The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

80 ~A~ S 0NS ~ /
Havre this morning to attend the fun
eral Of the late Frank NJ. Lepper, Mrs.
father.
County Treasurer Hudson and wife
left last evening for q trip to Spokane
and Seattle, where they will take in
the sights of the exposition.
Stanley DeFri,, who is employed at
the LaBarre livery stable, had his
collar bone broken and was badly
shaken up in a runaway accident this
afternoon on Front street.
Work on the new hotel at Great
Falls has been begun, ground having
been broken for the excavation yester.
day afternoon by w. j. Martin who
has the contr act for that work.
A deed was this morning fled for
record in the county clerks Office con.
veying some ranch property near
Havre from Matilda Ryan to John
Ryan. The considera alton named in
the deedlis d.
The only lucky Fort Bentonite so
far recorded who has drawn q prize
in the Flathead reservation drawing
is Alois Newkom, who lie employed as
gardener At St. Glare hospital. His
number in the list is 81.
1t is expected that q party of trade
experts from Japan will pass through
Havre some time next week On their
way to eastern trade centers, to study
the commercial conditions. There
will be 70 or 80 in the party.
The funeral of the late Frank M.
Lepper was held this afternoon at 2
O'Clock from Nolan's undertaking
rooms. The funeral service of the
Episcopallchourch was read by Rev.
DR.. Chestnut, and the remains were
accompanied to the grave by q large
number of the friends of the family.
Threelprisoners we're arraiened in
the district court this morning who
pleaded guilty to the charge against
them andLwere sentenced by Judge
Tattan. They are: VIM. Sampson,
grand larceny. sentence to two years
and elk months at hard labor; Fred
Wright, grand larceny, two years and
three months; VIM. Stephenson, for
gerry, twouyears.
The Shonkin Ranch company, which
vat organized q little i've q year
ago, has just declared q dividend Of
twenty per cent, which means that
$4,000 will:be distributed among the
stockholders. This company is en-
gagged exclusively in the sheep busi'
ness, and operates for this purpose
the ranch of Col. J. H. Rice, on the
Shonkin. This is an excellent show
ing for the first years work.
James j. Hill has just given tn
Baldwin Locomotive Works at Phila
delphia an order for 81 locomotives
their cost to be more than 81, 000, 900
,rhirty.fve OF the locomotives are fo1
the Gre tsNorthern road, % to be O
the ten-wheel passenger type and tel
of the large Mallett type of freigh
engines. The Northern Pacific wants
II of the Pacific type passenger en-
gines and the Burlington road ha
ordered five of the Maliet type o
freight locomotives.
Great Falls Leader: 1t is reported
from Cut Bank that q deal hat ha
been pending for over q month wa
contaminated last Saturda y when r
G. Rasmussen, president of the Banl
of Cut Bank, relinquished his inter
est in that institution to an associa
ton of leading ranchers and bushes
men of the community. The bank viii
be made a national bank and will b
known as the First National Bank o
Cut Bank. It is stated Mr.. Rasmus
sen is planning to establish q bank u
Shelby.
From Mondays Daily.
Frank Sutton, of Gold Butte, is
visitor in the city today.
Born-At Wagner, Ind, on Aug
ust IA, 1909, to the wife of j. D. Sas
age, a daughter.
VIM. WILDWOOD, of Great Falll
formerly q resident of Zortman,
among the visitors in the city.
A deed was filed for record tod a
in the county clerks office transfer
ring 100 acres of land in the vicinit
of Chinook from Isaac Hedges an
wife to L.. N. Beaulieu.
Mrs. John Ward and daughter
Jeanette, Mrs. Jere Sullivan an
Miss Catherine Kelly, took their de
parture Saturday morning for Seattle
to take in the sights of the exposition
Work was commenced today o
an excavation for q concrete base
mept under the warehouse at the res