The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-08
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE

ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Hamilton, April Ivory over
logging contract which he and hi,
father had caused the suicide of Me
win briggs. aged %, who blew the tol
of his head with a rifle.
Billings, April Am unusual fea
ture of the rush of homeseekers
to eastern Montana was the arrival O.
three families from Oklahoma contain
ing a total of II persons eligible to file
on homesteads. In each of the two
families there were sever and in the
other three and all are now in the
northern part of the country looking
for adjoining farms on which they
may file.
Kalispell, April IN. b Riffo, for
a number of years a resident of Kalis.
pell, left Monday night for Havre, and
will proceed to Philadelphia to face
a charge of embezzlement and expects
to be acquitted. Officers Wood and
Lynch of the Philadelphia police force
arrived here yesterday and stated that
Riffo is charged with embezzling $780,
900 while in the employ of the Pneu-
matte Tube company, eight or nine
years ago. There were two other en-
ployes connected with the charge. Riff
70 secured bail of $4,000 and nothing
has been done with the case recently.
Billings, April 2.-Between seven
and eigth tons of potatoes grown on
the Yellowstone county poor farm are
being sorted to secure tubers weigh
ing not less than ten ounces each, for
the Northern Pacific dining car serv-
ice has offered five cents apiece. There
is a scarcity of potatoes of the stand
ard demanded by the dining al service
and various farmers and dealers in
Eastern Montana are sorting their
stocks in order to win the high price
offered. 1t is the intention of the
poor farm management to sell all the
potatoes and replenish the GEL
lar with those of ordinary size.
Butte, April 3.-Mike Barry. a miner
u years old and a bridegroom of two
months, vas the smaller of the two
bandits who early Tuesday morning
the Bismark saloon on West
Granite street, and after forcing eight
patrons =, the bartender and porter to
lie or their stomachs, ri1ed two cash
registers of $55, according to his own
confession, made today to Chief MUIR
ply.
Dillon, April ga suit was com.
menced today by William Malgruw, a
of Dillon for $40, 1000 damages
William G. Reed, the we'll known o
being named as defendant in
the case. The case is the result of
received by Malguw when a
hoist at the new high school gym.
nasium gave way and Malguw was
dropped from the second to the first
floor of the building. Reed was the
contractor of the building.
Helena, April 3.-The dismissal of
Lieutenant Michael j. Dryer
from the Butte police force by abolish
ing the position and then establishing
It again filling it with another incum-
bent was a clear violation of the civil
principle (of the metropolitan
law and did not operate to de-
the plaintiff of his Office" This
was the ruling of the supreme court
today in a decision by Justice Hol-
dismissing the appeal of Mayor
Duncan from the Judgment of the low
er court re%instating Dwyer.
Lewistown, April 3.-There is un-
usual activity in the Winnett section
due to we'll authenticated reports that
the Milwaukee has decided to continue
it's Great FaiIs-Musselshell cutoff from
Grass Range to Winnett during the
This is one of the finest agricultural
sections of the state, it is sOlidly
settled up, a large acreage being under
cultivation. The Milwaukee's steel
crew is now nearly to Roy and the en-
tension from Hilger to that town will
be completed by Saturday night, un
less the weather conditions interfere,
Helena, April! 3.-FrOm 5000 to 5000
persons in Montana are afflicted with
tuberculosis, is the estimate made to
day by DR.. Il. d. futile. superintend'
ent of the state tuberculosis sanitar.
ium at Galen, who vas here on bust.
ness. There are q patients in the
sanitarium at present. while there are
facilities for only IS. Applications for
admission on file aggregate 107, and
DR.. futile is of the opinion that if the
announcement we're made tomorrow
that the institution could receive 15(
patients for treatment. they would be
all admitted in less than a week.
Butte. April 4.-Mike Barry anC
Tom Ryan. confessed holdups OF the
Bismark saloon during which the ban
dts forced eight men to lie on theil
stomachs on the floor while they loot
ed the till, pleaded guilty in the dis
trict court and were sentenced to one