The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
I r AND STATE.

W. K. HARDER left tod ay On a bust.
ness trip to Big Sandy.
c. H. Barton, of Harlem, is a bust.
ness visitor in the city today.
Reports received from eastern VAL
ley county state that six inches of
snow fell in that section last Thurs.
day.
A marriage license was issued today
by the clerk Of the district court to
Joseph T. Cremens, Of White6sh, and
Catherine NJ. Bronson, of Neihart.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled in the county clerks Office by the
Greiner Lumber company, of Lothair,
with q capital stock of $1,000. The
incorporators are Peter A. Greiner
and others.
Application for letters Of admins.
tration in the estate OF Frank G.
Dartman deceased, who vat recently
found drowned near Chinook, has
been filed in the district court by John
F. Dartman.
A Valley county rxncher named
Wagner has brought trouble upon
himself by refusing to answer ques.
tons proponnded by the censu en-.
umerator. Complaint was made to the
federal authorities, and Mr.. Wagner
will probably be required to explain
to the court.
Chouteau county stood at the head
of the list in the matter Of gold ship
ments to the United States assay Office
in Helena during the month of May.
Receipts from this county during the
month had q value of $50, ISL, Fergus
county being second with shipments
valued at s45, 5s5.
Frank E. Stewart, q former en-
ploye of the Grand Union hotel, and
Jas. E. Stevens, of Clifford, had q
hearing in. the district court tod sy
before q lunacy commission com.
posed of Drs. Atkisson and Carroll,
and adiudged insane. They we're or.
dered committed to the insane asylum
at Warm Syringe.
From Mondays Daily.
o. E. Peppsrd, the Missoula bridge
man, was among the arriv ais from the
west today.
Attorneys Chas. A. Rose and ]. K.
Bramble, of Havre, are attending die.
trict court.
Miss Rowena Chestnut left today
for Culbertson, TO take charge OF q
school near that place.
John Henigan and wife, of Elroy.
ILL.,, arrived today on q visit with L.
o. Hudson and family. -
Jos. F. Valadon, who was formerly
in the sheep business south of Havre,
was among the arrivals today.
H. j. O'Hanlon arrived from Chi
nook yesterday, to look after his
ranch and livestock interests in thi.
vicinity.
o. G. Skylstead and E. NJ. Kennedy.
county commissioners arrived today
to attend the regular June meeting Of
the board.
Samuel Mcdonald, father of the de-
ceased, has applied to the district
court for letters of administr alton ir
the estate Of the late Lena Os.er'
,houdt.
Among the arrival yesterday were
Mrs. ]. a. Green, Mrs. g. w. Frields.
Mrs. D. G. Lockwood and Miss
Frields, who have been visiting al
Alhambra Springs.
A second petition for natur alizatior
was fled in the district court tod ay by
Francisco Victornio Vasconcellos, q
native OF Azores Islands, who failed
to qualify at his first attempt to &C
quire citizenship.
Walter Reynolds and Ernest John
son, two young fellows who recently
completed Jail sentences for vagraucy,
we're arrested yesterday by the city
marshal. The prisoners are charged
with breaking into q cabin located il
the lower part OF town.
F. r. Peters, who has bought large
amounts of northern Montana WOO
in former years, is interviewing loca
sheepmen as to their view of the WOO
market situation. Incidentally Mr.
Peters Is gently breaking the new.
that, in his opinion, wool prices viii
be something like steen cents the com
ing season.
The wheels of justice moved swiftl,
in the district court today, in the civil
suit of John H. Stubbs vs. L. p. Hat
Ter, of Havre. A jury was empaueled,
evidence, presented, instructions de-
livered by the court, arguments pre-
sented by attorneys on each side, case
considered by jury and verdict render.
ed, all in the short time of IS minutes.