The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS
. Budget Of Readable Short items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE. Nav 6.-Theodore Thomas,
secretary vi Tie lucal mining exchange
and barry Drumm, deputy clerk of
the United States court, who we're
shot by masked hiRhwsymen in the
heart Ut the residence distric. at mid.
night, are still alive hut little hope is
entertained for either. There IL 90
clue to the robbers.
HELENA, May 6.-Patent to $500
acres of indemnity school land selec-
tions on the Flathead Indian reserva.
ton was received tod ~ by the state
land Office. and the land will be offer.
ed for sale and then lease at public
auction come time this eeason. The
land, with about 5000 acres more was
selected in lieu Of school lands covered
by Indisn allosments.
LAv1NA, May 6. - Mrs. W. J..
Roach was fatally injured In On auto.
mobile accident today when . oar
bearing her and q party plunged into
. ravine IA feet deep, overturned and
crushed her. G. F. Tufly and Helen
Tufhy sustained serious injuries. Mrs.
Mary Brsdish was thrown clear of
the machine and escaped with severe
bruises.
HELENA, May estate Fire Marshal
IF. Mccormick, who has just returned
from . trip over the state, 10 after the
6rebugs. He has one man in jail in
Glasgow, charged with arson, an.
other out on bonds there, and swore
out warrants for the arrest OF another
ct Missoula and q fourth warrant 1t
whitehall These latter two we're
turned loose, however, she evidence be.
ing insufficient.
HELENA, May 6.-Settlers in the vi.
cinisy Of Scobey are merely gambling
on . chance that the claims upon
which they have squstted and which
are not Withdrawn from settlement
will not b selected by the state for
school lands, according to Charles A.
Whipple, state land agent, who has
returned from . trip of Investigation
In the eastern part of the stats. While
. few locators 1t Plenty wood have de-
ceived settlers in squasing on these
lands, MIR. Whipple says that such
work is not general, aud that settlers
are only taking long chances. It the
state does not happen to select the
land upon which they have built their
ehacks they will be that much to the
velvet" Mr.. Whipple says.
LEWISTOWN, May GA suit to re.
cover $40, 500 damages for personal in
]~uries was brought here yesterday by
G. S. Previsch against the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
company, the piaintif alleging that
while at work for said company near
this city he was thrown violently from
a work train to the ground, sustain.
ing serious injuries.
BOHEMIAN, May GA landslide, so
fee. wide at points and three-quarters
of a mile long, started about a mile
west OF the Chestnut depot this after.
noon. Al latest reports It had not
reached the Northern Pacific tracks,
but there Is plenty OF room for it to
spread out and as the mass of dirt 10
moving slowly, no delay to train trait
fc Is expected.
BUTTE, Nav while asking for
a drink of water to quench his thirst,
William E Buckley, A years Of age,
and sn engineer, dropped to the floor
Of the %Sunnyside saloon yesterday a.
ternoon. and in q few moments. before
medical aid could be summoned, az.
pired. He had been an old timer in
Butte, and for . number Of years was
employed on the hill ia the capacity OF
q hosting engineer.
BOHEMIAN, May Fired Hudson,
the young MAT who has been in Jail
for several weeks due to circumstan.
ces connecting him with the death OF .
eix.day-old infant, found on the Nor.
thern Pacific railroad track, in March
pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge
Law. to the charge of involuntary
msnslaughter, and vas sentenced t 0 q
year in the state p~enitentixry. Hud-
SOD was carrying the infant from
Nj anh attain to the state orphans home
in a suit case, and tbs child sppsr.
rently suffocated. Hudson then threw
the body onto the railroad track and
the suit case into the Gallatin river.
Million Dollar Ranch Deal.