The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
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NoT1CE.-If you send during THU
month your watch to Jesse Colon
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean ant
warrant it q year for $3.50.
The Altar Guild of St. PAUL.
church received today q handsome
quartered-oak altar from Milwaukee
1t is a fine improvement to the church.
and the members all appreciate the
Guilds don ation.
1t Is reported from Helena that o.
G.. Skylstead has been appointed
trustee in bankruptcy in the case OF
Thad F.. Raymond, of Havre. The
Indebtedness of the bankrupt is re-
turned at about 5000 with assets OF
some 1900, of which $500 is claimed
to be exempt.
A valuable work horse belonging to
A. l.. Lewis sustained injuries yester.
day afternoon which may necessitate
the killing of the animal. The horse
in some unknown manner became en.
tangled in the harness while standing
in the stable, and before help arrived
was thrown to the ground, breaking
his right front leg above the hoof.
An important meeting of the board
of stock commissioners is being held
in Helena, at which nearly every
ty in the state is represented. Among
the matters being considered are new
dipping regulations that will comply
with the government rules relating to
cattle mango, and it is expected an or
der will be made hat all cattle ex
posed to infection mast be dipped.
From Thursdays Daily.
ID. K. Murray, OF Ada, who has been
on the sick list, left today for the
Boulder Hot Springs.
William II. Pote, of Chinook, a ma.
tive OF England, secured citizenship
papers in the district court today.
NJ. f. Miner, the we'll known stock.
man, returned this morning from an
extended trip through the eastern and
southern states.
Andrew Stoker, who has been con-
fined in the county Jail for some time
past, was taken to St. Glare hospital
today for medical treatment.
NOTICE.-lf you send during this
month your watch to Jesse COLON,
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean and
warrant 1t one year for 81 so. n
a band of about 800 head OF two
and three.year.old wethers belonging
to c. H. Ragland we're crossed on the
bridge from the south side this after.
uoOn and will be driven to Donald
Bells ranch on the Teton, where they
will be put on feed.
Gong Sing, a former Chinese resi-.
dent OF this city, was taken into Gus.
tody yesterday afternoon by Inspec.
tor George Harris, of the department
Of commerce and labor, and lodged in
the county Jail to await further de.
velopments in the matter. When ar.
rested, Gong Sing failed to produce
the necessary Identification papers,
which he claims we're destroyed in q
recent fire at Havre.
An important decision has been
rendered by the state supreme court,
In which it Is held that q judgment OBJ
tanned in y district court does not take
precedence of q mortgage. The case
under consideration was an appeal
from the district court Of Cascade
county, the appellant holding a iudg'
ment against the street railway com
pany which had given q mortgage Il
the Daily Bank and Trust company
Judge Tattau, who presided for Judg'
Leslie In the case, decided in favor o
the mortgages and Is sustained in tina
action by the supreme court.
From Fridays Daily
Dean has glasses to suit all eyes
Have him fit you at Lockwood's. n
Mrs. &. w. Frields and Miss Fran
ces Green returned yesterday from
two weeks visit at the Frields raucI
at Square Butte.
NoTICE.-lf you send during thi
month your watch to Jesse COLON
Great Falls, Mont, he will clean an
warrant it one year for $3.50.
Assessor a. l.. Lewis returned thi
morning from Great Falls where h
spent several days with Mrs. Lewis
who recently underwent an operatio
at Columbus hospital.
y anvas of the votes EAST at tn
recent municipal election in Chiuoo
showed a tie vote between b. i
O'Neal and Ike Hedges, candidat
for alderman in the first ward.
c. c. Williamson, formerly a res
dent OF this city, arrived this mornin
from Portland, Maine, after an al
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