The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-07
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFlETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Ct the State.

A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
Helena, Dec. co.-So fer as the state
game warden's department is concern
ed, no effort will be made to enforce
the federal migratory bird law, is the
statement of Game Warden J.. L. De
Hart. So far as the state is
ed, duck hunters can blaze away day
and night during the open season as
fixed by the Montana law.
Butte, Dec. 30.-Martin Velteson,
United States commissioner at Three
Forks, was removed from office by
Federal Judge George NJ. Bourquin.
who decided that the charges made
against Velteson were true and could
not be condoned. Velteson is alleged
to have made final land proofs and
sworn to them without being present
when the hearing was held.
Helena, Dec. 30.-Montana will re.
linquish 1890 acres Of school land
lying within the boundaries of nation.
al forests that is not valuable for tim
Der. and accept in lieu thereof agricul-
tural lands, according to State Land
Agent G. A. Whipple, who bases the
statement on a report of the field work
done this year.
Butte, Dec. 30.-Despondent owing
to i'll health, George Ferguson commit
ted suicide this afternoon in his room
at 343 East Park street, slashing his
neck and severing the arteries in both
wrists with a pocket knife. Just be-
fore Christmas Ferguson had a tooth
pulled and caught cold in his jaw,
erysipelas setting in, and as he be-
came worse and his sufferings increas-
ed he decided to end his life.
Billings, Dec. 30.-A canning fac
tory, which has been one Of the things
for which Billings has been striving
for several years, is now assured.
The Western Bond & Mortgage COM
pany. owners of a large orchard tract
west of the city, has announced it's
intention of putting up a canning fac.
tory in its orchard. The factory will
cost about 100000 and be capable of
canning the products from it's 5000
acre orchard.
Butte, Dec. 30.-"Rustling' cards
issued by the miners union to the
number of 1000 indicate that numbers
of men r seeking employment in
the Butte mines and are unemployed
in the city. All the mines Of the Ana.
conda and Independent companies are
operating at full capacity, employing
more men than ever before; but there
has been such an influx of miners
from the Calumet country as a result
OF the strike there, that there are
thousands more men here now than
can be found work for. The city jail
every night is open to afford sleeping
quarters to the unemployed.
Billings, Dec. 31.-The constitution
atty of ordinances in other Montana
cities giving city councils the right
to revoke saloon licenses was called
into question by a decision by Judge
A. P. Strak of Livingston in the dist
riot court at Bozeman yesterday, when
he granted an injunction asked by the
proprietors of a saloon against a re-
vocation of their license by the coun-
Gil.
Anaconda, Dec. 31.-A warrant was
today sworn out here for a prominent
citizen of Georgetown, charging him
with attempted arson. Clay Gibson,
a we'll known merchant of Georgetown
swore the complaint. 1t grows out of
an attempt to fire his place of bust
ness. Sensational developments are
expected. The name of the accused
man is being withheld by the author
tiles until the warrant can be served.
Billings, Dec. 31.-Damages to the
amount of $5,110 are asked by John
Bechtel of Ballantine in a suit filed
in district court against Clark Bright,
a neighbor. Betchel alleges that
Clark Bright Intentionally and ma
lfciously fired in his direction" with
the result that his body still harbors
sixteen No. s shot to emove which an
operation may be necessary. The
shooting occurred last August but no
details of the affair are given in the
complaint.
0~ssOe V~AAs A4OuS OuC Will q
h~igh-power Savage rife, and the 9th.
er with a six-shooter, John Liebe and
Carl Marquardt, for years fast friends
fought a duel in their rooms today
after quarreling because Marquardt
had ridden home from a New Years
celebration in a taxicab with Mrs.
Wilma Lehn, their landlady, and had
left Liebe behind. The men exchang-
ed seven shots and Liebe is in the
hospital with a shattered arm which
may have to be amputated.
Helena, Dec. 31.-The city attorney
OF Los Angeles wants to get into COM
munication with Preston Redmond.
who is an heir of a man named DR.,
John S. Griffin, who died a few years
ago. A letter addressed Mr.. Preston
Redmond, cattle rancher in the state
of Montana" found it's way into the
Office of D. w. Raymond. secretary of