The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-18
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
Helena, Feb. 1O.-That Montana
merchants and dealers are honest is
indicated by the annual report to Sec
rotary of State Anderson of ], P. Rid
dell, deputy state sealer of weights
and measures. Last year the depart
ment made 1895 inspections and
found only 433 devices that had to be
condemned.
Anaconda, Feb. 100. H. Taylor
was fatally injured this morning by
the passenger train in the Butte, Ana
conda & Pacific railway. He died a
few hours later without regaining con.
seriousness. Taylor was employed at
the smelter and vas walking down the
track on his way home and apparently
did not hear the whistle of the ap-
preaching train.
Miles City, Feb. 10.-Attorney J..
O. Mario, who was here from New
Castle, Wyo, to investigate a recent
land selling scheme promoted by J..
w. Patt. in behalf of clients in the vi
cinity of New Castle and Cambria,
Wyo., after looking over the project,
which is known as North Miles City
townsite, wired to Newcastle to ar.
rest the parties who are selling the
land, as it was a fake-"all canyons
and coulees."
Helena, Feb. 10.-"Billy" Strawn,
the veteran Helena cabowner, died
last night from burns he received
yesterday at noon, while lighting a
fire in the kitchen stove at his home.
Mr.. Strawn, it is believed, mistook a
can of gasoline for a a of kerosene
and poured part of the contents into
the kitchen stove. An explosion en-.
sued and Strawn was burned about
the face and his clothing canght fire.
He rushed into his bedroom and wrap
ped himself in blankets with a view
to extinguishing the flames, and he
was in this position when found by
neighbors who had fastened to his
house.
Billings, Feb. 10.-A dam for the
impounding of water in Pike creek,
In Eastern Fergus county, has been
raised to a height of 30 feet and will
be made 20 feet higher as soon as the
ground thaws in the spring. Behind
1t will be held 10000 acre feet of wat.
er for %irrigating a Carey land act pro-
ject in the lower valley. Details of
the plan are reported by B. G. Lillis,
engineer, who says the work under
taken nearly two years ago is now to
be completed, capital having been Sc
cured and land rights perfected. The
10000 acre tract is on a projected line
of the Great Northern railway.
Butte, Feb. 11.-John Coterna, &C.
cused of the killing of Severino Cal
vetti and his t~en-year-old son, was
captured in bed last night by detec-
tives, who have been searching for
him since early Sunday morning when
Calvetti and his son were shot down
before a room full of dancers. Coter.
ma and Calvetti had quarreled as to
who was the better dancer, and they
left it to a young married woman,
who decided in favor of Calvetti, then
the shooting began.
Culbertson, Feb. lin the district
court at Plentywood John Bauer ap-
peared before Judge Utter yesterday
and entered a plea of guilty of assault
in the first degree. Sentence was I'M
mediately pronounced combining the
defendant in the %penitentiary at Deer
Lodge for a period of seven and one.
half years. The crime for which Bau-
er was sentenced was committed at
Culbertson on New Years day and
consisted of an attack upon Carl Pet
erson of Poplar, Mont, with a knife.
Peterson vas terribly slashed across
the back and abdomen, but has re-
covered sufficiently to be about again.
Helena, Feb. ia call has been is
sued by Maj. J. E. Edwards, chairman
of the republican state central com.
mittee, for a meeting of the commit.
tee to be held here March IA. In ad-
dition to the members of the commit.
tee, chairmen of county committees
are also asked to attend. In the call
it is stated that the meeting is for
the purpose of transacting such bust
ness as may come before it. Mr.. Ed.
wards said today that the meeting at
this time is necessitated by the fact
that elections in Montana will be un-
der a new system, and the committee
will discuss features of the new law
and endeavor to put into shape for
distribution information which will be
of use to candidates and voters.
Lewistown, Feb. 11.-A local mill.
ing company, cooperating with the
Chamber of Commerce and County
Farmer Carl Peterson in the general
effort to advance the interests of the
farmers, has just shipped in a car
load OF Marquis seed wheat. This is
being supplied to farmers at exact
cost. A greatly increased acreage in
spring wheat is expected here this
season, and as this new variety seems
to possess some points of superiority
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