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

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work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Another case of diphtheria is re-
ported from Hishwood, the patient be-
ing one of the johnson children.
Ferdinand Olson. of Lloyd. appear.
ed before the clerk of the district
court today. and declared his inten.
ton to become an American citizen.
In the district court today, a divorce
was granted in the suit of Mary j..
Maxwell VS.. John S. Maxwell, in
which the plaintiff alleged desertion.
Petitions for natura lization have
been presented to the district court by
Oliver j.. Jones. Christian Ehli, John
MAR, Francis Dalton, Joseph Dolan
and Carson C%orriean.
The new forms of quartz location
blank required under the new law al
be obtained at the River Prese Office.
The e form must now be used in
making quartz locations.
Charles NJ. Haigler, a former north
ern Montana resident who is o To-
Gated on the Pacific coast, is among
the visitors in town. Mr.. Haigler has
recently been travelling over the pro-
posed route of the Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad in Northwest Terri.
tory, which passes through ar enorm.
Gus extent:of country that is now with
oa: railroad facilities.
E. D. Nash ofIHelena, deputy state
veterin arian, is comforting with local
stockmen in regard to the cattle scab
situation in this locality. Accom-.
panied by q federal inspector. DR..
Nash proposes making a trip over
the range south Of this city for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the
disease is prevalent among cattle on
the Shonkin range. 1t is claimed by
stockmen that scab does not exist on
the range south of the Missouri river.
Great Falls Leader: Thore Ritland
10 a prisoner at the county Jail, hav.
ing been arrested at Fort Benton and
brought here yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Miller. The charge agsinst
him 10 grand larceny, the complain
ant being Constable Frank Rush, of
BELT. Rush accuses Ritland, who was
employed upon an adjoining ranch,
Of the:theft of a horse. Ritland. on
the other!hand, claims that be bought
the animal Of a third party, another
rancher. Involved in the case is a
dispute between Rush and the third
party over the right to use a certain
brand.
A dispatch from New York an.
nouuces ~the.death of Orange J.. Sails
bury at a hospital in that city, from
heart disease. AS a member Of the
firm of Gilmore, Salisbury & Co.,
which operated several stage routes
and conducted a large express bust
ness in Montana and other western
states in the seventies, Mr.. Sails bury
was we'll known among old time resi-.
dents of Montana. His firm at one
time ran a stage from this city to
Helena, and had other routes that
connected Montana points with Sal,
Lake and other cities where railroad
facilities were avail able at tina. time.
F:om Thursdays Daily.
A marriage license was issued toGa az
to Herman May and Rosa Schmid,
both OF Warrick.
Mrs. j. H. Russell, who has beer
quite sick the past two weeks, was
taken 20 St. Glare hospital last even
ing.
A matched game of basket ball j.
announced for the Fourth Of July be
tween two teams OF young ladies O
this city. 1t will be played abou,
O'Clock in the evening.
The Chase machine shearing plau
on the Teton will be ready to begir
operations tomorrow, the. W. f
Emoleton outfit being the first to have
its wool crop harvested at the plant
uc CITY uoISuo1 AZ ~ bCNC9pS Va a.
inquiry from Washburn, Wis. as Il
the presen, address OF George H
S!vertsen, who is believed TO have
been in this locality last winter. Rel
a,ives of the missing man wish TO 10
cate him.
II is reported tina. the Pioneer Ca,
tie company, whose range is in :h'
eastern par, OF Valley county, ii
shipping in an outfit OF southern Cta.
steers. The company holdings here
tofore have consisted largely of Tex
as stock.
Hugh Butcher, charged with stealing
a quantity of stamped envelopes from
a wrecked mail car, was delivered into
the custody of Deputy U. S Marsha
Harry Drumm today, a commitmen
having been issued by Chas. H. Boyle
Y 6 commissioners