The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state,

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.
Forsyth. Oct. 21.-Ignoring warn.
ings Of the unsafe condition of a coal
bank, Frank Hartman continued dig.
ging away at a bank, near Rock
springs yesterday afternoon, when it
caved and crushed out his life bury
ing him under four feet of coal.
Great Falls, Oct. 21.--The county
commissioners have fixed Wednesday,
November ~, as the date for hearing
the petition Of the Dearborn county
promoters who demand a call for q
special election, when it shall be de-
cided whether or not a portion of
Cascade county shall be taken to make
Dearborn. The commissioners are
this week considering the legal phase
Of the matter.
Anaconda, Oct. 21.-More than q
score Of men have for four days been
searching the mountains for Godfrey
Brown, who went hunting from the
Mill creek camp Tuesday. Brown
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took only one days provisions with
him and no extra clothing. It is fear
ed that he has persisted, as he has not
been seen since he left camp nor has
any trace Of him been secured in the
four days search.
Helena, Oct. 21.-Pleading guilty to
killing an elk on Lander's Fork of the
Big Blackfoot and taking the min
imum fine of $500 at the court house
today, Loren LIE Fevre Of St. Peters
Mission, pulled down the distinction
! of being the first hunter to suffer pun
ishment for violating the law passed
by the last legislature, fixing a closed
eason on elk in certain enumerated
counties until 1918.
Helena, Oct. 21.-James E. Larsen,
assistant car repairer for the North.
ern Pacific, was found fatally injured
in the yards by a switching crew be-
fore daylight this morning. His left
leg had been cut of, the right leg was
broken, his hight hip was crushed, his
right arm broken, and he was also in.
ternally injured. He died half al
hour later. It is presumed Larsen
was adjusting a coupling between two
cars when the train moved and he
was thrown onto the rails, the wheels
passing over him.
Forsyth, Oct. 21.-The grand jury
sitting here, has returned indictments
against County Commissioners Thos.
Alexander and Craig Sullenger, charg-
ing the use Of public funds in the pur-
chase of property owned by them.
Complaints have been filed and war
rants for their arres issued. The
amount involved in the Alexander
charge is $500, and the Sullenger
charge $4,000. The Alexander matter
involves the sale of land for the fair
grounds, and the Sullenger charge is
the sale of a second hand automobile
to the county. Other matters regard
ing the actions of the commissioners
are still to be heard by the grand
jury.
Dillon, Oct. 22.-Close to 10000
head of cattle, mostly beef stuff, will
be fed in the Big Hole basin this win
ter and many feeders have been out
purchasing steers for the winter feed.
From $72 to $3.50 are being paid for
steers, which is the highest price ev-
er paid for that class of cattle. Will
liam Montgomery will feed $500 head
of steers for the spring market, which
is the largest individual bunch han.
died.
Billings, Oct. pa woman who re-
fused to give her name, and who was
a passenger on e%astbound train No.
4 of the Northern Pacific, bound from
Seattle to Wadena, MIMI, attempted
suicide a short distance west Of Bill
ing, last night, by hanging herself with
her night gown in a sleeping ar. She
was about twenty-five years of age
and refused to talk when interviewed
here. She was rescued by passengers
on the car.
Lewistown, Oct. 20.-Asking judg.
ment for $4,000 damages, Peter Nor.
elli yesterday brough suit against
Twohy Bros, the Milwaukee railroad
contractors. alleging that last July,
while working in the Sage creek tun-
mel he was permanently disabled by an
accident due to the carelessness of
the defendants. 1t is set out that a
big rock fell upon the defendant,
%fracturing the pelvic bone and inflict.
ing other eve injuries.
Butte, Oct. 17.-William McCutch-
con, an aged railroad laborer, was
struck by the North Coast limited,
No. 1, last night a short distance from
the station at Silver Bow, and suffer-
ed injuries from which he died three
hours later at st. James hospital. Nc
Cutcheon was walking west ahead of
the train and was struck as he was on
a bridge. McCutcheon apparently did
not hear the train, which was not go
ing to stop for the station, until he
was on the bridge, and before he
could get off was struck.
Lewistown, Oct. 22.-Suit was
a