The river press., 1914-10-28
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

NUN IAUH 0nj6CIcI1.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days
Butte, Oct. 22.-Thirty Industrial
Workers of the World were driven ont
Of the city and suburbs at an early
hour yesterday morning by Sheriff
Berkin and force of deputies. The
sheriff and his deputies were all arm.
ed with repeating rifles. The l. w. W.
gang was followed as far as Silver
Bow, seven miles distant to see that
they kept going.
Chinook, Oct. 22.-On Sunday, two
Indians named AL Thinker and Jerome
Gamble, who had been drinking heav.
lily, got into a quarrel on the Ft. Bel.
knap reservation, south of Harlem,
and the trouble ended by Thinker
shooting Gamble. Gamble, It seems,
was very quarrelsome. Thinker claims
the shooting was only an accident and
resulted from scufiling for possession
of the gun. The wounded man was
taken to the hospital at Havre, Sun.
day evening and upon examination it
was found that he had been shot
through the abdomen and also through
the jaw. He died in the hospital on
Tuesday.
Glasgow, Oct. 22.-Reports compiled
by the Glasgow Commercial club show
that filings of homesteaders on gov
ernment land have been made In the
Glasgow land office district, between
Jan. 1st and Oct. 1st, 1914, to the num-
ber of 1854. Two-thirds of these fiI-
ings are estimated to have been upon
tracts of 160 acres each. About $50
were upon lands within the Fort Peck
Indian reservation areas thrown open
to settlement in September, 1913. 1t
is estimated that the total acres pre-
empted by settlers in that part of
northeastern Montana served by the
land Office named, under these filings,
embraces 2.945,4S0 acres.
Livingston, Oct. 23.-Believing that
the cracking of whip in front Of her
home in Gardiner was a revolver shot,
Mrs. Clarence Ryerson stepped back
from the window and fell dead within
sight of two women neighbors last
night. Her youngest child was in her
arms. She resided near the former
restricted district, anu evidently
thought trouble had occurred there.
Kalispell, Oct. 23.-1nformation was
today filed against J. E.. Lewis and c.
o. Miller, charging them with suhor-
nation of perjury, it being alleged that
they induced John Smith and L. Fier-
stein to make false affidavits in order
new angle to the bounty fraud case,
which attracted considerable attention
over the state six months ago, when
Lewis, Miller, Smith, Fierstein, S. D.
Fales, A. D. Jack and l.. Gfooms we're
arrested.
| Plentywood, Oct. 23.-The substan-
tial increase that Sheridan county has
made in registered voters since the
primary election held August 25, gives
some idea how fast the county is
growing in population. For the prima-
ry election in August there were but
1926 voters while for the registra-
tion which closed October 3, 1914, the
records of the county clerks Office,
which have just been completed show
that there now are 4,771 qualified vot.
ers in Sheridan county, gain OF 1.O45
votes in less than three months time
| kalispell, Oct. 23.-Word has just
reached this city of the drowning on
Saturday last of Lewis Tiff, con.
tractor on the reclamation project, 40
miles north of Browning. Tiff and two
other men attempted to cross slough
when the team they were driving got
off the road and into deep water. A
pair of horses tied behind broke loose
and the two men with the official got
hold of the halters and were dragged
out. Tiff staid with the team he was
driving and was drowned in 40 feet OF
water. When help arrived the wagon
was pulled out and Tiff was found
sitting upright on the seat.
| Helena, Oct. 23.-The internal reve-
nue. tax on fermented liquors was in.
creased 80 cents barrel today accord
ing to a message received by Collector
w. G.. Whaley from Washington. He
has notified stamp deputies through
out the district OF the increase. The
message from Washington stated: "On
and after October % collect $3.50 a
barrel on fermented liquor withdrawn
Tax paid, therefore over printed
stamps. On such liquors stored in
warehouses have inventories taken
Collect 50 cents per barrel additional
and report same on your next regular
assessment list
Butte, Oct. 23.-The coming elec
tiOn has n,ado a lOt Of oytro uOrE for