The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-29
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

ANA 0nIcflcIS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened In Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Lewistown, April 23.-The body of
James Carlson, a young homesteader
near Winifred, was brought in today
and will be shipped tomorrow to the
old home o. the deceased at Lansing.
la. Carlson had gone to a coal be6
near Winitred to dig fuel and while
in a cut the roof caved in crushing
Carlson to death. He was unmarried.
Havre, April 23.-The Havre police
raided All opium joint on West First
treet at 10 o'clock this morning and
captured five Chinks, several of whom
we're indulC;ng in the smoking habit.
The Cinnamon will be given a prelim-
mary hearing before Judge w. B.
Piper tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
Billings, April Reconstruction of
a mile race track and a grandstand
with a seating capacity of 10000 is
the purpose of prominent business
men who have put in circulation Pc
titions asking the board of county
commissioners to levy a one mill tax
for the building of fair grounds. More
than 300 signatures have been Sc
cured in Billings and it is expected
that at least 1000 names of property
owners will have been obtained be-
fore the request is presented to the
board.
Butte, April 22.-Socialist Police
Judge Booher today, ignoring a ruling
of the supreme court that a license
of 500 was not collectable from a
moving picture house, declared that
''he had looked up the meaning of
the word theater in a dictionary" and
he fined William Cults, a prominent
moving picture magnate, $50 for not
paying the license. Booher refused
to accept a property bond for Curtis,
and the latter was compelled to spend
a portion of the afternoon in jail un-
til the district court granted a writ
of hebeas corpus.
Helena, April 24.-Gov. Hauser re-
ceived a telegram today announcing
the death last night, in South Caro-
lima, of his brother-in-law. E. w.
knight, at the age of Is. MI. Knight
was twice mayor of Helena and was
for years the cashier of the Old First
National bank of this city.
Butte. April 24.-Twenty.ive car
loads Of cattle were shipped yester.
day from the Mill creek spur to Seat
tie, consigned to Frye & Co. liver
Williams, representing the packing
house, shipped the cattle, which were
purchased from William Montgom-
cry of Wisdom. A check for approx
imately $4,000 was given in pay
ment for the stock, making this one
Of the biggest cattle deals here for
some time.
Helena, April 23.-The request of
the Northern Pacific to discontinue
local passenger trains 3O5 and 3O6,
running between Paradise and the Ida
hO-MOntana line, was today denied by
the state railroad committee. The
commission says to discontinue the
trains, which ii done would require
more than one day making a trip
not exceeding 70 miles in either d.
rection, would result in not giving
reasonable service"
Great Falls, April 23.-According to
figures given out by Postmaster E. H.
Cooney, the parcel post business in
the Great Falls ~postofice has shown
an increase of so per cent within a
period of six months. The figures
were taken for the first Is days of
the present month, during which time
S,497 packages were handled through
we're received for delivery in the city
and 3,443 were received for delivery
at outside Offices.
Butte, April 24.-Henry H. Sapp.
ington of the state board of stock
commissioners, who drove the first
herd of cattle into Montana from the
west for grazing purposes and who
shipped the first stock from the state
to the eastern market, died last night
at st. James hospital after a three
weeks illness of liver trouble. Mr..
Sappington had enjoyed comparative.
ly good health until recently. He
was one of the prominent democrats
Of Montana and vas a familiar figure
at conventions.
Great Falls, April 23.-With the
view to preventing a recurrence OF
typhoid fever, contagious among the
railroad construction camps of the
county, such as existed during past
seasons, the state board of health
has just created the Office of inspector
of construction camps in Cascade
county and has appointed H. o. Cow.
les to that position. Mr.. Cowles has
been brought to the city by DR.. w. F.
Coggswell, secretary OF the board,
and has established his headquarters
in this city. The inspector is given
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