The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-29
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE


What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days
Twin Bridges, July pa wind
storm Monday afternoon did damage
to growing crops through the Beaver
head and Jefferson valleys. The
path of the storm was about two
miles wide. Trees by the hundreds
were broken off or uprooted; build
ings unroofed and otherwise damag.
ed, and telephone lines put out of ser.
vice. Heavy stands Of grain were
flattened to the ground. There was
a small hail cloud in the storm but it
only hit a narrow strip of country.
Butte, July 23.-In one of the most
spectacular raids Eve conducted in
the county at the hour of midnight
last night, County Attorney McCaf-
fiery, Revenue Inspector Allard, three
government agents and 20 deputy
sheriffs and ~cOnstables, put a crimp
in the opium traffic among the Butte
Chinese. Pipes, opium, lamps and
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arrests were made and the govern
ment officials and the county attor-
ney expressed satisfaction owe the
results of the raid.
Helena, July 23.-Silver Bow and
Deer Lodge county juries decide fair
ly cases to which the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company is a party, held
Judge G. M. Bourquin in the federal
court in denying the motion of H.
Lowndes Maury of Butte, for a trans
fer of personal injury suits against
the company from Butte to the Hell
n division of the court. Maury al
legged that it is impossible to obtain
fair trials of such causes in Silver
Bow and Deer Lodge counties.
Helena, July 23.-The Bozeman
Wholesale Grocery company of Boze-
man is the first firm in the state to be
proceeded against by the weight and
measures department since the re.
cent conferences here of inspectors
when it was decided to prosecute all
violaters. Deputy Sealer j. P. Riddell
was advised by Inspector w. w.
Wiegand Of Bozeman that he had filed
a complaint charging the Bozeman
Wholesale Grocery company with
selling goods that had been condemn
ed because they did not comply with
the net container provision of the law.
Helena, July 23.-One of the most
interesting events of the Montana
state fair this fall will be the spelling
contest which State Superintendent
the second and third day of the fair.
Each county will be entitled to nine
delegates three from the one room
schools, three from those having from
two to four rooms, and three from
schools having five OF more rooms. All
of these delegates are to be appoint
ed by the county superintendent of
their respective counties, a number
of whom have already chosen repre-.
sentatives by elimination contests in
the county or districts.
Great Falls, July 21.-The New
Park hotel was practically Quilted by
fire this afternoon, with an estimated
loss OF $4,000. The fire is supposed
to have started from sparks from a
steam shovel working in the rear of
the hotel for the construction of a
portion of the new hotel and it spread
rapidly owe the rear of the building.
The company owning the hotel had al
ready commenced work on a half-mil-
lion dollar structure to replace the
present building. Where the steam
shovel was working was a part of that
plan. When that portion of the new
building had been erected it was the
plan to tear down the present hotel
and rebuild on the same site, complet.
ing the larger hotel.
Butte, July 23.-There is a merry
fight on between the people who want
the city council to enact an ordinance
requiring the saloons to close from
II a. m. to six a. M, and the local
saloon keepers. The fight has now
reached the stage where the local Or
ganizatiOn is backed by the Montana
Liquor Dealers association. Repre-
sentatives of what is claimed to be
80 per cen of the saloon men. brew
ers, wholesalers and retailers of the
state last night decided to give undi-
vided and unqualified support to the
local opponents of the early closing
movement and to stand with them in
the fight till the last was
tried to prevent the early closing or
dinance now in the hands of the coun-
Gil judiciary committee from becOm-
ing a law.
Livingston. July 24.-Word reached
Livingston today that no funds are
available for the survey of lands in
Montana. and as a result all field par
ties have been withdrawn by the sur
veyor general. All funds under ap-
preparation for the fiscal year just
closed have been withdrawn from the
state. Congress in an appropriation
June 30 provided money sufficient for
the work in the field to July Is. All
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