The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

CIOM WeOneeQdye DAILY.
Mrs. j. E. Bower, of Helena, Is the
guest OF Mrs. j. o. Patterson.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
Bert Orr, of Whitlash, a we'll known
stockman Of that locality, is among
the business visitors In town.
Miss Leonora Patterson returned
last evening from a visit of several
weeks with friends al Seattle.
Prof. ]. w. Lenning and Mrs. c. 1.
Hoover returned today from Havre,
they have been attending the teachers
institute.
George Wackerlin is attending the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Butte,
as q delegate from the local lodge of
that organization.
Mrs. Thos. Clary and daughter,
Miss Genevieve Clary, arrived from
Great Falls last evening on a visit
with Fort Benton friends.
Jurgen. Engellant, of Everson, re.
ceived an outfit of wether lambs yes.
terday from c. q. Ragland, which he
recently purchased at % per head.
Benz. E. Williams, of Chester, a
native of Canada, has declared his
intention to become an American
citizen. the necessary papers being
filed in the district court today.
A mutton shipment was loaded at
the stocky ards yesterday afternoon
by the Holmer.Flagle company of
Lonetree, the outfit consisting of about
5000 head. The shipment will be
marketed in Chicago.
A deed filed in the county clerks
Office records the sale of about 100
acres of ranch property by John Nc.
Clelland to Sam McClellaud, of Mad.
dux, the consider alton being 81, 500.
The property is located south of the
Bear Paws.
A plat of the Hamilton addition to
the townsite of Chester was filed in
the county clerks Office today by J.. E.
Hamilton. The addition is located
south west of the original townsite,
and consists Of fourteen blocks subdi.
vided into 228 lots.
An attractive exhibit of q result of
dry farming is On display at the Grand
Union hotel, the exhibit consisting of
three mammoth potatoes whose COM.
bined weight 10 nine pounds. They
we're raised without irrigation at the
Malcolm Morrow ranch on the Shon.
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Major T. A. Cummings, secretary
of the Shonkin Stock association, re.
ceived word from Chicago today that a
recent Shonkin beef shipment sold yes.
terday in the Chicago market at good
figures. The tops brought sc. 25, and
the bulk of the shipment sold at s.. 20
TO s.. so.
From Thursdays Daily.
G. G. Stark, a we'll known resident
Of Gold Butte, is among the visitors
in town.
Mrs. Frank McGowan, of High
wood, is visiting with Mrs. G. /.
Hoover.
Mrs. Edward G )yette entertained a
number of her friends at a tea party
this afternoon.
H. j. Toomey, of Deer Lodge, a
we'll known stock dealer of that sec.
ton, is here on a business visit Mr..
Toomey has recently made some pur-
chases of sheep and cattle in this part
of Montana.
There was q small prairie fire west
OF town last evening, the dead weeds
on the railroad right of way catching
some of the sparks from q passing
locomotive. The fire was checked by
gang of section men.
A recent deal in ranch property near
Chinook is the sale of about l6O acres
and improvements by the Bogy Mer-
camille company to Harry j. Adams,
the consideration being 81, 900. The
property is located north of Chinook.
The dead body of an unknown man
was found a few days ago in a Great
Northern boxcar that was burned near
Inverness, q station about fourteen
miles east of Chester. There was
nothing on the remains to reveal the
identity of the unfortunate man, and
it is presumed be was stealing a ride
when be lost his life on the cars.
A trans action in ranch property and
sheep was closed tod av, the Luc Ven
dette plant on the Teton, about fifteen
miles west of town, being purchased
by Orville Buck, of Pennington,
WASH, and his SOD, Reginald Buck, Of
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