The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-18
MONTANA NEWS BRlEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget OF Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
Helena, March 1O.-In an opinion
by Justice Holloway the supreme
court today affirmed the order OF the
district court of 0allatin county
dismissing a petition for the organi-
zation of the "Gallatin Irrigation Dis
trict." The order was based on the
grounds the petition had not been
signed by a majority of the property
owners in the proposed district.
Billings, March 1O.-Offers of sew
enteen and eighteen cents per pound
already received by a number of wool
growers in the Billings country for
the 1914 clip, are taken as a very
hopeful indication for a much better
price for this years crop than was
received last year. Prices last sea-
son did not reach this figure until
late in the season and many clips sold
for less.
Billings, March 10~.-Paralyzed from
the waist down, William Williams, a
young rancher of Keyser creek, near
Columbus, lies in a Billings hopital
with a broken back sustained as the
result of an accident in a runaway
when Mr.. Williams was thrown vio-
lently to the ground and kicked by
one of the horses he was driving. At
first 1t was thought an operation would
be necessary but improvement has
been SO rapid that !. is 10Y believed
the young man will ultimately recov-
er full use of his limbs.
Miles City, March 9.-The body of
Thomas T%urnipseed was brought to
this city last night about midnight
from the north side of the Yellowstone
He had both legs broken by a run
away during the afternoon and died
while being brought to the city. Word
was received about 4 p. m. yesterday
of the accident and a deputy sheriff
and the county physician went to the
relief of the rancher, who was report
ed to be lying alone, his only compan-
ion being a little boy, who took word
of the accident to the L~indeberg
ranch. %Turnipseed was alive when
found.
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Of the attorney generals office, Gov
ernor Stewart today declined to honor
the application of the governor of ILL
nois for requisition papers for Chas.
M. Dickinson, a homesteader living As
miles north of Terry in the Red Water
region of Dawson country. The appli-
cation will be held pending indictment
of Dickinson in Illinois, and if he is
not indicted, the application will never
be honored. A complaint was filed
against Dickinson charging him with
embezzling $4,000 in April, from the
r.. c. Hunt company, Incorporated, of
which he was part owner and general
manager.
Anaconda, March 11.-Phillip Cal
Ian, a motorman, was killed, and Thos.
Carbon, another motorman, seriously
injured in a collision between street
cars this evening. Callan, it is said,
failed to await at a siding for Cartons
a to pass him. Callan's car, which
was empty, was completely wrecked.
The other a was loaded, and the
passengers were badly jolted. The
two cars struck on a curve.
Billings, March 10.--A total of 12O
hides of predatory animals was turn
ed into the sheriff's office on bounty
claims during the past week, the larg-
est number by an individual being by
Frank Phelps of Pryor, who collected
bounties on four wolves, 20 coyotes
and seven coyote pups, a total of $168.
The law requires that the whole hide
of an animal on which bounty is
claimed must be turned in.
Helena, March 11.-Where a new
district does not get any Of the school
property, it is not liable for any of
the debts outstanding at the time of
It's creation. rules Attorney General
Kelly In reply to a question from
State Superintendent Davee. The
question has the towns of Gilman and
Augusta, In this county, by the ears,
and may result in proceedings before
the supreme court.
Bozeman, March 11.-Henry J.
Lowe, an attorney, is facing trial on a
statutory charge behind closed doors
In the district court of Gallatin coun.
ty. The trial began on Monday and
it is believed it will reach the hands
of the jury late this afternoon. Judge
W. A. Clark, of Virginia City is pre-
siding. The chief witness for the
state, who was on the stand all day
yesterday, is Miss Esther Perkins,
aged 16, against whom the alleged of.
Tense is claimed by the state to have
been committed at BELGRADE on .Julv
4, 1913.
Helena, March Sit cost nearly
$4,000, 900 to run the state government
during the quarter ending February