The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

state sen from ChOuteau county,
was among the arrivals today.
Among the arrivals to day on the
delayed train were A. Ellis, J.. Nj. Ev.
erett and H. c. Colgrove, of Harlem.
A dispatch from Yankton. S. D.,
announces that Jere Sullivan, of this
city. has been elected one OF the vice.
presidents of the Missouri River Nav.
igation Congress.
Philip Wisahmau was received at
the county Jail today from Dodson,
/the prisoner having been given q sem
tence OF 80 days for vagrsncy by jus.
tice Geo. W. Hall.
1t is reported that Fred Putnam, the
we'll known Boston wool buyer who
has made heavy purchases of Montana
wool this season, has been overtaken
with serious sickness that compels his
immediate return to Boston.
Sam Huddlestone, who was arrested
on q charge of using profane Ian.
guage on the streets, was assessed q
fine of s15. 90 in the police court today.
Pat Mccormick received a fine of
$3.50 for drunk and disorderly.
Sheriff Bickle, who has returned
from q trip to the Sweet erase hills,
reports the arres of Lee Blevins and
doc" Blevins on q charge of burn
ing lumber belonging to Jos. Thorn.
TIM Tho nnn,,eaS ,p}01 hn~a n h4n.-
ing at Chester next week.
A big outfit of horses, representing
purchases made by o. Ramstsd, of
Thief River Falls, MIMI, was driven
in from Highwood today. The pur-
chases were made from j. E. Walker,
II. o. Lying. William Finke. Charles
Thompson and Others, at prices rang
ing from $50 to 500 q head.
From Mondays Daily.
Alex Ross, of Ada, deputy county
ASSESSOR, arrived yesterday to assist
in the work of completing the county
tax roll.
A declaration of his intention to
become an American citizen has been
fled in the district court by Louis
Hubert, q native of Austria.
W. Murphy, who was gathered in
by Marshal DeLosier on q charge of
drunk and d%isorderly, was assessed a
fine Of IS in the police court today.
o. G. Skylstead and E. NJ. Ken.
nedy, county commissioners, arrived
today to attend q special meeting Of
the board. Road and bridge matters
form the principal business under con.
sideration.
Miss Gracia Chestnut, who recently
resigned a position in the Bozeman
high school to accept that of teacher
of Latin in the high school at Great
Falls, was among the arrivals Satur-
day evening.
Marriage licenses we're issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Don f. Major, of Havre, and Viola
NJ. Mitchell, of Trenton, N. OAK,
and to Rhea McGinty and Emma Nip.
per. both of Havre.
The ste amboat Baby Rose arrived
at the l. F. Churchill ranch Saturda y
evening, and discharged part of her
cargo at that point. The boat was at
the Lippard coal bunkers this morn.
ing, taking on board fifty tons of coal,
some of which was billed to parties on
the lower river.
G. w. Frields and family returned
yesterday from Judith. D. M. Frields,
who owns q ranch on Dog Creek,
about Is miles from Kendall, suffered
quite q loss from a recent severe hail
storm, his crops having been destroyed
and his house and farm buildings
badly damaged.
The gasoline launch Diamond Joe,
with Captain Harvey Phelps in charge
and a number of passengers aboard,
left yesterday on q pleasure trip down
the Missouri river as far as Lippard,
Her return was delayed by disabled
machinery, which caused slow speed
against the current.
W. +. Smith and wife returned to-
day from Chester, where they attended
the funeral services of the late Mrs.
J. S. Cox, a we'll known resident of
that vicinity, who died Saturday after
a brief illness. The deceased was a
sister of Mr.. Smith, who received
news of her serious condition Sasur-
day.
According to advices from Miles
City, the highest price of the season
for Montana wool has been paid for
the Jos. Hunter clip of about 25O, 900
pounds, which is said to have been
sold at 254 cents. The clip was pur-
chased by Frank Eshelman, repre-
senting Justice, Bateman & Co., of