The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-20


Julien, superioress of Columbus hos
pital is named as %executrix. with pow.
er to act as she may see fit in the dis.
tribution of the estate
For sale l ten inch Sebastian lathe,
6 #. bed; one 3 h. p. Cushman engine:
one 3 b. p. Columbus engine: l forge
and anvil; l blacksmith vice: l bench
drill: l hack saw, dies and tap: ma.
chine tools; l carpenter bench and
carpenter tools. Inquire at Office Of
T. G. Power s. Bro.
Among q large number of patents
tor deser, lands received at the Great
Falls land Office last week are the fol-
lowing for Chouteau county parties:
August Hydt. William Finke, May j.
Boyle, Fort Benton; Frances E. Wat
kins, Mary E. Fox, Alonzo Ellis,
Henry Horn, Harlem; Thos. j. O'Han.
Ion j. w. Archer, Chinook. W. A.
Forgey, Marias; John Davie, Havre;
Jas. Thornhill, Landusky; Frances A.
Peers, Beatrice; Albert P. Wiegand,
Dodson.
From Tuesday's Daily.
Once used, always used, Nox.all
lambine tents sold BY T. G. Power &
Bro.
Nox-all Landing tents are the thing
for the lsmbing season. T. c. Power
s. Bro.
Are you using Rex -four? Every
pound guaranteed or money back. T.
c. Power & Bro.
A warm rain last evening was one
of the features of unusual weather
conditions in this locality.
James E. Kirk, of St. Paul, has
taken q position in the Great North.
ern express Office, succeeding Artell
Piercy.
The members Of the local Masonic
lodge entertained a number of their
friends at cards last evening at the
lodge rooms.
A. w. Kingsbury arrived in the
city this morning from Great Falls
accompanied by a force of men, and
left for his ranch on the Shonkin.
1t is announced from Havre that
L. o. Hudson, who will take Office as
county treasurer next month, will APP
point Miss Dot Mckenzie as his depu.
ty.
The Homeworkers will hold a cook.
ing sale, including homemade candy,
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
their rooms next to w. J. Miuar's
drug tore.
Miss Genevieve Coty, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lippard at their ranch on the Mis-.
souri, river for the past eighteen
months, has returned to her home a,
Saltwater, Minnesota.
Advices received from Chinook thi.
morning state that Milk river is run
ming bank full at that point, although
the ice in the river has not yet broker
up. There promises to be exception
ally high water If mild weather con
tinues.
W. NJ. Sexton today sent eigh
work teams up to Tunis, several mile
west of this city, where they will b.
employed in hauling stone for a res
ervoir which the Great Northern Rail
way company proposes to construct a
that point.
Snit for damages aggregating abou
81, $50 has been commenced in the dis
trict court by John S. Galbreath, o
Browning, against the Great North
ern Railway company. the suit relat
log to a beef shipment that was de
layed in transit. The complaint al
leges that plaintiff loaded 2SO bee
cattle at Browning on September ID
1906, and that owing to unreasonable
delay the shipment did rot reach Chi
cago until September 20, when the cat
tie had decreased considerably il
weight and condition, and their mar
ket value had been reduced. la tn,
shipment were also 20 head of cattl
owned by w. c. Broadwater, who's
claim for damages has been assigned
to Mr.. Galbreath. The latter is rep
resented in the suit by Attorneys F
E. Strarahan n w. 5. Towner.
Court Calendar In ValIav