The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-06-18
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

N3@ WEN Uo6 e.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
BILLINGS. June II. - Samples o
wheat showing q stool of LOG etalk
from . single kernel have beef
brought 10 from the Broadview die
trict, where the grain is said to meas
ure an average of Al inches in height
There are sevaral large fields 10 tina
section and all of the winter wheat Il
reported 10 fine condition. 1t is be
ginning to head and by harvest tim
will be six feet tall.
BOHEMIAN, June l1.-Norman Win
chell, q farmer living near Sapping
ton, was brought to Bozeman this at
tsrnoon charged with horse stealing
He was arrested at Dillon on sdvice'
from here, after he had been traile6
for q long time by the Gallatin count,
officers and Stock Inspector E. C
Brsnt. The horses be IL alleged &c
have stolen we're recovered . month
ago by Sheriff Evans and his assist.
ants.
BUTTE. June 1.-THE county com.
m~issioners of Silver Bow ore In q
qusndary over the action OF the state
board of health in ~condemning the
old jail building. They have NO funds
to equip the new one, and since the
taxpayers refused last fall to vote
bonds for this particular project they
are up against 1t. The county sttor.
ney has been appealed 10 define the
powers of the state board Of health to
detsrmine the advisability Of refusing
to obey the order.
HELENA, June 13.-Chsrged with
delivering 208 pounds Of ice and re.
presenting the chunk weighed $50
pounds, Oliver Meyers, q driver for
the Helena Ice company, was arrest.
ed on complaint Of Deputy Sealer of
Weights and Measures Timothy Flynn.
he pleaded not guilty today before
Justice of the Peace Kluge and be will
given . trial later.
LEw1sTowN, June l3.-The body of
Clinton Green, aged five years, whose
my sterious disappearance last March
made such q sensation, was found In
Spring creek this morning by boys
who were fishing. Many searching
parties working for weeks failed to 10.
cate the body.
HELENA. June 13.-Mrs. Minnie O..
Brien of Silver sued the Western Tn
ion today for damages 10 the sum OF
$1,000. because . telegram sent from
Salt Lake, was received by her As
coming from Seattle, and she was
prevented from going to Salt Lake to
see her brother prior to his death;
and this prostr ated her and broke her
down in body and mind to the tune OF
5000.
ANACONDA, June l3.-The decom-
posed body OF William Roberts, for.
merly an undertaker's assistant here,
and for eight years IN the employ Of
richards in Butte, was found by three
children in q little cash in the hills
that is q branch Of Jones gulch. The
body was found with its throat cut
aud a razor red with rust lying neal
The suicide was committed at least six
weeks ago.
HELENA, June 13.-At a meeting of
the executive committee of the state
fair it vas decided among other fea-
tures to have relay races, the aggre-
gate OF the prizes to be 81, 200. 1t was
also decided TO have q baby contest.
The be i baby 10 each county is to be
awarded q premium, and the beet boy
and the best girl babies in the state
are to get prizes of 800. The contest
will be on physical condition and moi
on beauty.
MIsSOULA, June l3-George Smith,
q young tie chopper, was run over by
q Milwaukee train, five miles east Of
Missoula, at an early hour this morn
ing. Smith, with scompsnion, came
to the city from a camp seven miles
east of here last night and the two
started home intoxicated. Becoming
weary they stopped to rest, and both
went to sleep. Smith failed to move
from tine track, but his companion
was just far enough to one eide to BE-
missed.
WHITEHALL, June IA. - Mrs
Wright, living 1T Renova, about
three miles south of Whitehall, was
found drowned In . creek near hel
home this evening. She left the house
just before supper time and was gone
only about thirty minutes when her
body was discovered. Mrs. Wright
was q sufferer from consumption aud
1t is thought che had q fainting spell