The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-16
CITY N STATE.

work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
A marriage license was issued today
TO Horace Brewster, Of Brookside,
and Clements Deesom, of Minneapolis.
Miss Moliie Cuibertson has returned
home from the Judith. where she has
been teaching school for several
months past.
1 have 5000 yearlipg eve for sale
or exchange for wethers. Can de.
liver at Chinook after August l. John
Fleming, Fort Benton.
A plat Of the Pepin and Dem ars adj
dition to the townsite of Havre was
filed in the county clerks Office today,
the addition consisting Of about ninety
lots.
Ralph Conner, Of Medicine Hat, has
purchased from D. NJ. Frields, of
Square Butte. about 60 head Of horses
at $26 per head. The horses will be
driven overland to the Canadian mar.
ket.
B. h. Vaudeville, OF Steele, who is
among the visitors in town today, has
purchased about a hundred head OF
steers from Rice Bros. The two.
year-olds were valued at S1S per head,
and threes and tours at $50 per head.
The Chouteau county authorities
have received Information, through
newspapers, that a prize fight which
had been prohibited in Butte will be
pulled off in Havre next week. Proper
action will be taken to enforce the law
against such exhibitions in this part
OF Montana.
A. w. Ziebarth, Of Chinook, made
application today to Judge Tattan,
trustee for the Chinook TOWNSHIP, for
the purchase of eight blocks, compris-
ing about 160 lots in the southwest
part of the town. The property is
valued at $40 per lot, and the proceeds
of the sale will go into the Chinook
public school fund. The land, it is
understood, is desired for use as a
park and fair grounds.
From thursdays Daily.
Miss Nora Sullivan left this morn
ing for an extended visit in Butte,
Missoula and other points ia western
Montana.
The water right suit of c.. B. Toole
against Peter Wagner, which was filed
in the district court some time ago,
has been set for trial on May %.
A notice of location for the Pearl
quartz claim, in the Little Rockies,
has been filed in the county clerks Of
Zee by E. E. Berry. Chas. Whitcomt
and B. D. Phillips.
A. w. Merri6eld, county surveyor,
who returned from q trip to knerville
and the Highwood country, brings
word that recent rains have given q
splendid start to crops in that section,
}. L. Peacock, the Canadian horse
buyer, has made several purchases ir
the vicinity of Big Sandy. He secured
small! punches of stock from the Ting
ley Bros, Elmer Miner, r. E. Cowar
and others.
r. w. Mack and Chas. Haigler
who arrived last evening from Bo,
Elder, report a continu alton of droutt
conditions in that locality. Rancher.
and owners OF livestock are somewhat
discouraged over the situation.
Mayor l.. Newman, OF Havre, il hi.
annual message to the city council,
states that the total cost of Havre's
e water works system was SOC, $50.
The income from water rentals is said
TO yield a profit on the Investment.
According to the annual report Of
the city health officer, there were 55l
deaths in Butte during the past twelve
months. Estimating the population
OF Butte at $1,000, the death rate Is
1924 of every thousand inhabitants.
A very unpleasant smell in the vi
cinity of the court house this after
boon "a due to the crem alton OF vol
and coyote scalps that had been re
ceived at the county clerks office dur
ing the month of April. There were
about four hundred of them. aud the
smell was unusually fierce.
A dispatch from Lswistown say.
several mining men from that section
will 20 to Zortman this month to look
vel the camp in the Little Rockies
that is just now attracting much at
tention. Some Lewistown men have
been fortunate enough t secure prom
ising interests there, aud will Civ.
them personal attention.
from Fridays Daily
Go to NJ. j. Joyce & Co. for fresi
groceries, vegetables and fruit. +
Mrs. J. E. Templeton returned thi.