The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

HELENA. May 12.-B,rglars broke
trto thc Eas- ue.enG p~ostof3ce last
night and stole stamps to the value Of
$3.50. The rostoffce Is In a store. and
they also stole y considerable amount
OF goods. This IL the ttird time the
p%ostof1ce has been robbed.
KALIsPELL, May l2.-Farmers aud
business men met at the chamber Of
commerce and discussed q potato fac.
tory project and the directors we're
urged TO look into the natter further.
II they deem it ad Wis able, Chris Best,
of the Kalispell Mailing & Brewing
company, will be rent to Germany to
investiR ate methods there where such
factories have been proved . certain
success.
BUTTE, May 13.-May Fried, poll
,icisn and man of affatirs, convicted
last week Of bringing Mrs. Grace Besl,
OF Spokane, to Butte for immoral pur-
poses. wss sentenced In the United
States court this morning by Judge
Bourquin. The Jury had recommend.
ed clemency. Tho sentence therefore
IL q hne OF $500 and the costs OF the
trial. or about $4,000. Contempt pro.
ceedings for alleged suborn alton of
Witnesses in q former trial will come
before the court in 9 few weeks.
BUTTE, May 13.-As . result of the
increased prices of metals and tho
greater production of copper the to.
tai value OF the output OF the metal of
Montana in 1912 was close to &c.,.
coo, 600. This represents an increase
of nearly SO per cent in value over the
1911 output and 10 the most valuable
production since that of 1905. About
70 per cent Of this value came from
copper alone, and about IL per cent
from silver. nearly 6 per cent from
gold and nearly 3 per cent from zinc.
BUTTE, May 13.-George Montgom.
cry. aged 16. was shot aud probably
fatally wounded yesterday by Andrew
Boland. aged II, . playmate. 40.
cording to . dying statement made by
the Montgomery boy, Boland com.
mauded him TO get of q raft on which
be was playing in the Parrot pond,
south OF the city, or be shot. Boil.
land Gays he shot At Q block and &C.
c~tdentally hit his companion.
BUTTE, May 13.-Every child In Sill
yer Bow today was the guest of for
mer United States Sen q t W. A.
Clark at Arbor day exercises at the
senator's Columbia gardens, east OF
Butte. For the transportation OF
these children residing at remote parts
of the county. Mr.. Clark provided .
special train and at points not reach
ed by the railr lad, automobiles and
carriages conveyed the youngsters.
Through the day the youngsters were
given free transport alton by the sena-
tor over the street car lines and at
the gardens the various concessions
were thrown open to the children.
BILLINGS, May 14.-Wiibur the lS-
year old son Of O. F. Goddard, died
today from blood poisoning resulting
from pneumonia Infection, after an
illness OF two weeks. He was born In
Billings and would have graduated
from the high school next month.
BUTTE, May 15.-At the inquest in
the case OF Edmund Thomas, who with
Harry Drumm, was shot on May s,
no evidence was brought out tending
to stopping the yelled insinuation of
the authorities that Thomas and
Drumm had been the victims of men
who had other motives than robbery. |
BILLINGS, May 14.-The sugar beet
growers of eastern Montana and
northern Wyoming will this year 70.
ceive for their output %, PIG, 900. The
factory at Billings has contracted for
the product of Is, 900 acres, and this
will produce $50, 600 tons and
the average return per too will be
about 6 so.
HELENA, May l4.-Work of seed.
ing the large tract Of land in the
Prickly Pear irrigatio project owned
by the Plat and Heath company and
John N. Glass is proceeding rapidly
and will be completed 10 q few days.
to Mr.. Glass about g. 700
acree will be seeded, about 800 acres
of which will be seeded to pees and
the remainder to oats, barley aud
and oats.
LIVINGSTON. May 14.-Judge A. p.
Stark sentenced Murray Gilbert to a
term Of IA months at hard labor in the
for em bezzlement. Gil.
bert pleaded guilty. The good life of
the defendant before he entered the
OF the Russell. Miller Milling
company prompted the Judge to be
lenient. The Judge commended the
nriannen m hic vooo.I ,~tiI ~ St:1