The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-06-11
MONTANA NEWS BRlEFLETS
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, June 5.-Henry Jacob Osen.
brug committed suicide about 4 O'Clock
| this morning by shooting himself with
a large caliber rife through the head.
| Osenbrug had been i'll for orn time.
He was % years Of age and for the
past eight yeags was employed at the
First National bank.
BILLINGS, June 5.-Before Judge
Bourquin in the federal court an end
has been brought to a long pending
tax controversy between Yellowstone
county and the Northern Pacific rail.
way, the road company finally agree
ing by stipulation to pay the sum of
Oil, 684 taxes which have been in dis.
pute. The Ease was dismissed a. set.
tied out Of court.
HELENA, June 4.-W. w. Brown,
who has been serving . sixty.yesr
sentence in the Deer Lodge peniten-
tiary for the murder of his wife, will
leave there tomorrow night to 60 home
to die. He Wa pardoned BY Cover.
nor stewsr. May q upon the condi.
ton that he leave the state within 30
days after his release. Brown was
convicted in Butte on Sept. 1e, 1901. he
insisted that be did not kill his wife,
| but that she cut her own throa I
HELENA, June 4.-Providing state
banks reveal under oath to the assess.
ors the names Of the depositors and
the sums deposited by them, they will
be permitted to deduct such Gums from
their solvent credits before the credits
are turned in for assessments. This 10
part of q ruling made by Attorney
General Kelly today on the proper
method of assessing state banks, In
response to q request from county a..
SCISSOR Currie of Missoula county.
helena, June 5.-County commits.
sioners now in Office, will ell be
allowed but Eve dollsrs . day when
inspecting roads and bridges, though
the law says that they shall be allow.
cd eight dollars . day. This 10 the
gist Of IN opinion rendered BY Astor.
ney General D. M. Kelly today. The
attorney general holds that the com.
missioners now serving sannot be al
lowed the increase of three dollars,
for 1t would be in contravention Of
the constitutional provision prohibits.
ing the increase OF tho salary Of any
official while in Office.
BILLINGS. June 5.-By the terms OF
an agreement filed with Judge Bour.
quin in the federal district court Vel.
lowstone county receives Oil, 684 in
back taxes from the Northern Pacific
Railway company On land the value
of which had been in controversy.
The case vas dismissed as settled out
of court.
BUTTE, June 6.-Mrs. Rose A.
Lewis, we'll known pioneer Of this city
last night was struck by an automobile
and instantly killed, the car dragging
her several yards and severing one
limb. The automobile was driven by
Ralph Steele, and owned by his father,
Charles Steele, . prominent and
wealthy real estate dealer of Butte.
BILLINGS, June 6.-Within so day.
the fr snchise of the Billings Traction
company will be forfeited to tho cit,
unless the company meanwhile com
plies with its pledges to place foul
mills in operation within the cit,
limits. This action val taken by tn
council on report of the city engineer
and recommendation Of the city 1t
torney.
SUMMIT, June 6.-Mary Bslsskos
age 10, wife OF the assistant forema,
OF the Greek extra gang employed b!
the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST. Pau
railway here, and Chris Dskas, age,
Is, one Of the bakers of the gang, werv
drowned ia . email pond here today
The two had gone out on the pond II
sn old boat for . pleasure ride
Dakos was padding the craft, Will
Mrs. Bslsskos bsiled u water
Both were standing up and they cap
sized the boat, drowning In seven fee
Of water.
MIsSOULA, June 7. - While be-
mother believed her to be sleeping in
eide their tent, little Frances Louise
. the two-and. a.half-yesr.old dsuRhte
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. I. Rockwell, ha,
found q box of matches and sucke'
the heads of Of 20 of them. She va
taken i'll Immediately, but fingered TO