The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-19
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.
Butte, Nov. 11.-Carl S. Person, Is
years CT ase. pleaded guilty to a
charge of tampering with mail in the
federal court this morning. Person
is a native of Sweden and unaCe to
speak English. While working as
janitor at the p%ostoffice he opened
packages and appropriated their con-
tents. 1t is believed that the boy is
mentally deficient, and arrangements
will be made to send him to an asy.
lum or reform school.
Helena, Nov. 11.-Estimates made by
United States Surveyor General Locke
show that approximately 1000, 900
acres of public land will have been
surveyed in Montana at the end of the
present year during the past twelve
months. This is not as much as was
surveyed last year because much Of
the work this year has been done in
the mountainous sections. Nineteen
parties we're in the field during the
season.
Helena, Nov. 11.-Big Horn county
has the distinction of having the high.
est average land assessment in the
state. This is 1891 an acre and Car
bon county comes second with $3.50
an acre. State Tax Commissioner G.
M. Houtz, who has just returned from
a visit to these counties is of the opin-
ion they are fair and reasonable as
sessments. Granite county has the
lowest average assessment-$2.38 an
acre. At the meeting of the assessors
in Lewistown this winter Mr.. Houtz
will present data in regard to assess.
ment inequalities.
Butte, Nov. 11.-Among the pecul-
lar titles Of cases brught up for con.
sideration in the federal court yes.
terday was that of the United States
against 'three gallons of w~hiskey."
The case was set for a hearing on
Nov. II. A horse and buggy and Al
Morgan were named as c~o-defendants
in the action. According to the COM
plant the liquor was found on the
Blackfoot reservation on Sept. 6, in
the buggy, and the government has
named the liquor as the principal de-
PENDANT in order to confiscate it. The
horse and buggy and the man are in
cluded as agents.
Helena, Nov. 11.-That affair at
Havre. October "a, in which China
town was raided, and which assumed
international size when May Black
Hin, Chinese consul at Portland, and
Secretary of State w. j. Bryan, re-
quested an investigation of the cpl
sode, was caused by one individual
who involved a number of irresponsi-
BILE youths in the trouble, is the gist
of a report received yesterday by Gov.
Samuel v. Stewart from Victor r.
Griggs, county attorney of Hill coun
ty. MI. Griggs declared that he has
been unable to secure any satisfactory
evidence to corroborate the evidence
of the Chinese, but that the case will
be brought to trial n disposed of,
unless the complaining witnesses de-
sire them dropped.
Great Falls, Nov. 12.-Frank Hef-
ner, financial secretary of the brewery
workers union of this city, was ar
rested here today charged with the
misappropriation of over 5000 of the
funds of the union. The leaders of
the union are in favor of withdrawing
the charge against Hefner if he will
make up the alleged shortage.
Livingston, Nov. 11.-Joe Brown,
one of the two burglars who were cap
tured here Friday morning, is on a
hunger strike. He has not eaten a
mouthful of food since he has been
in jail. He is sullen and will not talk
of his case The younger one, Fred
Knapp. is suffering severely from the
bullet wound he received at the time
he was captured.
Butte, Nov. 11.-Ralph Steele, son
of Charles Steele, real estate dealer.
was this afternoon placed on trial be.
fore Judge Donlan charged with a
slaughter in running down with his
automobile Mrs. Rose Lewis, who died
of her injuries. The accident occur
red on the evening of June 5 of this
year at the intersection of Park and
Columbia streets.
Helena, Nov. 12.-When Governor
Stewart leaves for Washington to at
tend the conservation congress Mon
tana will have as it's governor State
Senator A. R. Dearborn of Granite
county, who is also president pro TEN
of the senate and by virtue of which,
in the absence of the governor and
the Acknowledgements, he becomes
acting executive. Lieutenant Govern.
or Mcdowell is also in the east.
Dillon, Nov. &c. w. Eismann,
E. R. Gleed and George Gleed, promin-
emit stockmen Of Lima, Mont, were
arrested yesterday on complaint of
Stock Inspector Frank Nelson, charg-
ed with stealing 500 head of sheep be-
longing to Arbie Beardsley, a wealthy
wool grower of this county. Their
bonds were fixed at $1,000 each, and
they will be given a hearing in Lima
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