The river press., 1903-11-11
under arrest and will be held to await
the result of his victims injuries.

Warren F. Barr, who departed Sat-
urday for his ranch about eighty
miles down the Missouri river, met
with an accident at Swift Current, Is
miles from here, in which his scow
was wrecked and about SlOO worth OF
provisions and tools were lost. The
boat became unmanageable on account
of the heavy wind that prevailed yes
terday and finally drifted into the
main current of the river and in
tree and filed with water. The oc
cupants narrowly escaped being
drowned, and were only rescued by
crawling ashore on a tree which hung
I'd this morning for another outfit of
supplies and will make a second at
t'.lupt with the aid of sk,tf.
,om Tuesdays Laly.
Under Sheriff Pepin departed this
II! 'rniny with subppnas for trial
jurors who will serve at the December
!. ,'ir of court.
L your stomach is weak it should
save help. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives
,"vn@1h to the stomach and cures dys-
;:v;,a and indigestion.
IL is reported from Browning that
Major Monteath is seizing large
iA;,'u Der Of cattle that have been sold
vi bout permission by the Indians.
Auvices from the Yellowstone coun-
Try report a sno~ta. q: six to eight
inches in that part of Montana. The
storm also reached Helena aud other
points west.
A dispatch from Dillon states that
Pacific coast beef buyers are operat
ing in Beaverhead county, and have
made number of purchases. Three
year old steers are bringing S35 per
bead, delivered at Red Rock.
The Lewistown Argus reports tn at
the Mcdonald Creek Sheep company,
q one of the largest outfits in Fergus
county, is preparing to quit the busi-
2 ness. Lack of range is given as the
cause of its decision to that effect.
Reports from the Chicago market
! state that beef prices last week were
. the lowest of the season. Receipts OF
. range cattle since the season opened
= have been about l79,5O0 head, com.
8 pared with 2S5, 500 last year and l43,
!, 300 two years ago.
5 The two masked men who recently
e held up a saloon at Alder Gulch, near
Landusky, are said to have secured
piunder to the amount OF $3.50. Suspl.
+. c!or rests on two men who had beer
cutting wood ia that section, and who
disappeared about the time the rob.
n berry occurred.
According to information from the
q state auditors, Office, unpaid vol
a bounty claims to the amount of about
! Slo3, 900 are now on file. The bounty
fund will receive a large revenue
from taxes next month, which will be
applied to the paymeet of a large pro
portion of these claims.
+ The executive committee in charge
Of arrangements for the annual meet
ing Of the National Livestock associa
= tion at Portland in January next, has
appointed several local stockmen tC
:, represent Montana in that connection
:. The appointees are G. w. Price, Hen
ry Sieben, Robert Coburn David G
Browne, n. J. Davidson, Major Il. A
Cummings and John Harris.
A suit has been commenced in tAs
:, district court by James r. McCo.
against Alexander L. Pritch ard to re
:. gain possession of desert claim or
: the north fork of Milk river, abou
- thirty miles north of Chinook Tht
;, complaint alleges that the defendan
- took possession of the land last Ma,
and refuses to vacate. The plaintiff
asks that the land be restored to hig
possession, and demands $lOO as dam
ages, also $lOO for rents, and costs 0
suit.
A very coarse piece of forgery wa;
- - worked in this city Sunday night by ;
. man who signed his name as Franz
:. Warren, and represented himself as ;
= sheepherder in the employ of JOSEPH
:, Hirshberg. He secured two blanl
. checks at the Choteau house and afte
making one out for $1,000 pay able tt
y himself and signing it "Joseph Hers
berg" presented the paper at severa
:, business places to be cashed, bu
owing to the amount was unable fo]
> some time to secure its payment. II,
finally entered the saloon of McGrav
d & Smith and presented the check il
If payment for drinks, and with the ai(
y Of long story, in which he said h,
u had been in the employ of JOSEPH
q Hirshberg during the past summer a