The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
CITY N STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D.. G.. L~ockwood's jewelry
store.
O.. G. Skylstead and E. M. Ken
nedy, county commissioners, arrived
today to attend a special meeting of
the board. The business before the
meeting relates principally to road
matters.
O. G. Osnes, the we'll known Kner.
Vile stockman, is among the business
visitors in town. Mr.. Osnes brings
good report of range conditions in his
locality, which are said to be the best
in twenty years.
James Dewar, of Zortman, who was
recently arrested on q charge of re.
sisting an officer, was released from
custody today, some of his friends
having furnished bonds for 81, 900 to
guarantee his appearance for trial.
Jurgen Engellant, of Everson, who
is among the visitors in town, in
creased his land holdings today by
the purchase of the j. W. Woodcock
ranch on Arrow creek. The property
consists of about 800 acres, and sold
at $40 per acre.
E. Nj. Kennedy brings word from
Harlem that an average crop of blue
joint hay has been harvested in that
locality, and shipments of this de-
sirable forage are already being made
to Seattle. The ruling price is 81
per ton on board the cars at Harlem.
Local stockmen who have recently
received returns from their beef ship.
ments are wearing the smile that won't
come Off. The net price for steers has
averaged from S65 to $40 per head,
which is said to be the best returns in
the history Of the Montana cattle in-
dustry.
The Shonkin Stock association is
loading about 30 cars of beef today
for the Chicago market, and tomorrow
another shipment of about - cars Of
breeding stock will be made by the
Miner Cattle company. The latter is
shipping large numbers of cows and
heifers, preparatory to a change IN
its business.
Carl Soeberg and Frank Culbertson
returned today from Judith, where
they have been employed for some
time past in building operations at
the Jos. A. Baker ranch. Mr.. Baker
has been building a large granary,
blacksmith shop and other conven.
fences that will make his ranch one of
the best equipped plants in this part
of Montana.
Lewis Hockey, Of Center Point,
Ind, and w. r. Aneny, Of Terre
Haute, Ind, who recently located
homesteads on the bench near Carter,
about sixteen miles west of here, are
among the visitors ia town. There
have been about 35 homestead filings
in the vicinity Of Carter the past few
weeks, and the Great Northern is i'm.
proving it's facilities at that point to
accommoda ate the business that prom.
ises to develop.
From Thursday's Daily.
Fred. Wilson, of Malta, arrived to-
day on a short business visit.
Mrs. Helen Downing, of Great Falls.
a former resident of this city, is the
guest of Mrs. w. S. Stocking.
G. M. Williams, of Maple Creek, a
former we'll known northern Montana
cow hand, is among the visitors in
town.
Among recent marriages in Great
Falls is that of H. P. ~Jorgenson. for
merly of Big Sandy, and Annie Con.
nell, of Great Falls.
Mrs. Jno. H. Green and daughter,
Miss Frances Green, returned last
evening from q visit with relatives at
Maple Creek, Canada.
A petition for letters of administra.
tion in the estate of John E. Lewis,
deceased, has been filed in the district
court by Emily M. Lewis, of Chinook.
Miss Nell Harris was the guest of
honor at a party OF members of the
Julius Caesar Club last evening, who
were very pleasantly entertained by
Mrs. Otto Soeberg.
The young man who lost his hat
while playing the role of ''peeping |
Tom at a party given at the Soeberg
residence last evening, can recover
his %headgear by returning the cake and
other articles that were stolew.
Great Falls Tribune: Those who |
have made a study of grain conditions
in northern Montana estim ate that the
wheat crop for the territory tributary
to Great Falls will aggregate 700. 600
nshol this vear- This "a ahOnt q |