The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
Mrs. Peter w allender arrived from
Havre today on a visit with Mrs. l..
O. Hudson.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court tod ay to
James r. Leach and Myrtle NJ. Ellis,
both of Gold Butte.
Mrs. NJ. J.. Leaning and Miss
Leaning arrived from Great Falls
last evening, and will visit at the
Rlce ranch on the Shonkin.
James Durrell, a member of the
hobo fraternity, is q recent arrival at
the county Jail. He was given q
n~inety-day sentence for vagrancy by
Justice Ed. NJ. Allen, OF Havre.
Advices from Tacoma report the
death OF Thomas G. Depew, the we'll
known Great Falls builder and con-
tractor who built several residences
in this city, and who had many
friends here.
j. EnRellant. the we'll known Ever.
son sheepman. is among the visitors
in town. Mr.. Engellant is holding
his wool clip, which is one of tbs best
in this part of Montana, and believes
it will sell at flour pounds for q
dollar"
Postmaster Geo. W. Crane is in re.
ceipt of inquiry for the address of M.
G. Adams, generally known as Mar.
vim Adams, who was q resident of this
vicinity about ten years ago, and
whose relatives wish to communicat t
with him. The inquiry is made by
Robert G. Boyd, Natrona, Pa.
H. T. Wiley, an old-time newspaper
man, arrived from Sweet Grass today
to take q position in the River Press
Office. Mr.. Wiley was a visitor here
in early days, having come up the
Missouri river from Sioux City in
1872, and is able to identity a few of
the old land marks in this vicinity.
A report from the Teton says that
the river is again out OF its banks,
and has washed out the old Teton
bridge near Collins, says the Great
Falls Leader. 1t is also reported that
the wagon bridge on the Muddy At
Collins has suffered considerable
damage, both embankments being
gone. The river is now going down
rapidly and will soon be fordable.
From Thursdays Daily.
Royal S. Wood, of Galata, is
among the business visitors in town.
w. P. King, of Whitlash, a former
resident of this city, is visiting with
relatives here.
c. E. Sheldon and wife, who have
been visiting at Jewell City, Kansas,
for several weeks, were among the ar
rivals last evening.
Advices from Havre report that the
Stevenson embezzlement case has been
settled by the payment of the alleged
shortage to the insurance companies.
A notice of location for the Vir-
GINA quartz claim, in the Sweet
Grass hills, has been filed in the
county clerks Office by James Beattie,
of West Butte.
Several local residents we're busy
today, preparing smoked glass para
%phernalia with which they proposed
taking observations of the eclipse of
the SUI this evening.
Letters of administra alton in the es-
tate of David S. Nichol we're issued
in the district court today to Martha
NJ. Nichol, widow of the deceased,
whose bond was fixed at 1880.
Dr.. ]. V. Carroll is in receipt of
notice from Governor Norris that he
has been appointed a member of the
Montana delegation 20 the Missouri
River Navigation Congress-. which
meets July 7 at Yankton. S. Oak.
In the suit of r. NJ. Trafton, against
Ira Hartig, which was before the dis.
trict court today, reformation of a
deed was ordered by the court. The
plaintiff brought suit to secure the
correction of an error in the deed to
some real estate purchased from the
defendant.
Ed. Reichelt, the we'll known sheep
man of the Teton, was in town today
securing supplies for a shearing crew
that is operating at his ranch. Mr..
Reichelt made the first wool shipment
Of the season yesterday consisting of
a carload of leeces billed to the CO.