The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-02

the alleged fencing of parts Of the
public domain. 1t is understood that
the fencing of government land in any
amount in excess of five acres. will
cause the authorities to take action
against the ofedner.
D. r. McGinnis, one OF the original
northern Montana boosters who as.
sisted largely in bringing the first set.
tiers to the Milk river country, 10 now
engaged in similar work at Galata.
Mr.. McGinnis is owner of the original
townsite of Galsta, and there has
been such a demand for the real estate
that he is plating two additions to the
townsite.
The members sf the Commercial
CLUB who went 10 Chinook to discuss
the county seat removal question, re.
port q very pleasa ant meeting with res.
idents of that part Of the county. The
deleg alton consisted of F. E. Strana-
han, David G. Browne, Geo. II. Ste-
vens, c. H. Evers, T. A. Cummings,
D. G. Lockwood, E. Frank Sayre, w.
K. HARDER and J. H. Evers.
Among the exhibits at the Great
Northern exposition hall in St. Paul,
for the benefit Of lsndseekers, will be
q collection of seeds and other farm
products that 10 being supplied by the
Thos. O'Hanlon company, of Chinook.
1t will consist of samples of corn fax,
wheat, oats, rye, alfalfa, clover and
grass seeds, the exhibits being put up
In large glass jars and properly la.
beled.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Hon. T. G. Power arrived from
Helena today on q short business
visit.
A heavy rainstorm in this vicinity
last evening completed q month of re-
markedly fine weather during jan
uary.
Rose Harvey, of Havre, has applied
to the district court for letters of
guardianship for the minor children of
Ellen Harvey, deceased.
Dr.. E. M. Porter is getting &C.
quainted with his baby son today,
the little fellow having arrived with
Mrs. Porter last evening from Kansas
City, Mo.
Constable Ed. Thomas arrived from
Havre today with a colored prisoner
named Mccoy, who has been sentenced
by Justice Piper to 80 days in jail for
petit larceny.
Advices from Palo Alto, CAL, bring
news of the serious illness OF John
Spencer, an old-time stockman of Te-
ton county. The patient is not ex.
pected to live.
The pleasure loving public is re.
minded that the Kings Daughters will
give their dance at the opera house
Friday evening, February 4. Excel
lent music has been secured.
The suit brought in the district
court to contest the will of the late
"Captain Nelse" will be tried by a
jury on February "A, Judge Tattan
having set the case for that date.
Thompson & MILFORD have been
kept so busy locating l~andseekers on
homesteads in this vicinity, that they
have purchased a ive-passenger auto
mobile to assist them in handling the
business.
Declarations of intention to become
American citizens were filed In the
district court today by Robert Gar.
ROCK and Allen Sanders, of Chester,
and Kate Trottier, of Lloyd. All the
applicants come from Canada.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the county clerks Office today by
the Matheson Land and Livestock
company, with q capital stock of
$4,000. The incorporates are John
Matheson. of Chinook, and other
members of the Matheson family.
Charles Crawford, who has returned
from a trip to the Sweet Grass hills,
expresses the opinion that Chester is
the most lively town in northern Mon
tana. There IL quite a building
boom in progress at Chester, one of
the improvements being a new 6O-room
hotel.
The plat Of the townsite of Zortman,
which was filed in the county clerks
Office some time ago by D. L. Baird,
has been rejected by the federal au-
thorities. The approval of the latter
was necessary, because the townsite
Ia located in the Little Rockies forest
reserve.
A news item from Choteau reports
the sale of the ST ranch to H. w.
Brown, a Chicago capitalist. who will
probably divide it into small tracts
and sell them to settlers. The ranch