The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-08
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.
Foreman, Sept. 3o.-Carl s. Schaad,
aged nineteen years, wc.s sentenced to
fourteen months in the state peni-
Tertiary today and Immediately pa
rolled by the judge, who turned him
over to the care Of a rancher for
whom the lad had been working.
Forging was the charge to which
Schaad pleaded guilty. He signed two
checks with the names of Alfred and
Edward Malmborg, we'll known ranch
ers of the Gallatin.
Helena, Sept. 3O.-Four men and
two women are in the county Jail, the
men accused Of being principals or
accessories in the holdups in Helena
last week, in which three men were
brutality beaten and rob:sei. The ar
rests were made by Sherif: Duncan
and that officer says he has plenty Of
evidence against them. IT the arrest
ed men prove to be the ones wanted,
some n will get a reward of $1,000
offered the day after the holdups &C
Cured by citizens of Helena.
Anaconda, Sept. 30.-The work of
cleaning the big flue aAi the smoke
stack at the Washoe smelters will
start tomorrow and preparations are
in progress that will accomplish the
task with as little delay as possible.
The men employed at tls sn'clters
will be used in the work and this will
give employment t. practically rho en-
tire force, and 1t has been announced
that all men engaged in the work will
receive the same pa5 that Is given
them at their regular employment.
Lewistown, Sept. 30.-Coroner Geo.
Crel this morning brought in the body
Of George Woods who was accidental
ly killed at the Great Northern tunnel
east of town. The man was employed
in coupling the dinky cars used to
carry dirt from the tunnel and had
just made a string of cars ready to be
hauled out. AS the engine steamed
into the cut Woods for some unknown
| reason stepped in back of the last
car and being hidden from the en-
gineer by the smoke was fatally
crushed.
Helena, Oct. l.-Of1cial figures CIV
en- out yesterday by Stat. Bank Ex-
aminer H. S. Magraw, showed that
$294.7S0 changed hands at tho races
during the state fair. The state gets
5 per cent of tho winnings. and. there.
| fore will receivs $14,739.
Butte, Oct. 1.-The first electric
train on the Butte, Anaconda & Pa
| cific railroad ran into Butte yester-
day from Anaconda, marking the com
| pletion of the huge task of electri-
| flying the entire B. A. & P. road, the
first complete electric railroad in
America. A second train vas run ov-
er the line yesterday afternoon. The
officials of the road made the trip at
the invitation of General Manager
Harry Gallwey. Representatives of
the General Electric company were
in the party coming to Butte.
Missoula, Oct.1.-Frank Dufrain, a
sawyer at the Mann Lumber COM
pany's mill at Henderson,, was killed
almost instantly when a brick thrown
by a blast from an old foundation
struck him on the forehead. The un-
fortunate man was standing more
than 1000 feet from the blast when it
was shot and none with him dreamed
of being in danger at that distance.
The body was brought here this after
noon and will be taken to Reinheart,
| Wis, for burial.
Butte, Oct. 1.-The Rocky Mountain
Democratic club, following criticism
of Helena's accommodations during
fair week, members declaring they
had to stand in line for an hour to
secure meals and were given cots like
inmates of a reformatory, adopted the
following resolution: I'VE call atten-
ton to the fact that fair visitors to
Helena were charged exhorbitant
prices for rooms and meals during the
state fair, and that the fair has out
grown the proportions Of Helena and
should be removed to Butte"
Livingston, Oct. 1.-The Crazy
Mountain school carried off first prize
for the best display of mounted wild
flowers at the state fair in Helena, in
competition with five other counties.
The s~choolhouse is a deserted home
stead shack. The seats are dry goods
boxes and the blackboards are made
| of black cloth. 1t is one of the crud-
| est schoolhouses in the United States.
There are only three families in the
district who have children of school
age. The state superintendent has
taken a great interest in the school
and will write an article and send
| pictures to some of the leading edu-
cational magazines concerning it.
Maud SunnrAss R~oo&lenninn