The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-03

on the Great Northern, 60 into effect
today. The reduction In freight
charges amounts to about 20 per cent.
and consumer hope to get some of
the benefit.
A new postofice has been estab.
lished at Inverness, with A. L. Gesche
as postmaster. Inverness is about
fourteen miles east of Chester, and
the new postoface will furnish mail
facilities for a large number of set.
tiers who have recently located in
that vicinity.
DR.. E. M. Porter made q fast auto.
mobile drive to Big Sandy after mid
night Saturd ay night, in response to
word that o man had been seriously
hurt. The patient proved to be Her.
man Osterman, the we'll known sheep
man of Eagle creek. who had sustained
broken ribs and other injuries by be.
ing run over by q heavily loaded
wagon.
A large number of visitors attended
the meeting Of the high school literary
society Saturday evening, when q
very creditable program was rendered.
one of the features of the entertain.
ment being a debate between three
married men and three single men as
to whether women should be given the
right to vote. The negative eide of
1 tho nRnnncif{nr ~nooa~HoN hr
Messrs. Morgan, Patterson and Len
ming, and the affirm alive by Messrs.
Sedgwick, Culbertson and Hoover,
the judges deciding for the negative.
Just before the close of the meeting
an interruption was caused by a Hal
lowe'en joker ringing the fire alarm
gong, causing most of the audience
to leave the hall. a trick that would
warrant the arrest of the perpetrator
should he be detected.
From Tuesdays Daily.
81. Norden and wife, of Warrick,
are among the visitors in town.
The members of St. Paul's auxiliary
will meet Thursday afternoon, Novem.
Der 4, at the residence of Mrs. ]. O..
Patterson, at 3 O'Clock.
F. E. Stranahan, who returned last
evening from Harwood's lake, brought
word of a prairie fire in that locality.
1t burned over about three miles of
range before it could be checked.
Miss Mary c. Oleson, of Whitewater,
Wis, who arri ed from the east Sat.
urday, has accepted q position as
teacher of the sixth and seventh
grades in the public school.
l.. Minugh arrived from Harlem to-
day with two prisoners who will serve
terms in Jail. Robert Boyle is under
sentence of sixty days for petit lar.
ceny, and William WEIGH thirty days
for vagrancy.
The record price for a Montana beei
shipment is claimed by Ralph Wells,
OF the Dearborn country, who recently
sold an outfit of range steers in the
Chicago market. Thirty.6ve head
averaging 1,480 pounds sold at 81. go.
a price hat netted about 800 per
head.
One of the largest and most p%roflta-
BILE dry farming crops raised in this
vicinity Is that of Oscar Johnston,
of Arrow creek, who has just finished
threshing a crop of fax from about
$50 acres. 1t yielded over $500 bush.
els of seed, the crop having a marke.
value of about "a, 500.
The Ladies' Old Fort Improvement,
society elected new officers last even.
ing as follows: President, Miss Stock.
ing; vice president, Mrs. Harder; Sec
rotary, Mrs. Hoover; treasurer, Mrs.
, Egau; historian, Mrs. Stocking. l,
was decided to give q public dance q,
the opera house on Thanksgiving eve,
November "a.
A trans action in city real estate was
closed today, H. J.. Holmer selling the
Duer residence property on upper
Bood street to the Fort Benton SAM
J tarium, the lev company recently Or
gaoized to establish aod N .lntain
general hospital. 1t is understood
that extensive i~mrovenents will be
7 made and additional buildings con-
structed on the property.
, Kathryn Klappstein has commenced
suit ia the district court against the
, Great Northern railway, to recover
r alleged damages amounting to 81, 100.
The complaint states that ALDER,
Klappstein. husband of plaintiff, died
from injuries caused by striking his
!, head against a mail a at Gid.
ford, while in the employ of defendan,
as a fireman.
|, Rev. w w. Van Orsdel, who has
been boosting for the spiritual wei.
fare of citizens of Montana for the