The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-27
CITY N STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

VNAeeVoy D O8lIys
Send your watch and jewelry repair !
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
Miss Lula Frields returned yester.
day afternoon from q visit of several
days at the Frields ranch at Square
Butte. She was accompanied by Mrs. I
D. NJ. Frields.
The ladies Of the Catholic church
held q meeting yesterday afternoon
and made the final arrangements
for the grand ball aud supper to
be given at Green's hall on Friday
night. Dec. 10Th. P%inkerton's orches.
ira has been secured for the occasion.
In the Deletraz will contest case,
which was transferred to the district
court of Cascade county, Judge Leslie
has decided that the Ruef will, which
was admitted to probate in California
court. 10 subject to contest 10 the
courts of Montana. This is said to
be a law point upon which the Mon.
tana supreme coort has not yet been
called upon to act.
The bill introduced by Representa-.
tive j. NJ. Dixon for opening the Fort
Peck reservation, makes provision
for towns to be located at various
points. The secretary Of the interior
is directed to set aside for townsite
purposes and plat into town lots forty
acres at or near each of the settle.
ments now known as Kintyre, Lenox,
Wolf Point, Macon, Chelsea, Brock.
ton, Calais and Blair, and not less
than eighty acres at Poplar.
j. W. Haigler returned late yester.
day afternoon from Righwood, where
he served papers issued by the dis
trict court in the suit of John Jacoby
vs.. Edward Keaster, to secure pos.
session of the Keaster ranch. 1t ap.
pears that Mrs. Keaster objected to
the proceedings and refused to leave
the ranch, and was in such a hysteri.
cal condition that it was found neces.
sary to leave her in temporary pos
session of part Of the residence.
Prom Thursdays Daily.
Attorney w. s. Towner is receiving
congratulations over the birth of a
son, which took place last evening.
Sheriff Mcdonald left today for the
state ~penitentiary at Deer Lodge, &C.
companied by Albert Morris, alias
Oscar Taylor, who will spend fifteen
months in that institution as a self
confessed forger.
The trial of Frank Champagne, of
Box Elder, charged with wife beating,
which was to have been tried in JUS
tice S%ullivan's court today, has been
postponed until ? o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, pending the arrival Of wit
nesses in the case.
B. w. Jacobs, of Dodson, who is
among the visitors in Town today, has
filed in the county clerks Office q plat
of the townsite of Dodson which will
be presented to the board Of county
commissioners for approval. The
townsite consists of eight blocks, each
containing twenty lots.
Local sheepmen who became &C.
Quainted with Charles Cunningham,
the ''Oregon sheep king" during his
several visits here, will be interested
in news from Pendleton which says he
he has sold out to q syndicate for
about $3.50, O0O. He Is said to have
sold his sheep at $500 per head and
land at s. 90 per acre.
A dispatch from Minot reports the
arrest of A. E. MEG ahey, of Willis.
ton, at the instance OF Montana Off.
GERS who allege he is implicated in the
big horse stealing conspiracy. w. H.
Denny, n Of the suspects who was
recently reported to have gone to
Minnesota to escape arrest, is said to
be at DEVILS Lake, awaiting the OUT
come of the MEG ahey case.
According TO the Great Falls Tri-
pune, several stockmen and ranchers
Of Cascade county are considering the
advisability of shipping cattle and
sheep to the Yellowstone country to
be- fed during the winter. Alfalfa hay
in the stack can be bought at S. 90 per
ton, and they figure that it is cheaper
to ship the livestock than to pay high
freight charges on the hay.
From Fridays Daily
Headquarters for Christmas goods
a. D. G. Lockwood's.
New Process eve fresh bread, better
than ever. at G.. w. Ayres'. n
Hay for. sale by the carload, ton or
bale. Will deliver Tuesday and Fri
day OF each week. \.
Skates ground and s~harpened on
Wednesdays and Saturdays. % cents