The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-08
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

- oOO6ot OF snort items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HELENA, Jan. 2.-Tte state land
Office turned in to the treasurer's Office
today the sum of $50, 529. 81, which was
the income derived sioce the middle of
December when the last settlement was
made. Such q sum for the business of
q fortnight shows better than any
other the immense volume Of business
done In this state 10 raw land.
BUTTE, Jan. 3.-George Winters, a
diamond drill operator In the Raven
mine, was instantly killed yesterda az.
He had placed q mum Der of rock cores
upon q rack especially constructed for
the purpose, and then in q moment Of
hurry bumped against one corner of
the rack with his shoulder. The mass
o llapsed and the cores crushed him
breaking his neck:
HELENA, Jan. 3.-That the banks
OF Montana which are under the ju.
risdiction OF the state back ex aminers
have been prosperous between the call
of September 4 and that of November
is shown By the statement of State
bank examiner F. E. Hoss. In the
time named their total have
increased four and a third million
dollars.
BUTTE, Jan. $40 save enough
money In n year to furnish the new
county court house vas an important
phase Of the idea entertained yester.
day by the members of the board of
county commissioners, when an order
was issued upon ell county officials
that fromIJ snuary 2, 1913, and on. no
other than those allowed by |
law will be paid out of the county's
funds. The commissioners figure that
In this manne the county's expense
will be reduced approximately $685.
900 per year.
HELENA, Jan. 4.-Approval of the
Communication OF the sentence of AL
bert j.. Beckmsn, "Montana's Jean
Val JEAN" granted by Acting Gov.
ernor Leighton in November, was the
last act of the board of pardons that
retired tonight. The approval is sub.
ject to the condition that Beckman
leave the state and never return.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. AFTER a
few hours illness Of acute gastritis,
Andrew p. McAnelly, q well.known
attorney of Cascade county, died at
his home in Belt at an early hour this
morning. He was taken Ill after re-
firing Friday night and the physicisn
who was called reached his bedside
10 minutes before be died. Mr.. Nc.
Auelly had been in Montana 30 years
residing In Red Lodge and Big Timber
before coming to Cascade county II
years ago.
BUTTE, Jan. Gas a result of q
two days. var being waged between
cattle and sheep owners on the ranges
near Feeley, just south of Butte, 12O
sheep have been killed by cyanide
poisoning. John Anderson, whose
band of 1000 woolies has been attack
ed, has APPEALED to the authorities.
HAMILTON, Jan. Civilian Alex.
ander Pound, Is months old child of
Mr.. land Mrs h. G. Pound of this |
place, was instantly killed when the
water front in the kitchen range ex-
ploded. The child was sitting in q
chair near the front of the stove and
his little body was crushed against
the wall. Pieces of the stove we're
driven through the kitchen wall and
whole kitchen was wrecked.
BUTTE, Jan. 6.-Mike Miller today
was placed under arrest here, charged
with having obtained furs valued at
$1,000. Miller Is alleged to have re-
presented himself ~ the agent for L.
N. Lewis & Co. Of Pocatello, buying
furs throughout the country. Miller,
instead of shipping the furs to that
firm, It is alleged, would send that
company worthless skins and retain
the valuable ones for himself. he
was arrested in An exnress ma