The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
CITY AND STATE.

C1Om w ouueeQay . DAILY.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
J.. F. Valadon, Of Havre, a we'll
KIN own sheepman of that vicinity, is
among the business visitors In town.
DR.. W. H. Booth, of Ashtabula, O.,
representing the Booth Oxygen com.
pany, who vas among the arriv ais to.
day, Is presenting to local physicians
the merits of a new oxygen generator.
A deed filed in the county clerks
Office records the sale of about 240
acres of ranch property by Albert
Newma to E. s. Sweet, the consider
alton being $1,000. The property is
located about eight miles northwest Of
Chinook.
The Montana farmers institute has
issued q bulletin on poultry raising
that is 10 ready for distribute /. 1t
will be sent to applicants by mail post
paid upon receipt OF ten cents, by F.
s. Cooley. the superintendent at Boze.
man. The charge is made to avoid
diminution OF institute work for which
present funds r insufficient.
Great Falls Leader: At Columbus
hospital last night occurred the death
OF Henry W. Myers, a we'll known cat
tie buyer Of Maple Creek, Saskatche.
wan. Death was due to pneumonia
after q short illness. Mr.. Myers has
been q visitor to Great Falls and
other northern Montana points every
year for about twelve yeas and is
we'll known throughout this locality.
The legal fraternity is we'll repre-.
sented in the district court today, the
visiting attorneys who arrived this
morning including W. B. Sands, D.
L. Blackstone and R. E. O'Keefe, of
Chinook; F.. A. Carnal, j.. K. Bramble,
R. E. Hammond and Chas A. Rose,
OF Havre. 1t is understood that the
presence of so many lawyers in town
has suggested the organization of q
Chouteau County Bar association,
and q meeting with that purpose in
view Is being arranged by those in.
terested.
Several defend ants in criminal cases
were arraigned in the district court
today, and given opportunity to plead.
j. P. Mitchell, charged wish assault
in the second degree, pleaded not guilty
and j.. K. Bramble was appointed by
the court as his attorney. His trial
was set for December Z. The dates for
the trial of other criminal cases we're
set as follows: Miles, December 8;
Dewar. December 9: Carr, December
10; Mcmahon, December IL: Hill.
strom, December ID; Thomas, Decem.
Der IA: %Spangler, December Is.
From Fridays Daily
j. O. Patterson and wife left yes.
terday morning on a visit with friends
at Helena.
Miss Gracia Chestnut arrived from
Great Falls yesterday, on a visit with
the home folks.
O. G. Osnes, of Knerville, and Chas.
Lippard, of L%ippard, are among the
business visitors in town.
The divorce suit of Annie Chris
Hanson against August Christensen,
which was filed in the district court
some time ago, has been dismissed.
Applications for citizenship have
been filed in the district court by JOS.
P. Phelan, of Clearcreek; James Glib.
lin of Chinook: and Edward Schwa rtz,
of Warrick. Each Of the applicants
is a native of England.
The Thanksgiving dance given
Wednesday evening by the ladies OF
the Old Fort Improvement society,
was one of the most successful and en-.
joyable vents of the season. There
were we're about $50 guests in attend
ance.
A transaction in ranch property in
the sweet Grass hills, involving about
1850 acres, is recorded in d deed filed
in the c%ounty's clerks office. The
property is conveyed by c. G. Stark
to Jacob G. Fey, the consideration not
being stated.
Frank Baker vas placed on the list
of disabled Wednesday afternoon in an
accident at the Lewis ranch, about
eighteen miles from town, where he
was thrown from a wagon load of
lumber rs he was driving down a
steep hill. The wagon wheels passed
over him and caused q broken leg.
An amateur boxing and wrestling
tournament supplied entertainment to
a fair sized crowd at the opera house
last evening, several opponents of the
manly art having come from Great
Falls and Butte to take part in the