The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-21

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ram this morning. He ran the mach.
Inc into Captain Stevens garage at
high speed, and before the brakes
took effect it knocked q big hole in the
rear wall of the building, but caused
no other damage.
Good progress is being made on the
Crepeau steamboat, which Is under
construction on the lower levee. One
Of the tricks of the ship carpenters
trade consists of q steaming tank in
which the tim bers are treated, and
which makes them sufficiently pliable
to be bent into shape thai conforms to
the plans Of the craft.
c. w. Thraiikill, is Ia town tod ay,
states tina, the steam blowing outfit
that he purchased last fall has com.
menced work on the Shonkin, and will
be taken to Arrow creek in a few dayst to
break several hundred acres in that
locality. The outfit consists Of q 25-
horsepower traction engine and eight
14.inch plows, and will break about
twenty acres per day.
1t is reported from Helena that
Judge W. Y. Pembertop, formerly of
this city, has been appointed 20 suc-
coed W. S. Bell az Librarian of the
Montana Historical society. Judge
Pemberton is one of the pioneers of
the state, and has personal recollec.
ton of many important early day in.
cidents that make him specially
adapted for the position.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The family Of Carroll r. Fish, OF
Highwood. was increased today by
the arrival OF a baby daughter.
, Attorneys D.. L. Blackstone, of
Chinook, and John Collins of Harlem,
arrived today on district court busi-
ness.
The annual meeting of the Shonkin
Stock association will be held next
Saturda y. at the s~ecretary's Office in
this city.
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the district court today by Ed.
Lengreen OF Warrick, who is a native
Of Sweden.
Mrs. W. E. Chase is DESTROYS of
selling her household furniture as
soon as possible, and will offer speci-
al prices. A piano and photograph
are included in the lot.
Declarations Of their intention to
become American citizens were filed
in the district court today by B. M.
i, Anderson. Of Big Sandy. and G. Ram.
berg and Hans A. Tvedte, of Ada.
. j. p. Lee, who is in town today from
j, the Marias, brings word that Archie
> Bessette lost his barn and hay supply
a few days ago, in a destructive fire.
The property was worth several hun.
dred dollars.
!, Local spectators have entered the
3 wool market. and are making bids on
some OF the smaller. clips of this
vicinity. c. H. Ragland is said to
e have closed a deal today for the
Barkley & Mestad clip. at 81 cents.
Julius Lehfeldt, the. we'll known mer.
chant OF Chinook, who was among the
, arrivals today, reports considerable
activity in the Chinook wool market.
Several sales have been made the past
) few days at q and % cents, the Mar
. tens Bros. clip being one of those sold
at the latter price.
I There appears to be some misunder-
I standing among local stockmen as to
the date of the annual meeting of the
North Montana Roundup association,
an ~rroneou unofficial announcement
F.. having been made by some of the
newspapers. The meeting has been
, called for Friday, May Z, at Havre,
the proceedings to commence at 1:3O
p. N. on that d ate.
The sheriff's Office is 10 receipt of a
list of brands and descriptions of
twenty four head Of horses that are
, being held by the Northwest Mounted
:, Police at Medicine Hat, Alberta, and
''So "'S poo w nave US6u
stolen from this side of the interna.
= tional boundary. The Canadian au
: thorities are hoping to find the owners
of the horses aud secure evidence that
will convict the parties who brought
them across the line.
: In addition to the large steam.
boat that is being built on the lower
levee, there are other preparations in
: progress for increased Missouri river
TRANSPORTATION facilities. Charles
Crepeau is building a big barge of
several tons capacity, which he will
soon load with merch andise for Wilder
! and other lower river points; Jos. A.
3 Baker is also building q barge that
will A~n r. - .---