The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-09
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLEIS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State,

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of tho State.
HELENA, June 30.-Moptana bspks
i.ie ono"A ~ oe ~ exce.Ient condition
oy the abstract issued tod az BY State
Bank Examine: II. s. Mazrav giving
the aggree ate resources and liabilities
Ut the l52 state banks and % priv ate
banks ID Montana June 4. Th.ir re.
sources sggregrste $50, 20S, S74. SO.
HELENA, June 30.-The premium
cstslouge of the Montana state fair
has recently been issued from the Of
dee OF this years secretary, A. j.
B~reitenstsin. The list this year 10 Of
fering $1,000 o in prizes than In
1912, the total being $50. 600. Louis
w. Hill, of the Great Northern rail.
way, is the largest doner, with 81, 800
for products from the dry land farm.
LEw1sTowN. June 30.-The formid.
able movement for the division of
Fergus and the creation of Judith
county collapsed At the eleventh hour
this afternoon, and the entire proposi.
ton rejected because OF failure to die
the required bond. The original petit.
ton had elk hundred signatures, con.
stituting . majority. but this number
Was reduced somewhat on being
checked with the regis str stion lists.
HELENA, June 3O.-The Ruby mine
in the southern portion of the Helena
mining district, 10 proving one Of the
most surprising 80 we'll % the rich.
est gold mines in the northwest. 1t
has produced several fortunes for
different owners and the latest strike
gave returns, Of S112, 900 for four car.
loads of ore, or at the rate OF $50, 600
. carload. The shipment val taken
out by lessees.
BILLINGS, June 3O.-From the Mus.
selshell country and the eastern end
OF the state generally comes the re.
ports that crop and range conditions
we're never better in the history Of the
state. Henry B. Drumm, q promi-
uent raucher and banker of Belmont,
declares farmers In that section are
chiefly worried over the possibility
that not enough cars will be available
10 carry their produce to market after
harvest.
BUTTE, July 1.-Alfred c. Hodge,
aged %, died this morning from injur.
les sustsined BY being struck on tho
head by 4 driving rod of . hosting
engine q the Mountain View mine.
Hodges father had asceuded in the
cage just - the accident happened and
when . call for aid was made, sprang
Into the engine pit to rescue the young
man. Then he recognized the injured
man as being his son.
BOHEMIAN, July 1.-Showers rang
Ing 10 volume from sprinkles to heavy
downpours have fallen In Bozeman on
~ out OF 30 days in June and in some
parts OF the country rain has fallen
every day throughout the month ju at
closed. The danger OF q shortage of
trriRating water is practically over,
though it was freely predicted that the
Gallatin would suffer this year from a
drou,h, earlier in the season.
HELENA, July Ito the extent OF
allowing the importation of fresh
fruits, potatoes and garden vegetables
into Montana until Aug. l, Governor
Stewart today modified his original
quarantine proclaim alton against oil
Of Utah and certain parts of Idaho
and Wyoming on account OF the in.
roads OF the alfalfa weevil. This &C.
ton was taken upon the represents.
ton OF Governor spry Of Utah that
Utah growers would suffer greatly,
and that products valued at $50, 600
would by thrown out without there BE-.
ing . chance of = REIMBURSEMENT OF the
market.
HELENA. July !. Fear that he
would DO arrested for the murder Of
Engineer Dan O'Neill, killed at Bear.
mouth In . holdup the year before the
Hammond train robbery. accounts for
disappearance Of George F. Hammond
from his chicken ranch south of Hell.
ena, June l6. There hss never been
any direct evidence against Ham
mond, go far - 10 known, but he has
always been suspected "a being the
lone bandit who shot down O'Neill In
1903 while holding up the North Coast
Limited. The fact that he confessed
to holding up the came train at the
same place q year later when thous-
ands of dollars worth Of plumber were
obtained. has always been regarded
Is q circumstance castipg q suspi.
cious light upon the engineers muir.
der.