The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
CITY N STATE.

B. b. Lehfeldt and wife OF Big
Sandy, were among the visitors here
today.
B. ]. Boorman, of kalispell, the
we'll known Flathead county lumber
dealer, arrived today on a short bust
ness visit.
There was a good attendance at the
dance given at the Grand Union
hotel last evening, which proved TO be
a very enjoyable aft air.
Vincent KAMA, a native Of Ger
many, has filed with the clerk of the
district court a declaration of his in.
.ention to become an American citi.
zen.
H. Fullerton registered at the county
Jail today for a term of sixty days,
having been sentenced by Justice W.
3. Piper, of Havre, for petit lar.
ceny.
A. Macdonald, an employe of the
Benton Sheep Company, is under
treatment for a broken wrist, the
result of being thrown from the top of
a load of baled hay.
A long distance weather prophecy
comes from E. G. Garrett, Of Choteau,
who writes that the Indian medicine
men predict the continuance of IN open
winter until about the middle Of Feb
ruary.
A dispatch from Washington says
the senate Indian committee has fav.
orally reported Carter's bill appro.
priating $25, 900 for purchase Of ma.
chinery and animals for Fort Belknap
Indians.
DR.. r. p. Gordon, the we'll known
Great Falls physician, who has been
seriously sick for some time past,
died yesterday at his home in that
city. DR.. Gordon vas q frequent
visitor to this vicinity, and had many
friends here.
Advices from Great Falls report the
death of Hiram Halverson, a we'll
known Valley county ranchman, who
was under treatment at Columbus
hospital. His death was due to injuries
received in a runaway accident near
Glasgow about three weeks ago.
In reply to 10 inquiry from Mis-
soula county, Attorney General G aler
gives an opinion to the effect tina
teachers are not entitled to pay fol
time spent in attending the meeting o
the State Teachers association. MIR
Galen also held that a board of coun
~ school trustees cannot give prize
to a successful contestant in a debate
About thirty residents of the High
wood country are named as defend
ants in a suit commenced in the Cas-
cade county district court by Der
Coon. The latter claims to have
contract signed by defendant in whicI
he is guaranteed $50 per head TO
killing wolves and coyotes within
certain district, and alleges that b
earned So, $50 under this agreement
The complaint states that he has It
ceived only $4S of this amount, an
asks judgment for the balance Q
, 1882.
From Mondays Daily.
c. G.. Chambers, the Minneapoli
grain dealer, was among the arrival
today.
A praecipe for dismissal has bee
aled in the district court, 10 the So.
of A. D. Gill VS.. the Coburn Cattl
company.
w. O. Dexter returned yesterd a
from q visit to Butte and other poin,
in western Montana. He reports
large number of idle men in that pa
Of the state, owing to q suspension
work in the mines and lumber camp
F. +. Stranahan returned todt
from Sioux City, Iowa, where he a
tended the Missouri River Navigate
congress. There was a large a,ten
ance at the congress, about 0 del
gates being present., the majority
the visitors coming from Kansas CIT
Omaha, and other commercial Z ente
located on the river.
A decision rendered by the 5
preme court in the case of Daniel NJ
Gowan, formerly Of this city, deni
the new trial asked by the defendar
MCGOWAN was convicted in the distri
court of Teton county of murder
the second degree for killing Charl
Arnold, and was given a sentence
% years. His defense was Temporal
insanity.
According to the Great Falls Leade
instructions have been received by
8. Robbins, engineer in charge of t
Sun River reclamation project,
commence work on that undertaken
early in March. The Sun River pr