The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
have Montana Central trains RAINING

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man of The 4. o. u. w. wa- 10 the
city Monday visiting the lodg- of the
order in Bozemau. Mr.. Sullivan is
one of the pioneers Of .ne state, hav-
ing come 10 Fort Benton 10 'ue early
sixties. The asst time he was in Boze-
man, prior To this, was 10 le,2, and
he EXPRESSED hiinsa.: us mu:h sur.
prised and pleased win Ia great ad.
vancemert made in his locality since
be wa. lasi here
A:cord:ug - .I- s.a'n-r bureau
record. kept by Jrr- Sl.ivau, volun-
tary observer d. TINS p"iu'. :iie storm
that prevailed mere Friday, Saturday
and Sunday produced ia .O,al rainfall
OF ASS inches. Ihi- i Az l~nu.uAlly
heavy prec.pitation, ba, j. falls con.
sideraoly shor, Of making u record.
The heaviest rainfall ever reported in
nor:hern Montana was Ma. 10 June
Of las, year Il, Warrlcx. On.erver D.
Schii!irg recurGiug u precipitation .!
yearly Is iucne- 10 50 LoLis. /. va.
s1ch 4 remarkable occurrence that
the weather bureau officials questioned
the accuracy Of The figures. but they
were verified by convincing evidence.
From Tuetday's baliy.
Distric, cuur, tor ChoA,eau county
has been adjourned 10 July 20.
DR.. F. j. Adams arrived from Great
Falls this morning ~ h professional
vi.i..
Mrs. F. II. McHafiie, OF Missoula,
arrived today pc a visi, with her
sister, Mrs. FIorian "A. Carna..
Notice of location for the Lady
Baltimore quartz claim, in the Bear
Paw mining district, Wa fled in the
county clerks Office today by r. p.
FELTON, and others.
Carroll w. Fish was brought 10
from Highwood last evening to receive
medical attention for appendicitis and
other ailments. His relatives have
been q advised that a surgical operation
may be necessary.
Jay Fry and A. Il. Steele returned
today from a successful chase after
the big lumber raft that was carried
on, by the food Sunday afternoon.
They caught the fugitive aud landed
it at the l. F. Churchill ranch. the
des,!n alton for which i: was originally
intended.
Local wool market news has been
scarce the past few Gays, the only re.
ports Of sales in which prices are
. given coming from The upper Teton
where four deals were made at prices
, ranging from 204 to 2l3 cents. There
have been a few transactions at Chi
nook, Saco and other northern Mon.
tara points, but the terms of sale have
!, no: been made public.
, D. G. Browne returned today from
Denver, where he attended the public
, lands convention as one OF the dele.
gates from Montana. Mr.. Browne re.
ports a large attend auce of western
stockmeu and others at the Denver
meeting, and believes the discussion
that was had and the resolutions tina,
were adopted will discourage the agi
r ,a,!on for leasing the public domain.
. Dr.. Z. D. Nash, Of the state ve,erin'
arian's Office. and DR.. j. a. Stautfer,
federal livestock inspector, returned
today from a trip over the Shonkiu
range with Major Il. A. Cummings
and Malcolm Morrow. From personal
! observation they are satisfied there il
E; no scab among cattle south OF the
Missouri river, and will! report to tina,
, effect to their respective departments,
e II is believed the investig alton will
result 10 the suspension of the cattle
dipping order 10 its application to TIT
district mentioned.
Arrivals from the Teton valley re-
, por, food conditions along thai
stream, some of the bottoms being
lowered with water. Cyrus Neuber
bring. word that in his locality thu
river is higher than has been know
for thirty years. and Assessor Henr!
Cries bach reports thai part of hi.
. Teton ranch is a vast lake. The rise
is due TO heavy rains in the upper
country. the weather bureau observe,
, at Choteau reporting q precipitation
OF 81 inches 10 the past three days,
The Marias river j. also reported t1
= be flooding many Of the ranches 10
Gated on thai stream.
Congressman Charles n. Pray will
be among those present at the open
ing of the Huntley irrigation project.
one of the objects Of his attends nce
, being to meet James r. Garfield, Sec
rotary of the interior, and other prom
linen, federal officials, and accompany
them on d trip through the Milk river
valley. The party expects to go tc
Glendive and make a trip overland to
MOpd ak, taking the train from the