The river press., 1913-01-22
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.
DILLON. Jan. l3 The lifeless body
of Charles S. B.llenger, for many
years one Of the well-kuown druggists
OF this city. was found in his appar'-
ments Ia the Burtend block late ye.-
terday eVening. Death ha. come -ud.
denly as Ballruaer'- body was found
STRETCHED out 90 the aoor OF his room.
MIR. Bsilenger was d native Of Mich.
igan.
LEwISTOWN, Jan. l4.--A.ter full
| hearing in the case OF the the Bright
hotel, cited to show cause why lite
violating the | O'Clock closing ordi.
nance 90 New Year. morning. the
case was ordered taken t, the police
court and u charge of keeping the bar
open was entered aud q hne of $500
was imposed.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. l4.-Harry l.. Sum.
mers has received telegram here
from W. II. Child and Charles An.
ceney at Minneapolis that they have
Of pure bred Shorthorns at Brown.
dale, Mimi, OF H. F. Brown and are
shipping them To Boz man. At Des
| Moiues, Ia, they recently completed
the purchase OF 80 pure bred Short.
horn bulls and 80 pure bred cows
and the total shipment they will bring
back with them will be l5O head.
BUTTE, Jan. l3 The Butte cham.
Der of commerce tonight went on rec
ord as unquestion ably endorsing the
proposed consolidation of Montana a
greater institutions of learning. In
futheran ance Of the scheme for ''great-
er university" q resolution intro.
duced by former Lieut.. Governor
Allen was adopted, and it calls upon
other commercial bodies throughout
the state to follow 10 the wake of the
Butte organic alton.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 15.-At q meet.
ing of the Great Falls National bank,
held yesterday evening, Ro bert S.
Ford declined re election as head OF
the institution, and the honor was
conferred upon his son, Lee NJ. Ford.
The retiring president has served over
~ consecutive years, and, in q state.
ment 10 the directors, said he prefer.
red to turn over the management OF
the financial institution to men OF
fewer years.
| HAMILTON, Jan. 14.-Struck by q
flying log, Charles Olsen, for 20 years
a resident OF the Bitter Root valley,
was fatally injured yesterday after-
noon at the Latchem & Rooney saw.
mill, on Little Sleeping Child creek,
and died on the road to the Hamilton
hos pital. Olsen was working on a
log chute and was struck by log
which jumped the chute. breaking
both his arms cutting and bruising
his face and head and breaking his
hip. Death was due TO ruptured
blood vessel.
ANACONDA. j an. Ii The hearing OF
j. w. Stack, formerly one of the fore
men at the Anal gamated smelter here,
charged with extortion from those
working uuder him. as begun tod ay
l h.4fn nf n Drt v,v1n
The evidence is being taken through
au Interpreter. IL Is alleged that
Stack received monthly from $40 20
$40 from Austrians and other foreign
ers who held their positions through
his grace. Other foremen, i, is said, j.,
are involved, the practice being com
mon to hold up hundreds of the for.
eignors monthly as the price of their
jobs.
| ANACONDA, Jan. electrical
equipment for the Butte, Anaconda &
Pacific railroad, the first steam rail.
road In the United States to undergo
electritication, has begun to arrive.
Portions Of engines reached Anacon.
da and the engines proper will be on
the ground shortly. Seventeen are
expected and they will be of the 20
ton articula ated type of 2,40O volts,
direct current. The engines have
none OF the locomotive appearance
and look more like box cars in de.
Sirp FTk,aSA opripnc C,il hox
cient capacity to develop tractive
power OF $1,000 pounds at Is miles an
hour. Two OF the engines will be for
the passenger service and Is for the