The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-15

hr"eat }. Noy came to his death on
the '"enty-third cay of June, 1914,
from the effects of q bullet fired from
a gun held in the hands of persons
unknown to this jury"
Great Falls, July 1.-THE Great
FANS city council tonight pushed
through an ordinance providing for
the closing of the saloons from 1 a. m.
until = a. m. This was the result of
a movement inaugurated by Mayor
N. L. Lease a number Of months ago
hen he introduced an ordinance for
Midnight closing. A week ago he in
sisted upon this proposed ordinance,
winch had been held in committee,
being reported. During the week
the saloon element got together and
as a result a compromise ordinance
was prepared and was accepted by
the mayor.
Falls, July Jerry w. Wag-
ner, sent from Chouteau county to
the p%enitentiary for two years and a
half in March, 1913, and paroled, was
returned to the prison today to com.
plete his sentence. An officer took
him to the prison. Wagner confess
ed to participation in the robbery of
Joe Zelevich, a railroad laborer, at
Vaughn about a week ago. He and
two companions, who have been ar.
rested, knocked Zelevich, an old man,
down and robbed him of $6S.
Billings, July THE $4,000 open
air natatorium built by the city of
Billings, was open Saturday to the
public, after being under construction
since last fall. The pool has a capac-
ity OF $4,000 cubic feet of water, and
is said to be the largest outdoor bath
ing pool in the United States.
Helena, July 8.-Nearly $4,000 head
Of cattle were shipped into Montana
last month, according to the record Of
importations kept by State Veterin-
arian w. j. Butler. OF the total mum.
Der of 14,727 head shipped in, 1884
came from Texas in 16 shipments and
were turned loose on the ranges in
northern Montana. A total of 91S
head of horses were shipped in last
month.
Great Falls, July S.-The city is to
have a very modern market building
to cost $4,000, to be ready by Nov 1,
next. The contract for erecting the
structure was let to Ness-Theisen
company at $39,275, which does not
include the equipment, estimated to
cost q, least $4,000 more. The build.
ing will be of brick and reinforced
concrete and will be modern as a mar.
ket building can be made.
Helena, July S.-A jury in the fed.
eral court brought in a verdict of not
guilty in the case of the United States
against w. G. Lake, charged with in.
PRODUCING liquor on the Fort Peck res
ervation. Charged with killing cattle
OF the Blackfeet Indian reservation,
Turtle and Buffalo Hidge today plead.
ed guilty. They promised to appear
in court Jan. 2, next, and sentence was
suspended until that time.
Helena, July 81. H. Gardner got
a verdict for $4,000 against the Noun
tain States Telephone company in the
uISLIlCI COuIt ILLS dllcIIlOOH. NdAuuCA
was a lineman employed by the tele.
phone company. The horse furnished
him by the telephone company ran
away, and in the mixup Gardner was
kicked in the leg and the bone brok.
en-. He sued the company on the
grounds that the horse furnished him
was a vicious animal.
Great Falls, July 81. ]. Bethea, a
lineman who when arrested for chick
e. stealing a few nights ago gave the
police the alias of Thomas Dolan, this
afternoon was taken before Judge
Stafford, and after acknowledging
that his true name was Bethea, en-
tered a plea of guilty to stealing John
D. Gainey's poultry. He waived the
statutory time for sentence and was
ordered committed to the county jail
for a period of three months. In a
statement made before the court by
County Attorney w. H. Meigs friends
were said to have i~nterceded in behalf
of the prisoner, with the result that
a burglary charge was waived.