The river press., 1914-08-12
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

~ ouo9SI OF NeaoaoIe snort Uve"S
From Various Parts Of the State.
LewistOwn, Aug. 3.-The records of
the Lewistown land office for the fis-
cal year ended June 30 show for this
district 4,672 original homesteads,
s13,442 acres; 1877 final homestead
certificates issued, 24O,155 acres; 321
original desert entries, 49,SO2 acres;
final desert certificates, 9,S4O acres.
Bozeman, Aug. 3.-On Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, the pioneers of
Montana will hold their annual reun.
ion at Bozeman. Elaborate prepare
tions have been made by the people
of the sweetpea city and a good at.
tendance is anticipated. The reunion
will bring together friends of nearly
half century, men and women who
witnessed the hardships of frontier
life and made possible this great com.
monwealth. There will be reminis.
censes of early day events without
number and discussions of incidents
occurring when history was in the max.
ing.
Helena, August 3-An uncOnfirmed
report reached Helena today that Jim.
my Mcbride. one of the most noted
Yellowstone Park scouts has captured
who last week held UP the stages. The
outlaws name is Blake, it is said. He
has not yet been turned over to the
authorities. Mcbride took the trail Of
the outlaw or outlaws separately from
the troopers, and his knowledge of the
country enabled him to keep it after
they lost it. Mcbride is friend of
Roosevelt and Taft, both of whom he
escorted in the park. He was driver
for one OF the stage companies until
1879, when General Young appointed
him chief scout and he has since been
in the government employ.
kalispell, Aug. 1.-Two hundred
men are fighting forest fire which
had broken out near Essex. 1t is get
ting away from them, and dispatches
have gone to Creek Falls and Spokane
for 100 more men. The Kalispell mil
itia has volunteered and is now on the
way. Six smaller fires are burning in
! Flathead county, but can probably be
controlled. !, ~.~.~s
Harlowtown, Aug. 4.-John NJ. Ben.
jamin, a hOmesteader, was found dead
in his we'll yesterday on his homestead
Is miles north of here. Death was
caused by gas accommodating in the
we'll and occurred at least five days
ago. Benjamin was IS years old and
came to this country from Norway.
One brother, living in Poison, WASH,
survives him.
Harlowton, Aug. 4.-Harry Phil
! brook, one of Meagher countys pio-
neer citizens met his death Saturday
at Twodot when attempting to board
a freight train bound for Harlowton.
Harry Philbrook was Is years old and
came to this country over 25 years
ago and engaged in the saloon busi-
ness at Castle. Later he moved to
Lennep and from there to Martins
dale. His trip to Harlowton and Two
dot was made to sell his saloon at Mar
tinsdale. His son-in-law Otto Vestal
attended the inquest which was held
today at Harlowton.
| Helena, Aug. 4.-Reports received
at the local Office weather bureau, COW
ering the week ending Aug. 3, indi
cate that considerable damage has
been done to spring grain by the hot
dry weather. The winter wheat has
matured and except in some of the
northern counties it is not believed
to have been materially injured. Mod
crate showers occurred during the
week in many localities and where
this was the case spring crops are
still doing we'll. In the north central
counties much of the oats, spring
wheat and barley will be cut for hay.
The winter wheat has about all been
harvested in the southeastern por-
tion and the harvest is in full pro-
gress in the Judith basin and other
central and northern counties.
Butte, Aug. 4.-Con F.. Kelly, vice
president of the Anaconda company
stated tonight that in consequence of
the disturbed condition affecting cop
per that the output of about $4,000, 900
pounds month of the company has
been curtailed one-third and that of
the % operating shafts of the com.
pany but III were In operation at the
present time. He intimated that a
further curtailment was now prob
able in view of the paralyzed condi-
tions of transatlantic traffic which
has been made worse by the declar-
alton of war between Germany and
England. A number of men are laid
off at the Anaconda mine today and
work has been suspended at all the
non-producing properties of the com.
pany. Several hundred men were
laid off today.
Bozeman, Aug. 5.-At O'Clock this
! morning in a cabin in the mountains
south of Livingston two groups of
men, one led by the sheriff and one
by the county attorney, met round
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