Jan. 10.-The new pure food
and drug law which was passed by the
last legislature to be oper ated in
Montana in connection with the ma
tional food and drug commission, has
created q number of new Offices in
Butte and Silver Bow county. The
law makes the city and county health
officers the official inspectors, but the
law also provides work that will keep
q dozen men employed.
HELENA, Jan. Ex-Governor Norris
today received a check for S74, OBJ. 04
from the interior department., repre-
senting Montana's allotment of the
income from the national forests for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1911. The
money was turned over to the state
treasurer and will be divided among
the various county school and road
funds In accord ance with the proper.
tionate area of the national forests
within a given county bears to the
total area of the county. The amount
received from this source last year
was $50. 1913.
KAL1sPELL, j an. 10.-An avalanche
of snow near Java, sixty miles east of
here, carried a rotary snow pillow on
| the Great Northern down the mOnn.