The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-08-06
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS

MON ANA NEWS BRIEFlETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of tho State.
HELENA. July %. - Ten million
bushels Of grain will be raised this
year IN the Judith Bssin, according
to David Hiiker OF Lewistowo, Who
was in the city today. he eays a con.
siderable acreage gill 60 10. less than
forty buehels of wheat to the acre, and
that this is the banner season 10 the
history Of the Basin.
BILLINGS, July 29.-Cordisl coop.
Grafton upon the part Of the interior
department in making the work of the
reclamation service . success vas
promised By Secretary Lane ct .
meeting of the settlers OF the shoshone
project At Garland this evening. The
secretary declared that he was In .
position to 90 to congress to ask for
more favorable treatment for the cot.
tiers.
BUTTE, July 29.-J. Murphy and
Patrick J. Fullon were working on
the surface Of the Anaconda mine st
IL O'Clock THE morning when . cur
rent OF $500 volts from the high
power line Of the Montana Power
company shot through their bodies.
Both men had hold of . steel cable
rope. which came into contact with the
electric line and transmitted the full
voltage to their bodies. Their death
was instantaneous.
HELENA, July 29.-Lieutenan ant Carl
8russche. In charge OF Fort Missouls,
10 in conference with the board Of
county eommissioners with reference
to the removal Of Chief Little Bear
and HE band Of Chippewa Indians to
Browning, Montana, where the gov
eminent has arranged to care for tho
aged and helpless Indians, aod to
provide employment for those who
ore able to work. It 10 possible in
the course Of the next few days oil the
1odisns who have been in the vicinity
OF Helena 20 long will be rounded up
and sent to Browning where they will
be looked after BY the government.
M1ssouLA, July %. The exact
manner In which Dr.. c. w. Cham.
berlain. = dentist Of Cleelum. WASH.
met HE death in the St. Paul Pass
tunnel OF the Milwaukee railroad. Is
still . mystery. The body WAS shippsd
to Tacoma last night and Miss Nsttie
Debon, who Vas travelling with Dr..
Chamberlain, accompanied II. The
coroner cannot uncover any evidence
that will clear up the ny stery OF tho
tragedy and nc inquest will DO held.
BUTTE, July 30.-An assessment OF
q for August has been made on every
member Of the Western FEEDER alton OF
Miners to raise q fund for the Michi.
gan strikers. Butte will contribute
something like sl2, 900 or more, while
the whole domain OF the Western
Federatio OF Miners, with its men,
bershtp Of Is, 1872, will raise a fund OF
approximately $780, 600
HELENA, July 3O.-The new Great
Northern station here will be put into
commission Friday. While there are
still . few finishing touches to be put
on, the citation is practically compile.
ted and it was decided not to postpone
the opening. The station cost &c..
600, but with the necessary excava-
ton, the laying OF the platform and
other improvements, it represents an
nvestment Of not less than Clio, 600,
according to the company officials.
HELENA, July 30.-The Montana
State Tuberculosis hospital at Gslen
is o filed to its capacity, according
to Dr.. T. D. futile, head of the in
stitution, who was . caller At the
capitol building today. "We have
26 patients. all We osn accommodate"
said Dr.. Tuttle. "But II We had &C.
comodstions for 500 persons We would
have the patients. The s%snitarium in
it, present state 10 scarcely . begin.
ming. We were compl aiming At first
Of the few applications there we're for
admission, Now we are turning them
away every day"
HELENA, July 30 Without inter.
ference from government Withdrawals,
the Milwaukee railroad can now pro.
coed with the survey Of its Great
Falls. Missoula line, down through the
Big Blsckfoot canyon. The local
land officers today were advised by
the assistant commissioner Of the gen.
eral land Office that the power site
Withdrawals from along the Big
Blackfoot river have been restored
to the public domain, and will be-
come subject to settlement Aug. IS,
and IN onfrv m rtho~ o-oI{~~A;~o