The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

Attorney E. B. Howell, of Butte, is
attending district court on probate
business connected with the estate of
the late Alonzo Smith, of Harlem.
An application for letters of admin.
istr ation in the estate of D. Belbeff,
deceased, has been filed in the district
court by James Holland, of Havre.
Sol Hepner, of Helena, county at.
torney OF Lewis and Clark county,
and Thomas Dignan. county attorney
Of Valley county, are among the visi.
tors in town.
A suit for divorce has been com.
menced In the district court of Cas-
cade county by Viola Dryer against
John T. Dryer, of Havre. The CON.
plant alleges failure to provide the
necess aries Of life.
Postmaster Geo. w. Crane is in re.
ceipt of an inquiry from M%splewood,
Mo-, as to the present address of Ed
ward Hornberg, who is supposed to
be in this part of Montana. His rela.
tives wish to communicate with him.
The comptroller OF the currency has
issued q certificate authorizing the
First National bank, of Waller, to
begin business; capital, CSC. 200; John
Bowen, president; L. K. Myers and
Ross E. Feaster, vice presidents: r.
l.. Nelson, cashier.
The p~ostoface department has NV ard.
ed q contract Of 1882 to David s. Ting
ley, of Scobey, to run q star route
postal service between Scobey aud
Poplar, q distance OF So miles twice q
week, from September 6 of this year
to June 30, of next.
The application of several residents
of the Sweet Grass hills for the ap.
pointment of q deputy sheriff in that
part OF lChouteau county, has been
granted by the county commissioners,
the deputy to be employed for three
months. The appointment will be
made by Sheriff Bickle.
A Washington dispatch states that
L. A. Walker, of Butte, and Leon
Shay, Of Helena, have been appointed
supervisors for the federal census in
Montana, to be taken next year. MI.
Walker will have charge of the west
ern division, and Mr.. Shaw will su-
perintend the work in the eastern
division of the state. In the federal
census of 1900 Montana had 234 enum-
orators, but owing to the growth in
population the department has as-
signed $50 men to this state.
From Mondays Daily.
The will of the late Leon B. Stark,
of Gold Butte, was filed for probate
in the district court today.
Ernest Simpson. of Oldham, who is
engaged in the sheep business on
Wild Horse lake, is among the visit.
ors in town.
A. L. Lewis, OF Leedy, who is among
the visitors in town, reports a ship
ment OF exceptionally fine beef from
that locality a few days ago.
The members of the local football
club have made arrangements for a
public dance, to be given in the opera
house Friday evening, September "a.
Among the arrivals Saturday even.
ing were Mrs. G.. W. Frields, Miss
Louise Frields and George Frields,
who have been visiting on the Pacific
coast.
Returns were received today by the
Bar Eleven Cattle company for a
mammoth steer that was recently sold
in the Chicago market. The animal
weighed 1850 pounds and was sold a,
$40, making gross receipts of S1O7 so.
Sadie F. Black, of Zortman, has
commenced suit in the district cour,
against James Dewar and others, to
recover possession of some real es'
tate to which plaintiff claims owner
ship. The complaint asks judgment
for $500 damages, and rental OF the
premises at the rate of $3.50 pei
month.
Word has been received from Judith
that Jay Fry arrived there a few days
ago with a big raft of lumber that he
piloted down the Missouri river. The
lumber, which was billed to the JOS,
A. Baker ranch at Judith. consisted
of no. 900 feet, and vas divided into
a series of RATS that we're coupled
together. In this shape they formed
a raft l6 feet wide and about 200 feet
long.
Governor Norris has been advised
from Washington that, under the law
providing that states shall receive %
per cent of the forest reserve receipts
in their respective alths,
Montana will receive S7S, 1854 as its
: share for the fiscal wear beginning