The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-28
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few DAYS

What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
, Helena, Jan. 22.-Claiming that il
cannot pay it's bills the Alfalfa Pro
ducts company of Billings, that has
been operating alfalfa mills at Biz
Timber and shipping the product over
the country, filed a petition in bank.
ruptcy in the federal court today. It's
liabilities are $~29,7S7.17 of which s14,
900 are secured. It's assets are listed
at $23,975.
Helena, Jan. 22.-The first Of the pc
titions circulated by the Peoples Pow
err league for the initiation of a work
mems compensation act and a farm
loan act have been filed with Secre-
tary of State Anderson. Deer Lodge
county furnished 1876 signatures to the
compensation act, and Park county
225 signatures to the compensation
act and 231 to the farm loan.
Helena, Jan. 22.-For a second time
Walter Whitworth faced a jury in the
district court today on a charge of
killing Adolph Levin following a quar-
rel on Flat creek in the northern part
of the county. Whitworth was con-
victed the first time and sentenced
for life. The supreme court granted
a new trial because evidence tending
to show that the defendant had been
previously threatened by Levin had
been excluded.
Helena, Jan. 22.-Dealers must put
the net weight of articles and COM
modities sold on the slips accompany
ing them. This provision of the
weights and measures act is to be
stringently enforced. MANY com.
plants have begun reaching this de-
partment that dealers are ignoring
this section of the law" said J. p.
Riddell, chief inspector, today. "Butch-
err shops are the chief offenders, it is
asserted. 'Roast-75 cents is wrong;
the dealer must specify how many
pounds of meat the roast contains"
Great Falls, Jan. 22.-By a decision
of vast Importance to this section of
the state, affecting hundreds of set.
tiers upon the Sun river reclamation
project, the department of the interior
has provided for the reducing in size
of most of the homestead tracts to
farms of so acres each upon the first
unit of the project, embracing the
lands in Spring valley, on the Sun
river slope and the Greenfields bench.
Most of the settlers upon these lands
or at least a large share of them, have
upon tracts of 100 acres each
and according to the new ruling of the
they must relinquish all
their holdings with the exceptions
Of 80 acres, with the privilege of re-
the whole of their claims
and to file upon the equivalent of
heir present holdings outside of the
boundaries.
Billings, Jan. 23.-An order for
vaccination of every school
child in Yellowstone county may re-
suit from al investigation of the pre-
vance Of smallpox which has been
instituted following discovery of a
in the Hillside school, near Wor.
den. Pupils in Hillside school were
vaccinated by the county physician
and a visit of inspection will be made
to every school in the county.
Helena, Jan. 23.-The discovery has
been made that the legislature failed
to appropriate for the position of GUS
todian of the records of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and that when
J. J. Rohrbaugh, after a fight, relin-
quished the position to Captain John
A. Schmidt, was putting it over" on
both Captain Schmidt and State Au-
ditor William Heating, who already
had paid out 5000 to Rohrbaugh in
salary.
Helena, Jan. Exchanges were filed
with Judge Bourquin today asking for
the removal of H. A. Sample as Unit
ed States commissioner at Glendive.
An order to show cause, returnable
February 4, was issued. Florence
Fairbanks, e Stoner, filed an aft
davit, charging that when she appear
ed to make final proof on a homestead
claim, Sample vas not in his office,
but a clerk handled the matter, swear.
ing the afiant and her witnesses in |