The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-01
MONTANA %BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Butte, Sept. 25.-Josiah Tippett
janitor of the Mountain View church
while Respondent owing to ill-health
committed suicide by cutting his
throat twice with a razor. One slash
extended from ear to ear, and would
have resulted in death, but a second
cash was made in the throat, severing
his windpipe in two pieces.
Helena, Sept. 25.-Montana's first
state fair reception held last evening
at the statehouse was one of the most
notable events of its kind in the his
tory of the Treasure state and it took
Governor and Mrs. S. V. Stewart and
other state officials more than two
hours to shake hands with the 5000
state fair visitors who attended.
Butte, Sept. 25.--Robbers blew open
the safe in the Office Of Dorash and
Greenfield feed and poultry supply
house on Front street sometime be-
tween midnight and daylight this
morning and made their escape with
out leaving a single clew as to their
identity. The safe crackers got only
81. The deafening noise of the ex-
p'osion caused in cracking the safe
frightened them away and saved the
firm S40O, which was found untouched
in the battered safe this morning.
Helena, Sept. 25.-C. I. Gardner of
Billings, who had charge of the Vel
lowstone county exhibit at the state
fair, died yesterday afternoon from
Dright's disease. Deceased was
about IS years old, and was a promin-
.nt business man of Billings, having
been secretary Of the Commercial
b for several years. He was
known throughout the middle west
as being the mar who put Yellow
stone county on the map from an ag-
ricultural exhibit standpoint.
Great Falls, Sept. 25.-Sub-con-
tracts have been let by the Near
lhur brothers for work on the Sun
liver irrigation project, which com
rises about 81 miles of work and
'o0, 900 cubic yards of material. That
part of the work known IS schedule
our of the Greenfield division, of the
sun River project. about II miles, has
,.,n let to the firm of O'Connor and
Ielean. the former of whom has been
working on the Milwaukee. The firm
# Yale & Reagan, received a con.
ract for about 20 miles, which in
,lldes a large amount of rock work,
which will be carried on throughout
he winter.
GIendive. Sept. a6.-According to
,=ws received from Sidney. the work
f laying steel on the short line of
he Great Northern has just been
.ow pIe.ei and the track.ouilding MA.
will be moved at once TO New
on from which place q start will be
made On that portion of the road
-valch will extend westward across
county to Lewistown.
helena. Sept. o6.-More lumber is
into Montana from Washing
on and Oregon than is sold in this |
state by local lumber companies, ties.
lied l.. p. Miller OF kalispell before
ie railroad commission today at a
fearing on the matter of intrastate
lumber rates. Mr.. Miller's statement
Il based on tables compiled by the
Montana Lumber Manufacturers as
ISOLATION.
Missoula, Sept. 25.-Andrew Simp-
of MissOula was found dead on a
car Of lumber by the crew of the
Milwaukee freight train at Tarkio
this morning. The body was brought
Missoula and laid in the morgue
al day unidentified. Just before six
O'clock, two young boys who work in
a bottling factory across the alley
from the undertaking parlors, follow.
ed some police officers into the dead
room and recognized the body as that
Of their father. They had not seen
linn for three months and thought he
was with a grading outfit near Butte.
Bozeman, Sept. 25.-Arthur Haer-
ring, a l6-year-old boy, accused of
scattering broken glass in the road
near his home near Belgrade, pleaded
guilty Yesterday in justice court here
to a charge of malicious mischief and
sentenced by Judge w. Y. Smith
to serve 40 days in the county Jail
In the hearing before Judge Smith,
Haerr:ng admitted that his motive
III breaking the glass and scattering
1t in the road was to injure a man
aging his motor cycle, which passed
l egularly along the road. His act re-
inst whom he had a grudge by dam
suited in damaging a number of au-
and motor cycles.
Helena, Sept. 27.-Found by a po-
lieeman lying on Helena avenue last
nir1,t tho hCrv ~ T ~ Tox1o~ t. To-