The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
CITY AND STATE.

Advices from Helena state that ties.
timony in the judgeship election on.
test cases will be heard in the supreme
court on Friday.
NoT1CE.-If you send during this
month your watch Ito Jesse Colon,
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean and
warrant it one year for $3.50.
The sherif's office made its usual
quarterly report to the federal census
bureau today. 1t shows . admissions
to the county Jail during the past
three months.
Harry A. W. jacob, of the Teton,
is a visitor in town today. Mr.. ia
cobb has just returned from a visit to
Cleveland, Wisconsin, where he was
recently married to Miss Paula Mill,
of that city.
Ralph B. Snider, of Harlem, and
Miss Elizabeth \. Pennock, of this
city, were married last evening at the
Methodist parsonage, Rev. p. w.
Haynes performing the ceremony'
The newly married c9"r'o leu 'hls
morning for Har'-'n, where they Will
reside.
f. McLeish and NJ. F.. Pugsley
returned today from Shelby, where
they effected q deal with Receiver
Speer OF the Montana Cooperative
Ranch company for about $500 head
OF lambs. The outfit vas purchased
at Sl.4O per head, with a ! per cent
cut.
TheJeffersOncounty authorities have
arrested a man named j. II. Rogers
on a charge of obtaining money un-
der false p%retenses, his scheme being
to get out an alleged Catholic direc.
tory. He is believed to be the same
party who tried to work a similar
graft here about three months ago,
but failed to receive any encourage
ment.
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 $3.50. n
Local hunters are reminded that the
open season for deer expired with the
old year. The closed season for this
class of game is from January | to
September l.
Location notices for five additional
oil placer claims on the Teton have
been filed in the county clerks Office.
The locators are p. B. Gallagher, D..
Chaffee and other residents of Great
Falls.
Samuel Soule and w. Nj. Quinn, of
Zortman, have filed notice of location
for the Ozark Horse" quartz mining
claim in the Little Rockies. The own
ers of the property believe it will be a
winner.
Sheriff Mcdonald has gone to Har.
lem to take charge of four young
children who are alleged to be in a
most depl0rable mental condition.
There will be an official investigation
az to their sanity.
A contest against the desert land
entry of Fl. Farnum, near Harlem,
has been filed in the Great Falls land
Office by Charles Peters. The latter
alleges that the land has not been re-
claimed according to law.
A new corporation to be known as
the Blackleaf Land and Cattle COM.
pany, with o capital stock of $500, 900,
has been formed in Teton county 1t
Is reported that the company may &c.
quire the Clark ranch properties near
Bynum.
Advices from Glasgow report that
the election contest cases in Valley
county are being heard in the district
cOur before Judge Henry G. Smith,
Of Helena. The cases involve the
offices Of sheriff, assessor and county
attorney.
Constable Bickle, of Havre, arrived
in the city this morning with VIM. L..
COOK. cOlOred, who was sentenced to
q term of six months in the county
Jail on the charge of assault. Sen.
tence was imposed by w. b. Piper,
police magistrate.
NJ. f. Miner, the we'll known stock.
man, Is among the visitors in town to.
day. He was recently appointed by
Governor Toole as one of the dele.
gates to represent Montana at the an.
nual meeting Of the National Live
stock association to be held next week
at Denver, and will leave for that city
tomorrow.
From Fridays Daily
H. j. Holmer and family, OF Steele,
returned this morning from a visit of
several weeks in the east.