The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-25
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

- "a SH"G -A-S0 1AcII DdkcI lily
Ore, where he purchased 5000 head
of S%hOrthorn and Hereford cattle from
the Mack & Pullman herd, considered
n Of the best native herds of Ore
gon. The cattle will be shipped about
the middle of April to the Childs-An-
ceney ranch to add to the fine stock
recently secured from the interna-
tional stock show in Chicago.
Butte, Feb. 17.-Butte's cold spell
cost n life. The return of a death
certificate shows that David Loft, aged
40, a laborer, died from being frozen
about the hands, feet and face and
general exposure five days after being
taken to the county poor farm from
the city emergency hospital. Loft
was found half unconscious on the
highway near Elk Park by ranchers,
who brought him to Butte. Lofts feet
were frozen so that it was necessary
to cut the shoes off.
Helena, Feb. ia summary OF
weather conditions in Montana based
on about 120 stations of the U. s.
Weather bureau shows January to
have been an unusually mild and dry
month. The temperature for the state
as a whole was the mildest for Janu.
airy, with n exception, during the
past twenty years. January 1900, was
warmer by about two degrees, while
the corresponding months in 1903 and
1908 were only a fraction of a degree
colder. The only extended period of
temperatures generally below the nor
NAL was from the goth to the Goth.
Helena, Feb. 17.-Working on a rail-
road section in Fergus county was a
man who claimed to be an Italian
count. In his possession was a beau
tiful cane. The game warden came
along, and the counts solicitude for
the M aroused the officials sus-
picions. He investigated, and found
a 20 calibre barrel in the case of the
shank. The mechanism was cunning
ly fastened in the bone handle. A
tiny button proved to be the trigger.
The cane was confiscated and will be
presented to the historical library.
Roundup, Feb. 17.-Mrs. Jake Suel.
ly, whose husband was taken to Deer
Lodge last week to serve a five-year
term in the ~penitentiary for improper
conduct toward his step-daughter, was
found dead in the cabin of her home
stead by jeff Holiday, a neighbor,
late Sunday evening. From appear
ances she had been dead for about "a
hours. Her little ~two.year-old daugh.
ter was lying in the bed with the dead
body, dressed only in her night clothes
and when Mr.. Holiday had forced an
entrance she complained lispingly to
him that she was hungry and cold and
that mi is asleep"
Billings, Feb. 17.-Twenty-four
hours after G. w. johnson and John
Anderson drank wood alcohol by mis-
take, they became violently i'll last
night and after a day of agony both
died in a rooming house kept by the
former. The two men, who are broth
ers-in-law, and painters by trade, on
Monday visited the Mine rescue car
stationed here of which Anderson was
temporarily in charge, and looking for
something to drink found the alcohol
which johnson declared was good to
drink. They did not become i'll until
this morning and not thinking it ser.
ious refused to get medical aid until
too late.
Phillipsburg, Feb. 1S.-Berry Kar-
gacan. single, aged So, a stone mason,
committed suicide early this morning
by placing a rife under his chin and
pulling the trigger. Half of his head
was blown off. The body was found in
his cabin about 9 o'clock today by c..
Bokolic, a friend. Ill health is given
as the cause of his rash act.
Butte, Feb. 18.-One hundred and
fifty electrical experts from all parts
of the state and representing many
diverse interests gathered in the Of
fees of the Montana Power company |
here today to discuss electrical devel- !
Opments in Montana. Discussions /
were led by Max Hebgen, general
manager of the Montana Power COM |
pany. The engineers devoted much
attention to the use of electricity in
hosting water for irrigation of large
tracts and the growing S of power
for domestic purposes.
Townsend. Feb. 18.-Hugh Broder-
lick, who last fall purchased 5000 head
of sheep for feeding purposes, has sold
the entire lot to coast buyers at a con.
siderable advance over the purchase
price. He paid 1915 per head and
sold at five cents per pound. Some
thing yer 600 head of the lot were
delivered for shipment yesterday and
they averaged 1875 pounds per head in
weight, which gives Mr.. Broderick a
net profit Of $3.50 per head on a little
over four months feeding.
Miles City, Feb. $50. Hubert,
former agent of the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & St. Paul railroad at Terry.
Mont, arraigned on a charge of en-.
bezzlement of $500 confessed his
crime and pleaded guilty. Hubert
was checked ont ahOut q wooL oro hr