The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
CITY AND STATE.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.
w. K. Harber left this morning for
Helena on q short business trip.
Miss Agnes Atkinson, who has been
. patient at st. Glare hospital the
past week, left this morning for Har.
lem to resume her position in the pub.
lie schools at that place.
The Baker opera house, which has
been under quarantine for the past
two days owing to the presence At one
OF the plays of q person afflicted with
scarlet fever, has been thoroughly
disinfecsed and the quarantine raised.
Nose Anderson, whose trial has
been in progress In the district court,
has been found guilty of assault in
the third degree and fined 500. L. E.
Parks, who several days ago pleaded
guilty to assault in the third degree,
was today sentenced to six months in
the county jail.
Miss Mary e.. Mackenzie, of Havre,
who for nearly two years held the pc.
sition OF deputy treasurer, under
Treasurer Hudson, arrived this
morning from Havre, and has &C.
cepted q position in the Office of Chas.
Il. Boyle. clerk of the district court.
Miss MacKenzie's many friends will
welcome her return to the county seat.
A recent news item from williston
says Captain I. P. Baker of Bismarck
has announced that he will put on q
feet of boats to ply the Missouri as
far up the river as Williston, and it
is predicted that the coming summer
will see more river navigation than
has been known for a decade. The
railroads seem powerless to transport
the crops from this section, and the
river barges will no doubt play an
important part in the development of
the country. A smaller boat is to ply
the Yellowstone from Mondak to
Sidney during the summer.
A suit that will be of interest to the
general public has been commenced in
the district court, in which the plain.
till seeks to recover money lost by her
husband in a gambling game. The
suit is brought by Esther Deniff
against James Dewar, Henry Shields
and Joe Ventura, of Zortman, who
are alleged to have won some 5000
from her husband at a game of cards,
in the Dewar saloon at Zortman.
The plaintiff asks Judgment for the
5000, together with the exemplary
damages Of $500 as authorized in Sec.
tion 8431 of the revised codes. This
is the first suit of the kind ever
brought in northern Montana, and it's
result will probably have an impor-
tant effect upon the situation in other
parts of the state.
From Mondays Daily.
Attorney j. K. Bramble arrived
from Havre today on district court
business.
The Kings Daughters have CON-
pleted arrangements for a public
dance, to be held at the opera house
Friday evening, February II.
In the district court Saturday after
noon, Wade G. Hart was sentenced to
six years in the p~eniteutiary for muir.
der in the second degree, in accord
ance with the verdict returned by the
trial jury.
G. M. Baerveldt, who has been dep
uty clerk of the district court for some
time past, resigned that position q few
days ago. the resign alton to take ef-
feet March l. Miss Mary Mackenzie
will succeed to the position on that
date.
DR.. Stephens finds it will be impos.
sible for him to be at his Fort Benton
Office until February II, and all those
who wait until that date for their
denta! work will be offered special
inducements.
a news item from Shelby reports a
destructive fire in that town yesterday
morning, in which the hotel run by
A. Nordin and the Meade store build
ing we're destroyed. The property loss
is estimated at about 500, 600, with very
little insurance..
According to advices from Dillon,
there have been several sales of hay
fed cattle in the Big Hole basin the
past week, for shipment to Pacific
coast markets. The ruling market
price 1t the point of shipment is S5.O
per hundred pounds.
Several civil cases that had been
set for trial today in the distric,
court, were dismissed at the morning
session. The titles of the suits were
B. B. Weldy vs.. Hesselgrave: Wal
lace Va. DpmAra: RIancha ard vS