The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Letters Of administration in the es.
tate of Herbert n. Kuox, deceased.
have been issued in the district court
to E. y. Smith. of Harlem.
Commissioner w. E. French, of
Harlem, arrived in this city this morn.
ing and il 10 attendance at the pres.
ent session Of the board of county
commissioners.
A suit has been commenced in the
district court by Il. A. Durham
against E. 3. Taylor, to o
balance alleged to be due OF a promis.
sorry note held by the plaintiff.
Rev. p. W. Haynes, of this city, &C.
companied by Rev. j. a. Martin, of
Chinook, returned this morning from
Choteau, where they attended the an
nual North Montana Mission confer.
ence.
1t is reported from Helena hat j..
c. McCuaig, of Dupuyer. a we'll known
and old.time resident of Teton county.
has filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States court. His debts
are listed at about 81 900. and his
assets at S19, 600, on which latter he
claims an exemption Of about s3, 800.
The livestock firm of Enright Il
Strong, whose cattle range in Alberta,
concludes there is more profit in ship
ping beef to Chicago than in selling
i. in Canadian markets. The firm
made a shipment from Harlem last
week, consisting of about 1886 head,
and paid import duties to the L. S.
customs officials to the amount of 49,
237.
There have been several transfers
Of mining property in the Little Rock
les district the pas: week. \ recent
trans action is the sale Of a one-eighth
interest in the Pinkeye quartz claim
by O. P. Andrews to w. Z. French for
$500. Chas. Whitcomb has sold a
similar interest in the same property
to other parties, the deed naming $500
as the purchase price.
n private letter was received today
from Townsend, Br%oadwater county
announcing the death Of Alfred Hous.
ton. son of Mrs. Frank Lepper, Of this
city, which occurred at that place yes
terday, death being due to tuberculo'
sis. The deceased, who was about Is
years of age, resided in this city until
about three years ago, and has /
large number of friends, who will re
greet to hear the sad news.
From Thursdays Daily.
\. postoffice bulletin thu
the Kipp postoffice has been discon
tinued, the mail going to Browning.
Miss Louise Diesem returned thi.
morning from her home at La Mour,
N. Dakota, to resume her duties as
teacher in the high school.
1t is reported ,ha, Carlos Warfeld
of Teton county, has made severa
purchases of stock cattle the past few
weeks, securing most of them at ST. Il
$40 per head.
4. local resident reports a horticul'
tural freak in his garden patch. HI
has 40 apple tree that is bearing rips
fruit and displaying apple blossoms
at the same time.
potitinr fnr no mi nr tha fir a a.
count and distribution in the estate o
Thomas O'Hanlon, deceased, has beer
fled in the district court. The hear
ing is set for October !.
w. f. French brings ~ fro
Harlem that the hay crop IN tina
vicinity is about one half the amour
harvested last season. He estima ate
the crop at abou, Ii. 900 tons.
Oae Of the good range beef sales ii
the Chicago market last week was tina
Of a shipment made from this city b,
C. H. Merrill. 1t averaged 13O5 t
1912 pounds, aud sold at 81. 5O-nettinI
over $50 per head.
The Shonkin Stock association thi
morning shipped about twenty cars q
beef cattle from the Benton stOckyard
20 the Chicago market. w. Il. Enble
Ton, of the Teton, also loaded out fou
cars of sheep in the same train.
II is ANNOUNCED that Bishop Leniha
will visit several churches in his die
cese the present month. The dates IL
clude Havre on September II: Oh
nook, on September II: Harlem. Sci
temb Der, %: Glasgow. October |.
In view of the large amount of roa
business in hand, the Chouteau coun,
commissioners have decided they wi
not allow petitions for roads hereaft'
unless there is evidence that the rOa
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