The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-17
MONTANA NEWS BRlEFLETS|
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.

From Various Parts Of the state. /
Helena. June 9.-Rain last week
ended the drought in the northern
counties before any material damage
was done, and some localities in Gus.
ter, Rosebud and Dawson counties
are the only one in the state now
, showing the effect of deficient mois.
ture, according to the weekly weather
and crop report for Montana issued
by Section Director Young for the
week ending yesterday. /
Butte, June 9.-Dr. William D.
Campbell, the dentist who extracted
a tooth from the mouth of nine.year-
old Alma Hodge last Thursday night,
a few minutes before the child died,
stated at the cor0ner's inquest that
by mistake he injected a strong solu-
ton of cocaine into her gums, think
ing it was a local anaesthetic which
he has always used. This, he stated,
was the cause of the girls death. He
explained his act by saying that the
cocaine had been put into the anaes
thetic bottle by DR.. ]. J.. Davis, his
employer, and that the label on the
bottle had not been changed, so he
could not tell that it contained CO.
+, caine.
K%alispell, June 81. S. Nicholson,
a rancher living near Somers, was
killed in a runaway accident near the
Holt ferry Sunday afternoon. His
uncle, j. w. Nicholson was probably
, fatally injured. but his wife, who
crawled into the back Of the wagon
escaped uninjured. The family had
been spending the day fishing at Holt
and were returning when the team
became unmanagable, the wagon
striking a stump and throwing the
two men out. Mrs. Nicholson remain
ed in the wagon until the team was
stopped by running into a fence.
Plentywood, June 9.-Frank Lock-
erty of W~ilkesbarre, Pa, was fatally
shot by a trap gun at a shack two
miles from Homestead, Mont, near
the Great Northern railroad track.
The trap gun was set by John X.
Jensen, a homesteader, who claims he
set the trap for robbers. The body
was first seen by a Great Northern
passenger conductor who stopped
and took it to Homestead. The trap
was a 12-guage shotgun fastened to
the door. 1t is supposed the man vas
walking on the track and stopped at
the shack. Jensen was brought to
Plentywood today by Deputy Sheriff
Forncrook.
Helena, June 9.-Plans prepared
by Architect c. H. Carsley for the
;. new $685. 900 horticultural building to
be erected on the state fair grounds
have just been approved and bids will
be opened June IS to award the con-
tract. The building is to be finished
in time for this years fair, which
will be held during the week of Sep
TENDER q to 26. The building will
be 6Ox150 feet, all cement and thor
oughly fireproof, glass roof for proper
lighting, outside stucco finish with
terra Gotta trimmings. There will be
proper ventilation, drinking fountains,
toilet and wash rooms facilities and
the arrangement of the fruit shelves
and tables will be modern and up-to-
date.
Helena, June 1O.-In the course of
the next ten days something definite
in regard to testing of the validity
OF the initiative and referendum
amendment to the constitution is
likely to happen. A prominent mem
Der of the Helena bar confirmed 4
rumor that the matter has been taken
up with him, but he was not at lib
erty to divulge the name OF his client.
Butte, June 1O.-Nearly all of the
policemen on the local force will re.
sist the physical tests by Mayor Dun
cans special commission, which will
attempt to eliminate from the force
the men physically unfit for duty.
This came to light today when it de-.
veloped that AZ of the 81 blue-coats
and plain clothes men have retained
attorneys to fight their battle in the
courts.
Helena, June 1O.-Enactment of a
law providing that husbands who fail
to support their families will be put
to work under state or county super
vision and their wages paid to their
families will be recommended to the
next legislature by M. l.. Hickman.
secretary of the bureau of child and
animal protection. Statutes in other
states have given good results, it is
said.
Helena. June 1O.-The state rail
road commission today gave out an
opinion in which it rescinds the order
reducing distributing rates in Mon
tana. The opinion is signed by Com
missioners Morley and Boyle. Com.
missioner Hall dissenting. In the
opinion the majority say that the com.
plainants with few exceptions have
failed and refused to give the com
mission their testimony and support.
The commission is merely the peoples
representative and certainly ii II
constituents have no cause for com.
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