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

Prom Fridays Daily
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
VIM. Wolff, a former resident of
this city, arrived from Chinook toda
on q visit with relatives here.
A declaration of intention to become
an American citizen was filed in the
district court today by Steven G. Ben
son, q native of Bulgaria.
The civil suit of J.. E. Templeton vs..
Wallace E. Chase was dismissed in
the district court today, the parties
having reached an agreement.
The Kings Daughters are making
elaborate preparations for their dance,
to be given on the evening of February
4. A ive.piece orchestra has been
secured for the occasion.
Arthur Lewis, who arrived yester.
day from Leedy. reports q very favor.
able winter in that part of northern
Montana. Mr.. Lewis has decided to
join the colony of dry land farmers
west of town, and has fled upon a
,320-acre homestead.
Al the preliminary bearing of John
Stocking yesterday afternoon, before
Justice Kinder, the defendant was
bound over to the district court on q
charge of manslaughter, the attorneys
for the prosecution and defense hav.
ing reached an agreement to that eff.
feet.
Hiram Bickle, q brother of Sheriff
George Bickle, arrived today on q
short visit. Mr.. Bickle is engaged in
the livestock business near Ismay, in
Dawson county, but settlers are locat-
ing in that section in such numbers
that most of the stockmen will dispose
of their holdings.
The rapid rate at which homesteads
= being located in this vicinity will
not be appreciated until settlers begin
TO make improvements on the land, but
reports Of filings in the Great Falls
land Office show about 300 filings dur.
ing the past month. There were "a
locations made YESTERDAY q few miles
south of the Missouri river, by Q par.
ty of ~lsndseekers who visited that
locality.
Martin Martin, secretary of the
State fair, has addressed q letter to
the chairmen of various county
boards of commissioners urging them
to begin at once preparations for
their exhibits this fall. The letter
calls attention to the law passed by the
legislature authorizing county boards
to make exhibits and likewise the
necessary appropriation for their
collection and installation. 1t is sug.
gested that the appropriation be made
at the March meeting and that appli-
cation be made at once for desired
space.
From Thursdays Daily.
Born, on Wednesday evening, Jan.
uary 26, to the wife OF Theodore Dan.
ielsen, a son
Mrs. F. w. Cotton, wife OF DR..
Cotton, of this city, was among the
arrivals from the east today.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court yester.
day afternoon to Ernest Ward, of Big
Sandy, and Augusta Lehfeldt. OF Chi
nook.
A. A. Clague, of Chester, has filed
in the district court q declaration of
his intention to become an American
citizen. The applicant comes from
Canada.
Location notices for three quartz
claims in the Little Rockies district,
were filed Ia the county clerks Office
today by N. E MILESTONE, of Tort
man. The locator names the proper.
ties the Nineteen.Ten, the keystone
and the Occidental.
A dispatch from Washington an.
ounc that Secretary Ballinger has
ordered the restoration to entry of
657,S40 acres formerly Withdrawn for
the Milk river project in the Great
Falls and the Glasgow land districts.
The land will be opened 10 settlement
April Is, with entry May Is, 1910.
A recent real estate deal is the pur.
chase of seven lots on upper Front
street by w. G. .Paulsson, of Willis.
ton, N. OAK, the property consisting
of the Chinese garden and adjoining
lots. The premises will be used by
MIR. Paulsson for a lumber yard, ard
for handling other classes of building
material.
A suit has been commenced in the
district court by Henry G. Hofeldt
against H. o. Rhoades, to recover q