The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

tor had his foot mashed while hosting
q car: j. E. Trommer suffered a dis.
located shoulder by being thrown from
his horse: and a young man from Eau
Claire. Wis, who was stealing a ride
OF the Great Northern passenger was
so badly crushed between the vesti-
bules that he died before medical aid
could be secured.
James ARC am and Herbert F..
Blogy, under the firm rame @: Gar.
dam Il Blogg, have commenced suit
10 the district cour. aEains. Fred
Gloyue. whom thew arci-e # taxing
illegal possession ut anuat coo h-a1
of ewes. They aiiege y: a, ~ sheep
are being held "a. The G.o!n- rauch,
about fifty miles northeas' Of Harlem,
and tina, the outfit i their property.
The ewes are valued ~ -, 400. for
which amount judgment j. ..net.. TO-
ce,her with $500 damages AID costs Of
suit.
The Sugar Zee. Gr".-r- a>>ocia.
ton of the MIX river valley is the
name of a new cuuce.u whose .!t.c.es
Of Incorporation hav- o-,-;. 4 20 L the
county clerks Office. II. eap.:a. sock
being $40. 600. TIE parpo.e q! the
company. accorGiDy |" il. articles Of
incorporation. j. to promote AID en.
courage the construction AID opera.
ton OF a beet sugar factory: 20 buy,
sell and cultivate lands. and Engage
in other forms OF bus,nee> connected
with beet sugar prod action. The 10.
c~orporators are Z. S G. Sharp, II.
h. Clarksou, L. V. Boyy, + Hermes.
A. w. Ziebarth, W. f. Hensen and
w. B. Sands, OF Chinook.
From Tueeday'e Daily.
j. Il. Stephens arrived This morn.
ing from attending college q. Spokane
and is visiting his father, Dr.. C. j..
B. Stephens, OF this city.
W. c. Collins, who passed the civil
service cxamiu alton some time ago,
has received AZ appointmen, in the
U. S. customs service. He will leave
tomorrow for PASSPORT, Idaho. where
he will be stationed.
Among recent wool sales il tina, Of
the Evere BrOe., M OF the best clips
in this locality, to c. H. Ragland al p
cents. There have been numerous
transactions in northern Montana
wool the past week within the range of
20 and o cents.
Lac Vendette, the Teton valley
sheepm an, reports the loss of his
sheep sheds 10 the recent food aod
damage TO other property that will
aggregate q large amount. John
Neubert, whose alfalfa fields were
submerged, figures his loss at about
$1,000.
1t is reported from Helena that the
Fort BeAknap Canal & alton
company has fled Involuntary back.
ruptcy proceedings against l. S. Frey
OF Chinook. The petition asserts that
Frey has debts of about 81, Zoo, OF
which the petitioners claim amounts
to sa23.6a.
Special delivery stamps are abol-
i@hed by a new %pos,office regulation
that wen, into ef.ec, yesterday 10.
struc.iors have been issued to post
masters that the new law passed by
the last congress, whereby the affixiug
OF ten cents extra postage on q letter
and marking it'"special delivery" will
be accepted in lieu Of a special deliv-
cry stamp, goes into effect July /.
A big cattle deal reported from
Northwest Territory is the sale Of the
New Waldron ranch outfit TO q Cal
gary capitalist for about $3.50, 600.
The Waldr0n ranch was esta bltshed
in 1883, part OF the found alton herd
being puroh ased in northern Montana.
The Cochr ane herd, which was started
10 1881, also changed hands q few
weeks ago.
The annual report of the Great Falle
land Office for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1901, shows cash receipts Of
ell2, $3.50 during the past twelve months
The area OF the d~ietric. was recently
reduced by the creation of the Glas-
gov land district. and now comprises
10, O97 .232 acres. OF this area, 5. 756, 63:
acres-over one.hali of the tota!-ie
10 Chouteau county. The entries il
Chouteau county for the year con.
sisted Of homesteads 1850 acres, de.
sert entries l0.!Os0 acres. mineral en-.
tries $50 acres. Northern Pacific eelec.
lions $50 acres. state selections 6,24(
acres, cash entries $50 acres.
Congressman Charles n. Pray, who
went to Williston to NEE, Secretary
G arfeld's party and accompany them
TO Harlem. expresses the belief tn a,
the eecretary's visit to the Milk river
valley will convince him of the i'm.
p~ortance of the Milk river project. MIR.