The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
H. Lohse, OF Judith, was among the
arrivals today.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
D. A. Smith, sheep inspector for
this district, is among the business
visitors in town.
The county commissioners held a
brief session today as the county
board Of health.
B. H. Lehfeldt, who arrived from
Big Sandy today, reports a snowfall
OF about six inches in that locality.
G. G.. Bergt that the
Elite Studio will be open for business
Thursday, December II, to Monday. \
Among those attending district court
today are W. E. French. Chas. A..
Smith and p. Nj. Bosley, of Harlem.
The application OF Edward Powell,
OF Zortman, for retail liquor license,
has been granted by the county com.
missioners.
The lev forms of quartz location
blank required under the new law can
be obtained at the River Press Office.
The new form must now be used in
making quartz locations.
Jude Tattan has fixed the following
dates for terms of court in Chouteau
county during the year 1908: Tuesday,
February Is: Tuesday, April 21: Tues.
day, August Is: Tuesday. November
"a. The dates fixed for Valley county
are: Tuesday, February 25: Tuesday,
June 2: Tuesday, September %: Tues
day, November II.
The suit Of Matte A. Savage vs.. L.
Minugh, constable, otherwise known
as the jackass case, was on trial be-
fore a jury in the district court today.
1t is alleged that a jackass attached
by the constable under an execution
issued against the property of B. T.
Savage vas owned by his wife, and
the point at issue in the suit is TO de-
termine the legal ownership of the an
imal.
County commissioners are moi au.
torized to pay a salary to a public
weigher, according to the decision
rendered by Attorney General Galen
IN response to the inquiry of County
Attorney W. 7. McKeown, of Kalis.
pell. The decision says that the com.
miseioners cannot depart from the
provisions of q special statute which
declares that the public weigher shall
receive ten cents for each receipt is.
sued by him.
Local stockmen will be interested in
a dispatch from Washington which
says the interstate commerce commits
sion has decided that the terminal
charge OF s. per car at the Chicago
stocky ards is excessive, and that it
must be reduced to one dollar on Feb
ruary l, 1908. Several Montana stock
men have presented claims for a re-
fund OF the excess payments for ter.
minai charges during the past few
years, the claims aggregating several
thousand dollars.
From Thursdays Daily.
A. w. Merrifield. county surveyor.
left today for Chicago on a visit of
several weeks.
In = n Cuntohnw ,rhn !, Main
located at Somers, in Flathead coun.
ty, was among the arrivals today.
Mrs. Geo. H. Stevens left today
on a visit of several weeks with rela-
tives in North Dakota and Michigan.
DR.. j. V. Carroll left today 90 an
eastern trip, which will include Bos-
ton and other cities on the Atlantic
coast.
Among the recent births in this vici-
nifty is that Of a son to the Japanese
wife of a section foreman on the Mon
tana Central.
Fred Sullivan was received at the
county Jail today to serve a sentence
Of ninety days for petit larceny. The
sentence was imposed by Justice W.
B. Piper, of Havre.
A beef shipment was loaded at the
Benton stockyards yesterda y by w.
l.. Embleton and other residents of
Teton. 1t will probably be the last
shipment of the season from this
locality.
John Harris and d. @. Browne re-
turned today from Chicago, where
they attended the intern ational Live.
stock Exposition. The show is laid
to be the best ever held, bu. the at
tendance is not so large as in former
years.
a petition has been filed in the dis
trict court for the transfer of the dam.