The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-04
l T AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Miss Wright, of Havre, is the guest
OF Mrs. Wallace E. Chase.
Send your watch and lewelry repair
work to D. G.. L~ockwood's iewelry
store. n
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Frank B.. Hicks. of Havre, aud Anna
Smith, of Minot, y. Oak.
w. Il. Carling vas received a. the
county Jail today to serve a sentence
OF sixty days for petit larceny. The
prisoner was sentenced by Justice w.
B. Piper, OF Havre.
J. E. Templeton returned today
o Hepner, Oregon, from which
place he accompanied a shipment of
Oregon yearling sheep that was n
loaded at Box Elder.
The new forms of quartz location
blank required under the new law can
be obtained at the River Press Office.
The new form must o be used in
making quartz locations.
1t is reported from Great Falls that
the work of building the big smoke.
stack at the Boston and Montana
smelter has been completed. The
stack is SOC feet in height.
Among the visitors in town is a
party of Oregon sheepmen, consisting
of H. J. Matlock, Frank Bowman and
M. Miss;ldine, who are getting &C.
Quainted with this part of the country.
A. L. Lewis, with a crew of three
men, left today via the Missouri river
route for Leedy in a large fat boat tina
was recently built for the trip. The
boat carried a cargo OF about 40, 900
pounds, consisting of grain and ranch
supplies.
Registration returns from some of
the larger cities of the state show q
slight increase in the number Of vot.
ers, compared with the lists of two
years ago. The total number regis.
tered in Butte is 1921: in Helena,
3,2lS; and in Great Falls, $3.50.
Lewistown News: During the recent
terrific snowstorm in this region, stock
loses were very light but an occas.
ional report of the loss of stock is
brought to the city. One of the most
peculiar losses is reported from the
Forest Grove region, where two
valuable draft horses were s%uffocated
in the snow. The horses belonged to
Drinkard & Nichols, and were import.
ed draft horses.
From Thursdays Daily.
a. w. Hamrick, a we'll known bust
ness man Of Judith, is among the visi.
tors in town.
Harry Drumm, of Helena, a former
resident of this city, was among the
arrivals today.
Frank Swain. who was arrested yes
terday On a charge Of drunk and dis
orderly, may get into more serious
trouble. He was found to be carrying
concealed weapons, and will be pro.
secuted for thai o~ffense.
Registration return from the
several districts are arriving at the
county clerks Office, seven OF the lists
having been received and posted in
accord ance with the law. The lists
for this district contain the names OF
375 voters.
j. r. Morrison, the Landusky stock.
man and inventor, arrived tod ay from
Pasco, Wash, where he has been To-
Gated since last fall. Mr.. Morrison
states that one of his current motors
is ia operation In the Columbia river,
neal Pasco, and is supplying sufficient
water to irrigate a section OF land.
S. C. Walker, immigration inspec-
tor for this district, arrived today in
connection with the case of the Swain
family, who are alleged to have VIC.
lated provisions of the federal immi.
ECdUlOu ldWSs MIS-. o"olu udO q
hearing today before Jere Sullivan,
United States commissioner, and was
bound over TO appear before the fed
eral grand jury in Helena.
A news item from Spokane an
nounces the arrival of J. ~. Krohn,
otherwise known as Colonial jack
who is %trundling a w~heelbarrow
through the northern part of the coun-
try, on "a wager which requires him to
cover about $500 miles in 400 days.
The pedestrian passed through north
thern Montana a few weeks ago, and
is about 500 miles ahead Of his SEIZED.
ule.
l. is reported to b. the custom in
some Of the preciucts in Chouteau
county for the judges of election to
permit voters to swear in their votes