The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-29
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ina the Past Few Days

Helena, Oct. pa special sale of
some land in Powell county has been
ordered to be held this fall by the
state board of land commissioners at
Deer Lodge. The land was bid upon
in August, but the sale was disap-
proved by the board. An intending
purchaser stands ready to bid So an
acre more than was bid in August,
hence the order.
Boxeman, Oct. 23.-The grand lodge
of the Odd Fellows closed today with
the encampment meeting. Most of
the lodge delegates have returned to
their homes, satisfied with their 1913
meeting. Butte was unanimously
chosen as the meeting place next year
for the grand lodge l. o. o. F. and
Rebekah assembly at yesterdays
meeting of the grand lodge.
Helena, Oct. 23.-It cost Sutton's
New Amusement company a pretty
penny-$4,O0O to be exact-to retain
a drunken stage hand in its employ.
The night Of Dec. 3, 1910, the drunk
en- stage hand dropped a large and
heavy pile of scenery on top of a fel-
low employee, Charles w. Mosher.
Mosher sued for personal injuries and
recovered, the supreme court today,
in a decision by Associate Justice
Sanner affirming the judgment.
Miles City, Oct. 23.-The death of
Conductor A. P. Dahlstrom of the Mil
waukee from typhoid FEVER, which &C.
CURED yesterday, has renewed the ag-
itation which has been current among
the Milwaukee boys for some time
past over the water which they are
obliged to drink-if they drink any,
thing-at points between Forsyth and
Milestone. Recently there have been
half a dozen cases Of typhoid fever
among the railroad men who have
been detailed along this section.
Butte, Oct. 23.-Harry Hungate a
forest ranger, was instantly killed at
1915 o'clock this morning when he
jumped from an automobile going at
an estimated speed Of IS miles an
hour near Regan's road house. Hun
gate jumped from the automobile to
recover the hat Of a woman who was
riding with him in the back seat. Hun
gates neck was broken and his skull
fractured. The machine was driven
by J. w. Boulett,' proprietor of the
Iona cafe, who was also riding with
a woman. The party was returning
from a night spent riding over the
fiat.
Anaconda, Oct. 24.-Many persons
claiming to be creditors of August
Timm, a local baker, are anxious over
his absence from the city. Three
weeks ago Timm left here, ostensibly
for Oklahoma, where he was to Sc
cure money to put into his Ana ,onda
business. He has mo- returned.
Bozeman, Oct. 24.-No reports have
yet come Of the presence of the al
falfa weevil in any Montana fields.
according to Prof. r. A. Cooley, state
entomoligist, and the danger of their
transmission to this state is now
much less than in the summer months
The need for viligance has not yet
relaxed, however, as was shown by
the fact that horticultural inspectors
found healthy specimens of the e
vii in several cars of potatoes ship
ped in from outside the state.
Lewistown, Oct. 24~.-Although it
was persistently reported last night
and this morning that Constable A.
B. Cheney, shot in a duel a Den
ton by Stanley Scofield, had died, the
constable is still alive and was
brought in by automobile from Den
ton this afternoon, and is now in the
hospital. The officer was paralyzed as
the result of Scofield's bullet, injur-
ing the spinal column just below the
line of the shoulders. Owing to his
wonderful vitality the physicians be-
lieve there is a possibility of his re.
covery.
Kalispell, Oct. PA raid on the
Chinese quarters last night by Dep
uty Customs Collector J. E. Brooks,
of Gateway. assisted by the police and
deputy Sheriffs Metcalf and Martin,
Melted considerable evidence against
Hong Kong, a prominent Chinese
merchant, in the form of several
packages of opium prepared for sale;
and some paraphanalia of the hop
smokers. including a pipe and some
half smoked opium. AS a result Hong
Kong was bound over to the federal
grand jury under a thousand dollar
bond.
Butte, Oct. 24.-One of the strang-
est and most inexplicable robberies
ever perpetrated in Butte was discov-
cred by Frank Tubman Wednesday
night when he returned to his home
on Alaska street to find a group of
men in his yard surrounding a bla.-
ing trunk containing most of his per.
sonal effects of value. SIS in money
and 1926 worth of mining stock.
Thinking the bonfire a pile of rubbish
the men coolly watched the $4,000 go
up in smoke. AS Mr.. 1'ubman came
up to the group m OF the men mod