The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-20
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

for Plains, Sanders county, on q visit
with his sister. Mrs. Lloyd r. Wal.
ton.
G. E. Embleton and family returned
this morning from q visit OF several
months with relatives in New Bruins.
wick.
The Great Northern announces that
colonist rates from St. Paul to north
ern Montana points will be in effect
from March l to May 5.
Notice of location for the "Ptin-
kium" quartz claim, 10 the Little
Rockies, has been filed In the county
clerks Office by James Coates.
The local building season opened
today with the commencement of work
on a new roof for the Masonic hall. at
the corner of Power aud Main streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Kulage and
Stephen Kulage, of the Shonkin. are
among the visitors in the city today.
1t lie understood that Mr. Stephen Ku.
age will leave shortly on a visit to
California.
Local weather prophets express the
belief that the prevailing high tenn.
perature means the end of winter, and
that nothing serious than a few
snow 1urries will happen between now
and the opening Of spring.
Jere Sullivan, Of the Choteau
House, returned this morning from
Helena, where be attended q meeting
held by the hotel men throughout the
state. AS q result of the meeting, the
Montana Hotel Mems association was
organized, Mr.. Sullivan being chosen
as secretary.treasurer of the organic
alton.
From Thursdays Daily.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Stephen Kulage and nephew, Her.
man Kulage, left today for a visit to
California.
Geo. w. Frields, Jr.. returned TO-.
day from Helena, where he has been
at tending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Milroy, of
Great Falls, were among the arrivals
in the city this morning.
Mrs. Geo. w. Frields, Miss Frields
and Mrs. D. G. Lockwood returned
this morning from a three weeks trip
to Seattle and Pacific coast cities.
Arrivals from the Marias country
report that the chinook of the past
few days has not prevailed in that 10
cality to any great extent. Large por.
tions OF the range are still covered
with snow and Ice.
Parties in the city last evening from
the Teton, report that stream to be
running bank full as a result OF the
warn weather of the past few days.
The river has risen to such an extent
that the only possible way to ford in
places is on horseback.
\ dispatch from Washington an.
y the passage of the Glasgow
land district bill in the house of rep.
resentatives. The bill provides tina,
the land Office shall be at Glasgow.
The new district will be composed oil
all of Valley county, and no other
territory.
Oscar Johnston is in receipt of ad'
vices from Mondak to the effect tina,
range conditions in eastern Valley
county show little improvement
There has been no chinook in that sec
ton, but the warm sunshine during
the day has melted some. of the snow
The temperature At night, however, i.
usually about zero.
Shipping mules TO Missouri is {
o unusual incident in the Montana
livestock industry, but the Great Fall:
Leader reports such a shipment from
Cascade county. It says H. J. Skin
ner today loaded a shipment Of abou
100 mule colts, which will be taken t
St. Louis to be sold upon the mul,
market. The stock is routed over The
Great Northern to Helena. from Hell
ena to Billings over the Northern Pa
ciic and from Billings to St. Louit
over the Burlington route. Thes.
colts are some that have been Dough
up from time to time by Mr.. Skinner
and his agents, and kept upon hi,
ranch, about ten miles south of town
From Fridays Daily
Somnoform-Dr. Stephens, owe
Lockwoods.
Mrs. E. j. Dillingham;. of High
wood, left yesterday Of a visit to be-
old home in England.
Owing to the illness of Rev. Fathe
Parker, there will be no services to
night at the hospital chapel.
Walter Brown, the we'll know
stockman of Box Elder, is among th