The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04

MONTANA BRIEFlETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE
What Has Happened in Montana Dur.
ing the Past Few Days
Miles City, Jan. 28.-According to
the Milwaukee special officer here
some genius at Harlowtown discover.
ed the way to reduce the high cost
of living by raiding the cellar of a
dining car that happened to be set
out at that place for about al hour.
That the thief was familiar with his
undertaking was evident by the fact
that he removed lag screws which
fastened the door making it unnec-
essary to have the key to the lock.
Helena, Jan. 2S.-Col. Thomas
Cruise, the millionaire mining man and
banker has made another handsome
gift to the new Catholic cathedral of
Helena in the shape of a large set of
Chimes. These chimes will be equal
to any in the country. Not long ago
Colonel Cruise gave the church a man.
moth pipe organ, and these two gifts
were made in the memory of his
daughter, Mamie (Cruse) Cotter. The
value of his various contributions to
the cathedral will total about $780,
600. The organ and set of chimes
will be installed as soon as they can
be manufactured and shipped in from
the east.
Great Falls. Jan. 29.-Attorneys for
the plaintiffs have filed an action in
the district court against the Great
Falls Power company, claiming $780,
900 as damages for the death of Al
fred ]. Anderson, who was drowned
at the Rainbow falls dam last Novem-
Der. The complaint alleges that the
company did not provide ordinary
safety methods to prevent accidents.
Butte, Jan. 29.-One hundred and
fifty cases of smallpox in Butte have
been reported to the medical authori-
ties, and steps are being taken to Sc
cure the vaccination of all, the state
board of health posting lurid illustra-
lions of the ravages of smallpox on
large placards urging all to be vaccin-
ated without further delay.
Missoula, Jan. 29.-With the finest
mid-winter display of apples eve
made in Montana and a program
which the president characterized as
the best that had ever been arranged,
the Montana Horticultural society is
we'll started with it's seventeenth an
nual session. The opening days at
tendance vas good, the interest was
greater than usual and the
number of new participants was i'm
.pressively large.
Butte, Jan. 29.-Luke Grant, special
agent for the United States commits
sion on industrial relations, arrived
in Butte yesterday and started work
at once on an investigation into the
good relations existing between the
employers and the employees in this
city that have existed for the past 35
years. 1t is the desire of Mr.. Grant
to secure for the commission the rea-
son why such advantageous condi-
tons exist here.
Helena, Jan. 29.-One of the most
extensive shop-lifting operations ever
brought to light in Helena was un-
earthed by Sheriff Rolla Duncan, who.
acting on information given him by
Mrs. NJ. Graham, OF the Warren hotel,
orroctad I'ronpac nNSpifn1 apnH ~
and Liddy Maldriea, aged 80, in their
rooms at the Warren. Both girls lat
err admitted their guilt. The shop
lifting, it is believed, has been going
on for several weeks. for u search OF
the rooms occupied Ivy the gir,s r.
vcaled Il trunk .uil of avlic es from To-
Cal stores.
Helena, Jan. 29.--Susie Snyder of
Chinook tumbled into a judgment OF
81 1000 when she fell into an unguard-
ed excavation in that town n Sep
TENDER night, four years ago. The
supreme court today, in a decision by
Justice Sanner, affirmed the judg-
ment she obtained from the town of
Chinook for injuries received by the
fall. The town urged as reasons for
reversing the Judgment; insufficiency
of the evidence, error in rulings upon
evidence, error in instructions and
misconduct of the jury. The court
couldn't see it that way.
Great Falls, Jan. eff the state
ments made by certain homesteaders
of the Sun river slope are to be re
lied upon there is going to be some
stout resistance registered against the
operation of the recent order cutting
in two the 16O-acre tracts settled up
on by the people of the district men
toned. Now that the shock result
ing from the departments order ha:
worn off to a certain extent, and thu
farmers have settled down sufficient
ly so that they can look the Ordel
squarely in the face and render prac
tical judgment upon it they have un
animously agreed that the govern
ment has done them an irreparabl'
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