The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-24
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and iewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store. -
Dr.. Stephens will sell q Premier
6'cylinder, REQ, or Ford automobile.
See him or write.
Miss Rowena Chestnut left O law
tor Winona, Mimi, to attend a sum.
mer school for teachers at that place,
Among recent marriages reported
oy the Great Falls newspapers is that
Leo c. Miles, of Gold Butte, and
Alice M. Phelan, of Great Falls.
A declaration of his intention to be.
come an American citizen has been
hled In the district court by Oscar
frederickson, OF the Marias, who is q
native of Sweden.
The new 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.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage OF Mr.. F. A. Flanagan and
Miss Nina c. Thibault, of this city.
The wedding will take place at the
Catholic church Wednesday morning,
June "a.
Judge Tattan, as trustee for the
townsite of Saco, in Valley county,
has made application to the land Office
at Glasgow to purchase the land upon
which Saco is located. There is a de-
feet in the title which it is the intent of
these proceedings to remedy.
Endorsement of W. G. Conrad for
second place on the democratic ma.
tional ticket has been made by the
democratic conventions of Teton. Park
and Flathead counties. The friends
of Mr.. Conrad hope to secure similar
action in the democratic state conven.
ton.
Location notices for six quartz
claims in the Dry Cottonwood mining
district have been filed in the county
clerks Office by j. A. Ebaugh and F.
B. Quinn. Notices for three quartz
claims in the Little Rockies district
have been filed by F. D. Roberts and
NJ. G. Dwight.
George Barley, who is in from his
ranch near Eagle butte, reports that
the Missouri river food carried out
his house, farm buildings and most of
the other improvements. The railroad
pump house from LEOPARD and a large
assortment of timbers and other wreck.
age we're left on his ranch BY the re.
ceding water.
j. E. Shatzel, an attorney from
Bowling Green, Ohio, is among the
business visitors in town. Mr.. Shat
eel will take dispositions in a suit
brought by Mrs. Anna w. Thrailkill
against the estate of her sister, Mrs.
E. Spooner. who died in Ohio some
time ago, to recover the sum of Sc, 600.
The claim is in the form of a promis-
sorry note which the defense alleges is
a forgery.
According to advices from Lewis
town, a big shipment of Texas cattle
which was due to arrive here about
three weeks ago, was diverted to that
point over the Montana railroad. The
cattle were detained at Billings sever.
al days by washouts on the Northern
Pacific, and the suspension of traffic
on the Montana Central made the sit
uation worse. G. W. Frields, of this
city, is interested in the shipment.
Culbertson Republican: A cloud.
burst occurred at Milk river Thurs.
day morning and the operator at that
place sent a message something like
this to the dispatcher at Havre:
"Good bye, I'm hiking for the cross
beam of the nearest telegraph pole.
The water is o coming over the
telegraph Instruments. Send a relief
party, and no one who is not q good
swimmer. Haven't much to eat but
plenty T. drink"
Free scholarships given away in the
Fargo Conservatory of Music to the
amount of 5000. The best equipped
musical school in the northwest: large
faculty; all branches taught. Pupils
may enter at any time. Send for in
formation regarding scholarships.
Fall term opens September 10th, 1908.
Large illustrated catalogue of school
sent upon request. Address E. Her.
deg, Secretary of Fargo Conservatory
of Music, or w. w. George, director,
Fargo, N. D..
from Thursdays Daily.
0. G.. Osnes, the we'll known sheep
man of knerville, was among the ar
rivals by gasoline launch today.
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