The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-22
CITY AND STATE.

CIlY ANO SIAIE.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
WORK 10 D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store. =
District court was adjourned today
until Monday, September 20.
Charles Whitcomb, the we'll known
Zortman mining man, is among the
visitors In town.
Ed. A. Larock and C. B. Akin, of
Malta. who are engaged in the sheep
business In that locality, we're among
the arrivals today.
Among the departures last evening
was q large delegation Of residents Of
this vicinity. who will attend the
county fair At Chinook.
Miss Mary Harris, who has been
spending the vacation with her par
ents, left yesterday for Faribault.
MIMI, to resume her studies at the
Fartbault college. -
Billines Journal: Eight million
bushels is estimated az Montana's
wheatlproduction this year. Some of
the so.called wheat belt. states will
need to make another hitch to their
trousers II they expect to remain in
the lead.
Theft shonkin roundup crossed q
big outfit of prime beef cattle from
the south side of the Missouri river
today, with the intention OF shipping
them to Chicago tomorrow. The ship
mem will be in charge of George L.
Overield.
The existence Of mineral deposits
in theIHighwood mountains is again
demonstrated by the fling of q quartz
claim location in the county clerks
Office by Charles W. Clark, Of High.
wood. The claimant calls his dis.
covery the Black Arrowhead.
In the district court today, three
defendants against whom criminal
charges had been filed upon insufi-
Gent evidence to convict, we're or.
dered to be released from custody, .
motion to that effect having been made
by the prosecuting attorney. The de.
fendants were Leon Lebat, accused OF
robbery; Floyd Braisher, charged
with grand larceny; and John John
con, attempted robbery.
Several local residents left for
Great Falls today to attend the fune-
raj of the late Thomas E. Brady, the
we'll known attorney of that city, who
died Sunday from an attack of Bright's
disease. Mr.NBrady had been located
in Great Falls since 1887, and during
occasional Visits t this city he be.
came acquainted with a large circle
of friends in this part of Montana.
The deceased was about So years of
age.
A news item from Harlem reports
that LeeN Self, an old-time and we'll
known resident of Landusky, COM
mitted suicide Monday by shooting
himself. The deceased was at one
time suspected of being an accomplice
of the Curry boys, in some of their
criminal escapades, but the authori-
ties we're never able to secure sufficient
evidence to warrant his arrest. Mrs.
Self, wife of the deceased, also met
death by suicide q few weeks ago.
From Thursdays Daily.
Among the visitors at the Choutean
county fair today are Mr.. and Mrs.
W. K. Harder and Mr.. and Mrs. Jere
Sullivan.
Chas. Crepeau started down river
today with four bsrges loaded with
merchandise for ranchmen and others
located on the Missouri below this
city.
The Misses Lulu Patterson and Ida
Evers left this morning for Butte,
where they will represent the local
lodge at the grand chapter of the
Eastern Star now in session in that
city.
Advices received by J. o. Patterson
today state that his shipment of beef
which was on the Chicago market
yesterday was sold at the following
prices: Steers, s6.40; COWS, S4.36 to
$4.85; yearling heifers, weight 6O8
pounds, s4.20.
A big sale of Northern Pacific rail-
road land in Cascade county is re-
ported by the Great Falls newspapers,
q tract of about 6,4O0 acres having
been purchased from the railroad
company by E. W. Ellis, of Millegan.
The purchase price was 917,630.
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