The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days

Wnat HaS f~aPpeneo IN Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Bozeman, Oct. 9.-The final thrash
ing operations in the G~allatin valley
and the harvesting of the potato crot
have been seriously interrupted by a
storm of rain and now which has
lasted about four days. While nc
serious damage is yet done, delay at
this time of year is somewhat dis.
couraging.
Dillon, Oct. "a display of thresh.
ed wheat, barley and flax will be ship.
ped from Dillon to Tulsa, Okla. by
the Beaverhead Commercial club. and
entered at the International Soil and
Products show. Among the grain be.
ing shipped is an assortment of tur-
key red wheat from the dry land farm
of County Assessor Norman E. Hol-
den. MI. Holden's wheat took the
blue ribbon at the State Fair.
Lewistown, Oct. "a great deal of
interest attaches to the opening of the
first artesian we'll ever struck inside
this city, this having been accom-.
plished this week at a property on
Boulevard. The well has a flow of
four feet, which will be increased
when encased above ground and will
enable the owner to pipe his house,
the force being sufficient, it is be-
lieved, to carry the water to the Sec
ond story. There will now be a lot
of drilling for ~artesian wells.
Helena, Oct. 9.-Alleging that he
was unlawfully arrested on a charge
of horse stealing preferred by o. R.
Duncan, manager Of the Remington,
Land company, William Swayze, who
lives near Augusta brought suit in the
district court today for damages in
the sum Of $4,000. The plaintiff
charges a lease he had on a ranch
provided he should have the use of
certain horses, but that the defend
ant, from whom he had leased, March
"a, 1913, had him arrested for steal
ing them. The plaintiff spent thir-
teen days in jail and was acquitted.
Helena, Oct. 9.-The B~eaverhead
Ranch company has sold its oat crop
to the Beebee Grain company of
Butte, delivery to be made IN or be-
fore Feb. 1, 1914. The purchase in.
wolves approximately 100000 pounds
of grain, at $1.1O a hundred.weight.
A number of Helena men are interest
ed in the Beaverhead ranch, which is
n of the largest oat ranches in the
state. 1t embraces 1900 acres and the
output this year was on an average
of 70 bushels to the acre.
Helena, Oct. 9.-Montana jobbers
are going to have in the near future
the same rates as the jobbers in Seat
tie, Portland, Tacoma and Spokane
have. This developed at a hear
ing today before the state railroad
which is inquiring into
the reasonableness or the reverse of
rates in the state. The
rates have already been filed
with the state commission, and Chair
Boyle said they had been held
up in order to give every one a
chance to protest if there were the de-
sire.
Bozeman, Oct. 10.-The schccl of
agriculture of the state college has
opened this weex under Principal j.
H. Hoist, formerly head of the schools
at Victor, with an attendance of 50.
The delayed thrashing, because of the
snow and rain in the Gallatin, is
holding many lads back from taking
this course. Fully a hundred young
men are expected in soon to take the
six months course, which must be
carried on for three years in order
to get a degree.
Great Falls, Oct. 10.-John Nelson,
a dining a conductor pleaded guilty
to the crime of grand larceny before
Judge H. H. Ewing, in the district
court and was sentenced to one year
in the ~penitentiary. According to the
information which had been filed d.
rect by County Attorney ". H. Meigs,
Nelson had appropriated and retain
ed for his W use, $156 in money the
property of the Great Northern. It
was alleged by the authorities at the
time of Nelson's arrest that he had
lost the money on horse races which
were being held here at that time. .
Billings, Oct. 10.-Girl students at
the polytechnic institute have canned
or made into butter and jellies the
entire surplus from the schools gar
den and orchard, which are operated
by the young men attending the insti-
tute. The work is being done under
the instruction of teachers in the do
nestle science department and the
product goes to the schools winter
supply of foodstuffs. Among the veg.
etables so prepared are 200 gallons of
corn, $50 of beans, 100 of peas and
$50 of tomatoes. The work is a part
of the regular instruction at the
school.
Billings, Oct. TO- Two hundred
pounds Of potatoes, each weighing ex-
actly two pounds, have been shipped
from the Cove ranch, west of Billings,
to H. ]. Titus, superintendent of the
6injnp oar Sorvico nm tho Nor<born