The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-25

ana owned n L1lrO interest III the CON.
pany. She alleged that when the COM
pany was organized she was promised
compensation if she would keep on
cooking.
Helena, March 20.-Helena mem
bers of the Montana Retail Dealers
association met last night and dis.
cussed plans for a statewide system
of credits and collections. Tentative
plans were made and these will be
submitted to the members of the
ecutive committee and later to the as
ISOLATION as a whole for definite &C.
ton.
Twin Bridges, March ia new in.
dustry has been started neal here,
that of saving lumber from cotton
wood logs. ]. Stalcup, who came here
a few months ago from South Dako-
ia has secured a sawmill outfit and
installed it on the Rumons ranch on
the Big Hole, where there is a guam
tity of large cottonwood trees, and
will proceed to turn out marketable
lumber.
Gilman, Mont, March 19.-During
a blizzard that visited this section of
the country Tuesday night, an auto
mobile driven by William T. Scott,
travelling salesman for the National
Biscuit company, went into an old
cellarway, left unprotected on the pub
lie road between here and Augusta. Mr..
Scott received several injuries and
the Car was damaged to the extent of
$50.
Livingston, March 19.-Articles of
incorporation were filed today with
the county clerk for the Consolidated
Spring Wheel company, which is in
%corporated for 81, 1000, 900, divided into
one million shares of one dollar each.
R. c. Haas, Guy Hunter and c. E.
Bechtel each have 100 shares. The
manufacture of a patented automobile
spring wheel, doing away with the
necessity of the regular auto tire, is
contemplated.
Helena, March 20.-Six out Of the
necessary IA counties have sent in
petitions for the initiation of the work
mems compensation act and the farm
loan act. These six are Carbon, Deer
Lodge, Missoula, Musselshell, Park
and Ravalli. Petitions are being cir
culated in other counties, and it is
expected the remaining eight counties
will be secured without much trouble.
Besides voting upon the enactment of
these two initiative measures, voters
next fall will also pass upon the re-
peal of the Kiley boxing law.
Butte, March 20.-United States dis
trict Attorney Wheeler today filed in
the federal court here suit to secure
the return to the government of lands
in the Miles City district valued at
$4S, 900 which he charges were illegal
ly fenced and occupied by Robert
Eccles, Byrd H. Edwards and w. J. R.
Marts0n, wealthy cattlemen, years
ago. The government asks that the de-
PENDANTS be required to remove the
fences, restore the lands to the public
domain and that an accounting be had
to determine the value of the rental
of the lands. Judgment is asked for
such rental as the court decides is
proper. Part of the land has been in
possession of the defendants since
1895.
Lewistown, March 21.-The Lewis
town chamber of m went on
record yesterday as opposing the pro.
posed federal leasing law, on the
ground that the leasing of large tracts
of semi-arid land in this state to stock
men for long terms would operate
against the settlement Of the state by
withdrawing a vast amount of land
that would otherwise be utilized by
settlers.
Livingston, March 21.-E. H. Cowles
of the West Boulder country returned
today from q twO-months visit to Ore
gon. He brings news of even higher
priced wool than that to reach here
yesterday in a telegram from Trevor,
Wis, to Napoleon Ebert. Mr.. Cowles
said when he left Oregon wool growers
there were refusing % cents a pound
for their 1914 clip because they are
confident of getting "a cents in the
near future.
Billings, March 21.-Twenty car.
loads of Montana potatoes left Billings
yesterday for the eastern markets.
Nine of the cars were loaded along
the Red Lodge branch to the Clarke
Fork valley and the balance were
assembled here from various parts
of the state. The train will be split
up at st. Louis, where the cars will
be routed to their destination. This
is the largest single shipment of po'
tatoes yer sem out from the Yellow
stone valley.
Havre, March 2l.-At a depth OF
9O5 feet, reached last night, a flow OF
natural gas was struck that insures a
successful outcome of the drilling Op'
erations inaugurated in Havre a few
weeks ago by the Stoner, Lockwood,
| Wheeler Co., Of Medicine Hat, Can,
When the gas was ignited at the
month IF the we'll the fame shot tn a