The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

had been attending the shipment and
sale of q bunch Of the w. r. Emble-
ton sheep.
A delegation Of local Masons, con.
sisting Of B. L. Powers, T. E. Daniel.
son and A. E. King, left this morning
for Butte to attend the annual convo.
cation of the grand chapter of their
order.
A new postofice named Babb, with
Cicero L. Bristol as postmaster, has
been established at ST. Mary's lakes
which will undoub tedly prove to be of
a great benefit to the residents OF that
locality.
rheumatism. gout, %backache, acid
poison, are results OF kidney trouble.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea goes
directly to the seat of the disease and
cures when all else fails. IS cents.
D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
a. E. McLeish left this morning by
private convey ance for Big Sandy to
superintend the trailing of 5000 head
OF mixed lambs which he recently pur-
chased. The sheep VIII be driven from
that point to Mr.. McL.ish's ranch on
Arrow creek.
Harry Gelbach left last week with
his bunch Of cattle and horses for his
ranch 10 Dawson county, where he
will spend the winter. The new loca.
ton, which he recently purchased, is
on the south side of the Missouri river
30 miles from Glasgow aud 20 miles
from Lismas postotfice.
One day last week, while out hunting
ia the vicinity of the Goosebill, o. G..
Gable shot and killed a black dia-
mond rattlesnake measuring in length
~ feet and about eight inches in cir
conference, with 26 rat,les and a but
ton. Should there be any doubling
ThOmases regarding snakes, Mr. Ga
BILE has the snake skin in his posses
sion which will convince the most
skeptical.
\ suit has been filed in the district
court by r. Clarke Fisk, of Landusky,
against w. w. Sanno, the complaint
alleging malicious prosecution and
claiming SO, 900 damages, The de.
fendant was the compl aiming witness
10 a cas- recently on trial in the justice
court at Harlem, ia which MIR. Fisk
was charged with driving cattle from
their accustomed range. The jury ac-
quilted Mr.. Fisk of the charge, the
evidence going to show that he drove
the cattle from his land.
AT about 8 O'Clock last nigh, a fire
broke out in an old log house near
the corner of ST. Johns and Main
streets, which except for the timely ar.
rival OF the volunteer fire department.
might have proved disastrous as a
rather stiff breeze from the west was
blowing at the time. A disciple of
Confucius has for sometime past been
occupying the house and it is not
known how the fire originated, as his
memory seems to be a little slack. He
Is now mourning the loss of several
pipes, a q of ''hop" and other fur.
uishings that go to make a hotpoint
complete. No other damage was done
except the complete w~reckage of the
interior of the building by water.
From u private letter just received
dated ST. Mary's lake, September II,
it is learned that drilling at the dam
has been abandoned since o year
ago last fall. A new company, known
As the Great Northern Oil company,
has just been formed and they are ex.
pecting to put 10 q drill soon. 1t will
be remembered that the first oil dis
covered on this side Of the Interna-
tional boundary line was at the upper
St. Mary's lake, at the foot of Single
Shot mountain, but the discoveries
attention at that time was directed
to points further westw ard. 1t
turns out that the oil prospects in that
locality never looked better and a
boom Is expected at an early day, as
manv from Il distance are investing in
the oil properties.