The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
of Montana will this year vote upon

one mill of which is to be used 70,
the purpose of supporting the state.
educational institutions. Secretar,
of State Anderson has discovered tina
this measure was not entered in full
in either the house n senate journals
as provided by the constitution il
the case of a constitutional amend
ment.
Butte, June 26.-Two saloon hold
ups outside the city limits and a sa
loon holdup inside the city, concluded
the nights record of crime. The sa
loon of Philine Sullivan was stuck up
by a lone masked bandit this morn
ing and the cash register rihed OF
S.. The SandhOuse bar was held up
by two masked men who secured a
small amount of money and an auto
matte revolver which had been kept
behind the bar. The last place to be
held up was the Swiss Home saloon,
James L. Welser, proprietor of the
saloon showed fight. AS a result two
men are under arrest. One shot was
fired during the attempted holdup,
and IN of the holdup men had his
arm broken.
Billings, June 27.-At a special cleo
ton today Billings voted by a MAORI
ty of 1853 to issue $3.50, 900 in bonds for
the purchase of the system of the Mon
tana Water company and construc-
ton and extension work. The vote
was 419 for and so against. The pur-
chase price of the plant, as recently
mutually agreed upon, amounts to
about 1925. 900.
Glendive, June 27.-Meager re-
ports received from the Seven-Mile
Creek territory, is that that section of
Dawson county was visited a few days
ago by a hailstorm which did consid-
cradle damage to crops of all classes.
1t is said that the storm started in the
divide" country and continued in a
path one mile wide to the Yellowstone
rivera distance of about So miles.
Helena, June 27.-Dry land farmers
raising good crops will be we'll repaid
for exhibiting at the Montana state
fair this fall. The board of directors
today appropriated 81, 900 to be award.
ed in premiums in the non-irrigated
division. The board also awarded a
contract for the construction of a
horticultural building to John Dry
burg. The contract price is $24,972.
The structure will be concrete and will
be the first of a set of proposed per-
manent buildings.
Helena, June 29.-There we're SAT
births and $50 deaths in Montana last
according to the monthly re-.
port of the state board of health.
Deer Lodge county, excluding Ana
,onda, had no births, but Is Deaths
| rare occurance in the county re-
ports. There were 461 males and 36S
born.
Butte, June 29.-An unsuccessful eff
,ort was made by parties unknown to
the authorities to destroy the home of
Cunningham, 11Oh East Wool
man street at 1880 O'Clock Saturday
hight. a quantity of giant powder was
exploded almost directly under the
bedroom window, where Cunningham,
lis wife and children were sleeping.
Great Falls, June 29.-Work has
e started by the United States rec
lamatiOn service in the construction
Of the S~herburne lake reservoir of the
Mary storage feature of the Milk
irrigation project and hands for
the work are in demand. The work is
not far distant from Browning, Mon
tana. Acting Supervising Engineer
Charles p. Williams said today that
the services of 100 men could be used
at once if they We're on hand.
Great Falls, June 29.-Hauck and
Franklin, two towns on the Burling-
ton road between this city and Gill
man. and Geraldine on the Milwau-
kee road, are to have new elevators
within the ext forty days. The State
Elevator company has arranged to
build elevators in the places named
and will start work at once. The ele.
vators all will be of the so, OOO.bushel
capacity type. They are to be the first
of y erected in new territory by the
same company.
ioECliitth, JUNE .J.-N ullllS HIS ONI
throat with such violence that the
edge of the razor was broken on the
bone, Matteve Laugh, a native of Aus
tria and a n%aturalized citizen of the
United States, fell dead beside the
railroad track two miles west of
Three Forks, and rolled down the EN-
bankement into the ditch. Here he
was found a few hours later with his
head lying in the water, the razor
grasped tightly in his hand. He had
died almost instantly. Coroner Pied.
alue vas summoned and took charge
of the remains and brought them to
BOzeman.
Great Falls, June 29.-Claiming that
he had shot and killed a man in a
saloon at Raynsford. in the eastern
part of Cascade county. Leslie Fox,
a ranch hand. last night surrendered
himself to a deputy sheriff at Geyser,
who Immediately communicated the