The river press., 1914-08-19
MONTANA BRIEFLETS,
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE

ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days
Helena, Aug. 13.-The American
Smelling & Refining company, which
a few days ago put into effect par
tial payment plan to shippers of 25
cents an ounce on silver and rs cents
a pound on copper, will pay 50 cents
an ounce on silver shipped up to Aug
ust II. This So cents is the price the
government is paying for 1,175,OOO
ounces.
Butte, Aug. 13.-Despite the fact
that more than 1000 foreigners in this
city are subject to call to the colors
by reason of being reservists, few
have left Butte for Europe. The Ser
vians for which probably 1,5O0 are re-
servists, have been holding meetings
but thus far have made no concerted
move to send members of the local
colony to their native land. A ma
jority of the local Slavs saw service
in the Balkan wars.
Great Falls, Aug. 13.-R. H. Dudley
who has been engaged in publishing
a newspaper at Geyser for the past
1S months, has been adjudged insane
after an examination in the district
court in this city, and was today re-
moved to the state asylum at Warm
Springs. Mr.. Dudley is 43 years old
and came to Montana from Minnesota.
He has wife and child at Geyser.
Dudley is not violent, but has suffer-
ed complete loss of memory.
Butte, Aug. 13.-Mystery surrounds
the identity of the highwayman who
was shot and killed by Patrolman
morning just as he had held up and
robbed the Copper State saloon, in
South Butte. Hundreds viewed the
body at the morgue today, but none
We're able to shed any light on the
mans identity. The dead bandit ap-
pears to be of foreign extraction, and
is possibly Finn. The bandit had
just looted the till of $25, and was
backing out of the door when the pa
trolman came along. He saw Ingra-
ham and fired once at him, the bull
let grazing the officers arm. Ingra-
ham drew his revolver and shot six
times. the third bullet striking the
bandit in the back of the head.
Helena, Aug. 14.-On Saturday the
state board of examiners will pay off
the bounty claims for November and
December, 1910, aggregating $1,000
and $1,354.23 interest. There will be
left unpaid then under the old law
ruary, 1911, and these will be taken
care of before the end of the year.
Under the present law enacted in 1911
bounty claims are paid from fund
derived from special bounty levy
made on all livestock.
Missoula, Aug. 15.-Mayor Stone of
Poison has been bound over to the
federal court and is held under $3.50
bonds of the alleged selling and Civ
ing whiskey to an Indian woman,
Mrs. Gebeau.
Helena, Aug. 15.-Helena may suf-
fer an ice famine il the weather CO...
tinues excessively hot as the result
of the loss by fire last night OF A.o0o
tons stored in the barns near Union
vile Of the Helena Ice company. TIE
barns were destroyed. The loss is
partly covered by insurance. The
cause of the fire is not known.
Helena, Aug. William S. Thom-
as brought suit in the district court
today against the Chicago & Milwau-
kee to recover damages in the sum
of $4,000. December IA, 1912, the
complainant alleges. Thomas, who
was employed as brakeman. was
struck by a cable OIL the left knee.
and the joint so badly injured it will
never recover.
Butte, Aug. 15.-The forest fires
burning in Montana and along the
borders of Idaho have become very
serious. threatening great destruction
OF timber, and reports of great dam
age done in the forest reserves are
reaching Butte from many sources.
There are more than l 500 men EN-
ployed by the government fighting
fires in the MissOula district and the
reserve in Idaho, reached
from Missoula. More fire fighters
were sent out from MissOula yester-
day on every train to fight fires in
this region.
Billings. Aug. 15.-Because of dis
turbed conditions resulting from the
European war, the $45O.OO0 bond is
sue, which the city of Billings was
to offer at auction today was with
drawn. This will delay acquisition of
a municipal water plant, but does not
void the contract with the Montana
Water company, from which it was
purchased. Another result of the
wars effect upon financial conditions
is the stoppage of work on the larg-
est paving contract which was ever
let by the city.