The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
CITY AND STATE.
FeoA 1atplday,a Daily.

river to break up this afternoon, after
a freeze.up of about q week.
John F. Yampen, of Havre, a native
OF Switzerlan has fled in the dis.
trict court his declaration OF intention
to become an American citizen.
A recent cattle deal is the sale of
about q hundred head Of mixed stock
by Geo. w. Rouse, OF the Teton, to
A. L. Lewis. The price reported is
go per head, with the calves thrown
in.
Prot. and Mrs. j. w. Lennine en-
tertained a party Of young people last
evening al the Lepley residence in
honor of the teachers. The game OF
whist was played during the evening,
and prizes were awarded to Miss
Thibault and MIR. F. A. Flanagan,
after which lunch was served.
A suit has been commenced in the
district court by A. Seligman against
Roy H. Carnal and w. B. Pyper to
recover about slOl, alleged TO be a
balance due on q promissory note.
The plaintiff also asks to be awarded
judgment for attorneys fee and costs
of suit.
Damages to the amount OF $40, goo
are asked in q suit commenced in the
district court by Elizabeth NJ. Kohl.
u against Anna Blashfeld, of
Havre. The plaintiff alleges that de.
fend ant circulated defamatory stories
regarding her character, which are
declared to be untrue, and seeks com.
p%ensatian for the reflections cast upon
her good name.
From Mondays Daily.
In the district court today, Mamie
Keaster, Of Highwood, was appointed
ad ADMINISTRATIVE of the estate of Edw ard
Keaster, deceased.
A decree of foreclosure was issued
in the district court today in the suit
Of Nick Baatz vs.. Charles A. Olson,
Mary Olson and others.
James Townsend, who has lust re-
turned from the Marias country. re-
ports improved range conditions in
that section. The recent warm spell
has caused most of the snow to disap.
pear.
Answers t the Milk river water
right suit have been fled in the dis
trict court by attorneys for the follow
ing defendants: A. H. Reser, E. T.
Reser, Matheson Ditch company,
Henry Corrigan, Sarah Corrigan. II.
Winter, Alice Anderson, Agnes Dow.
en-. and Empire Cattle company.
According to a dispatch from
Havre, a man named Joseph Nixon
lost 1920 in that city Friday even
ing, the money having just been
drawn from the Stockmen's Notioual
bank, and Nixon claimed he had been
robbed. Inquiry at the bank elected
the information that no such sum of
money was drawn by the party named.
According to the Herald Journal, OF
Kalispell. the growth and prosperity
Of Flathead county is imperiled by the
contemplated action of the interior de-
partment 10 creating additional forest
reserves there. 1t says Flathead
county contains twenty thousand
square miles, and the reserves in con.
temptation will cover eighteen thou.
sand six hundred and fifty square
miles, so that if this plan should be
adopted there will be no land left for
settlement.
A meeting was held yesterday by
the members Of the Catholic congre-
cation at which plans for the erection
of a new church in this city ere con.
sidered, and a committee was appoint.
ed to take charge Of a subscription
list. to which several hundred dollars
have already been subscribed. 1t lie
understood that the new building will
be built of brick or hollow cement
blocks, with o stone foundation and
basement, in which u heating plan,
will be installed. About $1,000 will
probabl be expended on the new
building.
From tuesdays Daily.
The cases ofO. f. Moore and others,
Of this city, have been set for trial on
February 20, in the federal court at
Helena,
NJ. H. DeatOn, who has been the
guest of friends in this city for several
days past, left this morning for his
home in Lewistown.
Recent mutton sales in the Chicago
market included a shipment of wethere
by c. H. Merrill which averaged Ia
pounds, and sold At IS. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Griffin, of Chi
nook, arrived in town this morning,
and the latter was taken to ST. Glare
hospital for medical treatment.