The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
CITY N STATE.
From Saturdays Daily,

this morning from St. Paul, where he
has been visiting for some time.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Ferd II. Petersen and Frieda q.
Lohse, both of Judith.
According to a recent news item
from Washington, the number of pen.
sioners in Montana on the roll of the
pension Office for the period ending in
June was 2,255; amount paid them,
1866, 632.
The city authorities have q large
crew of men at work digging the
trenches for the new water mains.
Work was commenced IN w Washington
street, where the old mains have been
giving go much trouble Of late.
Some OF the Cascade county farmers
are not satisfied with the price offered
for their wheat at local elevators, and
will build granaries in which to store
their crops. The local market price
is said to range from 81 to 80 cents.
A mine in Fergus county. Montana.
produced most OF the sapphires mined
in this country last year, according to
. report of the geological survey.
The s~spphires mined in 1908 were val.
ued At s5S, 1897, ne compared with $780,.
800 worth the year before.
Y-ne MN~~ n H~nolp -oHohon- 40
the Great Northern, was struck by
the engine on the esstbound psssen-
ger train last evening just this side of
the Teton tunnel, while he was trying
to get his speeder from the track. He
Is not believed to be seriously in.
jured.
A band of 1900 yearling ewes,
which we're sold by the Lost Lake
Livestock company to J.. M. Herrin,
of Wolf Creek, were crossed v the
bridge from the south side tod sy, and
will be trailed to Great Falle, where
they will be delivered to Mr.. Herrin.
The price paid for the animals was
S4.87 per head.
Word comes from the eastern part of
Valley county that several of the set.
tiers are investing in gasoline power
plows, six of the machines being in
operation near Hinsdale, and several
At other points in the lower Milk
river valley. Most Of the machines
are Of twenty horsepower, and work
gang of four plows.
From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. Geo. ". Crane and son., Ezra,
vent to Helena this morning to attend
the state fair.
J. B. Young, of Lower Belt creek,
is a business visitor in the city today.
Will j. Green, of Maple Creek, N.
W. T., arrived last Saturday evening
on a short visit with relatives in this
city.
Norman Babcock, a native of Can
ada, declared his intention to become
an American citizen today before the
clerk of the district court.
A recent action in lambs is the
purchase of about 5000 head from
a. N. Ragiand by Frank Schultz, of
Warrick, at 1910 per head.
Complaints we're entered in the dis.
trict court today against Lila Burns
and Rae Carlyle, charging them with
selling liquor without a license.
Geo. L. Overfield and Malcolm Nor
row returned today from Chicago,
where they marketed an outfit of Shon-
kin association beef cattle al satisfac.
tory prices.
Mrs. Chas. Kellum, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Davis, for some time past, left
yesterday morning for her home at
Petalums, Calf.
Notice of q quartz location was filed
in the county clerks Office today by
r. A. Blyth and VIM. P. Langley,
for the Jumbo quartz lead, in the Lit.
tie Rockies district.
News has been received of the death
last Frid ay, at the Deaconess hospit.
al. at Great Falls, of Mabel, the H.
year.old daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
G. c. Sargent, of Nashua, Valley
county. The cause of death was con-
sumption.
One of the best horse sales so far
reported was recently closed in the
Bear Paw country, Joseph Collier
selling twenty-six head for an even
$500. The purchaser was Thomas
McCIelland.
]. p. Williams returned today from
Oregon where he recently purchased
an outfit of we'll bred lambs. MIR.
Williams is so we'll pleased with the
purchase that he says it will be the
best bunch of lambs in Montana.