The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
CITY AND STATE.
IRON oatueday's Daily.

Fsen Saturday, DAILY,
1~ovitattons are being Issued for q
grand ball to be given in Green's
opera house on the evening Of Febru.
airy I'd.
The new time card for the westbound
passenger goes into effect tomorrow.
the train being due at this point at
LAS q. N.
Notice of the location of the Fastidio
quartz claim In the Little Rockies dis.
trlct, has been fled in the county
clerks Office by j. F. wimberly.
Mrs. Chas. w. Ayres entertained q
number Of her lady friends this after.
noon at a luncheon, in honor of her
cousin, Miss Ida Blois, of Illinois,
Mark Cockrell and son Of the Ma.
rias, who are among the visitors in
town, have just transferred an outfit
OF cattle - Highwood, where they will
be wintered.
A suit for divorce has been com.
menced In the district court by J. E..
Bush. OF Zortman 10, against Hattie A.
Bush. the complaint ~laccusing the de-
PENDANT Of misconduct on various oc.
casious.
A. Hudson, who has held the posi-.
ton Of day operator At the Great
Northern depot at this point for sew.
eral months past, left this morning
for Butte. where he will probably &C.
cept q similar position.
Jno. c. Sullivan, who returned to.
day from Havre, brings word that the
Havre fire department had plenty of
exercise yesterday. 1t res ponded to
three fire alarms, each of which proved
to be OF little Importance.
1t is reported from the Shonkin that
Andrew Peterson, the we'll known wolf
hunter, is meeting with very good
success this season. He ~recentlv
caught four wolves out Of a bunch Of
five that had made several raids on
the j. O. Patterson cattle and caused
losses amounting to several hundred
dollars, and has added quite q num-
Der OF coyote scalps to his string.
some OF the ranchers, in appreciation
OF Mr.. P%eterson's good work, are
Offering him free board and $40 per
head for every grown wolf caught in
their vicinity.
From Mondays Daily.
A marriage license has been issued
to Adam Had alin and Florence Ward,
both of Havre.
Born-At Fort Benton. Mont, on
Saturday, January 20, 1905, to the
wife of George Sherry, a daughter.
John A. Cook. of Paradise Valley.
who was among the arrivals today, re.
ports a temperature of 30 below zero
at Chinook last evening.
The recent loss by fire at the Catho.
lie church has been adjusted by the
payment OF s400 by the company in
which the property was insured.
Henry Hagen has been awarded the
contract by D. G. Lockwood for the
construction Of nine Office rooms in
the second story of his drug building.
Mics Olga Smith, who has been the
guest of Mrs. j. V. Carroll and family
Tor the past two or three months, left
this morning for her home at Forest
Lake, MINI.
w. M. Davis & Sons are busy NOV.
Ing into their new quarters in the Muir.
phy'Maclay building, which they re.
Gently purchased and fitted up for their
grocery business.
Gus Lantz, who was recently sen.
fenced to one year in the state prison
for stealing an overcoat at Havre,
was taken to Deer Lodge today by
Sheriff Mcdonald.
The Missouri river at this point |
closed this morning for the second
time this winter. The first freeze-up
occurred on November 20, and lasted
until December IL of last year.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Palmer garments for ladies will be
on sale Thursday at T. c. Power &
Bro.
Montana grown alfalfa seed, thor.
cleaned. for sale by T. c..
& Bro.
A masquerade ball will be given
evening, January rs, in the
new Teton school house.
A decree of divorce was granted in
the district court today in the suit of
Blackshaw VS.. Joseph B.
Parties in town today from the High.
wood and Shonkin creeks report that
q chinook wind struck those localities
early this forenoon.