The river press., 1909-03-31
CITY AND STATE.

0ou yOuE "oGCu 0nu JeWelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
w. S. Kingsbury arrived from the
lower Missouri river country today,
on q short visit.
Wanted-Position by lady az cook
on ranch. Address B. Mcclellan,
Fort Benton. Box 81.
Myron Evans arrived from Chinook
yesterday, to assist in spring work at
the O'Hanlon company ranch.
District court was adjourned today
until March 70, when prepar ations for
the regular April term will be made.
For sale, q registered black Perch
eron stallion, weight 1900 pounds.
T. c. Power & Bro. Ltd. Fort Ben
ton.
The new forms of quartz location
blank required under the new law can
be obtained at the River Press Office.
The new form must now be used in
making quartz locations.
I. D. Askew, of Cascade, who ar.
rived yesterday, has purch ased an
outfit of dry ewes from the Big Sag
Livestock company, and will chip
them to his home ranch near Cascade.
1t is Mr.. Askew's intention to put the
sheep on feed for the early fall mar.
ket.
A subscription paper is being cir
culated by c. w. Morrison, to secure
funds with which to defray the expense
of conducting q dry farm experiment
station in this vicinity, arrangements
for which were recently completed.
The paper is being literally signed
by business men and others, who rec
ognize the project as one of merit and
general benefit, a monthly payment
being promised in each case through
out the season.
The old timers who claim they
brought the Missouri river with them
when they came to Montana, will be
surprised to learn that recent govern
ment surveys of that stream shorten
the distance from its mouth to Fort
Benton considerably. A news item
from St. Louis gives this inform alton:
THAT the distance from the mouth of
the Missouri river to Fort Benton,
Mont, is 2,283 miles, is shown in a
revised list of landings, compiled
from recent surveys made by the gov
ernment. According to the govern.
ment surveys made is 1873 the length
of the river in 1878 was 1922 miles.
This indicates that the stream has
shortened itself s29 miles in the last
thirty.one years."
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. L. o. Hudson left tod ay on a
visit with friends in Havre.
Fred Auerbach, the Havre clothing
man, arrived today on short busi-
ness visit.
l. F. Churchill and wife, of the
lower Missouri country, were among
the arrivals today.
Mrs. NJ. Rosa, of Great Falls, is
visiting with her parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. w. NJ. Cullen, of this city.
Recent marriage announcements
from Great Falls include that of John
Watson and Miss Lena Scholz, of this
vicinity.
Isaac Hunsberger, who has been on
the sick list with rheum atism the past
three weeks, has gone to Hunters Hot
Springs for treatment.
A deed flied in the county clerks
Office records the sale of the Jesse E.
Ross livery stable property at Chi
nook to Daniel H. Boone, of Ravre.
The consideration named in the deed
is $4,000.
On Saturday evening, March 27, the
seventh and eighth grades will enter.
tain the high school literary society.
The program will be held in the as
sembly hall at 8 o'clock. Visitors are
cordially invited to attend.
Among the freight outfits that left
town today was one that pulled out
with big load OF furniture, billed to
we'll known bachelor resident of the
Square Butte country. This incident
suggests the suspicion that there will
be something doing in the matrimonial
line in that locality, at a date that
awaits announcement.
Joseph Ventura, who is accused of
forging a check on the First National
bank of Chinook, was brought in from
Great Falls last evening by Under
Sheriff Charles Crawford, and placed
in the county Jail, The prisoner, who
formerly lived at Zortman, was ar
rested at Gilt Edge, in Fergus county,
at the request of the Chouteau county
authorities.