The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-16
I T AND STATE.
From Saturday'e Daily.

Miss Mollie Culbertson left this
morning for The Bear Paw country
about twelve miles from Big Sandy.
TO teach school during the summer
months.
The city marshal has been fixing up
the city pound, with a view to round
ing up stray stock found within the
city limits, and will be ready for bust
ness Monday morning.
Joe Assinniboine. of Fort Belknap,
who has been in Jail several weeks
awaiting trial % the charge of grand
larceny, is SO seriously sick that he
was today transferred 20 St. Clare
hospital.
DR.. Nutting, deputy state ari
an, arrived in the city this morning
from Great Falls, and inspected the
horses recently purchased by Ralph
Conner, of Medicine Hat, from D. NJ.
Frieds, OF Square Butte.
James Hunter, of Miles City, who
recently sold the WOO. clip from an
outfit of fed sheep at South St. Paul
at 26 cents. also secured a good price
in the Chicago mutton market the past
week. He sold l,Ol7 shorn wethers,
averaging lis pounds, at IS. s5-equiv.
alent to nearly 500 per head.
p PARTIES who returned this afternoon
from Highwood, report that a most
enjoyable time was had at the dance
given last evening at Highwood hall,
and that q large crowd was in attend
ance. The proceeds Of the dance
amounted to S57. which will be re.
mi.ted to the San Francisco relief
committee.
From Mondays Daily.
An order was made in the district
court today, authorizing the sale OF
certain real estate formerly owned by
Rebecca j. Smith, deceased.
p. NJ. Bosley. Of Harlem, who is
among the business visitors in the city
today, will soon apply to the supreme
court. for admission to the bar.
According to the report Of Jere Sui
livan, local weather observer, the
mount Of precipitation recorded from
Saturday night up to an early hour
this morning, was about IS of ar
inch.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bunneli, OF Cas-
cade, accompanied by Mrs. NJ. E. Al
kinson and sons, Harold and viii
Atkinson, of Gait, Mo-, arrived in tn
city yesterday from the west and ar
the guests Of Miss Agnes Atkinson
county superintendent of schools.
The present corps of teachers in tn
public schools was re-appointed TO-
another term, at a meeting of thu
board of trustees held Saturday even
ing. The board decided that the mex
term snail begin on the first Monda.
in Septem Der, and be extended to q
months.
j. 3. Rauch and Harry Yaeger ar
rived Saturday evening from Lewis
town in an 8-horsepower automobile
having made the 9s.mile run in min
hours, which included more than tw'
hours spent at stopping places e
route. They will make the return tri
by way Of Great Falls.
Articles Of Incorporation were file
in the county clerks office today b,
the Milk River Valley Fair and Rae
ing association, with a capital stOc
of 81. 900. The Office of the associa
tioa will be at Chinook. Its director
are William Weaver, H. j.. OHanlou
Stephen Carver. Julius Lehfeldt an
W. II. Duke.
\ dispatch from Browning say
Cyrus C.. Babb, district engineer c
the reclamation service of the Unite
States geological survey, and hi
force of engineers are busy arrangin
the preli.niuavies for beginning aetna
work upon the St. Mary project. Th
total length Of the proposed cana
will be % miles, and bids for buildin
the frs. Is miles will soon be advet
tised for. Plans are maturing TO
blilding the last eight miles by Ia
dian labor exclusively.
From Tueeday's Daily.
Sheriff Frank Mcdonald re,urue
this morning from a business "trip 3.
Havre and Chinook. He reports
heavy rainfall in that part OF n
country.
/. is reported that the recent strik
made in the Ruby Gulch properties
Zor,man runs as high as Sl2O to til
ton. aud a lively season is assure
for that lively mining camp.
Location notices for the Tom 30
and Bell Boy quartz claims. in tt
Little Rockies, have been filed in II
county clerks Office by Thee. Ma,
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