The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-07

ing IN . ranch near Augusta, val
awarded . verdict of q, 100 agains,
the Grown Butte Canal & Reservoi,
company by . jury in the district
court. She sued to recover %, 600 fol
alleged damages to her ranch through
the overlooking of the defend ants
bitches.
LEw1sTowN, May 3.-Messrs. A.
M. Hotter, Norman Hotter and Aus
tin w. War;, who recently purchased
the great N-bar ranch from Colonel
Thomas Cruise, have about completed
arrangements for the sale of all the
live stock, including Ii, 600 head OF
sheep, over 400 horses and several
hundred head of cattle, and next year
will divide the property up into small
farms and dispose of it to farmers.
BOULDER, May 3.-Assistance from
Basin and welcome rain came just in
time tonight to save q large part Of
the business section of Boulder from
being destroyed BY Ere. One block
vas destroyed and the loss vas esti-
mated at about s10, 0O0. 1t lie believed
that one life vas lost. An unidenti-
fed Chinese who vas in the laundry
owned by Charlie Opp VA carried
out partially overcome BY the smoke.
No ooner was be able to stand on his
feet than he rushed f~rantically back
into the blazing building and va not
seen again.
KAL1sPELL, May 3.--To demon.
strste the profit of stsll feeding beef
cattle for the market, D. ]. Lambert,
. farmer Of the lower valley, has call
ed the attention of the chamber of
commerce to his experiment with a
young steer, which be purchased two
years ago for GIG. The cali wss pas.
tured and wintered IN straw until last
fall, when it was stabbed and fed hay
and chop feed after the middle of Jan.
uary. This spring MIR. Lambert sold
the steer on the local market for Sl05.
BILLINGS, May 5.--Plesding guilty
to the charge OF burglary, Mrs. E. A.
Weston, q corset saleswoman, was
sentenced to . year In the p~enitentiary
at hard labor. While visiting resi-
dences the woman made a business OF
stealing. A search of her room re-
vealed many articles taken from
homes during the past few weeks.
BUTTE, May 81. J. Mcmahon,
who had charge of q construction
gang on the line OF the Butte, Ana.
conds & Pacific Railroad company,
10 wanted by the sherif's Office on 9
warrant wor out by some foreigners
who allege that Mem shon had been
receiving money for jobs.
GLEND1vE, May 5.-R. W. Whist.
Ter, aged % years, committed suicide
here this morning, by blowing off the
top OF his head with q shotgun. He
was in the southern part of the city. |
Whistler was q plumber and had been
married about q year and leaves a
wife and baby. No cause has been
assigned for his act.
BILLINGS, May 5. - With neck,
right arm and right leg broken, the
body OF an unknown negro was found
beside the track near Waca yester.
day, the hands of his watch pointing
to the exact time the Northern Pacific
passenger passed that point. It be-
lieved he vas thrown from the top of
a coach while stealing q ride.
BUTTE, May 5.-More ore was min
ed and treated by the Anaconda Cop.
per Mining company during the year
Just closed than In any previous L.
month period for eeverslyesrs, &C.
cording to the annual report OF the
company, made public today. Among
other notable features of the report ID
the showing that the company's profit
for the year vas SIS, $50, 1884. SO. The
report also tells OF improvements be.
ing made at the Great Falls smelter.