The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-08-20
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
4 Budget Of Readable Short ltems
From Various Parts of thu STATE.

A Budget Of READABLE Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
HAMILTON, Aug. 12.-One man 10
dead 400 two others Are Injured %
the result Of Q terrific wind storm that
blew into Hamilton from the mouth
OF BloRRett canyon. the exhibit build.
ing At the new county fair grounds
being demolished b. the storm, when
the men were caught 10 its falling tim-
hers. There we're six men upon the
structure. . frame building $50 by 40
feet In eize, when the storm struck.
M1ssOULA, Aug. PA timber sale
OF special Significance to Missoula
county 10 being conducte d BY the forest
service Of the Lolo National forest.
The sale involves 80, 900. 900 feet Of
dead and green timber and has been
bid In Ut IN average price OF q per
thoussnd feet by the Mann Lumber
company Of Henderson. The bid has
been accepted and the deal will b
closed - loon 81 the tormslities Of
singninR contracts have been enacted
and approved by the o rester.
BILLINGS. Aug. 12.-After complet-
ing probably the longest motor boat
trip ever made on inland streaus,
Delbert Smith, . cowboy from The
M-Bar ranch on the Big Horn river,
has returned to Billings. With Claude
St. John. another cowboy, Smith
went to New Orleans by way of the
Big Horn, Yellowstone, Missouri and
Mississippi rivers, starting on May q
and covering the 400 miles by water
In 81 days. St. John contracted
malsrial fever during the voyage and
was left In q hospital 10 New Orleans.
BUTTE, Aug. 13-Todsy's develop.
ments in the electric linemen's strike
Ia Butte were not euch as to 81 auge
the stu ation. Both sides are firm In
their respective position 9. The erik.
ers are not working, and the CON-.
psnies are doing the best they q to
maintain service up to the standard.
Up to . late hour this afternoon the
strike had caused no great incon-
venience; It was chiefly important be.
cause OF its possibilities for causing
trouble.
HELENA, Aug. l3.-Not . hoof of
dairy stock is to be found in Big
Horn, Cascade, FerRus, Gsllstin.
Park, Sandere, Sheridan, Valley,
Saltwater or Yellowstone counties,
according to the returns made by the
assessors to the state board Of equali.
cation. According to the same reports,
the value OF all automobiles in Mon.
tsns 10 s2,Sl3, 1923 ss compared with
96l9 ,465 last year. These returns have
not been eQualized. The equalized
figures will not be available for some
weeks.
BUTTE, Aug. l3.-Articles OF incor.
poration OF the Butte, Wisdom &
Pacific Railway company with a cap
%italization of 50, DOC, 900 were fled with
the county clerk and re corder yester.
day. L. P. Benedict, John G. Brown
aud G. M. Mccoy m the directors.
The shares are 600 each. Former
Lieutenant Governor W. r. Allen is
given credit for starting q new road
that will tap one OF Montana's richest
valleys-the Big Hole basin. Thou.
sands Of acres OF splendid agricultural
land will be placed In close touch with
Butte by the railroad In addition to
several mining districts.
HELENA, Aug. l2.-Nicholas Hilger,
one Of the Oldest pioneers of the state
died here today st the age of 81 years.
He came to Montana 10 1854, being q
member Of General Sully's expedition
against the Sioux. He arrived In
Helena, in 1865 and was appointed
deputy clerk and recorder of what was
then Edgerton county, with the county
seat ct Silver. Lewis and Clark
county was later carved out of Edger.
ton. He served two terms a. probate
judge OF Lewis and Clark and in 1873
purchased 500 acres at the Gate OF the
Mountains, where be ranched until q
few years ago.
TWIN BRIDGES, Aug. l2.-According
to reports brought here, the residents
OF the busy little mining camp of
Rochester are much mystided over
the quiet operations of q large party
of civil engineers which during the
past few days has been surveying
lines all through and around the
camp. 1t is known that the recent boom
in the camp has attracted attention
from outside, as this has been shown
Ia visits from mining men and their re-
representatives. and their subsequent
tr sactions. and 1t 10 believed that
the surveying party has something to
with some of these peOpla.