The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
CITY AND STATE.

CITY AND STATE.
From Fridays Daily
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
The Cans & Klein building on Front
street, which has been used for stor.
age purposes, is being fitted up for
house furnishing sales rooms, which
will be open for business the early
part of next month. 1t is understood
that Hilmen c. Lying will be in charge
of the establishment. IS
The annual report of the clerk of
the district court. which is being pre-.
pared for the state authorities, shows
an increase in our business for the
year 1909. Among the items in the
report are data which show that
eleven divorces were granted and 70
marriage licenses issued during the
year.
A news item from Pony, in Madison
county says 800 head Of cattle belong
ing to Alexander Norris, of Norris,
and 95 head belonging to Green Bros,
broke out of the big pasture near
Table Mountain, on the east side of
the Madison river, and became ma.
rooned on IN island in the Madison
river. The!river gorged and drowned
the whole outfit, causing q loss am.
ounting to many thousands of dol
lars.
Great Falls Leader: A little over
one.half Of the quiet month OF Janu.
airy has passed and the records of the
Crest Falls land Office show that up
to the evening of January Is, one.
half Of the month, during which there
was one holiday and two Sundays,
there were received for fling 504 en-.
tries. Should this rate be maintained
during the balance of the month Jan.
uary will have produced I've 1000
filings upon public land in this district.
Articles of incorporation were fled
in the county clerks Office today by
the Floweree Lumber and Fuel COM
pany. of which M. A. Strsng, V.
Strang, Robert J. Horton and A. M.
COY, of Great Falls, are the incorpo-
rators. The capital stock Of the COM
pany is s35. ZOO. 1t will engage in the
lumber and merchandise business at
Floweree, about 20 miles west of this
city, which is the central point OF q
district in which numerous land filings
are being made.
From Thursdays Daily.
A declaration of his intention t
become al American citizen has been
filed in the district court by John E.
Riley, who is a native of England.
According to the reports made to
the state board of health by physi.
clans and registrars, there were 12S
births in Chouteau county during the
year 1909.
A recent marriage in Helena is that
of Gilbert H. Dawson, of Dodson,
and Miss E. j. Stith, of Potlatch,
Idaho. The newly married couple
will made their home at Dodson.
A plat of the Eversmeyer addition
to the townsite of Chester, located
southwest of the original townsite, has
been filed in the county clerks Office.
The addition consists Of a 40. acre
tract that is plated into sixteen
blocks, the latter containing about
250 lots.
A large assortment of Chouteau
county real estate, upon which taxes
for the past year remain unpaid, vas
offered at public sale by the county
treasurer today. There were pur-
chasers for quite a number of town
lots and tracts of ranch property upon
which taxes are delinquent.
A suit for damages to the amount
of IS, 900 has been commenced in the
district court against G. S. Stevenson
by Mrs. Clara Sheldon, of Havre.
The complaint alleges that defend ant
has falsely assailed the character Of
plaintiff. and that the latter has just
cause for demanding damages.
A dispatch from Washington says
the sen ate has passed the bill grant
ing to homestead entrymen in Mon.
tana who we're required to make resi-.
dence on entries this winter, unit! May
l to make such residence. The bill
now goes to the president for approval
which is expected forthwith.
Great Falls Leader: Upon a tele-
gram from Sheriff Small of Valley
county the arrest of John Gingras
was made today at Columbus hospital
where the latter has been under treat
won't fou tho most fhrao wookS Th.