The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-28
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.
HELENA, May 19.-The Carey land
act board today execu.ct . act
for the reclaim alton and settlement Of
the second unit OF the Waller project
en- Or acing Is 1000 acres. l. l. estim 81.
ed thtt this uuit will support 312 fam.
lilies.
HELENA, May l9.-Replying to the
complaint filed by the Great Falls
Commercial club, that the train ser.
vice of the Great Northern between
Billings aud that city was made.
quate. the Great Northern today fled
an answer that the present service is .
reasonable one aud that putting
on additional trains would not be jus.
titled by the business.
BILLINGS, May 90 While exca.
vating for the lockwood irrigation
canal . short distance east OF Bill.
lings. workmen uncovered what are
believed to be the bones Of . prehis.
toric mammal. The find was made o.
. depth Of nine feet md on bedrock.
The section of the vertebrate Disclosed
nine feet and the parts that did not
crumble when exposed to the air have
been placed on exhibition.
BUTTE. May 90 The shadow OF
the Max Fried whits slave Ease fell
again on the United States court in
this city this morning when John P.
swede J Murphy, q detective employ.
ed BY Fried, faced Judge Bourquin
and . jury on . charge of obstructing
justice and impeding the due admins
trstion of the law BY procuring testi-
mony threats and promises from Grace
Beal, the chief witness In the Fried
case.
HELENA, May 20.-No damage was
reported today - the result Of the
earthquake shock last night. The
tremor was more revere on the west
eide Of the city and In half . dozen
instances dishes were knocked from
the shelves. No reports have been
received of tremors in any other part
Of the state.
HELENA. May &c. n. Bailey,
Of the McCsull-D iusmore company,
returned yesterday from Manhattan,
where he owns . large farm, and re-
ports that the high wind which visit
cd that section about ten days ago
damaged hts wheat fields to the ex.
tent Of 1000. He sowsd 100 acres to
wheat and the wind blew all but ten
acres Out Of the field.
BUTTE, May 2l.-Msjor Junius G.
Sanders. aged II, formerly deputy
United States marshal, one of the best
Known pioneers In Montana, dropped
dead today In q bathroom at his
daughters house. Major Sanders
served throughout the civil war and
Spanish Americsn war. During the
Spanish American var be served Is q
pay in Cuba. He was Q
brother of the late Senator w. F..
Sanders.
BUTTE, May 2l.-To assemble the
biographies and photographs of all
the leading citizens Of Montana and
have them for use in every newspap.
er Office in the state is the work plan.
ned by the Butte Newswriters' assoc
iation during the next 30 days. The
idea wal suggested q short time ago
and the officers and the members Of
the association were heartily In favor
OF 1t, go that q accurate history of
the foremost Montanans might be
ready for use at any time.
BILLINGS. May 2l.-Accordiug to
J. L. Moore, stste immigration agent
for the Northern Pacific railroad, the
wheat crop In Montana this year will
be three times greater than the record
crop Of 1912. when $500, 900 bushels
were produced in the Billings trade
zone. Mr.. Moore has just returned
from . trip over the state and ssys
the condition Of winter wheat was
never better. Also he asserts that
more people are coming into the state
than at this season of any previous
year.
HELENA. May 2O.-Montana osteo.
paths cannot avail themselves of the
provisions of the law passed by the
last legislature prohibiting hospitals
from discriminating against certain
physicians. Attorney General Kelly,
Ia an opinion today to Dr.. Asa Will.
lard of Missouls, secretary of the
board OF osteopathic examiners, ad-
vises him "it Is clear that the provi.
sions of the hospital bill have no re.
lstion to osteopaths o. practice of os-
teopsthy."