The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20

! on the roads leading from Kalispell
on Good Roads day. May 20. Eight
! hundred will work with shovels and
' other instruments of torture to the
uncultured hand, and two hundred and
fifty will hold the ribbons on their
teams between the various gravel pits
and the working gangs. Several of
the stores of the city have already
, decorated their windows with an ar.
ray of shovels, picks, hoes and even
a pillow occupies a corner one. There
will not be a place of business open
except restaurants, garages and news.
papers on Wednesday-all will be at
work in an honest effort to secure
better roads.
Butte, May 16.-Because Edward
Miller had followed him around "pes-
tering" him to return a razor and a
shaving mug, held as security for
$3.50, Dave Stewart tonight shot and
killed him. Both are colored. The
! shooting occurred at Park and Wyom-
ing streets and was witnessed by hun.
dreds of persons, who stood aghast
when Steward, after shooting Miller
in his tracks by a bullet in his back,
deliberately walked up to the pros
trate form and fired three more bull
lets at close range. two of the shots
entering Miller's chest.
Helena, May 16.-Upon the grounds
that 1t was "for the larger Interest of
the kingdom of God and the prosper.
ity Of the church of Havre," the Mon
tana synod Of the Presbyterian church
approved of the action of the Great
Falls presbytery in dissolving the pas
toral relations between the Rev. F..
w. Pool and the Havre church, which
lie served for IA years. Because of
tie rumors afloat, DR.. w. N. Sloan,
mediator Of the synod, made public
the findings, and stated that the con.
duct and character of Mr.. Pool are
above %reproach, and that no charges
of any kind were brought against
him.
Lewistown, May 1S.-The local
land office is again thronged today
with homeseekers although the crowd
is growing smaller than at the begin
ming of the rush. The record for the
opening day is 800 filings, a record for
this Office and probably for all the Of
fees of the state.
Miles City May 1s.-The trials of
John H. Burgess and his wife, Martha
E. Burgess, on the Charge Of murder
ing Sheriff Moses of Rosebud county,
which opened ir this city before Judge
Hurley today, is the occasion for the
assembling of the greatest number of
witnesses that has probably ever been
called on any one case in Custer coun-
ty. The number s%ubpoened to ap'
pear approximate 100.
Billings, May 18.-An immense
with gang pdows has been sold
by a Billings dealer to Van CIeve &
Sayre, owners of a 1000 acre ranch
law Of President Wilson, and 1t is an
nounced that it is or his orders that
practically the entire ranch Is to- be
planted this year to wheat. Willie Mr..
Sayre maintains his residence in the
east he keeps in close touch with his
Montana holdings.
Helena, May 1S.-Wfiether the prfs-
road camp which was established
tile first of last month by order" Of the
county commissioners is to be contin-
ued or not, is a matter OF considerable
Since the camp was es-
tablished several prisoners have es-
capped and have not since been cap
tured. There is only n guard at the
camp and if it becomes necessary to
put on additional guards, building
roads with prisoners will entail so
great an expense as to make 1t unprUf-
table. It is estimated that the work
can be done cheaper by hiring men.
Great Falls. May 1S.-The enter
tainment committee of the Montana
Golden Jubilee association announced
today that arrangements had been
completed for a Montana historical
pageant during the week Of August
lots, which will eclipse anything of
the sort ever before undertaken in
the Treasure state. Beginning before
the white man arrived west Of the
Mississippi and proceeding through
the generations to the present moment
history viii be delineated' in this pa
rade in it's every feature:
Missoufa, May 1S.-The replanting
of the large burned area in the Mis-
soula forest reserve, which was swept
by forest fires in 1910, has been be-
gun, and the largest single unit ever
~reforested, containing 5000 acres OF
land. which will be planted with g.
100 900 little trees, TOO to the acre, is
the subject of the work. The land is
on the little North Fork of the st.
Joe river and 1872 planters will set
100, 900 trees a day or f43 r White
and yellow pine seedlings mostly white
will be planted eight feet apart, with
a new style mattock that allows each
MON 70 handle + t00 trees daily The