The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
cITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

L'4Sn ~ odohAuuU, u SIcNS!ouO, a
native Of Sweden, has made declara.
ton in the district court of his :c,en.
ton 20 become an American citizen.
Four cars Of stock cattle belonging
to the O'Hanlon Land and Livestock
company arrived today from Chinook,
and will be taken 10 the compauv's
amen oou twelve miles below town.
The electric ligh, service vas Gus.
pended for IA few hours last evening
The heavy rainstorm caused damage
to the plant that had TO be repaired
before it could be pa. in operation.
c. NJ. Roberts, a we'll known resi-.
dent OF Teton county, has been sen.
fenced 10 one year in the peni,en,iary
for receiving stolen horses. His con.
vic.ion was secured by the confession
Of one OF the men who stole the ami
mails and sold them 10 the defendant.
The residents of Chouteau county
appear to be too buoy to get into mis-.
chief that will land them in the county
Jail. At the present time there are
only two guests in that institution,
and their term of free board and lodg.
ing will expire within the next ten
days.
This locality was visited las. ever
ing by a soaking rain that guarantees
bounteous hay and grain crops this
season. Jere Sullivan, the weather
bureau officer at this station, states
that the rainfall in "a hours was ear
~ two inches, and a similar down
pour is reported from other points in
northern Montana.
The Shonkin Stock association is
awaiting the arrival Of a shipment OF
pure bred Shorthorn bulls that will be
used among the herds owned by mem.
bers of the organization. The ship
ment includes some Of the best speci-
mems raised by Kohrs and Bielenberg,
of Deer Lodge, who are known
throughout the northwest as breeders
of frst.class stack.
Some OF our local sheepmen have
been summoned to Helena TO give tes'
timony in a suit for damages result.
ing from q sheep transaction which
was transferred from this district to
the district court of Lewis and Clarke
county. The title of the suit is T. G.
Power & Co. VS.. W. p. Turner, Jr..
the plaintiffs claiming damages Of
S237l.54 from the defendant, who il
alleged to have defaulted on a con-
tract to run an outfit OF sheep for q
certain period.
Glasgow News: The advertising the
Commercial club is doing in eastern
papers is already beginning to bring
results and Inquiries are
coming 70 Secretary Coleman. The
ads are headed "Land for ten cents
an acre." and 60 on to state tina t peo-
pie may secure 100 acres Of land here
for the government nling fee Of SIG,
One old farmer dow east evidently
read the first line and without going
farther decided to buy 100 acres a. Ter
cents 40 acre. 10 fact. he SAID he woulC
20 60 far as to send the money in aG
vance il the land would be held 70,
him. The secretary sen, him INT
necessary inform alton on me suffice.
From Nonday'e Daily.
According to a telephone message
from Butte, there wat a snoWfall Of Il
inches in that city yesterday.
Il S. Culbertson, who keeps arecort
OF the stage OF water in the Missouri
river, reports that it was 81 feet aboc'
low water mark this morning. and cha
it has been gradually rising since Ii,
measurement was taken.
John Reynolds, who came in witt
the Highwood stage today, oring'
word of considerable damage to couu
ty roads and bridges by the recen
storm. Ia some places the course o
the creek wa. changed 10y the rash Q
water.
The program OF the state conventio.
of Eagles, which will be held at Havr'
tomorrow aud two following days, 10
cludes a line of sports that will aesie
in entertaining the visitors. Their
will be baseball games, horse races
and other events, for which liberia
prizes are offered.
John McGregor, who was released
from the county Jail Saturday after
serving a sixty.day sentence for dis
tarDing the peace al Chinook, was ar
rested a few hours later on a charge
of disorder!y conduct. He pleaded
gailty this afternoon IN Justice Kin
der's court, and vas given a sentence
of thirty days.
Charles Bielen beg, Of Deer Lodge
who arrived Saturday evening with al
outfit Of pure.bred Shor,horn bulls
for the Shonkin stock association, i: