The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Isaacson, OF Virgelle, arrived last
evening with news of food conditions


evening with news of food conditions
in that locality. Mr.. %1saacson's home
was under about fifteen feet of water,
but as it was q stone building it was
not carried out by the flood. The
roof, however, was carried away, and
most of the furniture doated out
through the opening. The r. l..
Thompson residence was moved about
100 rods from its location, and the v.
F. B~lankenbaker sheep sheds and barn
we're carried away. All the Missouri
river ranches near Virgelle suffered
heavy damage from the food.
From Fridays Daily
See Joe S%choenborn for painting
and paper hanging.
Views Of the local food on sale at
Minar's drug store.
1t reported that the ferry at the
O'Hanlon company ranch was carried
out by the food, aud is lodged in
some trees further down the Missouri
river.
Wallace E. Chase has put his auto.
mobile to a novel use, the machine
furnishing power for two centrifugal
pumps that are removing water from
the basement of his store building.
Miss Atkinson, school superinten.
dent, that the markings for
the eighth grade examin atoms will be
made as soon as the board of exam.
liners can reach this city. The exam.
liners will meet when train service is
resumed.
Telephone connection was made with
the Righwood line this afternoon by
Jay Fry and P. Burnett, who went out
to the pier Of the draw in a gasoline
launch, and succeeded in getting q
wire to the end OF the bridge. 1t was
a risky undertaking. and vas wit
messed by a large crowd of spectators.
Advices from Butte the
marriage of Ray Mcdonald and Miss
Mary Largely, daughter of the late
Peter Largely, who Is said to have
been left q legacy Of about a million
dollars. Mr.. Mcdonald Is q cousin
Of Sheriff Frank Mcdonald, and was
connected with the Center meat market,
in this city, q few years ago.
w. S. Henderson, Of Maddux, who
had been summoned as q district cour,
Juror, arrived from Virgelle today
having come to the Marias horseback
and from that point afoot. He re-
ports that the V. F. Blankenbakel
residence at Virgelle was not de-
stroyed by the food, but most of the
other buildings were washed away.
Arrangements have been made tt
run a gasoline launch across the Mis-
souri, river free of charge, to accom-
MEDIATE travel between town and ths
south side. A ferry boat will be bull
as soon as possible, on which team
can be crossed, and q temporary foo
bridge will probably be built across
the opening left by the loss of thu
draw.
Charles Crepeau, who has returned
from the Sun river flood district, state,
that he had a very unpleasant expert
ence. He was camped with his men OF
Sun river, and they we're awakened
about 2 o'clock in the morning by tn
water coming into their tents. Il
making for higher ground they had tt
cross a coulee in which there was
rushing torrent, but they made tn
crossing 10 safety by holding to
rope which was anchored to q tree.
Henry Griesbach. who came in to
day from the Teton, states that hi
loss from the food is not so great a
that OF ONE of his neighbours, as
} consists principally of gravel bank
and sediment deposited on the land
( The Teton has cut new channels i
I many places, q of them having ur
dermined part of the school house
! causing one-half of the building t
fall into the river. The railroad trac
near Teton is in bad shape, havin
J been washed out in several places an
leaving the rails and ties hanging j
:. the water, but a large force of men
at work making the necessary repairs
Death of Mrs. Florian A. Carnal.
Word Was received Thursday mor1