The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-10

guilty OF stealing a watch and chain
from q drunken man In the Board of
Trade saloon.
Charles w. Berry, of Bozeman, and
b. E. Brownson, Of Coburg, are
among the business visitors in town.
Mr.. Berry represents the Hart.Pa rr
gasoline engine manufacturers, q
machine that is especially adapted
for furnishing power for farm Dur.
poses, and has recently sold one of
his blowing outfits to the Belknap
Sugar Beet company.
Ezra E:eauy, of Dodson, who was
among the ar%riv ais yesterday, brings
word that construction work on the
dam 10 Milk river near Dodson has
been temporarily suspended. 1t ap.
pears that the Great Northern rail.
road has secured an Injunction
against the continuance of work on
the dam, On The ground that the back
water threatens damage to It's rack.
From Fridays Daily
Send Us your orders for seed oats
aud alfalfa. I. C. Power & Bro. y
L. G. S.o.ker, Of Box Elder, ia
among the business visitors ia town.
Seed oats, seed wheat, barley, fax.
rye aud alfalfa at T. G. Power &
Bro.
Potatoes, oranges, lemons, celery,
lettuce and radishes just received at
the Chase store.
A recent birth reported from Big
Sandy is that of a son to the wife of
W. Wedeking, of German creek.
Ed. P. Feltman and wife arrived from
Missouri today and left for the John
Muir ranch, which they have leased
for the season.
Ed. Wilson, OF Steele, has been
appointed by the board of commits.
sioners TO the position of justice of
the peace for Highwood township.
Location notices for three art
claims in the Little Rockies have been
filed in the county clerks office by
M. P. Burrows and r. G. Blassin-
game.
Preparations for the spring election
were made at a meeting of the city
council held last evening, At which
A. E. Bjerring vas appointed regis
tration agent.
Ernest Hattie, of Warrick, is among
recent arrivals at the county Jail,
having been committed to await trial
on a charge of assault. Mrs. Hattie ia
the complaining witness.
Don't forget that everybody gets 10
per cent. discount on purchases of
groceries, and Is per cent. on dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes at
the Chase store. Hardware and other
goods at cost. All goods must be
sold soon as possible.
Murdoch McCeachen. a railroad
laborer engaged in riprap work near
Teton station, surrendered himself to
the sheriff yesterda y afternoon. stat
ing that he had assaulted a fellow
workman named Swain. The assault,
it Is believed, grew out of a drunken
quarrel, the prisoner claiming that
Swain threatened him with a butcher |
knife. Swain was laid out with a blow |
from the butt end of a % rifle that
made a bad cash in his head.
|. A. Neibaur. of Dodson, who ia
amOng the visitors in town, reports |
that work on the government dam at
that place has not been entirely sus-
pended, but the reclamation ofici ais
have been enjoined from increasing
the height of the structure. 1t is un.
that the plans of the en-
gineers contemplated a stage of water
that will overflow the railroad track.
and u new track at a higher elevation
will be built as soon as possible.
There will be practically no irrigation
from the Dodson dam this season, as
the diversion canal will not be finish.
ed.
Report On Water Resources.