The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
CITY AND STATE.
. Saturdays Daily.

Fren Saturdays Daily.
Dan Hudson arrived today from
Havre, on q visit with his parents.
Special meeting Of the Commercial
Club at the council rooms Monday
night.
Omar Gregg, an old time resident of
this vicinity, is under treatment at the
Fort Benton S%anitarium, for dropsy.
A dramatic reading will be given At
the Methodist church Monday rel
ing, at $50 O'Clock. by Miss Loretta
M. Bigelow, of Boston. Admission
Is and so cents.
Among the arrivals today we're Mr..
and Mira. Robert Porter and daughter,
Miss Eva Porter, Of Nevada, Mo.
MIR. Porter is the father of Dr.. E. M.
Porter. of this city.
The civil case of Esther c. Casey
against John Buckley, In which q YER.
dict for defendant was rendered in
Justice Pyper's court At Havre, has
been appealed to the district court.
The suit relates to q claim OF $40 for
board.
G. M. Luce and wife, Of Button,
Ind, we're among the arrivals today.
Mr.. Luce, who is the new principal of
the Fort Benton high school, is .
college acquaintance OF Hilmen G.
Lying, and is visiting with the latter
for . few days.
Several bids for r~eplanking county
bridges were received by the county
commissioners yesterday. the tender
OF Chas. Crepeau for replanking the
Missouri river bridge and approaches.
at q cost of $3.50. IS, being accepted.
r. H. Clarkson was awarded the con-
tract for replanking two bridges over
Milk river, neal Chinook, at q cost OF
e477.
The piano recital given at the opera
house last evening by Miss Elsie Par.
ker was q musical entertainment of a
high order of merit that was greatly
enjoyed by the audience. Miss Parker
is q child musician, about fourteen
years of age, but her execution was
perfect and the numbers were render
ed with q skill and precision that
could not be excelled by artists OF
more mature age and experience.
Great Falls Leader: If street talk
10 to BE- believed, Great Falls will
have q population Of between $4,000
and 5000 by the 1910 census. Ru'
mors in Butte, Helena and Missoula
credit Great Falls with that number.
and if the reports have any founda
ton, Great Falls continues to be the
second largest city in Montana. The
official figures are not out, but it Is
expected that they will be within the
next few weeks.
The question of Incorporating Ches'
ter as a municipality was decided by
a very small vote, the returns as can
vassed by the county commissioners
showing seven in favor of the propo
sition and two against. The vote,
however, decided the question afjrma-
lively, and the county commissioners
have called a special election at Ches.
ter. on Monday, September 26, to
choose q mayor and six aldermen
two aldermen from each of the three
wards.
From Mondays Daily.
Born Sunday evening, to the wife
of W. S. Towner, county attorney, q
son.
Mrs. Geo. Bickle and son Hiram re-
turned today from a visit with friends
at Havre.
Attorneys Jno. G. Duff and w. B
Sands, of Chinook. arrived today or
probate business in the district court,
DR.. j. H. Fairfield and w. S
Frary, with an automobile party o:
other Great Falls residents, were
among yesterdays visitors.
James B. Hurst, who has returned
from q trip to Chicago, reports big
runs of eheep at the stockyards. The
receipts last Monday we're over 30, 0O(
head.
Major T. A. Cummings returned
yesterday from Milestone, where ht
has been looking after a beef ship
ment that went east over the Milwau
kee railroad.
The members Of the Caesar clut
were entertained by the Misses Har'
Der at q Cupid party Saturday even
ing, given in honor of Miss Louise
Patterson, of this city.
There was an exciting runaway late
Saturday afternoon, when the John
Jacoby team dashed along Front
street with two little Joyce children
in the rig. The runaway was pur-