The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-26
CITY N STATE.

w. E. Chase, of St. Paul, arrive
from the east this morning and
looking over the wool and mutto
market in this locality.
NoT1CE.-If you send during thi
month your watch to Jesse COLON
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean an
warrant it M year for @1.5O.
b. a.. Skusa, one of the pionee
business men of Havre, Is said to b.
removing his stock of jewelry, etc.. t
Malta and will open a store in tina
thriving town.
Gust Lukko, an Italian railroad
laborer, was arrested last evening
and placed in the city Jail for being
drunk and disorderly on the streets.
He was ordered to leave town this af.
ternoon.
According to a dispatch from Havre,
the Italian laborer who recently tried
to commit suicide on a Great Northern
train at Cutbapk, is being held by the
authorities as a suspect wanted in San
Francisco on a charge of murder.
A dispatch from Washington an.
nounces that the secretary of the in.
terror has ordered the withdrawal
from entry of about 142, 600 acres OF
land hear Shelby, in connection with
the proposed Marias irrigation pro.
ject.
j. w. Woodcock, secretary of the
Benton Il Highwood Telephone com.
pany, has issued a call for a meeting
of the stockholders of that corpora
ton. to take place at l O'Clock Satur.
afternoon, April Goth, at the Choteau
House.
The marriage Of j. G.. Raids. of
Great Falls, and Miss Grace Noting.
ham, OF Highwood, is reported by the
Great Falls newspapers. Another re.
cen wedding is that of l. T. Sansaver,
of Havre, and Miss Rhoda Parker. Of
Fort Shaw.
f. y. Lewis, u Of the publishers
of the Havre P%laindealer, has recent
ly been awarded a contract to carry
mail once a week between Havre and
Oldham, a new p~ostofice having been
established at the latter place. The
service will pay the contractor $46s a
year.
From Thursdays Daily.
Born-At Helena, on Wednesday,
April 10, 1905, to the wife of j. +.
Bower, q son.
Born-At Bartlesville, Ind, Ter,
April ID, 1905, to the wife OF John
tombstone, a son.
NoTICE.-lf you send during this
month your watch to Jesse COLON,
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean and
warrant it n year for 81 80.
Chief Little Bear and a small band
OF Cree Indians are camped on the hill
near the depot, and will start tomor.
row for the Grow reserv alton in east
ern Montana.
According to advices recently re.
ceived from Lewis,own, Fergus Bros,
OF the Judith country, have been Of.
fered - cents q pound for their wool
clip by an eastern firm. 1t is under.
stood that the offer was rejected.
Chas. NJ. Wilson, a resident of the
Bear Paw country, was brought to
this city yesterday and placed in ST.
Clare hospital to receive treatment for
q badly fractured leg, caused by a
horse kicking him while in the act of
branding the animal at the ranch of
]. C. Griffin.
News was received in the city last
night hal a ranchman named Nat
Halmes, living on Highwood, about
four miles from n. J. Thaxter's, went
suddenly insane yesterday. Notice
was sent to Belt, and officers from that
place went out and took the unfortu-
nate mar in charge.
1t reported frnm Havre that the
dead body of Lizzie Booth, an Is.
year-old-girl, was found in a Chinese
bunk house in that city, and it is be.
lteved the deceased was murdered. A
Chinese gambler named Toy is under
arrest on suspicion that he knows
something about the matter.
Gust Lukko, the Italian railroad
!aborcr who vas arrested yesterday
Tor being drunk and d~isorderly, was
taken before Justice Sullivan on a
charge OF carrying a concealed
weapon and fined $50, which he was
unable to pay. He was placed in the
county Jail to serve out the fine.
The commissioner of the general
land office has ordered the withdrawal
from entry of four townships north
east OF Box Elder, which are reserved
for irrigation purposes. The land
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