The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-03

MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF VIEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Dillon, Nov. 2S.-Harry T. Poindext
er, aged 80, member of the livestock
firm of Poindexter & Orr, one of the
best known concerns of its kind In
the northwest, died suddenly of pneu
monia while on board a Pullman tc
be hurried to a Butte hospital. Before
the train had started death came.
Bozeman, Nov. 2S.-Bozeman is
mud-bound while some of the other
portions of the Gallatin valley are en-
joying comparatively good roads
Many farmers are unable to get tC
Bozeman to pay their taxes because
of the road conditions. In the imme
diate vicinity of Bozeman there YET
remains much threshing to be done,
though machines are working along
AOW AL AAdAy PAdCc0s
Helena, Nov. est may become
necessary to appeal to the courts or
the national guard of Montana to dis
lodge a state official from the Office
which Attorney General Kelly holds
he has no right to. John J. Rohr-
baugh is the state official and the pc.
sition he refuses to relinquish is that
of custodian of the records of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The law
creating the Office provides that the
official shall be named by the depart
ment commander of the Grand Army.
Helena, Nov. 28.-The decision Of
the supreme court in the Northern Pa
cific mineral reservation tax case will
add several million dollars, for a
while at least, to the assessed valua.
ton of the state. The total valuation
of such lands that we're assessed this
year is $685. according to data
compiled by George M. Houts, state
tax commissioner, and he believes
there is probably as much more land
in other counties where no assess
ment was made this year.
Havre. Nov. 2S.-H. H. Edwards,
president of the Industrial Transport
tation company, who has been here
promoting a mono-rafl line from a
coal mine to the railway here, has
been arrested and is detained here on
advice of Butte officials, who informed
the local officers that the man is want.
hd in Rnffo m q OH rnn ~ 0h%o{r{nr
money under false pretenses in con-
nection with the sale of stock in the
Industrial Transportation company.
Billings, Nov. 28.-A farm which is
being taken as a model for the farm
ers in this section is the Yellowstone
county poor farm. The county com
missioners have spared no expense to
make this the most completely equip
ped of any farm in the state, and
with the assistance of Superintendent
Hellyer, has succeeded wonderfully.
The farm comprises q acres of ex-
cellent land. all under the ditch. and
during the past summer has produced
enough vegetables and meat to run it
for a year at no expense to the coun-
ty.
Bohemian, Nov. 2S.-J. B. Evans, a
brakeman for the Milwaukee, vas
awarded a judgment CT $3.50 against
the Chicago, Milwaukee Il St. Paul
railroad for the loss OF two fingers
which were smashec between the
couplings of an engine and cal while
was in the employ of the Milwau-
kee. He alleged that the coupling de-
vices were defective, making it nee
essary for him to step between the
car and engine in the discharge of his
duty. Evans sued for $4,000.
Livingston, Nov. 3O.-Roy Fox, aged
16, recently from Pittsburg, while
hunting 40 miles north of Livingston,
for his shotgun to kill a rabbit and
discharged it the shot 60
ing through the parents shoulder.
The elder Fox was taken to Wilsell
and the arm was amputated.
Bozeman, Nov. 3O.-Walter Salbury
a traveller who vas taken off a North
ern Pacific westbound train about a
ago., suffering with typhoid
fever, died yesterday. Efforts to get
into communication with any of the
mans relatives from papers found on
his person failed, and it is not known
to what part of the country he be-
lOnged.
Big Timber, Nov. 3O.-Joseph Rain
ollie of Billings escaped death by a
miracle today. He was at work ON
the upper floor of the Alfalfa Products
company's mill fitting a steam pipe
and accidentally came in contact with
the high tension power line and was
badly burned by an electric arc and
by shock. He was taken to the local
hospital and hopes are held out for
his recovery.
Great Falls. Nov. 3O.-With a con-
tract closed by a local Touring mill
for $500 barrels of best grade of
flour to be shipped by the steamship