The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-17
CITY AND STATE.
From Satusday'e Daily.

position al Mlnar 5 Ice cream pariOrS.
VIM. T. Morrow, Jr. returned this
morning from a trip through the Vel
lowstone National park.
Judge Tattan and John +. Murphy
left today for Highwood, where they
will enjoy a week of recreation.
Mrs. d. G Lockwood entertained a
numb.r of her friends yesterday after
moor in honor of Mrs. Pugsley.
A postotfice bulletin the
appointment of Il. w. Garland 10
succeed William Mcclellan as post.
master at Malta.
The interior of St. Paul's Episcopal
church 10 being renovated and de.
corated by expert workmen, the re.
suit of their labor making it ore o:
the prettiest churches in Montana.
Henry F, Starkweather, of Washing
ton, D. G., arrived from the west ,hi.
morning. Mr.. Starkwea ther is here
for the purpose of collecting statistics
Of marriages and divorces in .his
county.
D. D. Barnes, lineman for the tele.
phone company, came down from
Great Falls this morning to repair
the Highwood telephone line. which
has not been working satisfactorily for
some time past.
The Bainville Times is the nam OF
q new journalistic venture in northern
Montana. 1t is published at Balm
Vile, q new town in Valley county 10.
Gated onlShotgun creek, about fifteen
miles west of the Dakota line. It is a
newsy little sheet.
Congressman Charles N. Pray left
this morning for Browning, where be
will meet H. N. Savage, supervising
engineer of government irrigation
projects in Montana, and proceed to
St. Mary's lake on q 0 u of inspec.
ton, The purpose of the trip is to
make personal investigation Of the
work that has been done, and to Sc.
cure inform alton that may assist in
impressing upon the reclamation serv-
ice the desir ability of pushing con.
struction work on the St. Mary and
Milk river project. 1t was arranged
that Senators Carter and Dixon should
accompany Mr.. Pray on the trip, but
they notified him by wire yesterday
that they would be unable to keep the
appointment.
Secretary T. A. Cummings, of the
Shonkin Stock association, is in re.
ceipt of notice from the federal al.
thorities that beef cattle from the
range south of the Missouri river may
be shipped to eastern markets withou,
being dipped. On order has Deer made
to that effect by DR.. r. H. Tracy, fed
eral inspector in charge OF this dis.
trict. Permits will be issued for ship
ments Of cattle from the range desig-
mated, the shipments to be forwarded
as ''uninspected free CATTLE" the per.
nit being attached TO the bill Of
the shipment. This order is issued
upon the recommend alton OF officials
who recently went over the Shonkir
range, and failed to discover 10
evidence of cattle scab in that section
From Monday'e Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Grace, VINO
we're recently married 10 Great Falls,
are visiting 10 the city from Steele.
Mrs. C. NJ. Sedgwick, who makes
this city her home during the winter,
left Saturday for home on Clea,
creek.
VIM. Eltod, who is employed with
j. W. Woodcock, is enjoying a visiI
from his mother who comes from FL
dorado Springs, Mo.
Frank Schultz and Henry Norden
of Warrick, arrived from the Beal
Paw country this morning. Mr.
Schultz says the erase is 60 tai! in hi
section tina, he has 70 stand tiptoe Il
look over it.
The l. S. Frey ranch property nea'
Chinook was sold a, sheriff's sale
Saturday, the purchaser being Et
Price, of Chinook. The property
which consists of about 100 acres
sold for q, 500.
John w. Smith returned this morn
ing from Kalispell and vicinity, wher
be has been for several weeks. He i
we'll pleased with that part o! Mon
tara and will return il the near future
and loc ate there.
NJ. E. Miner returned today frou
Malta, near which place a Seabur!
cattle dipping plant is in operation
The plant is said to be in workins
order At the present time, and fai
progress in the work is now beins
made.
John Harris and d. G. Browne re
turned today from an inspection O
the Seabury dipping plants neaI