The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
CITY AND STATE.

Deaconess hospital IN Grea. Falls. is
th at Of a daughter to the wife of W.
T. Cowan, of Box Elder.
A telephone message from the lower
Shonkin reports FIVE inches OF snow
IN that locality this morning. 4. the
head OF the creek there is said TO be
about two feet of il.
The damage sui, of Williams &
Crow against the Great Northern
railway for loss sustained on a sheep
shipment has been dismissed in the
district court as settled. The claim
Of the plaintiffs amounted to 81, 10.
Kate Becker, as guardian of the
Henry Becker estate. has commenced
slit in the district court against Thorn
as Goyne and Leon Lasalle TO recover
q balance Of s., 603 alleged 10 be due
Oh a promissory note. The latter is
secured by a chattel mortgage on some
livestock.
Attorney B. l.. Powers has com.
nenced suit against the distric: Judge,
as trustee for the Fort Benton town.
site, to secure a deed to two lots the
title to which is defective. The orig.
inal deed, which was issued in 1876 to
George L. Hammond. has been los,
or destroyed, and as Mr.. Hammond
died q few years ago it requires a
judgment from the court to complete
title to the real estate.
The Mining Journal. published at
Frostburg, Md. by J. B. Oder. father
of Archie Oder, Of this city, says in
its issue of April -: Hon. and Mrs.
Charles n. Pray. Of Fort Benton.
Montana, called upon the journal
Thursday. MIR. Pray is the electro.
preventative in Congress from the
State of Montana, aud his abilities
ineure him a prominence in that body
rarely accorded to the new states.
His wife and himself we're enroute
home from a;protr acted stay in Cuba,
OF which as a winter residence they
speak in high terms, especially the
city of Havana.
From Thursdays Daily.
Advices from Helena repor, the
death Of Francis D. Pope, one OF the
we'll known Montana pioneers. who
had been in the drug business in Hell.
era since the early sixties.
The annual meeting OF the North
Internationally association will be
held at Great Falls on Friday, May
II. The date is a little later than
usual, owing to unforeseen circum-
stances, but it is believed there will
be a large attendance OF the stockmen
interested.
Charles Crepeau received word by
telephone this afternoon that he was
the successful bidder for the construc.
ton Of part Of the main cana, on the
Sun river irrigation project. The
work he will undertake is upon what
is known as Division No. i. for which
his bid was a little over S25, 900.
The board of trustees decided today
that the public schools De closed for
q week Is a precautionary mea-
sure, a pupil who attended school un-
I'll a few days ago having developed a
case of scarlet fever. The patient has
been isolated. and i. is believed there
will be no further trouble, but parents
are advised to keep their children
from the streets for a few days until
there is assurance that there is no
danger of c%ontagion.
The fret convict TO benefit from a
parole law enacted by the tenth as.
sembly is Ezra Trinkle, who was pa.
rolled by the state prison commission.
ers yesterday. Trinkle was convicted
in the Chouteau county district cour,
in September. 1908, OF assault made
upon his wife. and sentenced 10 seven
years in the ~penitentiary. Al stated
intervals, until the time when his tern
would have expired. Trinkle vii. nave
10 report. and as long as mis- conduc,
j. exemplary, he vii. be allowed hi
freedom.
From Fridays Daily
Captain Sam j. Kelly. OF the Narias
roundup, is consulting with member.
Of the association 10 regard 20 the
WORK of the season.
j. H. Weeks left today for Kendall,
10 take charge Of D. 6. Lockwood'-
drug store ia tina, busy mining camp.
Z. F. Lower, of Minneapolis, has &C
copied a position as prescription clerk
IL Mr.. Lockwood's establishment. ia
inis city.
John Willis of Glasgow mas been
reappointed United States commission
er by Judge Hunt. Willis. who is an
old scout and guide. was originally
appointed to Office by Judge Knowles
upon direc. recommend alton OF Presi
cent Roosevelt. for whom he haC acted