The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-29
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS

'OsSWWs SSevvO OJVUlU 66UO
A Budget Of Readable Short items
From Various Parts Of the State.
BILLINGS. Jan. ls.-Keuueth Nc.
Lsod. aged about 40 years, died ct the
hospital last evening from the effects
OF Injuries caused By having his
hands. feet aud other parts OF hts
body frozen during the extremely cold
weather which prevailed about tn
days ago. He was employed 90 .
herder BY Rea Brothers.
BozEMAN, Jan. 21.-Judge Ellie
fined Bert Kinnear s25 for selling
liquor to minors In the Exchange "a.
loon and fined the five boys, who had
misrepresented their agee, 90 each.
The names of the boys have been with.
held because OF their parents. In I'D.
dttton to the dnes, Judge Ellis deliver.
ed q lecture to both the guilty bar.
tender and the boys.
LEw1sTowN, January 2l.-While
switching IN the Great Northern yards
here late laet night, c. E. johnson, .
brakeman from Great Falls, clipped
and fell in front OF the engine HE
body was cut in two. The decedent
was about thirty years OF age, and
was not known here, having come In
With the crew only last night. An In.
quest is being held this afternoon.
BOHEMIAN, Jan. 2O.-John Prichard,
pioneer Alder Gulch miner and q resi-.
dent Of the Gsllstin valley since 1870,
dropped dead on the floor of his home
this morning from heart failure. His
daughter had left the house to attend
come outside duties shortly before 8
O'Clock and her father was sleeping
when che left. When che returned she
found him dead. he had apparently
arisen to put more coal on the fire and
had fallen dead on his way back 70
bed.
BUTTE, Jan. 21.-Members of the
board of county commissioners form.
ally petttioued yesterday by County
Attorney J. j. McCsffery to revoke
the licenses granted the proprietors Of
the two East Galens street saloons,
ratded for alleged gambling several
days ago by Sheriff Driscoll. This is
the fret step made in the program an.
nounced one week ago by the county
attorney, by which he believes he has
solved the gambling problem.
BUTTE, Jan. 22.-Two carrier pig.
cons have just established q new time
record between Butte and Spokane,
1888 miles, four and q halt hours. The
birds belong to John Gooch. The
birds were released from Sphokane at
IL O'Clock Sunday morning and at
$3.50 o'clock Gooch saw them over his
house.
PLAINS, Jan. 21.-While in the for
est cutting wood yesterday Ed. Stull,
a homesteader on the Flathead reser.
walton. vas caught In q snowslide and
carried down the mountain into q wire
fence, which fearfully u his head and
neck, severing his tongue. Stull is
not expected to live.
M1ssOULA, Jan. pa special to
the Sentinel from Roman. Montana,
says the ranch home of Otto Bauer,
six miles west of that place, was to.
tally destroyed by fire early today
and one child, two years old, was
burned to death. Another child was
probably fatally burned and Mrs.
Bauer also received serious burns.
BILLINGS, Jan. 22.-Machinery IL
being assembled at Hardin for the
purpose of drilling for gas and oil.
Leases have been secured on nearly
20, 600 acres OF land and when three or
more are obtained the work will be
started. 1t 10 planned to drill to q
depth of 1900 feet and 1t 10 believed
at that point q commercial flow will
be struck.
HELENA, Jan. 2l.-Intrastate rates
on livestock were considered today at
q joint meeting of the board of rail-
commissioners and the state
board of stock commissioners. The
stock board wishes to have rates put
into effect by which stockmeu can
chip livestock to summer
ranges In the spring and then in the
fall ship them to the valley feeding
grounds. They charge the present
rates are 80 high that this cannot be
done. According to statements made
at the meeting. the Great Northern
shows more discrimin alton than other
II will haul stock from the
valleys, where there is competition,
at q low rate, but will not haul them
back again from the summer ranges
the same rate.
investigating Freight Rates.