The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS
A Budget Of Readable Short item.
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
GREAT FALLS, March AIN an &C.
ton instituted In the federal court
here today by United States District
Attorney j. W. Freeman against the
Great Northern railway company "a
different violations of the statute gov.
erning the employment of laborers are
charged. In each case a fine of $500
may be imposed, and il all these
charges are sustained the government
may collect $4,000. Another action
instituted by him alleges SO separa ate
offenses, each of which is punishable
by q fine of 800.
BILLINGS, March 6.-Bound, gag.
ged and unconscious, the body of
Lyle Titus, manager of the Seeley
Lumber company 1t Hesper, q little
station on the Great Northern near
here, was found in his Office by q
boarding house keeper, who was led
to Investigate by the young mans
absence from meals. Titus was rob.
bed of $50.
HELENA, March 6.-The Montana
State fair will be held this year in the
week beginning Sept. % and ending
Sept. q. This was decided upon by
the board of directors who are hold.
ing . session here outlining plans for
the next big show. Sometime ago it
was tentatively decided to hold the
fair q week later, but after an investi-
cation of the records of the weather
bureau, the conclusion was reached
that a week earlier would be better.
the records showing there would be
less liability of e~ncountering equi.
noxisl storms.
HELENA, March 5.-The Helena III.
dependent was formally sold today by
George G. E. Neill, to q syndicate
composed of Montana democrats and
Will Campbell of St. Paul, secretary
of the Northwest Development league,
organized by Louis W. Hill to boost
the Northwest. The newspaper and
franchise we're put in at 5000 and
the outstanding accounts were sold
for Sl5,0 600 cash. The fret payment
amounted in all to $40, 900. The re-
msinder ia covered by q mortgage.
FORSYTH, March 8.-Mystery sur
rounds the finding of the body OF a
man, supposed to be Arthur Hughes,
. ranchmsn, in the ruins of his form.
er home, about ten miles west of For
syth. The ranch house burned to the
ground last night. Hughes recently
sold his ranch, but had been staying
there while his family lived in town.
BOHEMIAN, March 6.-The Pacific
Express, train No. 4. on the Northern
Pacific, vas held in quarantine in
Bozeman from 2:30 until 5:l5 O'Clock
on Friday afternoon while q general
vaccin alton was made and two patients
who were afflicted with smallpox, re.
moved to the residence OF Mrs. Lizzie
Kincaide, a nurse in Bozeman.
HELENA, March 8.-The Rev. Faith
er Carroll of the Helena Cathedral
made the acquaintance last night of
one of the meanest men on earth, the
one who robs q church poor box. AS
q result OF the meeting, the man, who
says he came to Helena from Butte
yesterday, is Ia the county jail. Fa-
ther Carroll made the capture him
self without assistance and he also
performed the duty of taking the man
to Jail.
LEwIsTOWN, March 8.-The first
sale of lots in the new townsites of the
Milwaukee, extensions was held at
the Bijou theater this afternoon, Roy
and Forest Grove being the attrac-
tions and scores of out-of.town people
we're here for the sale. There was a
. big demand for lots in Roy, in the
North Judith basin, and that sale was
soon over. Forest Grove proved
nearly as popular and the sale was
quite satisfactory to the company.