The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

MISS Marg aret McC0lS OF h0llS.
pell, arrived in the city this morning.
and left on the stage for knerville.
Carl Soeberg has been taken to St.
Glare hospital to receive medical
treatment for an attack of typhoid
fever.
Johannes Johanesen, of Riedel, has
filed with the clerk of the district court
his declaration of intention to become
an American citizen.
A. G. Oder, who returned today
from a trip through the upper Marias
country, reports that the recent rain
storm failed to reach that locality,
where moisture is badly needed.
In the district court today, Nels
Christensen, of Big Sandy, was ap.
pointed guardian of Jens Christensen,
a minor, who recently received a
legacy from one of his relatives.
A certificate of an increase of the
capital stock of the Benton Hardware
company was fled in the county
clerks Office today. The company
was incorporated for $4,000, the
change increasing the amount to $780,.
900.
1t is reported from Chester that the
ranch house and sheep shed of Knute
OswOod, located about Is miles from
that place, have been destroyed by
Evo Nh C,r0NC ,,n nn,o,. f.,,,
home at the time, and it is believed
the trouble was of %incendiary origin.
/. F. Churchill is installing an irri.
cation pumping plant at his ranch on
the Missouri river about thirty miles
east Of here, the plant consisting of a
50.horsepower gasoline engine and a
No. II centrifugal pump. The latter,
it is claimed, will discharge over 5000
gallons per minute, the water supply
being obtained from the Missouri
river.
From Thursdays Daily.
A May day dance will be given by
the Junior Guild on or about May 1.
Mrs. A. A. McCauley left this norm
ing for Harlem, where she expects to
reside in the future.
Sheriff Frank Mcdonald is ~receiv.
ing the congratulations OF his friends
. today upon the arrival of a baby boy,
born this afternoon at St. Glare hos
pital.
VI. E. Miner returned this morning
after an absence of several months in
the east. Mr.. Miner was in attend.
ance at the meeting of the North Mon
tana Roundup association recently
held at Helena.
Articles of incorporation of the
Zortman Mercantile company have
been filed in the county clerks Office
by Peter DesRosier, Emma j. Des.
Roster and Margaret Mcintyre. The
capital stock of the concern is $1,000.
Fred Putnam, the we'll known wool
expert who has visited this locality
every wool season since the early
eighties, vas among the arrivals from
the west today. Mr.. Putnam is feeling
the pulse of local %sheepmen as to wool
prices, and may contract a few of the
more desirable clips.
One of the largest current wheel
irrigation plants in this locality
has been installed at the Green ranch
about three miles above town, and is
now in operation. II consists OF u
big wheel about % feet in diameter
and % fee. wide, carrying 10 buckets
with a capacity OF 20 gallons each.
The plant, which was built by Hagen
e. Wickhorst, is not yet working SO
effectively as it will at a higher stage
of water. but with 3! revolutions per
minute it is delivering about 2.40O
gallons every 20 seconds.
Malta Enterprise: For the past
year or two there has been a dispute
as to title of the ground upon which
q large portion of the thriving own OF
Zortman is located. Nearly two years
ago, Susan Brown made application
for a patent to the tract in contr0-
versy. under a placer location. 1t is
understood hat her application was
rejected by the department, when an
application was made to enter the
ground as a TOWNSHIP, almost stimuli
taneeusly with a relocation under the
placer law, by Wallace Cowell, Of
Havre. Evidence in the matter was
taken before U. s.. Commissioner
Wilson this week, and in the course OF
a few months a decision may be ex.
pected.
From Fridays Daily
Go TO NJ. j.. Joyce x Co. for fresh
groceries, vegetables and fruit.
Two rigs for sale-one a new two
seated Surrey, and one a new light