The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-22
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ina the Past Few Days

Hamilton, April 16.-Bert Waugh
was instantly killed yesterday after
DOR at a logging camp in Mccoy
Gulch above Darby, when a falling
tree struck him. The deceased was
90 years of age and leaves a wife and
three children at Darby.
Billings, April 16.-Rog Coguil, the
Cody, Wyo., boxer, whose match Tues.
day night with kid" Fortney of In
dianapolis resulted in the death of the
latter at an early hour this morning,
has been discharged from custody, a
coroner's jury having returned a YER
dict that the state boxing laws re-
quirements had been met, and that
no one could be held liable for the IA
tally. An autopsy was performed.
but it threw no light on the direct
cause of the boxers death, the finding
of the doctors being simply that con.
cussion, shock and hemorrhage were
responsible.
Judith Gap, April &c. B. Riede-
man and Jack E. Soden are on their
way back from st. Paul to Judith Gap
with SO young mich cows. These
COWS will be distributed among the
farmers in this neighborhood to help
support the cheese factory and cream.
cry, Don to be established here. Hugh
Dawes, northwest of town, is now in
Missouri to buy a carload of mich
cows for this section. When these
shipments are in it is estimated that
the total value of dairy stock shipped
into this territory during the past year
will amount to $4,000.
Helena, April 16.-The state of Mon
tana made a profit of $2,S17.44 out of
the states 10 per cent tax on the gross
receipts of all boxing contests held
in Montana in the last liz months.
The receipts from all clubs for this
period were $75,927.SO of which the
state received $7,592.7S with which to
administer the game and leave a sur
plus. 1t cost $5,675 to meet the ex-
penses and salaries of the three COM
missioners during the year, the salary
of the secretary and incidental items.
These figures are shown in the first
annual report submitted to the COM
mission.
Lewistown, April 17.-Coroner Geo.
r. Creel came in from Denton last
evening, bringing the body of Mat
thew Larson, who was fatally crushed
while assisting in moving a house on
the U. P. Reed ranch. Larson had
gone under the structure, which was
being moved on rollers, and was en-
gagged in adjusting a stringer when
it slipped upon him. crushing in his
chest.
Bozeman, April 1.-THE Montana
experiment station has finally received
the decision on the termination test
for the sweepstakes on oats at the
national corn exposition held at Dali
las, Tex, in February. 1914. the de-
cision being in favor of the Canadian
sample, though the difference in the
termination test between Canada's
sample and Montana's sample was
very slight.
Helena, April 17.-According to an
opinion given by Attorney General
Kelly the state is permitted to collect
an inheritance tax on property in an
estate consisting Of mortgages on
property in other states, regardless of
where the heirs reside, so long as the
estate has been probated in Montana.
This ruling dispOses of a much dis
cussed question and will bring thous-
ands of dollars into the state treas
ury.
Butte, April 17.-Former Senator
w. A. CLARK has announced that he
has donated 10000 for the purpose
of providing a Montana building at
the San Diego exposition. This dona-
ton will enable the Montana exposi-
tion's commission to provide a build
ing at the Panama-Pacific exposition
at San Francisco, as there will now be
no call on the commission for funds
to use at San Diego. The legislature
failed to make any appropriation for
exhibits at either Of the two exposi-
tons and funds are being advanced by
banks and individuals.
Livingston, April I'm. McCusker,
secretary-treasurer of the Peoples
Power league, issued a call tonight for
a meeting of the executive committee
of the league at Butte Sunday to con-
slider the advisability of commencing
criminal proceedings against certain
county clerks for reducing the number
of names OF the various petitions on
the workmen's compensation and farm
loan bills. He declares it is apparent
from report of the men filing the Pc
titiOns and the secretary Of states
Office that either substantial fraud or
serious mistakes have been made. If
satisfactory explanations are not made
by Sundays meeting, he contemplates
legal proceedings against the clerks.
Helena, April 1S.-About 1900 head
of horses were sold at the sale at
Miles City this week. the first of the
season. according to Deputy State
Veterinarian E. d. Nash, who has
Just returned from there. Medium