Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-05-15
MONTANA BRIEFS

A Chautauqua association has been
organized at Livingston.
The Treasure State band made it's
first appearance in Anaconda Thurs
day.
Richard Monroe, a stranger from De
Witt, Iowa, died in the county jail at
Lewiston Sunday.
The Billings city council recon-
mends an offer of $315 900 to the Mon
tana Water company for it's water sys-
tenn
An inquest just held at Grass Range
upon the body of a 15-year old boy,
Archie Boggs, reported he committed
suicide by hanging.
Frank Ross, arrested at Shawmut
recently on the charge of grand lar
ceny was bound over to the federal
court, with bail fixed at $4,000.
Montana newspapers will shortly be
requested by the Carter memorial COM
mission to act as fiscal agents of the
commission by receiving subscrip-
lions.
A charter has been issued to the
Yellowstone Valley National bank of
Sidney, which is to open with a cap
ital of 1875, 900. j. A. Barrett is pres
ident.
Ulysses N. Papp, who was recently
acquitted on his second trial at Butte
of the killing of George Prokos, will
have to answer now to the charge of
first degree assault.
The work of circulating petitions in
Anaconda with a view to eliminating
one of the telephone systems has been
ers were in favor of keeping the Bell
phone,
With his back broken in three places
one lung punctured, his shoulder
crushed and two ribs broken, Joe
Spellman, q miner at Helena, refused
to allow physicians to undress hin
Saturday, saying, "Shucks, doctor,
can do it myself" and he did it. A
short time after Spellman vas dead
The senate appropriations commit
tee has adopted Senator Walsh'i
amendment to the legislative appro
priation bill appropriating $4,000 t
continue in operation the Helena as
2 say office for another fiscal year. Sim
: liar amendments for Boise, Salt LAX
| an other western offices, which tn
| house voted to abolish, were ais
adopted.
Montana towns responded well o.
the first day of sale of the souveni
, coins to raise money to give Montan
: a creditable exhibit at the Californi
| exposition next year. So far two girl
L at Dillon are in the race for the tri
4 to San Francisco exposition, which
to be given to the young lady in tn
e state who disposes of the most Mont;
ma exposition dollars.
The senate has confirmed the 70
lowing Montana pastmasters: Edwar
Burke at Anaconda; F. M. Byrne
Belgrade; Thomas Glib at Miles Cit
and John w. Hogan at Mondak; MAJ
f. Meinhardt as postmistress at Bal
e Vile. The following new postoffect
d have been ordered established: Knob
n Custer county, H. B. Green, postmas
l. err; Suffolk, Ferbgus county, c. O.. NJ
IS son postmaster; Goose Bill, Chotes
county, l.. Stevens, postmaster.
Dates of sales of state lands ha'
10 been fixed in eight of the ten counti'
It where the board has ordered sal
st to be held this year. The sales W
take place at the county seats of Il
t. various counties and the land will
rs sold to the highest bidders. The cou
4. ty acreage, and dates of sale follow
ly Saltwater, 5000 acres, June 16; Broa
IN water, $500 acres, June IS; Powe
of $500 acres, June "a; Park, 5000 acre
is July 8; Sweetgrass, 5000 acres, July
" Dawson, 1000 acres, July %; Rosebr
81 $500 acres, July %; Blaine, 1000 acr,
h. August IL.
One of the biggest problems ev
at confronted by the stage driver W
IL runs from Gardiner to Cooke City W
hs that which he met recently, when
IT. shipment of 700 pounds of oats a
30 wheat vas received there from Livil
to ston. The grain was shipped to fill
on order received from the mining can
The postage was $1.08 per hundred,
a total of $7.56, and, as the roads {
IS absolutely impossible, with a load FRI
Gardiner to Cooke, the mail carr
ral will have to use pack horses to ma
the trip. The distance is 65 miles a
it is estimated that the mail carr
~ will have to pay out at least $25
haul the load.