The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
CITY N STATE.

IRON Sasutdaye DAILY.
Cyrus Noble whiskey, old goods. on
sale at all first.class places.
4 marriage license was issued to.
day to Fred Nelson and Hilda Carl.
sen, both of Havre.
Dr.. Geo. H. Taylor left today for
Butte, to attend the annual meeting OF
the state dentists association.
Jay Fry, OF the Benton Electric
Light and Power company. returned
this morning from a visit OF several
weeks in the eastern states.
Miss Atkinson, county school
superintendent, announces that the
regular teachers examination will be
held on February "a and 25.
A new monthly publication named
''Orange and Black" is being issued
by the debating club of the Chinook
high school, with Lena Denny as
chief of the editorial staff. Orange
and black are the colors adopted by
the high school football team.
\, a sheriff's sale held today. a
tract of about l2O acres Of land at
Three mile coulee, owned by Frank
Bowes, was bought in by the Stock.
mems National bank for $500. The
property was sold under foreclosure
proceedings.
1t is reported from Chester that
Harry Wolf, a young man working on
a railroad reservoir at that place, re-
ceived a bullet wound in the leg dur.
ing a shooting scrape in Loringer's
saloon. The bullet that struck him
was intended for another mar who
escaped injury.
Sheriff Mcdonald left today for
Deer Lodge with Frank Rockford and
Charles Thompson, each of whom
will serve one year in the penitentiary
Rockford pleaded guilty to the crime
of burglary committed at Big Sandy,
and Thompson confessed that he
forged A. G. Gray's name to a check
he tried to pass in Havre.
Il. f. Lowery. representing h Fair
banks.Morse company, was among thu
business visitors in town today. Mr.
Lowery informs US that the largest ir
rigation pumping plant in northern
Montana is that of Lohr Bros, a
Tampico, about II miles west of Glas
gow, which consists of a 6O-horsepowe
boiler, a 5O.horsepower automati
steam engine, and a Pinch centric
gal pump, its capacity being abou
5000 gallons per minute. On a ties
run of 66 hours it covered l43 acres t
a depth of five inches, the cost of tn
run, with wood valued at 500 pe
cord, and wages for engineer an
other help. being at the rate of
cents per acre. With proper ditchin
the plant is calculated to irrigate abo.
500 acres, flooding that area twie
du ring the season.
From Mondays Daily.
People who know, drink Cyrus NJ
BILE, the purest and best America
whiskey. II
Miss Flora Senieur left yesterds
for Helena, where she will visit *
about a week with friends.
J.. E. Howard, convicted ia Justi'
Pyper's court of the crime of pet,
larceny, is the latest arrival at II
county Jail. He was given a sixt.
day sentence.
Mrs. Anna N. Dolson. of Helen
representing the Ladies of the Macc'
bees, arrived from the west this nor
ing, and will endeavor to establish
branch of that organization here.
The management of the Central me;
market is having q cold storage roo
constructed 10 the interior of the bull
ing for the purpose OF keeping a
kinds of fresh meats, fish, game, ct
Jos. Porter, the C%anadiau hor
buyer, loaded a shipment OF abo
thirty horses at the stOcky ards toda
They were purchased from warrior
parties in this vicinity at $40 TO s
per mead.
The residents OF Culbertsou ha'
determined to suppress lawlessness
that part of Montana. They ha'
subscribed a reward fund and form'
a vigilance committee to assist publ
officials in running down criminals.
II is reported that L. NJ. McDonal
Great Northern agent at this poit
has resigned his position and W
leave in a few days with his fami
for the east. f. v. Garlough h
been appointed to succeed MIR. NJ
Donald as agent.
l.. Ntzhugh,, who arrived from Ha
lem today. reports that large quan
ties of hay are being shipped fire
,bo+ poipt the price averaging abe