The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
CITY AND STATE.
From SAtulday'e Daily.

JOS. "A. DakcC duu uteTs MISS
Mary Baker, are visitors in the city
today from Highwood. Miss Baker
will leave tomorrow for the east.
Letters OF ADMINISTRATION were is
sued in the d;,tric: court iod ay TO
Robert T. +. Smith, of Havre. 10 the
estate OF George W. Searcy, deceased.
A notice Of location for the Lost
Hopesquartz claim, in the Little Rock.
les. was filed today in the county
clerks Office by E. K. Berry and
others.
Jack Brown, an old.time resident of
northern Montana who was interpreter
for the military authorities at Fort
Assinniboiue for several years. is
among the visitors in town today.
II is understood that w. f. Chase
has purchased the general merchan-
disc store of Green Bros, including
the fixtures, valued at about $4,000.
Mr.. Chase, who i. at present in the
east, expects to take charge OF thu
store about December /.
An outfit Of yearling wethers ina,
was recently sold by J.. Engellant to
j.. P.lWilllams, consisting OF about
$50 head, was passed over the scale,
this morning, and showed an average
weight .of ,,944 pounds. This is cou-
sidered a remarkably good weight for
that class of sheep.
A new record for the season in the
range beef market at Chicago was
made Tuesday, when a load OF eastern
Montana steers consisting Of nineteen
head sold at 1925, the highest price
for range cattle in four years. The
outfit averaged 1850 pounds. making
q gross price of Ss4.40 per head.
The county clerks Office is in re.
ceipt Of a lis pendens from the district
court of Lewis and Clark county, in
the suits of the state rs. j. H. Rice
and T. T.. Collins and their bondsmen
for the recovery of interest on state
funds. a lis pendens is a lien against
the property Of the defendant pending
an action ia the courts.
Among the recent real estate deals
reported is the purchase by G. Il. Rag
land and w. Z. Hamilton of the Nor.
ris Gray business property on the
corner of Front and Bond streets, oc.
cupied by NJ. j. Joyce q Co., the con
sideration being s3, 400. The purchase
is reported to have been made with a
view to using the site for a new bank
ing institution.
From Mondays Daily.
j. H. Evers and wife, Of Chinook,
are the guests of MIR. and Mrs. c. H.
Evers.
A decree of::divorce has been granted
in the district court, in the suit of
James a. Brown vs.. Sadie Brown.
Henry Lehfeldt, of Big Sandy, who
is among the visitors in town, will
leave tomorrow for Denison, Iowa,
where he will spend the winter.
The report that DR.. Stephens will
change his location is without founda.
ton. He will remain ia Fort Benton
and practice his profession Of dentist
~.
John Murray, who arrived today
from Zortman. informs US that the
Alder Gulch Mining company has
temporarily suspended operations.
The company employed about forty
men.
John G.. sullivan and other For,
Benton friends of Hon. Charles n.
Pray have secured a quantity Of cam
paign buttons on which is printed a
life.like portrait OF the next congress.
man from Montana.
The Fort Benton teachers. who at
tended the annual meeting OF the
Chouteau county teachers institute q,
Havre last week, returned yesterday
from that city. They report a NOS,
interesting institute-one of the nos,
successful aver held in Chouteau cour'
t.,
Word was brought to town at a late
NOlr saturday night oy d >pecldI
messenger to the effect that three In
diacs aud a white mar had INDUCED
in a cutting and shooting atfray ir
the Sweet Grass hills, about 20 miles
north of this city. Other reports
we're. received later that two of the
men had died from the effects of thetl
wounds. but up to the present time
these rumors have not been confirmed,
Rev. Father Parker. who was sum
moned to the scene Of the trouble, left
yesterday morning by private convey
ance.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Porcelain dentistry. Dr.. Stephens
over LockwOods.
n NJ ErioldS and wife left this