The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
CITY AND STATE.

OVOTCs
According to the Culbertson Search
light, the Great Northern Telephon
company Is extending its line iron
Mondak to Culbertson.
John Murray, of Big Sandy, fathe
OF Chas. Murray, the young man who
was recently drowned in the Missouri
river, is among the visitors in tow,
today. He reports that the body hal
not yet been found, and offers a re-
ward Of $50 for its recovery.
1t is reported from Helena tina,
State Game Warden Scott has redis.
tricted the state into eight game ward.
en- districts. j. H. Hall, of Cascade,
has been appointed deputy game
warden for the district comprising
Teton, Chouteau and Cascade coun.
ties. j. J. Amiott, Of Glasgow, is
deputy game warden for Valley coun.
ty and part of Dawson.
In reply to applications from resi-
dents of Chouteau county who wished
to lease state land ut about $64 per
year per section, the state board has
issued this notice: "Ihe state land
register Is instructed not to issue any
leases upon selected state lands in
Chouteau county and its vicinity at q
lower rate that $50 per section per
year." This will be the minimum
rate for leasing any lands. Lands ap.
praised at a higher value will of course
be rented at a higher rate.
From Thursdays Daily.
John Murray, of Big Sandy. has
applied to the district court for letters
OF administration in the estate of his
son, Chas. Murray, who was recently
drowned in the Missouri river.
Parties in town last evening from
the Benton Sheep company ranch re.
ported that the machine shearing
plant at that place would commence
work today. A large crew of men is
engaged in operating the plant.
Notice Of location of the Jumbo
quartz claim in the Bear Paws has
been filed in the county clerks Office
by w. |. Packard. Four new claims
have been located in the Little Rock.
les BY W. a. Berry, Louis Johnson,
Jno. I. Throop and others.
The commissioner of the general
land office has cancelled twenty-eight
desert entries in this district, some
$3.50 acres being thereby transferred
to the public domain. The entrymen
failed to make the annual proof re.
quired by law.
Vincent Fortune, who has just re.
turned from q trip to Zortmau, IL
among the visitors in town today.
Mr.. Fortune reports considerable &C.
tivity in the Little Rockies mining
district, the Ruby Gulch and Alder
Gulch outfits doing a profitable bust
ness.
c. w. Price, who has Just returned
from a tripto Dupuyer and other points
in Teton county, gives an ~interestiog
description Of the Conrad irrigation
enterprise. One portion of it consists
OF a reservoir about eight miles long,
which is capable of supplying water
to $4,000 acres.
Harlem News: Owing to the fac
that the government canal has not
yet been built, many parties who have
taken up land in the past two or three
years, under the proposed ditch, are
now making application to the gov.
ernment land offices for a leave OF alb
sence for one year, pending the cor.
struction Of the bitches. They are
making aftid to the effect that
they took up the land under the ex-
pressed contract that the canal would
soon be built and any work that they
might do themselves in that line would
be a loss as the terms on which this
land was withdrawn from entry obliges
a subsequent entryman TO take water
for at least half of the land embraced
in the entry.
From Fridays Daily
Mrs. Ernest Ringwald, of kalispell,
is the guest of Mrs. David G. Browne.
Sheriff Mcdonald left today on a
trip east, which will include u visit to
his old home in Boston,.
Letters of administr alton in the es.
state of Charles McNulty, deceased,
were issued in the district court today
to T. NJ. Bosley, of Harlem.
John Many and daughter arrived in
town this morning from Chinook TO,
a short visit. MIR. Many reports tina,
work will soon commence on the new
school building at Chinook.
According to the Great Fall.
Leader, which claims to be SO in
formed by the Philadelphia buyer who
purchased it, the price paid for tn.