The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-29

ed in pursuit. During the chase the
Jail and Sperry borrowed a revolver
and finally ran the fellow down on
Main street. He was identified by his
neighbor, Mrs. Margaret Luke, whose
room the fellow was rObbing when
discovered.
Butte, July 24.-After making all
preparations to go to work today and
asking friendly %neighbors to awaken
him early so that he might be in time
for work, Andrew Bires, 81 years of
age. a resident of Montana for ~
years, committed suicide last night by
hanging himself with his leather belt,
which he fastened to a nail in the
door Of his cabin. The lifeless body
was discovered about 6 o'clock this
morning by H. Mcleod, who went to
the cabin to call Biers for breakfast,
as he had agreed. Life had been en-
tinct for many hours. and it is be-
lieved the man killed himself about
midnight.
Dillon, July 25.-A sheepherder in
the Centennial valley was shot and
lilled yesterday by Charles Robinett,
a w%ell-known young cattleman. The
trouble was the result of a range
fight, and it is claimed that Robinett
shot iii self defense. Robinett is we'll
known about Dillon, where he has
been in the employ of a number Of
prominent Cattiemen.
rTo1o~o r,C,. o. Tl,a Ct 00n p0nr,
that the Office of railroad commission
err pays is attracting a powerful lot of
attention these days. Nine candidates
are after the nominations, the latest
being J. f. Mccormick. manager of
the Boulder Hot Springs, who has
filed his nominating petition with Sec
rotary of State Anderson for the demo-
cratic nomination.
Billings, July 25.-Threat of injunc-
ton proceedings to restrain the city
council from continuing with the paw
ing of 15S residence lots on West First
avenue is made by property owners
who have called a mass meeting for
Monday night to prepare for action.
Lot owners de' ATE that the cost per
25-feet frontage will range from $685..
95 to $627.77. according to the mater
ial used and that values will O be
proportionately increased.
Billings. July Pa bride of less
than two weeks. Mrs. Clara Fifer was
arrested for shoplifting, pleaded gull
ty in justice court and her husband
paid a fine of $50 for her release. She
was caught in the act of s~ecreting a
silk waist in a magazine by a clerk
and a search of her room revealed sew
eral costly articles of apparel for
which she could not account.
White Sulphur Springs. July 25.-
Word reached here last evening that
a man named Cummings. working for
Smith Bros, neal Martinsdale. had
been drowned while swimming with
four other men in the Musselshell
river. He was seized with cramps and
told his companions he was drowning.
The other men. not realizing his dan
ger. failed to reach him soon enough
to save him. Stanley Smith. on whose
ranch Cummings was employed. hear
ing the alarm, rushed to the river and
dragged Cummings out. but too late
to save him.
Butte. July 27.-Vernon Dunn. aged
%. motorcycle enthusiast and ma
chinist. was almost instantly killed
Sunday afternoon and his companion
aboard his motorcycle, Miss Sofle
Shosser, aged Is. probably fatally in
jured. when Dunn's machine. travel
ing at a high speed, struck a horse
attached to a vehicle On a curve. The
horse was killed. The accident hap.
pened on a country road leading to
Butte.
Malta. July 27.-A disastrous fire
visited Malta at 1880 last evening
and reduced to ashes the local thea
ter. known as Eagles Hall. with fully
a $4,000 loss. There vas little in
F., surance. 1t also destroyed the Malta
Garage company, owned by James
Moore. The fire was caused by an eX.
piOsion of al overheated gasoline en-
CINE operating the electric light sys-
tenn. The building was entirely de-
strOyed within 50 minutes, owing to
the oil soaked floor.
Great Falls, July 27.-Belief that oil
in marketable quantities exists in this
section as we'll as in the Calgary dis
tcict has impelled spectators to acti-
vities in the corraling of large tracts
of land in this vicinity. and for a num-
Der Of weeks several parties have
been busily engaged in taking leases
on all the available lands for a dis.
lance of several miles from the city.
Practically all the state lands have
already been leased by Great Falls
men. and for the past four weeks an
experienced oil leaser from the Kan
sas oil fields has been employed by a
company.
Bozeman, July 2~7.-Showing against
the "corn-fed" cattle and swine of
Minnesota and North Dakota. as we'll