The river press., 1913-11-05
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.
Huntley, Oct. 2S.-Upon their re- |
turn hcme last night after attending
divine services, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. |
Bulls stumbled over the dead body of
Mrs. Bulls brother, Clyde H. Murray.
The corpse had ragged gunshot
wound in the right eye, the shot evil
IDENTIFY having been fired at close
range. Sheriff Orrick was Immediate.
ly notified of the crime and late this
afternoon Deputy Sheriff Kinnick ar
rested two suspects.
Helena, Oct. 2S.-Charging that
rates for electricity in Montana are
excessive and unreasonable, the Mon
tana Public Service commission made
an order today for a hearing to be
held at a time and place to be de-
termined upon later, at which rates,
rules and regulations will be consid-
cred. In the same order the COM
panies are given 20 days In which to
file schedules of rates in lieu of those
now In effect, for the consideration Of
the commission.
Lewistown, Oct. 28.-Constable A.
B. Cheney Of Denton, manager of the
Mccall Webster Lumber Co., at that
place, died in the Sisters hospital here
this afternoon from the wound receiv-
week ago in his duel with Stanley
Scofield, a young homesteader from
California, who was seeking to kill
Hazel Wright, of Denton. after she
had rejected him. Scotield was shot
and instantly killed by the constable
The wounded man has been at the
point of death ever since he was shot,
being paralyzed by the bullet which
shattered the spinal column.
Lewistown, Oct. 28.-G. T. Holt
came in from the Cat Creek basin
near the eastern boundary of the
county and gave himself up. explain
ing that he had shot Frank Vim, a
neighboring homesteader, through the
leg and arm. The officers were not
surprised at the shooting as Vim was
arrested and brought here few
weeks ago for an assault on Holt and
upon returning home had made
threats against the latter. Yesterday
Holt saw Vim driving across his
place and fired several shots, his idea
being, he claims, not to hit the man
but to drive him away.
Butte. Oct. 2S.-Spending several
days in q snow dugout in the noun
tains at Alhambra Springs, Mike MUIR
ray, prospector seventy years old
was found by searching party al
most dead from exposure to hun.
ger and cold. Murray was forced by
his extreme hunger to kill colt
which had followed his mare from the
ranch, and eat the raw flesh to keep
himself alive. The searching party
was formed when friends became
alarmed by Murray's long absence on
a hunting trip. The old man encoun.
tered terrific snowstorm and was
forced to seek shelter in a snow bank.
When found he was lying beside his
horse to keep warm.
Dillon, Oct. 29.-"Curley" Mason
was sentenced to ten years in the
state prison yesterday when he was
found guilty of burglarizing the post
office at Medicine Lodge. This is the
second time Mason has done time for
the same offense.
Lewistown, Oct. 29.-The rush at
the land Office occasioned by the op-
ening of eleven townships, all but one
In Dawson county, continues at the
local land Office, more than 225 en-.
tries having been made in the five
days ending last evening, while the
fees paid in now amount to around
$4,000.
Kalispell, Oct. 29.-A crew of IS
convicts is expected from Deer Lodge
to begin work on the south end of the
new road along the east shore of
Flathead lake. Sixty of these labor
ers are now working south, near the
Blue Grade, about Is miles from Pol
son, it is thought that the two crews
will soon have the intervening piece
of road cut through.
Butte, Oct. 29.-William Wallace,
Jr., of Helena, one of the prominent
attorneys of Montana, is slated for
the position of assistant attorney gen.
eral of the United States under Jas.
c. McReynolds, according to reliable
information received in Butte today.
Mr.. Wallace is now in Washington,
D. c., and it is expected that his nom-
ination will shortly be sent to the
senate for confirmation.
Kalispell, Oct. 29.-The F. c. Ged-
uhn place at Lake Mcdonald, COM
prising 156 acres of land and noted
as a summer resort, has been sold to
Kansas City capitalists. The papers
have not yet been filed but the deed
is said to have been in escrow in a
local bank. The stipulated price is
placed by good authority at $4,000,
and the sale was effected through
Howard c. Price of Great Falls. Ged-
uhn homesteaded the place about 20
years ago and in recent years has er-
ected a number of cottages which