The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-16
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily,

~ v oAA JC"CAIy repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
The new forms Of quartz location
blank required under the new law can
be obtained at the River Prese Office.
The new form must now be used in
making quartz locations.
A large number OF ranchers from
Highwood and Bet arrived tod ay
with a beef outfit hat will be shipped
to Chicago from the local stock yards.
There are about $50 head in the outfit.
A suit for divorce has been com.
menced In the district court by Mar
garet Champine against Frank Cham
pine. the complaint alleging cruelty
and failure to provide the necess aries
of life.
Nj. N. Lease and a crew ofmen ar.
rived from Great Falls today to as.
sist in pushing work on the new Cath.
Ollie church building. 1t is proposed
to complete the building by the latter
part of December.
The sheriff's Office received word
from Minot last evening, stating that
Jack Dietz had been taken into Gus
tody at that point. The prisoner is
wanted here on a charge of obtaining
money at Chinook on a check that had
been raised.
Applications for naturalization were
made to the district court today by
Thomas Connolly and Annie Con.
molly, of Havre. Under the new fed.
eral law, the applications must be
posted IN the Office of the clerk of the
district court for ninety days, before
naturalization is granted.
The county high school suit was adj
vanced toward final determin alton at
a session of the district court held to-
day, a general demurrer to the com
plant being filed by the county attor.
ney. The court sustained the demur-
rer, the effect of that decision being
the dismissal of the suit 10 the district
court. The proceedings will permit
the early presentation of the matter
on appeal to the state supreme court,
and assist in securing a decision from
that tribunal at an early date.
The Great Northern railroad now
has four work trains and two steam
shovels at work on the Montana &
Great Northern railroad between
Great Falls and Shelby, putting that
line in shape for the traffic which is
slated to COM that way when the new
Billings & Northern cutoff is com.
pleted. 1t is understood hat with the
completion of the cutoff between Bill
ings & Great Falls, known as the Bill
ings a. Northern, much Of the Burling-
ton traffic which has been going over
the Northern Pacific will be delivered
TO the Great Northern over this new
line.
From Thursdays Daily.
Judge w. B. Pyper arrived from
Havre today to assist fn the i~nstalla-
ton ceremonies Of the local chapter
Of the Order Of the Eastern Star.
Judge Piper is grand patron of the
Montana branch of the organization.
A Washington dispatch says the
general land Office has approved a
contract for the survey of certain
townships in Valley county. lying be.
tween the Big Muddy and the Dakota
line. The contract is for $4,000, and
thn tipoo 1i-it &c Gvo1 OF Tr,ro Oh 1O0R
A suit for damages in the amount of
5000 was commenced in the district
court today by Fred Gloyn against
G. V. Nassau. The complaint alleges
that the defendant made a false and
defamatory statement regarding the
plaintiff, to the effect that he altered
the brands on certain sheep.
The civil suit of the Madison Live.
stock company against John Osler
and others has been transferred to the
district court of Cascade county. The
600 alleged to be due on two promis.
cory notes given by defendants who
are residents Of the Sweet Grass hills.
The land contest case OF John kOski
against Agnes Boyd and Joseph ker.
naghan, which related to a desert claim
in the Highwood country, has been
recommended for dismissal by the
Grea. Falls land Office. The original
entry was made about ten yeays ago,
the claim being on unsurveyed land.
Helena Record: \ striking illus.
,ration of the unpopularity of the
Great Northern railway with Montana
stockmen is seen in the shipment this
afternoon of twenty-four carloads of
cattle from Helena by way of the
Northern Pacific. Nearly every hoof
was raised in territory belonging to
the Great Northern, but so poor ha.
the service heen. so numerous the az.