The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
HELENA. Feb. 12.-Charles E. Sew
ersnce, at one time one OF the leading
sheep men and wool growers of Mon
tana, and 40 old timer In the Mussel
shell country, died at his home III
Spokane, Sunday morning. Mr.. Sew
erance has been engaged in the res
estate business in and about Spokane
for the last twelve years.
HELENA, Feb. 1.-THE governor
has appointed John E. Patterson Of
Missoula as additional judge OF the
Fourth judicial district, the additional
Judge having been provided for by
the legisl AZURE. Governor Stewar,
today nominated and the sen ate con
flrmed Frank Conley % warden of the
state penitentiary.
MALTA, Feb. 15.-George Dyrdahl
a dry land farmer north of Malta, was
killed here yesterday. Dyrdahl was
thrown from his wagon, which passed
over him, breaking his ribs and caus-
ing q hemorrhage. He died A. the
Jones hotel five minutes after being
picked up. The nan is said to have
been Intoxicated.
HELENA, Feb. 12.--Four Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul engineers are
camped near Wolf Creek in this coun.
ty, preparing to take the field to run
preliminary surveys from Lombard or
Great Falls to Silver Camp in the
Blackfoot country, and through that
section west to the FIathead.
KAL1SPELL, Feb. 14.-Five hundred
and eighty.ive dollars and sixty-ive
cents was received by Jacob Roth, q
leading east side farmer, for . load
OF clover seed weighing less than two
tons, which he delivered to the Kalis.
pell Mercantile company for shipment
to q large seed house in the east.
The seed ~ of exceptional quality
and brought fifteen cents per pound.
GREAT FALLS, Feb. Is. - Judge
George M. Bourquin convened the first
term of the United States district
court ever TO be held in this city to.
day, and at once took up the work of
empanelinR . grand jury. The panel
includes one breed Indian, one color.
ed man and the others are white.
Judge Bourquin announced the term
will last about six weeks.
M1ssoULA, Feb. 15.-The Missouls
Chamber of Commerce was host to.
night at q great gathering OF repre-.
sentative men of the state of Montana.
1t was the occasion of the sixth annual
red apple banquet of the chamber and
at the spacious banquet DON in the
Elks' temple, $50 guests and members
Of the organization we're gathered. A
! special train from Helena this after
noon brought Governor Stewa art and
members of the Legislature az we'll as
a delegation OF prominent Helena peo-
pie.
BUTTE, Feb. 15.-Forced to take of
his shoes, turn his coat pockets inside
out and then submit to threats against
his lite was the lot of Martin Tuohy
q miner, early yesterday morning
when he encountered two masked
holdup men near the Gagnon mine
alley. Disguised at the 10-cent piece
in Tuohy's trousers, the bandits hand.
ed the miner his shoes and told him to
walk q hundred yards through the
snow in his stocking feet and then pu,
them on. The police aver they know
nothing Of the holdup.
KALISPELL, Feb. 15.-For the first
time in nineteen years Fathead lake
is frozen owe from shore to shore,
producing several hundred square
miles of unbroken ice from six inches
to two feet In thickness. A week Of
zero weather, unprecedented in eli
matte annals of the Flathead, and
scarcity of wind, has produced this un'
usual condition, which has existed bu'
once previously in the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant of this region. II
the winter of 1894 the lake wa,
frozen over and the following spring
unprecedented high water caused som
damage to property to e settlers
along the Flathead river aud in tn
lower valley.
BILLINGS, Feb. 16.-t'ollowing al
illness of less than n week Fred II
Rathorn, one OF the leading at
torneys Of eastern Montana, died q
his home here today. His demise wa
due to acute stomach trouble. He wa,
about 40 years of age, was born
reared and educated in Montana, an.