The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-29
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, April 21.-Secretary of
State A. NJ. Anderson Yesterday mott
fled Governor Stewart that the re-
CURED number of signatures to refer
the Liley boxing bill to the vote Of
the people this fall, had been affixed
to petitions. AS required by the ref
erendum law, the governor, in the
course of a few days, will issue a
proclamation calling attention to the
fact that the legal number of sigma.
lures have been secured.
Miles City, April 21.-Many stock
men, chiefly from eastern Montana, a
score of railroad livestock agents and
the market commission merchants
from the market centers were in at
tendance on the thirteenth annual
meeting of the Montana Stock Grow.
ers' association, called to order by
Colonel Malone in the opera house.
The feature of the morning session
was the report of D. w. Raymond of
Helena, secretary of the association.
Committees were appointed to report
later. ,
Helena, April 21.-S. E. Larabie of
Deer Lodge, one of the best known
bankers in Montana, was found dead
at his desk about noon today. George
A. Ramsey, president of the Banking
| Corporation of Montana, received a
telegram to this effect. Mr.. Larabie
was born at Portville, N. Y, June Is,
1S45. At the age of 10 he came over
land via the North Platte and Bridger
Cutoff, arriving at Virginia City in
July of 1864. He has been a resident
of Montana since then most of the
time at Deer Lodge.
Helena, April 21.-Gallatin, Custer
and Big Horn sent in today to the
secretary of state petitions for the
farm loan and compensation acts. But
three more counties are essential to
file petitions to bring the total to the
necessary IA to insure submission at
the next general election. The secre-
tary of state has also received petit
tions for the submission of the gen.
eral license bill. Fergus county has
| SOuL OuO III COuIdll1lll6 l. lldAlO0S 1000
than half the number required. Gal
latin has sent one in with 1892 names,
more than the required number, and
there is one from Sanders with only a
few signatures.
Great Falls, April 21.-The fourth
annual meeting of the central gr0dp
of the Montana Bankers association
x,;11 In 1,n1A IL th}C n3fvy m ECr{doxy
May 8, this date being selected for the
reason that it is followed by a holi-
day, which will permit the members
to attend and get back to their insti-
tutions with the loss of but one bank
ing day.
), Kalispell. April 21.-Sheriff Ingra.
ham today captured n of the on
victs who escaped from the chain
gang engeged in road work near tie
rurham ranch at Swan Lake, and an
other has been taken at Roman. Three
others still remain at large, II neo
, Swan Lake and two near Echo. A
deputy sheriff is trailing them with
, tioudhounds, and it is believed they
will be taken Don
} Dillon, April 21.-The site chosen
by Messrs. David Hilger and Frank
Hazelbaker at San Diego for a state
building, has been definitely decided
upon, the money for the building hav.
} ing beer appropriated by Senator w.
, A. Clark. Word to that effect was 1e-
} ceived from H. o. Davis, director gen
eral of the San Diego fair. The plans
r are now being drawn for the Montana
: building by the exposition architects
and will be ready for inspection in
, two weeks.
:. Helena, April 22.-The first round
, of the fight between Colonel Thomas
: Cruise and Harry G. Cotter for the
estate Of Mary Margaret Cruise Cot
ter was decided by the supreme court
in favor of Cotter, and the ruling fav.
orably affects all persons in Montana
i, who have been divorced and married
y again within two years. The court
holds section 1857, that prohibits the
marriage within two years of divorc-
!, ed persons, was repealed in 1895.
Butte, April 22.-Battering down
the doors of his home in Centerville
e a Butte suburb, when he could get no
response to his knocks. John Conway,
e a miner employed in the Black Rock
o mine, was met with a volume of
s smoke so dense that he was beaten
h back. When he finally did rush in
to the building at the risk of his life,
n he found his wife and ~5-year-old son
s dead in bed from s~uffocation. with
the flames gradually consuming their