The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-05
CITY N STATE.

Born-On Wednesday. March q
1905, to the wife of j. j. McGraw, c
this city, a daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris returne
this morning from an extended tri
through Mexico and California.
A decree of divorce was issued i,
the district court today in the case O
Leona Mcdonald VS.. Donald Melon
aid. of Cascade county.
Nor1CE.-If you send during thi,
month your watch to Jesse Colon
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean an(
warrant it one year for $1.5O. \
A petition for letters of guardian
ship was filed 10 the district court to-
day by Mamie Potts, Of Havre, fol
her husband. J. j. Potts, who is now
in the insane asylum. The latter was
committed to Warm Springs recently
by the district court of Yellowstone
county.
w. r. Leet returned this morning
from Chinook, where he has been
visiting with hts family the past few
days. Mr.. Leet brings news of a
prairie fire at Yantic a couple of days
ago. caused by sparks from a railway
locomotive, that destroyed consider.
able hay and other property. A. S.
Lehman, it is reported, lost about $50
tons of hay, and some ranch build.
ings: two stacks of hay owned by
George Z. Ross were also burned, and
it IA with difficulty that his house
and other improvements were saved
from the flames.
Great Falls Leader: liz addition
to the many patents received last Fri.
day for distribution at the Great
Falls land Office, the officers today re-
ceived ninety more patents transfer.
ring title from the government to set
tiers OF that many tracts of public
domain. The ninety tracts convey
Is, 133 acres, which added TO that
transferred last week makes a total OF
81. 400 acres, to which settlers in the
district have obtained title within less
than a week. OF this last batch Of
patents all but four were issued TO
hO~mesteaders who had shown resi-.
dence upon the land for the required
period Of five years, the four being
committed homesteads.
From Thursdays Daily.
NoTICE.-If you send during this
month your watch to Jesse COLON,
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean and
warrant it one year for $1.5O.
a marriage license has been issue d
by the clerk OF the district court to
Frank +. Copenhaver, Of Hinsdale,
and Bessie Nj. Martin, of Chinook.
County Assessor Lewis returned to.
day from the Milk river country,
where he interviewed several residents
as to the amount of their taxable pro.
perty for the current year.
John Il. Sheath arrived in the city
today from his ranch on the lower
Missouri for q short visit. Mr..
Sheath intends building a fat boat l6
by 40 feet, which he will load with
supplies for his ranch.
The large ferryboat recently com.
pleted by Richard Towne, of Malta,
left this point today on its journey
down the Missouri river for kismet.
The boat "a loaded with several
thousand pounds Of machinery, lum.
Der and other ranch supplies.
Acle Murray, the 7-year.old son of
Brady Murray, of Highwood, died
at an early hour this morning, after
a short illness. The child was brought
in from Highwood during the night to
receive medical attention, but death
occurred soon after his arrival here.
\ hobo tourist named James tuis-
ley, who says he comes from North
Dakota, is under arrest at Havre on q
charge of attempted arson, it being
alleged that he tried to set fire to a
Great Northern boxcar. He has been
bound over to the district cour by
Justice w. b. Piper.
The first game law license issued ir
this locality wat in favor of County
Attorney Pray, who wished to avoit
any possible trouble with deputy gam.
warden sleuths. MIR. Pray wanted tl
do a little target shooting, ana though
a cotton tail might accidentally ru,
against One of the bullets.
Merritt Flanagan, under sheriff, re
turned today from a trip through tn,
eastern part of the Bear Paw coun,r
where he summoned several jurors 70
the coming term of district court. II
reports that most of the ranchers ar
busy blowing and seeding. and that
heavy rain in that section would b
most welcome.