The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
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.
Billings, Dec. 2.-Use of kerosene
to hurry c SLOW fire Cyer which she
vas cooking breakfast this morning,
caused an explosion over the face,
head and body of Mrs. Ida Tetroff
and seriously burned a 15-year-old
daughter who came to her aid. Mrs.
Tetroff is q widow ~ad Tie mother of
five children. 1t is feared that she
cannot recover The flames were ex-
tinguished by a neighbor with a blan-
ket and the home was not destroyed.
Helena, Dec. 2.-The request of the
Great Northern for permission to ad-
vance the minimum charge for icing
refrigerator cars from $40 to $25 per
car, has been denied by the railroad
commission. The company claimed
all cars require not less than five
tons of ice, but the commissions in
v~estigation led it to believe there are
some seasons when this amount is not
required. and again, often cars are re.
ceived containing considerable ice
and in reloading the full capacity is
not required.
Anaconda, Dec. John A. Parker,
"a years old, walked into the toilet of
a saloon on East Park avenue about
II o'clock last night, mixed a quantity
Of paris green with a bottle of car
bolic acid, and drank eonugh of the
deadly poison to kill an army of men.
Two or three minutes later, when
someone opened the door, Parker was
dead. Drink is believed to have been
the cause of his act. He had been in
Anaconda since Thanksgiving day,
coming here from Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Helena, Dec. 2.-President c. L. b.
ward of Montana Wesleyan, received
today a subscription from DR.. Jacob
Mills of Huntley, Mont, of 100000
toward the $4,000 endowment fund
which the Methodists are expecting
to raise this week for the college.
The friends of the college and the
promoters of the campaign for a
great Wesleyan are very jubliant at
the receipt of this subscription. DR..
Mills is one of the veteran Methodist
ministers Of the state, and for many
years was presiding elder. He has
been retired for several years past.
Butte, Dec. 2.-Three quarters Of a
million dollars represents the sum,
approximately. that a single company,
operating chiefly in Butte, paid in
state, county and city taxes this year. |
Tho fovoc NJ thn Arnn1~In Co--@-I
Mining company for 1913 in this state
amounted to $752,633.6S. That is
more than $4,000 for each day in the
year, with no elimination for Sundays
or holidays. To be exact the company
paid in this state this year an aver |
age of $2,062 a day in taxes. OF that
amount, Silver Bow county and the
city of Butte collected from this com
pany an average of $1,152 a day in
taxes.
Helena, Dec. 3.-There have been a
total of 1913 for violation of the
state game and fish laws since June i
l, of this year, according to the semi
annual report of Game Warden J. L..
DeHart. There were 1O4 convictions |
IllIcc uISIllSSdlS, i've aCQulCLalS ana
cases are now pending. Fines
imposed aggregate $5,21O.5O.
Miles City, Dec. 3.-Deputy Sheriff |
E. c. Metheny, who is in from the AL
zada country, tells of the accidental
killing of William Latham of Camp
Crook by the overturning of an auto
mobile he was driving, on Box Elder
creek, in Custer county. Although
Latham had a car full of people, he |
was the only one who was injured. |
Latham was caught under the steer
ing wheel.
Butte, Dec. 3.-Wallace Niles was
found guilty by a jury in the federal
court yesterday of b~ootlegging and
was sentenced to 10 months in the
p~enitentiary at Leavenworth, and to
pay a fine of $500 and costs. Niles
claimed that government agents were
framing" on him when he was ar
raigned, and Judge Bourquin refused
his plea of guilty. Niles sold a quart
of whisky to a Flathead Indian.