The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and iewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store. =
r.. E. Hammond, the Havre attor-
ney, is . business visitor in the city
today.
Mics Jessie Hadley, who for sew.
eral years past has been manager Of
the Bell Telephone exchange in this
city, has resigned her position and is
succeeded by Miss Catherine Ander.
son, who arrived last evening from
the west.
A large delegation Of members OF
the Evers family left last evening for
Chester, to attend the wedding Of
George Evers, Of Portage, and Mise
Rose Keith, Of Alma. which takes
place today. There we're about six.
teen guests in the delegation from this
city.
Another heavyweight steer from the
northern Montana range wss received
in q beef shipment recently sold in the
Chicago market, the animal weighing
1870 pounds and selling At s6.40, q
gross price of S119.6 s. He vas q
stray, owned by W. F. Hester, OF
Great Falls.
The publishers Of the Polk directory
venture an estimate Of the population
Of several Montana cities, that is not
accepted as approximately correct.
The Polk figures give Butte q popula.
ton Of 1880; Helena, 24,246; Mis-
souls, 2o,256; Great Falls, 2 ,209;
Billings, $3.50.
A warrant of arrest was issued out
of Justice Kinder's court today,
charging v. F. Bl~ankenbsker, of Vir-
gelle. with assault upon the person of
VIM. Bluett, an employee. The war.
rant was sworn to by Bluett, who
charges Blankenbaker with having
struck him on the head with q board,
thereby injuring him severely.
1t is stated that the Liquor Dealers
association. of Havre, on their own
volition passed q resolution at q re-
cent meeting of their association
whereby all saloons in that town will
have their front doors closed on Sun
days between the hours of Z q. N.
and IL m. This action on their part
meets with the hearty appreciation of
all the good citizens Of Havre.
The city authorities have decided to
cancel their announcement Of yester.
day in regard to pumping water
through the 4.inch mains only one
hour each day until the new mains
are installed, and instead will con-
tinue the pumping as heretofore ex-
cept at greatly reduced pressure.
They believe that this method will be
more satisfactory to a large majority
of the customers.
After several long and vexatious
delays. the settlers in q portion of the
lower Milk river valley are assured of
a water supply from the Dodson dam
for next seasons crops. Twenty miles
of ditch between Dodson and Malta
will be completed this fall, from which
will be furnished water to irrig ate
about IL 200 acres on the south side
of the river: and further facilities may
be provided before the water is need
ed.
From Thursdays Daily.
81. Jappe, of Big Sandy, who was
among the arrivals today, reports the
sale of an outfit of yearling wethers
by Lehfeldt Bros. to Henry Brough,
at 49, 5 per head.
NJ. S. Rolderbaum has sent to the
Commerce ial Club q basket OF plums,
the exhibit containing two varieties,
which will be added to the agricul-
tural display from this locality.
s. O. Lying, one of the old time
stockmen of this vicinity, but who
now resides in cambridge, Wis. re.
turned to his hons this evening, after
q visit of several months in Montana.
Several quartz claims in the Little
Rockies district were offered at sher.
ifs sale this afternoon, at the court
house. to satisfy 9 judgment for about
50, 600 in the suit of the First National
Bank, of Harlem, against the Harlem
Mining and Investment company.
There were 40 bidders for the prop.
critics.
The local corps of charivari must.