The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
Budget Of Readable Short items
From Various Parts Of the State.

SAARASSSN Va a. annuity" XCLCl oOA
ranch east of the city, accidentally
shot himself through the left leg this
afternoon while hunting coyotes. He
crawled though the snow for nearly
three miles to the ranch and was
hen brought to a local hospital. He
will probably lose the ankle. (
Helena, Feb. 3.-Governor Stewart
received word from the treasury de-
partment at Washington today, advis-
ing him that MOntana's share of the
net proceeds of sales of public lands
last year amounts to $24.137.55. This
is five percent of the total net pro
ceeds from lands in Montana.
Billings, Feb. 3.-Five thousand
acres Of farm land, twenty-five miles
northeast of Billings, has been secur-
ed for German colonization by the
German Evangelical Synod of North
America, and settlers have already
been obtained for one-f1fth of the
tract, the first of whom have just TAX.
en- possession. Germans from the
middle west are taking the land, but it
is expected there will be some settlers
from Germany.
Bozeman, Feb. 3.-"One-third of
the COWS kept on the farms do not pay
for their keep" said J. E. Dorman Of
the dairy division of the United
States department of agriculture II
the farmers week program. The "
erage o gives $50 pounds of butter
fat a year and a good COW gives 1000
pounds. The difference is worth IN
sidering. Cows are sometimes made
better by the way in which they are
fed and cared for, but the chief Sc
cret for improving a dairy herd is a
good sire.
Great Falls, Feb. 3.-Edward O..
Neill, a railroad contractor at STAN
ford and employed in helping build
the roadbed for the Milwaukee extern
sion, died here today as a result of
injuries sustained Sunday afternoon
in an automobile accident north of
Benchland. The car in which the un-
fortunate man, accompanied by Her.
man Smith and Joseph Stark, rode.
was travelling at a fairly rapid rate of
speed, when they came upon a bridge
which was not completed, and the au-
tomobile jumped Is feet, turning owe
in the meantime. O'Neill was caught
and fatally crushed.
Helena, Feb. 2.-George Johnson, a
ranchman who lives in the Rock
Creek basin country in this county,
was taken i'll while testifying in the
district court this morning. He was
removed to a hospital and died this
afternoon. Johnson was a witness for
the state in the trial of Henry Collins,
charged with horse stealing. Johnson
was the principal witness against Col
Inns, and his testimony was secured
before he was taken ill. Collins was
arrested in Canada after a long chase
by Deputy Sheriff Hay. 1t is said he
has served two terms in the peniten.
tiary on convictions of thefts of live
stock. In the present case his at.
torney wanted him to plead guilty,
but Collins refused and stood trial.
Townsend, Feb. Al. r. Wine, one
of BrOadwater's oldest pioneers and
most respected citizens, died at his
home here today. Mr.. Wine, with the
aid of Mr.. Lyons, was cutting down
trees on an island in the Missouri
river when a tree Unexpectedly broke,
falling upon him and crushing his
skull. He was taken home and lin.
gered several hours, but never re-
| gained consciousness.
Dillon, Feb. At will soon be time
for cattle to move in the Big Hole
basin. So far shipments have consist
ed entirely of a few fat COWS for beef
There are 10000 head of beef steers
being fed in the basin this winter on
native wild hay and Of this number
it is estimated that Is per cent will be
driven to Divide for shipment. New
stock yards were built at Divide last
summer. The cost Of feeding has not
been large this year because of the
mild winter.
Anaconda, Feb. 1.-Two carloads
of wood are being distributed each
Saturday, which has been set aside
as children's day in the free wood
yard at the boundary, and on coca.
sions as many as 500 children have
been there at one time, according to
the monthly report of Superintendent
N. Langstadt. Over 80 carloads were
handled during January, and 40 wag-
on loads were hauled to people who
could not come after it. In many
instances teams for hauling the ma
terial were donated by many firms
and individuals.
Butte, Feb. 4.-Valuing the ten toes
with which he started out in life at
$4,000 each, and blaming the board of
health of Silver Bow county for the
loss of the pedal appendages, through
failure to properly care for him dur.
ing his recent illness with smallpox,
Peter O'Brien has instituted a dam
age suit against members of the coun-
ty health board, in which he seeks to
recover damages in the sum of $685.
900, and asks for additional damages
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