The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-06
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
F. NJ. Pugsley returned this norm.
ing from his ranch on the Marias, and
reports an abundance of moisture in
that locality.
Miss NJ. c. Avory, Of Kalispell, ar.
rived this morning on a visit with
Mrs. James Rowe and family Of the
lower Missouri.
have 10000 yearling ewes for sale
or exchange for wethers. Can de.
liver at Chinook after August l. John
Fleming, Fort Benton.
VIM. Cecil, who is in town from the
the Shonkin, reports the arrival Of a
daughter t his house Monday night,
increasing the number Of his family
to eight.
A marriage license has been issued
to Thomas F. Fitzgerald, OF New
Rockford, N. OAK. and Mary c.
Herbert, of Polo, Ill.,, the wedding to
take place at Havre.
Mrs. J. p. Thies and Mrs. W. NJ.
Chowning, Of Minneapolis, who have
been visiting with relatives In this
city and vicinity for the past three
weeks. left for their home this morn.
ing.
A dispatch from Lethbridge says
work is being resumed in the coal
mines at that place, after a strike OF
nearly three months among the
miners. The output at present is
sufficient only for the local demand.
Advices from Great Falls report
that the wool clip of j.. B. Long Il
Co., consisting of about 100000
pounds, has been contracted to Hal.
lowell, Jones s. Donald, Of Boston,
on private terms. The clip sold at
234 cents last year, and it Is believed
the sale was at, or close to, % cents.
According TO the Lewistown Argus,
the heavist piece of work on the Great
Northern line from Billings to Great
Falls is the building Of a tunnel
through the big butte back of Stan
ford, which will be about one mile
long. It is said that something like,
5000 men will be employed in the
vicinity Of Stanford during the sum.
mer, and as a result Stanford is
booming, and the town now has five
saloons.
From Fridays Daily
Go 70 NJ. j. Joyce 4 Co. for fresh
groceries, vegetables and fruit.
Miss Louise Diesem left this morn.
ing for Berkeley, California, where
she will spend her summer vacation.
Chas. Whi.comb, one of the priuci.
pal owners Of the Ruby Gulch prop
critics at Zortmau, went west this
morning with abou: S35, 600 worth of
gold produced by the company's
mines.
Charles Woods, of Havre, regis.
tered at the county jai: this morning
for a stay of six months. Sentence was
imposed by Justice w. B. Piper, the
defendant having been found guilty
of assault and battery.
Jno. T. Isaacson, VINO is in town
from Virgelle, reports the loss OF
several cattle in that vicinity from
eating poison weed. This is one OF
the usual accomplishments Of a pro-
longed spell Of wet weather.
D.. S. Williams. Great Northern
agent a. this place, has not yet re
ceived any official notice of a change
in the passenger schedule of the Mon
taua Central, which it vas rulnOred
would go into effect Sunday.
A. w. Merritield, county surveyor,
returned today from Harlem, where
he intended to do some surveying, but
the effect of soaking rains made the
work impossible. The range in that
section is a panorama OF small lakes.
Among the recent marriages re.
ported from Great Falls, is that o.
Samuel w. Bright aud Miss Bette
Cook, Of Hignwood. The ceremony
took place in the pariors Of the Great
Falls hotel, and was performed by
Rev. F. a. Agar.
James Ca.hcarte was brought ia
from Zortman today to await trial in
the district court on a charge OF rob-
berry, the accused having been bound
over by Justice D. l.. Baird. He is
alleged 20 have robbed a drunken
Swede miner at Zortman.
L. Minugh, who arrived today from
Zortman, says that the recent rain
storm a almost a record breaker in
the Little Rockies. In some places it
resulted in a snowfall Of about two
feet, and at Zortman the mines had to
temporarily close down on account OF
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