The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
MONTANA NEWS BRlEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the state.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items +
From Various Parts Of the state. ,
Bozeman, April 28.-David Steele
of Great Falls won the annual ora-
tOrical contest at the state college
yesterday over three competitors, and
wins along with the 20 prize the right
to represent the state college in the
state OratOrical contest that will take
place at Deer Lodge along the first
part of May. F.!
Livingston, April 2S.-Long dis
lance telephone communication with
Columbus this morning brought news
here a sensational Jail break which
occurred last evening about Z o'clock.
There were six prisoners in Jail at
the time, but none escaped except
prisoner wanted in Billings and Lau-
rel at which places it is alleged he
is charged with forgery.
Anaconda, April 27.-Jerry WEIGH,
IS years old, employed as watchman
for the Copper Extraction company,
known as the Bradley plant, was in.
stantly killed at 700 o'clock this ev.
ening, being electrocuted by an cleo
trio light wire. A light wire broke
down and for some reason WEIGH
took hold Of it and was instantly
killed. A physician was Immediately
summoned, but could not revive him.
WEIGH leaves a wife and five children.
Helena, April 2S.-Mrs. William
Fleming one of Montana's pioneer
women, and a former resident of Hell
ena and Unionville, died at $3.50
o'clock last evening at St. Johns hos
pital in this city. OF recent years
Mrs. Fleming has been making her
home in Boulder, and about a month
ago she took sick and came to this
city. Her death remove one of the
states most beloved and widely
known women. She was in her sew
e%nty.third year, and had been a resi-
! dent of Montana since 1865,
Scobey, April 27.-The body o. J.
H. Livingston, who was lost in a snow
storm of March 20, was found by a
searching party yesterday near the
Frank Cusker ranch on Poplar river,
about twenty-five miles from Scobey.
Mr.. Livingston, whose home is about
three miles from Scobey, started out
on horseback to look after some hors-
es which had strayed away and the
weather being mild was caught un-
prepared by a fierce snow storm.
which came up suddenly that after
noon. His horse returned riderless to
his ranch two days later and although
search was started at once, no trace
of Mr.. Livingston was found until yes
terday.
Billings, April 27.-In a quarrel ov-
er sheep range, Dan Peck, a sheep
herder, shot and seriously wounded
Chris Grill, owner of a sheep ranch
on Spring creek, south of Laurel.
Grill was brought to a hospital in
Billings and Peck is in the county Jail
pending the outcome of Cribs injur-
les. After the shooting Peck hurried
to Laurel and gave himself up, stat
ing that he had killed a man. A dep
uty sheriff, the coroner and a physi-
clan after an all night ride, found
Grill lying on a high bench of land
where he had crawled from the coulee
in which the shooting took place. His
left arm was shattered and the bullet
had entered his left side. While his
condition is serious it is believed he
will ecover.
Helena, April 29.-lrrigation of the
. Prickly Pear valley has made the en-
largement of the Hauser Lake DOW
er plant necessary, and a crew of
from forty to fifty men will be busy
until November on the work. The
power house contains five 1000
horsepower generators, and it is pro.
posed to install a sixth machine de.
veloping $4,000 horsepower.
Helena, April 2s.-Helena citizens
may become involved in the Flathead
county bounty fraud, it was reported
today. Three Helena men, as assign
ees presented for payment the alleg.
ed illegal bounty claim which led to
the arrest of the eight Flathead men
yesterday. These claims have not
been paid yet, so the state will not
lose anything.
Helena, April 28.-Fourteen u
ties have now filed with the secretary
of state petitions with a sufficient
number of signatures to guarantee
the submission, at the next general
election, of the wOrkmen's compen-
sation and the farmers loan acts.
Broadwater filed it's petition today.
The other counties which have filed
Dno ov,~vl> ~--l@- 49,
Deer Lodge, Musselshell. Gallatin,
Jefferson, Missoula, Silver Bow, San.
ders and Rosebud.
Great Falls, April 29.-Although
the switch engine was run as special
more than SO miles east from here to
bring F.. w. Williams hurriedly to the
hospital this afternoon after he had
been horribly crushed on the Mil.
waukee railway train, he died within