The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-03
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
f. Frank Ssyre left today on a bust.
ness trip to Kansas City, Mo.
D. E. Williams, of Big Sandy, ar
rived today on q short business visit.
Attorney E. B. Howell, Of Butte, Is
among the business visitors in town.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
W. 81. Hesser, q we'll known bust.
ness nan of Hinsdsle, was among the
srriv ais today.
Several local stockmen left today
for Big Sandy, to attend the loading
of . cattle shipment 10 which they are
interested.
A declaration OF intention to become
an American citizen wss fled in the
district court today by hans B. Finne,
Of HARLEM.
There was q public wool sale Mon.
day ct Shelby, about 400. 600 pounds
being purchased on that occasion.
The prices ranged from 15i cents to
ZOE cents.
One of the most Interesting baseball
games of the season will be played
here Sunday afternoon, an engage.
ment having been made with the Havre
team for that date.
John Fenzel was brought to the
county jail today by George Heron,
chief of police at Havre, to serve four
months for petit larceny. The pris.
oner was committed by Justice W. b.
Piper.
Word has been received from Van.
dalia, Valley county, announcing the
recovery Of the body of Abraham Rit.
ter, who was drowned q few days ago
while attempting to swim across Milk
river. The deceased vas uncle of j.
Ritter, of this city.
W. r. Leet, who was one of the Fort
Benton .excursionists to the Chester
demonstration farm, returned from
Chester today. Mr.. Leet was surpris.
ed At the results Of scientific methods
at the Chester experiment station, and
has become . convert to the dry farm.
ing theories.
A. J. Cruise and ]. W. Mcfarland,
two men operating a steam we'll drill.
ing outfit south of the river, were
brought in last evening and arraigned
in Justice Kinder's court on a charge
of carelessly starting q prairie fire
near the Benton Sheep company ranch.
They are alleged to have been respon.
sible for a fire that started yesterday
and burned owe q strip OF country
about fifteen miles long and four miles
wide. The defendant gave a cash
bond of 800 to appear for a hearing.
From Thursdays Daily.
Dr.. Jos. Murphy, of Havre, is a
business visitor in the city today.
W. K. HARDER has gone down to Big |
Sandy to attend the public wool sales,
which took place there today.
A marriage license was issued tod ay
by the clerk of the district court to
Nels Peter Nelson and Kema Olson,
both of Havre.
Declarations of intention to become
American citizens were made today be-
fore the clerk Of the district court by !
Jacob Petow. a native of Russia, and
Mary Cathren SENT, a native of Aus.
tria. l
A deed was filed for record toda in
the county clerks Office conveying title
to lot 9, block 5, townsite of Havre,
from Bailey & Purnell to Henry j..
Meili. The consideration named is
&c, 600.
A big ranch deal 10 reported from
White Sulphur Springs, in which the
Proctor ranch, consisting of 1000
acres, and one of the finest in the
Smith river valley, was sold to par.
ties from Chamberlain, S. Dak., who
intend to bring out q colony to settle
on the land.
Great Falls Tribune: That Mayor
G. F. Murphy and the members of the
city council made a great hit with the
citizens of Great Falls, in establish.
ing a public swimming pool in Gibson
lake, was fully demonstrated last
evening, when several thousand local
residents attended the formal opening
Of the bathing place. That the ''kids"
appreciated the kindness of the city !
fathers was shown by the number of
youngsters, both girls and boys, who
frolicked about ia the waters of the
lake for over an hour. The boys,
however, we're in the majority by sew
eral score.
From Fridays Daily
Look at Lyng's adv.