The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-11
CITY AND STATE.

Several outfits of beef cattle arrived
from the Shonkin country today, and
will be loaded at the stocky ards to.
morrow. The shipment will consist
OF about thirty cars.
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. n
Applications for naturalization we're
tiled in the district our today by O.
3. f1atness and Jonas Nygard. who
are natives of Norway, and F. Laur.
sen, a native of Denmark.
The receipts of gold at the United
States assay office in Helena last
month amounted to $3.50, 7l6, the
heaviest contributor being Madison
county. The receipts from Chouteau
county were valued at ss, 4O4.
The weekly market report issued by
Clay, Robinson & Co. says abou:
1880 western cattle were received at
the Chicago market the past week,
most Of which sold at q IS to 81. 60.
The top price of the week was s.. IS
for an outfit shipped by a. D. Har.
rah, of Glasgow.
Congressman Pray was deluged
with kilograms of congratulation this
afternoon, the expressions of friend
ship and good will coming from Butte.
Helena, Great Falls, and other parts
of the state. There is no definite news
Of Mr.. Pray's plurality, but it is be-
lieved it will be approximately the
same as that of two years ago.
Great Falls Leader: United States
Deputy Marshal J. W. Haigler, of
Helena, passed through the city last
night on his return from the Black.
feet Indian reserv alton, having in
charge two prisoners who will be
brought up for trial in the federal
court. OF the two, Louis Monroe, an
Indian, was arrested on a charge of
killing cattle, while the other pris.
oner, D. G. Bauer, a white man, was
arrested on q charge of selling whis-
key to the Indians.
From Thursdays Daily.
G. W. Frields and wife, of Judith,
are the guests of their daughter, Mrs.
D. G. Lockwood.
Johannes Lehfeldt and John Becker,
OF Big Sandy, are among the business
visitors in town.
A petition for letters of administra.
ton in the estate of George Hilbig,
deceased, were filed in the district
court today by Mollie A. Hilbig.
Mrs. H. D. Wickhorst, who has
been on the sick list for several weeks
past, has been removed to St. Glare
hospital, and is under treatment for a
paralytic affection.
today, reports that one Of his fleet OF
fiat boats is aground on a sandbar
just below the Cracou du Nez. Part
of its cargo viii! have to be removed
before the trip down the Missouri river
can be resumed.
There appears to be considerable
doubt a. to the election of Donlan or
Norris for governor, requests having
been received by wire today for the
vote of Chouteau county on this office.
One of the kilograms also intimated
that the vote for state treasurer might
be close.
A man who gives his name as
Forrest Miller was arrested yesterday
near Virgellc by Merritt Flanagan,
under sheriff, on a charge Of stealing
a row boat owned by Captain Geo.
Il. Stevens. The prisoner, accom-
panied by his wife and child, was maxi
ing q trip down the Missouri river
in the stolen boat, and was unable to
satisfactorily explain how it came to-
to his possession.
Among the arrivals at the county
Jail ia Pavel Gezeneff, a Russian
laborer, who has been bound over to
the district court on a charge of
murder. No definite news as to the
crime has been received here, but the
prisoner is alleged to have shot g
man in the railroad ice house at
Havre during a quarrel. He was
promptly arrested and given a hear
ing before Justice W. B. Piper, who
bound him oven to the district court.
Additional election returns received
today, do not materially affect the
standing OF the various candidates,
as shown in the first exhibit of the re.
suit. With the returns from sixteen
precincts missing, the vote for mem.
bers of the Legislature is: Cummings,
907: Christler, 796: Rose, 704: Fox,
$40. There promises to be a close
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