The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
CITY N STATE.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Aoo tCuPOI 0VuIO Al VAAo
vicinity last night was % below zero,
according to the government .her-
mometer.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk OF the district court today to |
Rufus G. Eckroat and Selma E.
Tempki, both Of Great Falls.
The cold spell has interfered with
the operations OF the Boston and
Montana smel,er q; Great Falls, the
big plant .being able to work at only
one-third of its capacity.
1t is reported that a westbound pas.
senger train On the Great Northern
was wrecked Thursday night. near
Wand ALA, in Valley county. and sew
eral of the passengers injured.
According to advices from the Milk
river country, the recent cold snap
al unusually severe in that part of
northern Montana. At Chinook it
was A below zero Wednesday morn
ing.
Sheriff Bickle arrived from Havre
today with Fred Long, a colored man,
who will be detained az a witness in
the investigation to be made into the
shooting of Frank Foster by Night
Watchman Osborne.
A deed received for record in the
county clerks Office conveys title to
oh1,,t e,r,a1ro onpoo ~ ind &ooro TI~u-
enceI l. Brechbill to Margaret L~afrantz,
of Lloyd. The trans action is said to
include a store building and general
merchandise business at Lloyd, the
purchase price being about 50, 900.
L. Newman, president of the United
Milk River Irrigation association,
has received word from Senator j. M.
Dixon that q treaty with Canada re-
garding the waters of St. Mary's river
has been arranged, and will come be-
fore the senate for consideration next
week. The nature of its provisions is
not yet known.
A dispute over a coal bill awaits
settlement in the district court. A
suit was brought by ]. E. Ross against
F. Wherry and Grace B. Clifford in
the justice court at Chinook, to collect
about S30.45 alleged to be due for coal,
and was dismissed on motion of at.
torney for defend ants. The plaintiff
now appeals the case to the district
court.
Great Falls Leader: Almost in view
of scores of fellow workmen about the
gas producing plan, Of the Boston g.
Montana smelter, William Wilder, an
aged employee, who has charge of the
coal screens, was frozen to death last
night and his body was not discovered
until about 8 o'clock this morning.
Wilder had peer working about the
revolving screen and in some manner
became caught between the screen and
the surrounding timbers. Both hands
and feet were caught in such a manner
that he was unable t 0 free himself aud
although he sustained no serious in
juries he succumbed to the exposure
DIV LIS OoCN wa lloLSu Silh WHICH,
found this ,moring.
From Mondays Daily.
1t is reported that Wearn Rowe has
purchased the interest of Lee Sedgwick
in the livery stable business Of Alex
Barley & Co., and will take charge
about February l.
A notice of location for the Gold
Nugget quartz claim, in the Little
Rockies district, has been filed in
the county clerks office by T. j. Tubb
and Oswald Lehman.
The cold weather record in this
vicinity for some twenty years was
broken last night, the government
Thermometer registering A below zero.
Saturday night the minimum tempera-
sure was AZ below.
The clerk of the district court has
been officially notified that the divorce
suit of Emily G.. Wood against Royal
S. Wood has been transferred from
the Cascade county court TO this dis
trict. The complaint in the action
alleges cruelty.
The Great Northern and other rail
roads operating in the northwest are
having considerable trouble from the
freezing up their wa.2r tanks during
the present cold snap. Traffic has
been temporarily suspended in some
localities.
\ communication from Governor
Norris wa received by the clerk OF
The district court today, asking for
intorn alton reg arding any property
that may have been owned by Triton
Stamatotf, WHO was killed at Havre
about two months ago by Pdvel
Ghizinetf. The governors inquiry is
made az the request of the state de-