The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-28
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
a Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State,

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From Various Parts Of the State.
Helena. Jan. educational and pri-
vate banks CT Montana are over !,
whelmingly in favor Of the Twin
Cities as their first choice for the To-
cation of a federal reserve bank for
the district that will include Montana,
and Chicago as their second choice. !
This information wes secured by the
Helena Clearing House association, !
which sent inquiries to all the banks
in the state.
Butte, Jan. 20.-The new primary !
law is playing havoc with aldermanic
ambitions. Some one has discovered
that those who went on record last
year as members of the citizens par
ty cannot this year come out as can
didates on either the republican or
democratic ticket. This phase of the
law is said to apply to both candi-
dates for aldermen and candidates for
committeeman.
Butte, Jan. 20.-That he was lured
from his home in Deer Lodge by q
pretty girl for the purpose of being
robbed of a large sum of money that
his conspirators believed he had re-
ceived in settlement of an $4,000 dam.
age action in Portland, is the story
told by George Newman, a young
%railroader. The conspiracy to secure
the money fell through in that New.
man had not yet received it. AS it
was he lost SOS, all the money that
he had in his pockets.
Twin Bridges, Jan. 2o.-Coming to
Montana without a dollar, Fred
Schulz has sold out his sheep hold
ings and several ranches for over
$100, 900. Equipped with nothing but
his hands, having practically no edu-
cation, young Schulz began herding
sheep and within a few years had a
small band of his own which he in
creased steadily until he owned more
than ten thousand and four of the
best ranches in the upper valley.
L%ewistown, Jan. 20.-It is reported
here that at a depth of IS feet in a
well near Forest Grove a gas cavity
was tapped and that oil indications
are excellent. Many indications that
oil exists in eastern Fergus county
have been reported from Gilt Edge,
Winnett and the Snowy mountains.
and recently in two wells near Grass
Range fine indications have been
found. An oil drilling outfit is now
at work near Winnett, and it would
not be at all surprising II to the many
resources of Fergus county, oil would
soon be added.
Bozeman, Jan. 21.-Farmers course
| opened here today with one hundred
and fifty farmers in attendance, break
ing all previous records. They came
from all over the state and it is es-
timated that during the week the at
tendance will total over five hundred.
1t was grange day today and many
members attended the business meet
ing. The horse show was held this
afternoon.
Helena, Jan. c1.-In an order made
by the Montana Railroad commission
today the date of the rehearing of the
distributing rate case is fixed for
April 20. The purpose of the rehear-
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railroads to introduce testimony
along the lines suggested in the argu.
ments at Saturdays conference, and
also to permit all persons to show
why the rates originally ordered by
the commission should go into effect.
Butte, Jan. 21.-For harrassing a
we'll known woman on the west side
whose son is on his death bed, by
calling her up on the telephone daily,
John Nichols was fined $50 in police
court today. Nichols was adjudged
guilty upon the testimony of Chief
Murphy. The latter declared that the
victim of Nichols is one of the most
estimable and of the Oldest resi-
dents of Butte, and that she has been
the past six months.
Butte, Jan. 21.-Labor conditions
throughout Montana are good, accord
ing to a statement made today by T..
M. Swindlehurst, commissioner of the
state bureau of labor, who is here to
investigate allegations that four thous-
and men r out of work. The com.
missioner stated that while the mild
winter had interfered with logging op-
erations and thrown some of the men
out of work in this industry, it has
enabled much outside work to be done
in other lines. He believes labor con.
ditiOns in Montana are better than in
any state in the country.
Bozeman, Jan. 21.-Ulric Paulson
was fined $500 by Judge Axtell today
for being in possession of firearms
without an aliens license. Walter
Rasmussen, his partner, was fined
$500 on the same charge. Both men
had been previously warned and both
pleaded guilty to the charge. They
could not pay the fines and were
lodged in the county Jail to r out
the sentence. In 1908 a warrant was
out for the arrest of Paulsen on the
charge of burglary, but he cOuld not