The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-09-14
"Wednesday, Aug ust 81, 1881.
I'M TOWN N OUT.

Work on the new hotel drags on account
- me lack Of needed lumber.
Rrick laying is in progress on the David
nm g Motif t building On upper Front street
4 G. Roosevelt Il Co. have moved thei,
;.'n warehouse TO the re II Of their new QUAR-.
lels.
Van Hale AM Dave Wareham will test
.ho eneed Of their Flyers on the flats this after.
loon.
The most complete line of Blank Books
and Stationary ever In Benton can be found
81 Crane & Green's. ".-~= W.
Several foreclosure suits on mining prop
orty in The B~sker District have been
JncketcA In Mcagler county.
After pleasant %s'jouIn OF several days at
the river metropolis Maj>r Maginnis left Tor
Helena Oh Monday mornings coach.
Mr. Morris Gray, who has been confined
IN his bed for the past few days is up again
and attending to biz. We missed Morris.
School commenced last Monday with an
attendance of seventy pupils. The total en-
r0lIment last term WIS about one hundred.
Mr.. &. s. Price is packing up preparatory
for bis removal to White Sulphur Springs.
and will leave for that point in a few days.
Remember that the Building Association
meets at the County Clerks office this even
iny at s Oc ok. Ii is DESTROYS that every
st0CkhoIder be present.
The Building Association meets at the Of
flee of Judge Tat,an this evening. A mem
brs should be il attendance as important
business will be transacted.
Last Sunday was one Of the pleasantest
DAYS of the year and quite a number of our
ciGzens were out driving, enjoying The pure
Dir of the adjacent country.
jeff Talbert and Ike Clark, of the posse
sent in pursuit of the horse thieves, returned
to Benton last week with some stolen horses
which they had recovered, seven in all.
It's worth any ones while to take a look
through F.. g.. Roosevelt s. Co. = new quar-
tiers. A finer display Of furniture can not be
found outside OF the large cities of the east.
skinny" gave himself away by breaking
mil. If he had not committed this uffense
he would, like Starr, have gone forth q free
man, as there were no witnesses to prove the
charge of robbery. &."
The last heard of the $4C0 surveyor he
was seeking greeGer fields and pasture new,
where the people are a little more gullible
than those of Benton. He didn't subscribe
for the RIVER PRESS. a@. " """@
Murphy, Neel s. Go. have mo yed their tin
shop from the basement of the store to the
room adj lining J chm Guthrie's bakery, where
the jolly fat nan in charge of that depart
ment can be found at all times.
The Benton band had their call practice
meeting lat night under the tuteIage OF
Prof. Walker, and the melodious strains
that fl '1ted through this burg were a eau
ton to the-the-well they were good.
Has the proposed townof Benton been sur
veyed and plated as the Incorporation act
requires? If not. why not? We are sur
prlsed that the Record did not get their $500
surveyor to do the work.
Col, Clendenin returned yesterday from a
t ip to the B .rker District. He reports every.
thing lively at the camp and thinks that by
the middle of next month the smelter will be
in full blast. He is pleased with the out
look ." ..""
We acknowledge the receipt Of a comp.
from G. q. Reynolds, Secretary of the Ter
litorial Fair, which gives US the freedom OF
the grounds for the whole week. If the walk
ing is good you can book US for attendance,
Bother Reynolds. ."' @-=.
Some "loonty'' from Sun River sends us
a lot of rules and regulations of q Sunday
School he has orgauiz4d on rather peculiar
principles and waits them printed in the
RIVER PRESS, and we hove duly consigned |
the same to the waste basket.
AL. Olden's stage line to the Barker Dis
trict will hel eater make three trips q week
to the camp instead of two. The route to
MArtinsdaie will be changed via Mann's ranch
from which point the stage will run to The
camp three times a week, connecting with
the Wirtinsdale stage. This Is d good ar
rangement for the Barkerites.
Those who desire to subscribe tor stock
in the Benton Building Association can do
SO by calling at the First National Bank this
evening IS after that time the books will be
closed. One hundred and fifty shares have
already been taken and tonight the Assocla-
ton will form perm lnent organization ana. |
proceed at once with the work before 1t
The p!asterers have commenced work on
the new store room OF T.. q, Power y Bro
nd within d mouth the building will be coni.
pleted. The new addition will be connected
with the present store by a wide arch which
will give the entire building a very handsome
appearance within 1t will be one OF the
largest store rooms in the Territory and when
arr !nged IN departments as contemplated VIII
G Is attractive as can De.
A letter came to the Benton postof1ce the
other day addressed to ST. G. Power sim
ply-without town, county or Territory lndi
caied. We didn't learn where it was mailed
but it ca ne through to MIR. Power. who IS so
well known all over the West, Just the same
rs it Benton, Choteau county, Montana
had been r iced upon the enveIop in q bold,
bad fist. 1t isn't, however, a good practice
to address letters In this careless way.
Mr.. Rec informs Us that Murphy, Neel %
70. will soon begin the erection OF a large
ware room, directly south Of their store on
the vacant ground between the same and the
bakery. IL viii probably be extended pack
t. Main street. The front will be OF brick
while a goodly portion of the rear Will De
constructed of sheet iron with no view to
permancy. The necessity for such 8 com
Modious building grows out OF the fact that
their ware rooms on tbs ground sold to
hessrs. Davidson & NJ, fit must soon be re
moved.
Col. Clendennin received a letter from
Wilson, the maj aver Of the of the Arlington
mlnstrels, yesterday, who is anxious to kno"
# any clue to the robbery at the Choteau
House has been obtained. He reafirms bis
innocence of any wrong in the premises ex
ccpt carelessness, and seems DESTROYS Of hay
ing the mystery solved. Col. Clenden'n
thsnks the public was too quick to condemn
Wilson and gives full credence to bis lWll-
sons statement Of the case.
Charl' q Young ia in from the Judith and
ne reports some rich discoveries 10 the Warm
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