The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-21
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
W. 81. Duke, of Chinook, arrived
today on q business visit.
T. D. Williams. OF Gslats, is among
the business visitors In town.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Lew Williams and wife. of Lone:
tree, are visiting With Fort Benton
friends.
W. G. Buckley, of Harlem, is visit.
ing with his brother, Phil Buckley, of
this city.
N. T. Chemidlin, of the River Press
Office, accompanied by Mrs. Chemid.
lin and daughter, left today on . visit
with friends in Butte.
A declaration of bis intention to
become an American citizen wss fled
in the district court today by Peter
Peterson, of Clifford.
Among the arrivals today we're O.
G. Skylstead and E. NJ. Kennedy,
county commissioners, who are attend
ing the adjourned meeting of the
board.
Among the list Of candidates recent.
~ nominated for Office BY Fergus
county republicans is Walter Green,
formerly Of this city, who was selected
for the Office of clerk and recorder OF
Fergus county.
Constable Ed. N. Scott, of Big
Sandy, arrived today with two pris.
oners, William Powell and F. E.
Wilkinson, who we're placed in the
county jail. Each is under sentence
OF sixty days imposed by Justice W.
A. Ragan, for vagrancy.
The fret municipal election in the
recently incorporated town of Harlem
was held yesterday, there being no
opposition to the citizens ticket. The
first municipal officers will be Chas.
A. Smith, mayor; with D.. A. Ring,
W. S. Cowan, P. M. Bosley and d.
G. Turner as the board of aldermen.
Announcement of the prospective
marriage Of Miss G%enevieve Clary
and Lieuten ant Percy W. Foote, of
the U. S. navy, has been received in
this city, the ceremony to take place
October l at Great Falls. Miss Clary
is the daughter of the late Thomas
Clary, formerly q resident of this
city, and has q wide acquaintance
among the young people here.
At the session held this afternoon
by the county commissioners, the res
ignstion of W. s. Towner as county
attorney, to take effect October l. was
received and accepted. The board
t%hereupon appointed F. N. Utter, Of
Havre, to fill the unexpired term of
Mr.. Towner, until his successor is
elected and qualities. Mr.. Towner
has accepted a position as assistant
in the Office of Attorney General Gal
en-, in Helena, and will assume his
new duties the first week in October.
From Thursdays Daily.
j. H. Jordan, of Saco, is among the
visitors in town.
Vernon E. Lewis, Of Floweree, is
visiting with Fort Benton friends.
Mrs. w. J. Aud, of Havre. arrived
today to receive medical ire atment at
the Fort Benton Sanitarium.
Herman Brinkman, of the Marias,
an old-time resident OF this vicinity,
vas among the arrivals tod ay.
H. G. Consol, who recently UNDER
went at operation at St. Glare hos.
pital, left today for his home at Har.
lem.
A~declaration of intention to become
an American citizen vas filed in the
district court today by William B.
Frame, of Big Sandy.
Joseph Darrell. an old offender,
was received at the county Jail today
from Justice Pyper's court Ut Ravre.
The prisoner ls under sentence OF
ninety days for vagrancy.
Capt. Geo. h. Stevens, who return
ed today from q visit of several weeks
in North Dakota, reports an unusual.
~ dry season in that locality. Re.
cent rains, however, have enabled
ranchers to prepare for next years
crops.
Rev. Mother Frederick, superior
provincial of Missoula, and Sister
Gaspard, of Great Falls, who have
been visiting at St. Glare hospital,
left yesterd ay accompanied by Sister
Remi and Miss Pendergast, who will
attend the graduating exercises at
Columbus hospital, Great Falls.
A news item from Glasgow says the
jury which tried Malcolm Hunter for
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