The river press., 1913-11-26
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.
Kalispell, Nov. 1S.-A. c. Daley,
charged with murder in the first de.
gree for the shooting of Frank Ellis
at Bolton, Aug. IS, was placed on trial
today. The trouble arose over dog
which Ellis placed in the bed occu-
pied by himself and Daley. The shoot
ing occurred at Snyder's saloon.
Billings, Nov. 1S.-Billings' segre-
gated district is to co. Rushed through
at the last moment, resolution order
ing Mayor Leavens to instruct Chief
of Police Talgo to close every resort
in the red light district as we'll as all
other houses running in opposition to
the law was passed by the city coun-
Gil late tonight. The restricted dist
rfct has been an institution in Billings
for years and the city derives an in
come approximating $4,000 yearly
from fines assessed under a system
equivalent to licensing.
Great Falls, Nov. 1S.-The PROPOSE
tion for the creation of Dearborn
county was knocked out here today,
the petition for its creation not re-
ceiving q sufficient number of sigma
lures for the county commissioners to
proceed any farther in the matter.
Under the law to start a new county
proceeding, there must be presented
to the board of county commissioners
petition bearing the names Of so
per cent Of the property holders who
will be affected. In the case of Dear.
born, the petition presented contained
the names Of "A signers, when 46 were
required.
Butte, Nov. 1S-EN Drabovitch,
who eloped with Mrs. Eva Franich,
the wife of fellow countryman of
Austria, to Pocatello, will spend the
next eight months in the Lewis and
Clark jail in expiation of his offense.
He pleaded guilty in the federal court
yesterday to a white slave charge and
was given the sentence by Federal
Judge Bourquin at his own request
that he be sent to the Lewis and
Clark jail.
Billings, Nov. 18.-Attempting to
collect rent for his Brookshire flats
by use of a shotgun landed George
Howerton in jail after his tenants
had been driven half clad to the
streets. When the police arrived they
found Howerton locked in his room
and when the door was opened upon
demand of the officers he still held
the shotgun in his arms. The tenants
claim their rent was paid in advance
and that Howerton is insane.
Butte, Nov. 18. Judge Bourquin
signed an order this afternoon permit
ting Myrtle Jones, guardian of Hedley
Northern, to settle their cause of &C.
tion against the Anaconda Mining
company for $4,000. This action was
started four years ago. sohn Northern
was killed in the Mountain View mine
ON October 20, 1907, and suit was
brought to recover $4,000 damages.
in the trial before Judge Bourquin the
jury returned verdict for the defend
ant company. Later the plaintiff Sc
cured new trial.
Butte, Nov. 19.-Announcement was
made tonight by prominent Amalga-
mated Copper company official con-
nected with the Butte, Anaconda &
Pacific railway, that information had
been received from Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul headquarters that the
work of electrifying the Bitter Root
section of the Milwaukee would be
commenced December /. This will be
the first step in the actual electrify-
ing of the Milwaukee road from Har-
lowtown, Mont, to Avery, Ida., dis
tance of more than 425 miles, a pro.
ject to cost about $S,oo0,000.
Helena, Nov. 19.-Suit to compel
the government to issue trust patents
to them of land selected by them on
the Blackfeet reservation and on
which they have lived since 1890, was
begun in the federal court today by
George, William and Lizzie Henkel.
They charge the agent of the reserva-
tion refuses to allot them on the land.
The complainants specially except
from their claim, those portions of
the desired allotments that they pre-
viously contracted to deed to the gov
ernment, which desires them in con.
nection with the st. Mary's project.
Great Falls, Nov. 19-Owen Wynne
who, last week, was arrested for the
theft of $1,845 in cash and checks to
the value of more than $500, the
property of his employer, L. H. Ham
ilton, and which was taken Sept. 16
from the Office of the Standard gar
age, where he was employed, was SEN
fenced today in the district court to
five years in the penitentiary after he
had tearfully pleaded guilty to a
charge of grand larceny. All of the
money was turned over to the officers
by Wynne's wife, but Wynne claimed
he burned the checks.
Livingston, Nov.19.-Joe Brown, an
alleged cracksman captured after an
exciting chase of eight miles, during