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


SSou yOuA "o1Cu ouO JeWcAry repair
work to D.. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Patrick Murphy and his niece, Miss
Murphy, of Kansas City, left tod az
Oh a trip to the Pacific coast.
Lee Sedgwick was among the de-.
partures last evening, his destiu alton
being the Alaska Yukon exposition al
Seattle.
Suit has has been commenced in the
district court by W. j. Wildwood, OF
Landusky, against Ed. Moore, to re-
cover an Indebtedness alleged to be
due on a promissory note.
Ed. Larock, of Harlem, q we'll known
sheepman OF that locality, 10 among
the visitors in town. Mr.. Larock re-
ports that shesring at Harlem has
been delayed by frequent rains.
The sale of real estate acquired by
the county for taxes, which was ad.
vertised for July 10. has been post.
poned to July Is, on account of the
absence of the chairman of the board.
The Episcopalc church Sunday school
picnic, which was to have been held
tomorrow at the w. r. Embleton
ranch, has been postponed on account
OF the unfsvorable weather condi.
tions.
The we'll recently drilled Oh the
bench land farm OF Captain Geo. q.
Stevens vas equipped with a pump
and Windmill yesterday, and is now
furnishing a supply of pure, soft va.
ter to settlers IN that vicinity.
The Kalispell newspapers report
that E. E. Day, treasurer of Flathead
county, has turned over to the county
s637.67, interest which he has collected
on county funds deposited with the
various banks. The Chouteau county
plan is growing in popular favor.
D. A. Crowley has commenced suit
In the district court against the Great
Northern Railway company to
the sum OF $500 and costs of suit. The
plaintiff claims that amount as COM
pensation for twenty head of cattle
which he alleges were killed on the
railroad neal Yantic.
The repairs on the Teton tunnel,
which have been In progress since the
cavein of February Is, have been CON-.
pleted, and the surplus timbers and
other material are being shipped to
Mitchell. 1t has been q tedious and
difficult job, but the tunnel is now in
better shape than when it was first
constructed.
o. G. Skylstead and E. M. Kennedy,
county commissioners, arrived today
with the intention of going down the
Missouri river on the steamboat Baby
Rose, for the purpose of inspecting a
proposed county road from the river
70 Landusky. Owing to the delay in
receiving clearance papers for the
steamboat, the trip will be postponed.
1t is reported from Belt that a re-
cent hail storm did considerable dam.
age in that vicinity, crops being beaten
down and badly cut to pieces and in
some places ruined completely. Gar
den truck in the town was pelted into
the ground and destroyed, while every
window on the north side, the direc-
ton from which the storm came, was
broken. 1t is estim ated that a thous.
and windows were broken, the force of
the wind and the dashing hail being
so great that the people were COM
PEELED to hold their doors.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. John McClelland, of Judith, |
who arrived today, is under treatment
at St. Glare hospital for a sever at |
tack of rheumatism.
G. w. Ryder, of Boston, who repre-.
sents the we'll known wool firm, Grim
Minis 4 Peirce, of that city, is among
tle business visitors in town.
VIM. DeLosier, city marshal, is
making daily roundups of persons
who appear to need discipline at the
hands of the police magistrate. Six
offenders were marched to Jail this
morning.
There is general complaint among
ranchers that the alfalfa hay crop has
from recent heavy rains. In
cases the first crop of alfalfa
was cut about two weeks ago, and is
not yet dry enough to put in stack.
Colin Ward, who arrived last even
ing from the west, brings word that
The dam Of the enormous reservoir
built by the Conrad Investment COM
pany nea Conrad, was partly de-
'troyed yesterda y. The reservoir was
designed to irrigate several thousand
acres of land.
Choutaeu county maintains her