The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
CITY AND STATE.
From ~Saturday's.Datly

was among the arrivals In Inc city
this morning.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Merchants and others affected by
the repeal of the license law are ad.
vised that any license due on Febru.
airy 81, the date of the passage OF the
new law, must be collected by county
treasurers.
District court has been adjourned
for the term, Judge Tattan leaving to.
morrow to open court at Glasgow.
The next term of court for Cnouteau
county begins March 10.
John McClelland. who is in towr to-
day from his ranch on the Missouri,
eight miles below town, reports the
river Is frozen over at that point, the
ice being of sufficient thickness to al
low crossing with teams.
Parties who arrived in town today
from Eight.Mile springs report that
the railroad reservoir at that place Is
filled to overlooking with water, and
that two six-ineh pipes are being used
to carry away the surplus to the coul-
ees.
W. A. Ragan, Of Big Sandy, and
Henry Norden, Of Warrick. are bust.
ness visitors in town today. Mr.. Ra.
gan says that an abundance of snow
and ice still remains in the vicinity of
Big Sandy, the ri winds having
had very little effect.
Great Falls Tribune: r. H. Wright,
q Teton county sheepman. yesterday
commencedl action in the district court
to recover from the Great Northern
Railway company and the Montana s
Great NortherniR Railway company the
sum OF 1852. SO, the amount of damages
claimed by the plaintiff as the result
OF alleged negligence on the part of
defendantsiSin transporting q ship.
ment OF sheep from Conrad to Chi.
caeo, by way of Shelby, last Septem.
Der.
The girl members of St. Paul's Sun.
day school report q bold and cruel
theft last evening. They met at the
John Harrisaresidence to make candy
for their social that is being held this
afternoon and evening, and after
cooking several pounds of the most
delicious fudge that v came out OF
q skillet, the candy vas placed out
doors to cool and harden. A few
minutes later it was discovered tina,
the confectionery had disappeared,
some boys who we're seer in the vicin.
ity being suspected as the appropri.
ators. No arrests will be made IL the
guilty parties pay for the candy.
From Monday Daily.
H. j. O'Hanlon, of Chinook, was
among the arrivals in the city yester.
day morning.
Chas. Lepley and wife left today for
White Sulphur Springs, on a visit o
several weeks.
A marriage license was issued today
to George E. Mosher and Jessie A,
Blackshaw, both of Zortman.
&. H. Blumankamp and A. P. Vie
gand, we'll known residents OF Dodson.
are trans acting business in the city
today.
County Commissioners o. G. Skyl'
stead, Of Havre, and Alex Ross, o.
Ada, are in attendance at the regular
meeting of the board of county com
missioners.
c. H. Ragland, who returned yes
terda y morning from q business visi,
of several days at Billings, reports
heavy losses of livestock in that sec
ton Of Montana.
Four location notices for quartz
claims in the Little Rockies have beer
filed in the county clerks Office by J.
L.. Westergreen, ]. r. Dewar, Will
liam Glover and others.
v. F. Blankenbaker, who is in towr
today from Virgelle, reports that the
range in that locality Is still covered
with ice and snow, the recent chinooks
failing to reach that section. Winter
conditions have prevailed there evel
since November II.
Cards have been received in this
city announcing the coming marriage
of Mics Mary Ashby Baker, daughter
of Jos. A. Baker, of this city, to Mr.
Francis j. Mitchell, Jr., which will.
take place at Brooklyn, N. Y.,I or
Thursday, March 2lst.
L. O. Hudson, who was elected coun
~ treasurer last November, took Office
today, this being the first Monday il
March. The county commissioners
s~uperintended the transfer of funds
from John C. Sullivan TO his success.
sor, and found the accounts correct.
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