The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-28

Helena-Nelson stage Tuesday even.
ing. died early yesterday morning. fol.
lowing blood poison in the right leg
when was badly fractured in the &C.
cldent. n deceased was So yeas old
and had lived in Helena for over 26
years, during which time he had fol.
lowed his trade.
MISSOURI, Jan. 24.-Sam Barnes was
lound lying in the snow, stark naked.
on tie nat near the university at the
mouth OF Hell Gate canyon this even
ing with his throat slashed from ear
to ear. He was hurried to a hospital
and 1t is believed that his wound will
prove 1atal. The unfortunate walked
some distance out Of the residence
portion OF the city and took off his
clothes. Then he slashed his throat
and ran to the nearest house and
knocked on the door. AS his sum-
mons were answered the mar a
back into the night. He was track.
ed in the snow and found nearly dead
and unable to speak or make himself
understood.
Dillon, Jan 24.-More cattle were
shipped from Dillon during the year
1913 than from any other place in the
state. In the past twelve months H.
243 head of cattle were inspected at
Dillon for shipment out of the state,
Besides this number 1873 head of cat
tie were driven from the Big Hole
basin in this county to Anaconda,
where they were loaded for shipment.
The greater part of these cattle were
beef stuff fed during the winter
months on Beaverhead hay for the
spring market and the largest per-
centage were fattened In the Big
Hole basin on wild hay.
Billings, Jan. 24.-An appeal against
the use of liquor is being made by
the church people of Billings through
the posting of large cards ON which
is printed, "Who is the first man to be
laid off and the last man to be taken |
on? The man who drinks" It is ex-
planned that there is no intention of
beginning a crusade against the sa-
looms but the effort will be confined
to appealing to the business instincts
of the drinker. The cards are post |
ed in practically every available place
in the city and nave caused much
comment.
Bozenan, Jan. 26.-Montana pota.
toes on the White house table are a
result of a shipment of fine spuds to
President Woodrow Wilson by the
secretary of the Bozeman chamber of
commerce. Watson Boyle, the secre-
tary, selected nine potatoes weighing
20 pounds, the parcel post maximum,
perfect in quality, size and color, and
sent them to the president by parcel
post. The potatoes were raised byk
Frank Hoell, a rancher living four
miles east of Bozeman, who sold his
crop to the dining car department of
the Northern Pacific this year.
Kalispell, Jan. 2~6.-Scarcely able to
walk from the burns which he receiv-
ed on New Years Eve, John Lund,
a swamper in Whitefish saloons, came
to this city and swore out a warrant
for the arrest of Archie Coins and
Carl Dart, charging them with as
sault in the second degree for having
Idlucu IIluI Will d not poker. Luna
has been in the hospital ever since,
and the physician says that it is re.
markable that he ever recovered. 1t
is said that the branding was con-
ceived as a practical Joke, resulting
from a New Years Eve spree, and
that those participating went further
they had intended.
Billings, Ian. 26.-At a conference
today officials of the Billings Sugar
factory, owned by the Great Western
Sugar company, and the executive
committee Of the Farmers & Beet
Growers association failed to agree
on a scale of prices for this season
and a request was sent to the 6OOl
members of the association comprising
practically all the growers of this re-
gion, that they sign no contracts un-
til further notified. The company
two weeks 6 announced a new scale
of prices amounting to rs cents re-
duction On the minimum, and ranging
up to so cents. The growers demand
last years scale, claiming that they
cannot raise beets at a profit for any
less, and declare that unless their de-
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