The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-15
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days

AtSaAS w SAi7 Al Iouus lCllCCACN
his resignation to Governor Stewart
as state senator rom Dawson coun
ty. Senator Eoardman was a hold.
over. but it Is presumed he took this
action because lis home is no longer
in Dawson county, but in the new
county of HIGHLAND.
Helena, July 2.-Martin Mulvahill,
one of the best known mining men in
this section, was found dead in his
room in this city tonight, with a bull.
let hole in his right temple. The
coroner decided there was no reason
for holding an inquest. A brother and
sister live in Duluth, and a brother
in Nevada. At n time he was con.
sidered wealthy.
Forsyth, July 2.-The petition for
the creation of Russell county from
Rosebud, Dawson, Yellowstone, Fer
gus and Musselshell counties was dis.
missed by the county board upon re.
quest of the petitioners, and because
no bond had been filed. Representa-
tives of Twenty-Five townships in Rose
bud, Yellowstone and Musselshell
counties were present to protest them
selves out of the proposed county
which would have decreased the valu.
alton of the proposed new county to
less than two million dollars.
Helena, July 2.-The Great North,
ern Railway company and the Hem.
ingsen Produce company of Butte
were among the defendants indicted
by the federal grand jury when ii
made its final report to Judge Bour.
quin. Thirteen indictments were re.
turned in all. In % cases submitted
the jury found the evidence insult.
ficient. The Henningsen company is
charged with shipping five
of calves Aug 10, 1913, from Butte to
Spokane, that had not been inspect
ed. Two other counts charge the car.
casses were not fit for human food.
Butte, July 2.-Like many another
prospector who had followed the siren
lure of gold in the hopes of millions,
Joseph Andrews, who died yesterday
in his little p~rospector's cabin three
miles from Woodville, in the noun.
tains, refused six years ago an offer Of
$4,000 for a gold claim near Virginia
City. His claim is not worth so cents
today. Mr.. Andrews refused the $780,.
900 offer, claiming his mine would one
day be worth millions. He died be.
fore hope of realizing his dream left
him.
Miles City. July AT the Miles
City roundup, which opened yester-
day, with 300 cowboys and $50 COW
girls in the parade and a large num-
Der of lodges of Cheyenne, Crow and
Sioux Indians at the show grounds,
w. L. Edmunds, a rider from Wyom-
ing, was kicked in the chest by a
horse and fatally hurt.
Great Falls, July 6.-Placing his
head upon the rails between the wheel
of a Great Northern switch engine in
the west side yards, John Dawson, %,
a laborer, made an Intellectual attempt
to end his life last night. Trainmen
who observed his peculiar actions be.
fore he reached the engine dragged
him off the track not an instant too
soon. He was arrested and is being
held pending an investigation as to his
sanity.
Wolf Point, July A conservative
estimate of yesterdays fire is $4,000.
At 5 a. M, an oil can exploded in the
bakery, and within half an hour it and
the adjoining buildings were a mass
of flames. The women turned out
and did heroic work. They formed a
bucket brigade carrying out stock and
furniture with the heat from the
flames b~listering their faces, and
! smoke choking them. The dynamit-
ing of the Mason Land company's
building saved the town. One hun
dred and fifty sticks of dynamite were
exploded at II blast, and the build
ing blown off the map.
Helena, July 3.-Five years in the
p~enitentiary was the sentence impos-
ed by Judge Clements on Bert Ferris,
who pleaded guilty to voluntary man.
slaughter. In a quarrel a week ago
in a saloon with o. w. Graham, Fer
ris stabbed Graham. Graham did not
report the matter and the next day
he was found unconscious neal the
Great Northern station. He was TAX.
en- to a hospital and died yesterday.
Both men were strangers in Helena,
Billings, July 7.-Farmers on the
Huntley project not only own and op.
crate a newspaper plant, publishing a
weekly paper, but own 100 of the 200
shares of stock of the Huntley State
bank. A further venture into indus.
trial and business activity has now
been made by the purchase of the
Haskell elevator at Huntley and the
organization of a stock company with
a capitalization of $4,000, all of which
has been subscribed by the farmers
Lewistown, July 7.-Howard Gill,
%1O.year-old son of John Gill of this
city, was struck by lightning at his
brothers farm near Geraldine last
night and instantly killed. The lad,
and George Cummings were going