The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-19
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

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GREAT FALLS. J me ll.-At a spec
iai eiectinn neld 10 this CITY, at which
only fr%eeholding electors were allowed
~ vo:e, tbs ~cuancil was authorize 10
grant a franchise 10 Al H. Babb aud
. party Of Medicine Hat men to bore
tor natural gas 10 the cry and viciui.y |
aud &C use the STREET: for the laying |
of gas mains. The franchise carried
by . vote OF about 10 to l. The COM
pany Is required to sink q. least three
wells in or about the city, and II it
cannot secure gas here it is to be al
lowed TO pipe it from other 6elds.
HELENA. June ll.-Special agents
10 the suppression OF liquor traffic on
Iodian re-erv ations in Montana, under
q decision Of the Uuited States supreme
court yesterday, will no longer be able
to arrest persons having liquor In
their possession whether found on
trains or on the railroad right OF way !
through reserv ations. 0. W. McCon.
nell today received a telegram from the
| clerk OF the superior court advising
in the case of Henry Clairmont has
been reversed and rem handed with direct.
ions to quash the Indictment and dis.
charge the defend ant.
HELENA, June 11.-Murder In the
fret degree was the verdict returned
by the district court. sitting in the
case of William Jones, who killed
Robert Johnston, March 81. The jury
fixed his punishment at life imprison-
ment. Both Jones and his victim we're
colored. The trouble started from a
political argument. following q visit
Of some socialist candidates.. Jones
left and, returning armed later in the
evening, shot Johnston three times.
This is the first time In years that q F
jury of this county has returned a first
degree verdict.
BILLINGS, June 11.-Nearly Sl00, 600
less in freight for transporting Mon
tana's wool clip to the eastern mar
kets will be collected this season by
the railroads.. and of the sun fully
S12, 900 will be saved on the shipments
from this city. This estimate is based
upon figures in a schedule just issued
by the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany and effective June 25, which
shows that the rate on wool from Mon
tana points to the twin cities ia re-
duced 20 cents per hundred pounds.
1t Is estimated that nearly 35, W 600
pounds of the commodity will be
shipped from the state this season, in
which event the saving in freight will
be the figures first quoted.
GLASGOW, June 11.-At work % a
farm with only eleven cents in his
pocket, William Prickett recently was
told he had Inherited S25, 900 from
Frank Horch, a ranch owuer OF Poca-
tello, for having rescued Horch's two
daughters from their burning home
several years ago.
BUTTE, June l1.-Silver Bow county
now has az $500, 900 court houee and
jail, but it ia without funds to furnish
and equip them or park the grounds.
Fully 5000, 600 more is needed to com.
plete the work and the commissioners
are seriously considering the advis-
ability OF calling q special election to
vote bonds in this amount, the pro.
ceeds to be used for the work.
BUTTE, June 12.-Aviation and
automobile meets, dual balloon ascen-
sion, l0-mile foot race, horse races
and athletic sports OF ell kinds have
been arr ranged as features of Butte's
Independence day celebration which
will start with the dedication of Silver
Bow %county's new court house on the
night OF July 3 and end with %aeroplane
flights on July 5. A~viators Frank
Sites and T. T. Maroney are enter.
ed already for the aviation meet.
HELENA, June IA suit wal in
stituted in the district court today
which involves in the aggregate $2ol,.
S74.77. It is an action brought by
John Ringling, the circus magnate, who
is extensively interested in Meagher
county, against the Smith River Devel.
opment company, and the lands involv-
ed are all stu ated in Meagher county in
the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs.
The action is based on a promissory
note, which Ringliug alleges the de-
PENDANT company executed and deliver
ed to him.