The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-10
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
Missoula, June Am attempt to
overthrow the commission form of
government in Missoula vas defeated
at a special election here yesterday
called by the council after the "anti'
! forces had succeeded in filing a petit.
ton to submit the question to a vote
of the people. OF the 1853 votes cast,
1856 were for retaining the present
system.
Butte, June 2.-One day after he
was received at the state hospital for
the insane at Warm Springs, Charles
Koenigsacher, aged 80, an animal
trainer, died without even momentar.
lily recovering his reason. Koenig-
sacher was bitten on the arm by a
grizzly bear May IS, and developed a
case of hydrophobia, it is thought.
An injury to his head caused by q
fall from a trapeze also contributed
to his mental state.
Butte, June 2.-Butte schools are
severely criticised by the public
schools survey board, which for a
month has made an exhaustive study
of the educational system, the teach
ing force, and the community needs
of Butte. The Boards report was
made today. the educational experts
composing it's personnel holding the
training of a majority of the teachers
to be inadequate, and that 81 per cent
Of the pupils are over age for their
grades.
! Helena, June 2.-Printed arguments
to the total number of 100000, enough
for each voter in Montana, were filed
with Secretary of State Anderson last
evening on behalf Of the workmen's
compensation act and the farm loan
act by Miles Rommey, president, and
H. McCusker, secretary of the Peo-
pies Power league. Yesterday was
the last day on which arguments on
behalf of initiative measures to be
submitted at the fall election could
be filed.
: Helena, June 3.-As a commission
to adjust the Indebtedness between
the newly created county of Toole
and the parent counties Of Hill and
' Teton, Governor Stewart today ap-
pointed Judge j. B. Leslie of Great
Falls, Frank B. Linderman of Helena,
and Henry Guth of Shelby.
Butte, June 3.-There were 1876
births in the city of Butte last month,
according to the report of the city
health officer for May. This is the
largest number reported in a single
month in the history of Butte. Girls
exceeded boys, there being y girls
and Ga boys reported by the stork
during the month.
I Bozeman, June 3.-In a fit of de-
preston and anger at being %discharg-
ed from his place as groceries deliv-
cry boy, Louis Naplinger, p, this
morning swallowed poison, and was
found dead a little later, when the
priest who had gone to intercede for
him returned with the promise of re-
instatement.
Helena, June 3.-.After working un-
ceasingly since the fall of 1905 to the
fall of 1913, the Wilbur F.. Sanders
Memorial commission has finally con
pACtSu u M, VI sCoICluuS ~
final report of the committee was
mailed to each of those who sub
scribed to the $1,000 fund for the
erection of a statue in honor of the
memory Of one Of Montana's best
known pioneers. OF the S7.722.66
subscribed to the fund, $685. 3 will
be returned to the subscribers.
Billings. June ~3.-Federal Judge
! Bourquin has postponed until Deem
Der Is the time of pronouncing sen
tence upon Mrs. Winifred Rhoades,
former postmistress at Rhoades, who
recently pleaded guilty to the misuse
of postal funds. Mrs. Rhoades ap-
peared in court in Butte about two
months G and confessed her pecu-
birth to a child she was not sent to
prison. Sentence was to have been
given at the present term of court.
Helena, June 3.-The board of
county commissioners is contemplate
ing calling a special election for the
purpose of having the taxpayers vote
on a proposed issue of bonds, the pro-
ceeds to be used in road and bridge
work in the county. An extensive
program of work has been laid out,
but there is virtually no money in the
fund for that purpose. 1t is esti.
mated hat it will require $780, 900 to
carry out the contemplated work and
this is the amount of money that will
probably be asked for.
Butte, June 3.-Seven tons OF ore,
shipped by parcel post from Idaho to
the Washoe sampling works of Butte,
are stacked up in the basement of the
postotfice awaiting delivery. The ore
is in SO pound sacks and is the larg-
est shipment that has been received
here since the parcel post system
was started. Owing to the large
quantity of ore, there being $4,000
pounds in the 2SO sacks. the local
postoffice force has some difficulty in