The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLEIS'
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, June 3O.-Secretary of
State A. NJ. Anderson announced late
this afternoon that enough signatures
had been submitted tt the petitions
asking for the consolidation of state
educational institutions to bring the
question to a vote next fall. Five per
i ' cent of the voters of two-Rfths of the
counties of the state have signed the
petitions.
Helena. June 3O.-Having entered a
plea of embezzlement, Nick Bruelli,
formerly employed as a clerk in the
Meaderville p%ostofice, was today sen.
fenced by Federal Judge Geo. M.
B%ourquin to six months in the federal
p~enitentiary and to pay a fine of 800.
1t was during his term of service as
a postal clerk that Bruelli committed
the offense. 4
Great Falls. June 30.-lt has been
announced by Mayor N. T. Lease that
he will make an effort to close the
saloons and cigar stores at midnight.
! He has not outlined the method that
he will follow yet. The proprietors
of saloons and cigar stores declare
they will fight on the issue. Mayor
Lease recently published an anony-
nous letter that gave the names of
places where gambling was said to
be carried on and expresses the be-
lief that the gambling law is broken
at the cigar stores and other places.
A good many citizens back the mayor
in the stand he has taken.
Helena, June 30.-Damage for the
death of his wife, due, he alleges, to
the negligence of the Great Northern
Railway company, is sought by H. l..
| Ennis, the second trial of whose case
started today in the federal court be-
fore United States Judge George M.
Bourquin. In the first trial the jury
disagreed. In his complaint Ennis al
leges that on April IS, 1909, he, ac-
companied by his wife, attempted to
drive across the Great Northern tracks
near Culbertson. The horse which he
was driving, he alleges, became
frightened at a carcass lying on the
tack and ran away. He charges that
his wife was thrown from the buggy
and killed.
Helena, June 3O.-The last week in
June was the wettest of the month
for the state as a whole. Rains
amounting to over an inch fell wei
practically the entire state, and in
some localities the total for the week
was from two to three inches, says
the weekly crop report. In most
places the showers continued for suf-
fcient time to saturate the soil to
considerable depth. The temperature
was somwhat below the seasonal av-
erage, but there was some warm sun
ny days and grain made fairly good
growth. Gardens were retarded by
the cool weather, but nc damage by
frost was reported. Winter wheat
and barley are heading and there is
now almost enough moisture in the
soil to mature these crops in MANY
sections. !
! Deer Lodge, July 1.-Poll tax sta
tutes of Montana were held invalid
by Judge H. G.. Walton yesterday in
the case of E. c. Pohl, who sued to
ecover $9O.35 from the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway company,
poll tax collections from employees.
The action was a test case and is be-
ing financed by the different unions
of the state.
Deer Lodge, July 1.-The dismissal
OF a sub-foreman by a Milwaukee rail-
o a superintendent yesterday caused
h strike of so men engaged in set
ting poles east of Deer Lodge for the
identification of the road. The SUBJ
foreman had been notified that he was
not getting sufficient work out of his
crew, and when he finally was dis
charged the men refused longer to
work until he had been r~e-employed.
Helena, July 1.-Nearly 5000 miles
of new toll lines have been construct
ed in Montana this year at a cost
of 1906. 900, according to r. F. Morris,
division manager of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph com. +.
pany. The circuits are all of COD
per wire and every four miles have
been loaded with coils, little devices
that intensity the sound waves over
almost indefinite distance. Twenty.
seven new toll circuits have been
constructed in Montana since the first
of the ear The total mileage Gov.
cred by them is 1881.
Butte, July 1.-The county commits
sioners have offered rewards totalling
$4,000 for the arrest and conviction
of those responsible for crimes COM
mitted in connection with the miners
riots of the last two weeks. A re-
ward of $1,000 was offered for the
slayer of Ernest ]. Noy, who was kill
ed in the street in front of the Min
ers' union hall a week ago. A reward
of the same amount was posted for
the conviction of the man who push
ed Alderman Frank Curran from the
window of the Miners building on the