The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.


work to D. G.. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
Mrs. J. V. Carroll and son John
returned home his morning from a
visit of several! weeks a. Hunters Hot
Springs.
c. D. Miller, who arrived TODAY
from Billings, has accepted a posi-.
ton in I. c. Power & Bros. grocery
department.
a suit for divorce has been com.
menced in the district court by Carl
+. Rensen vs.. Ida c. Hensen, the
complain, making a,leg ations of in
fidelity against the defendant.
a decree of divorce was granted in
the district court today 10 the suit of
Matilda Christian VS.. John L. Chris
tian. A decree was also issued in the
case of George D. Hansen VS.. Mary
Hansen.
An order vas made 10 the distric,
court today by which E. j. kupfer
and wife. of Big Sandy, are author.
ICED to adopt Ethel Dishman, a min.
or. The latter has been under the
care of the Montana Children's Home.
Letters of administration were is
sued In the district cour, today to
Thomas Crowley in the estate Of John
Crowley, deceased. John Mcdowell
was appointed administrator of the
estate Of George B. Wareham, de-
ceased.
An informa alton was filed in the dis
trict court today by the county at,or.
ney against n. E. Thomas, who is
charged with assault. The defendant
Is alleged to have brutally beaten
Mrs. Eldred Friedrich, at Havre, a
short time ago.
The county attorneys Office received
a telegram this afternoon from P. Nj.
Bosley, OF Harlem, stating that there
was a dead man at that place upon
whose person was sufficient money to
bury him, together with several
checks. The authorities are without
information as to the identity of the
deceased or The cause of death.
Dr.. G. F. Hopkins, Of Chinook, who
is among the visitors 10 town, has
with him q collection of attr acti We
specimens of ore from claims in the
new Bear Paw mining district, in
which he is interested. The ore car.
ries copper, gold and other metals,
the former predomin ating, q sew.
eral assays that have been made give
an average value OF between $40 and
$50 per ton. Some picked ore that
was submitted to assay, went from $50
to S1O6 per on. The owners OF the
claims believe they have paying
properties, and will do considerable
development work the coming season.
From Thursdays Daily.
n. +. Thomas, against whom an in.
form alton was filed by the county a.
torney charging assault. appeared in
the district court this afternoon aud
entered a plea of not guilty. He is
under bonds Of 81, 600 to appear for
trial.
c. B. Toole, the we'll known stock
man Of West Butte, is among the
business visitors in town. Mr.. Toole
states the winter losses of livestock in
the Sweet Grass hills have not been
serious, a considerable proportion of
them being due to the inability to sup.
ply water to cattle that were being fed
hay.
Advices from Billings report a
cattle deal that involved the payment
OF about $75 600. The transaction
affected an outfit Of cattle numbering
$500 to 5000 head, together with this
seasons calves, owned by $. r. Mil.
Ter, an old.time stockman Of that 10.
cality. The purcharer vas Charles
O'Donnell, who will ship the. herd out
OF the state next fall.
Another damage suit relating TO a
livestock shipment has been com
menced in the district court against
the Great Northern Railway company,
the plaintiff being George Crowley.
The complaint alleges thai, cars for a
shipment Of cattle were to be on hand
at Chinook 90 October IL, 1906. but
were not supplied until a month later,
causing considerable expense to the
plaintiff. II is also alleged that the
run from Chinook to St. Paul Oc.
copied 1856 hours, that the cattle were
without feed or water for a period of
Us hours, and that The shipment did
no, reach Chicago until November -.
Included in the suit are claims as.
signed to plaintiff by H. Q. Rhoades,
F. j. kimball, Ed. Fogarty, Nora
Murphy and Charles Christensen,
the total amount of damages claimed
being about $3.50. The plaintiff is
represented by D. L. Blackstone, of