The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
CITY AND STATE.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

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day on a short business visit.
The county commissioners will be
in session Monday as a county boa ard
Of equaliz alton.
Judge Tattan returned today Fl om
Glasgow, where district court has
been in session the past two weeks.
Mrs. G. D. Miller. who has been
visiting In Wisconsin and Illinois the
past few weeks, was among the ar
rivals today.
DR.. 81. E. Wright returned last even
ing from Helena, where be took an
examination before the state board of
dental examiners.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk Of the district court tod az to
Ernest B. Gesche, of Shelby, and Or.
ella Kindschy, of Havre.
A location notice for the Park gu artz
claim, in the Little Rockies, was filed
in the county clerks Office today by
Charles E. West, of Zortman.
Applications for naturaliz alton we're
filed in the district court today by
Nels T. Carlberg and Andrew Larson,
of Big Sandy, both OF whom are ma
tives OF Sweden.
D. b. Ruhe, at Warrick, who is in
town today, has just delivered to A.
E. McLeish an outfit of mutton wethers
which Mr.. McLeish purchased from
him several weeks ago.
A dispatch from Washington says
Congressman Pray has secured from
the war department an allotment of
$500 for repairs to the revetment
work on the Missouri river At Fort
Benton and at Judith. Work is to
commence Immediately.
Settlers who are making final proof
on homesteads find themselves con.
fronted by q long list Of ques tions
that relate to matters affecting their
entries. A new order of the depart.
ment provides for testimony on the
part of claimant that occupies four
pages, while three pages of questions
must be answered by each witness.
An exhibit Of fax grown on the
Oscar Johnston ranch on Arrow creek
is on display at the Davis Bros. &
Merger store, the sample being about
thirty inches high and just coming
into blossom. Mr.. Johnston has about
200 acres seeded to fax, a crop which
is seldom raised in this part of Mon.
tana, and rsnchers generally will be
interested in the result of the expert.
ment.
Great Falls Tribune: The trst car
load of Cascade county butter that has
ever been shipped out of Great Falls
will be consigned to Seattle this morn.
ing by the Henningsen Produce com.
pany. This is the first time butter
has ever been shipped from northern
Montana in a carload lot, and it is
not probable that such shipments are
common 10 any part of Montana, as
far more is shipped into the state tn an
out of it.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed at Great Falls by the Bannatyne
Land & Live Stock company, with a
capital of $50. 900. The company has
been organized for the purpose of
dealing in land and live stock. The
capital stock has been subscribed by
Charles Baunatyne, Alexander Ban
natye and Donald Kerr, who consti.
tute q board of directors, their respec.
tive shares in the corporation being
$4,000, $4,000 and Sl5, 600.
From Mondays Daily.
Dan McKinty, q we'll known railroad
conductor, arrived from Havre today,
and is the guest OF L.. o. Hudson.
John z. Carberry, a former resi-
dent of Box Elder, has been appoint.
ed postmaster It B~lackfoot, in Teton
county.
The county commissioners we're in
session today as q county board of
equaliz alton, all the members of the
board being present.
A change in the ownership of the
Leithauser & Bjerring barber shop
took place today, Mr.. Bjerring hav
ing purchased the interest of his
partner.
Louis Lafromboise was received at
the county Jail yesterday to serve
thirty days for disturbing the peace,
the penalty having been imposed by
Justice Geo. w. Hall, of Dodson.
The civil suit of Arch Falor against
Albert Davis, 10 which Judgment for
plaintiff was recently rendered by
Justice H. B. Brooks, of Chinook,
has been appealed to the district court.
Malcolm Marshall, postmaster at
Oldham and q we'll known resident of