The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-11
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work 20 D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
D. E. Martin has applied to the dis.
trict court for the purchase Of i've lots
in block No. lib, townsite of Chinook.
j. L. Peacock and wife, who have
been visiting here since early spring,
left today for Medicine Hat, N. w. T.
Mr.. Peacock big drive OF horses is be.
ing held nea G alata, where the outfits
will be dipped before they are taken
across the line.
The June weather report made by
E. Wilson, voluntary observer at
Steele, gives the precipitation IN that
locality during the month as 5:35
inches. This is an unusually heavy
rainfall for June, and 1t has put the
range in fine condition.
An inventory and appraisemen, Of
the estate OF Daniel E. Murray, de.
ceased, has been fled in the district
court, the estate being valued at
abou: 1855. The appraisers az.
pointed by the were c. NJ. Sedg-
WICK, Jerry Kearful and George Ram
berg.
Rev. j. N. Chestnut, Of this city, is
among those who were fortunate in
the drawing at Billings for locations
on the Grow reservation, his name be.
ing No. 243 on the list. I. is under.
stood that any number below 100 en-.
titles the holder to a location on FIRST
class land.
From Fridays Daily
Go 70 NJ. j. Joyce & Co. for fresh
groceries, vegetables and fruit.
Born-At Helena, Mont, on Thurs
day, July 5, 1906, to the wife Of r. A..
NARROW, a son.
Miss Nina Thibault left this morn.
ing on a visit Of several weeks in
Butte and Missoula.
Mrs. E. Frank Sayre, who has been
confined to her home from a threatened
attack of typhoid fever for several
days past, was removed to St. Glare
hospital last evening.
D. G. Browne returned this morning
from a short business trip to Chicago.
He was accompanied home by Mrs.
David 6. Browne, Jr., Of Chicago,
who will visit here for a few weeks.
l. is reported from Le%wistown that
Alex Huffman, one of the Shonkin
roundup boys, was thrown from his
horse while roping a steer, and suf-
fered a broken shoulder and other in.
jlries that required his removal to
the Schroeder hospital at Lewistown.
The accident happened ear the head
of Cottonwood creek.
The court house crematory wat in
operation this afternoon. a months
accumulation Of wolf and coyote
scalps being reduced to ashes. There
were about 400 scalps in the collec.
ton, and the task of sorting them out
and checking them with bounty certi.
fcates Issued, wac somewhat offensive
to the olfactory nerves of the officials
in charge of the work.
In order to handle the heavy traffic
on it's main line, the Great Northern
has recently added several new en-.
gines to its Montana division equip.
ment, which are the latest type of rail.
road locomotives. They are what is
known as a "double-compound,"
having four cylinders, two of which
are worked directly from the feed pipe
and the other two from the exhaust,
fullest extent as we'll a. proving a
great fuel saver. The engines have a
new style of headlight. which is ope.
rated from a dynamo and which illum.
mates the track for d distance Of 300
yards or more.
The Malta Enterprise reports an
o,her big storm in hat locality a few
days ago. II says: Quite a quantity
Of hail fell in places, and within an
hour and a half. an inch and three
fo1rths Of water had fallen. On
Exeter creek. which empties into the
river a few miles west, there was \
cloud burst which sent a Hood Of such
volume against the railroad culverts
tina, they were unable to carry it and
three small bridges were washed away,
tieing up traffic for nearly "a hours.
The anne food came down the coulee
at Judge Davidson's ranch, carrying
away trees. fences, etc. and covering
the country with about two feet of
water. At the shearing pens south of
town everything was flooded and the
strong wind levelled all tents, capsized
a wagon, which landed upon a horse,
and sent the shearers 1ving for shell.
Ger.