The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
CITY AND STATE.
fIom Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and iewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Miss G. Kohlbenson arrived from
Great Falls this morning, to take q
position with Mrs. 1. NJ. Rogers as
dressmaker.
j. F. Curtis, accompanied by Mrs.
Curtis and family, returned today
from Kirksville, Mo-, where they have
been visiting for some time past.
j. c. McCuaig, sheep inspector.
arrived today on official business con.
nected with quarantine matters in the
country south OF the Missouri river.
hagen & Fry have q large force OF
men at work today removing the big
smokestack at the city pumping sta.
ton, and erecting q new one in its
place.
The new forms of quartz location
blank required under the new law q
be obtained at the River Press Office.
The new form must now be used in
making quartz locations.
F. A. Carnal, county attorney, re.
ceived word from Phoenix, Ariz.,
last evening, stating that his wife is
seriously sick and is not expected to
recover Mr.. Csrnal left for Arizona
this morning.
A. w. Merrifeld, county surveyor,
left today for the W. P. Turner ranch
on the Marias. He will make plats of
the locality where Mr.. Turner was
killed, and which will be used in the
trial of the Larimore case in the dis
trict court.
DR.. j. q. Russell, who returned
yesterday from q business trip to bod.
son audsZortman, reports that addi-
tions aresbeing made to the plants OF
several mining companies in the Little
Rockies district, which will increase
their gold output.
J. G. Foley started down the Mis-.
souri, river today in the house boat
that he recently built here, and expects
to reach St. Louis in Q few weeks. The
high wind made navigation somewhat
difficult in the bend below town, the
boat being driven on to a sandbar in
that part of the river.
Word comes from the Shonkin that
the %dandelion pest has practically des-
troyed some of the alfalfa crops in
that locality and threatens to ex-
terminate other vegetation. Some Of
the ranchers are blowing up their
alfalfa fields, hoping to get rid of the
yellow headed weed by reseeding the
land.
W. r. Leet, who has been visiting
a, Chinook the past few days, was
among the arrivals today. MIR. Lee
states that a largely increased acreage
of land in that part of the Milk river
country is being put under guilty atior
this season, with a view to demon
stra,ing its adaptability for sugar
beets. 1t is claimed that the success
full culture Of sugar beets require:
frequent irrigation during the season
but experiments will be made to as,
certain the result of one irrigation IL
the early part of the season, wher
there is an ample supply of water il
that section.
From Thursdays Daily.
DR.. Stephens will sell a Premier
6%.cylinder, REQ, or Ford automobile
See him or write.
Allan Gray and wife arrived toda,
from their ranch in the Big Sag, on
short visit with friends in this city.
Advices from Culbertson report F.,
heavy snowstorm in that locality yes
terday, and it is feared the loss of &
large percentage of the lamb crop viii
result.
Several members of the Shonki,
roundup we're in town toda y to receive
an outfit OF horses recently purchased
from Neil Bannatyne, Of Portage, ant
which will be used for roundup pur
poses.
Jos. A. Baker, Of Highwood, wit
is in town today, is reported to hav
purchased an outfit of Oregon heifer
which will be loaded at Ontario. Ore.
in a few days. MIR. Baker will go Il
that point to receive them.
Another big deal in Fergus count,
ranch property is reported 10 a Lew
istown news item which says the oil
Dufield ranch near Philbrook, con
sistiug of about 1900 acres, has beel
sold 20 Iowa parties at $50 per acre
Word was received today from tn
local business men who are making
trip down the Missouri river, Stain!
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