The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-26
I T AND STATE.


IN OotoH0oy D U3I1y.
A nan by the name Of Lazure ar.
rived from Chester today and was
taken to the Fort Benton S%anitarium
for medical treatment.
W. NJ. Ball, of Iowa City, and G. j..
Rronine, Of Bsliour, N. OAK, are
data from the county re.
cords with a view TO engaging in the
abstract OF title business.
The relatives OF Luther E. Burson,
who is supposed to be in northern
Montana, have requested Postma ster
Crane to send them bis address. In.
may be sent to the pastof.
fee.
The public health authorities have
been notified Of the development Of
three cases of diphtheris in this vicin.
ity the past week. The disease is OF
. mild form and necessary precautions
have been taken by the physicisns.
Complaint has been made to the su.
thorities that email rides and air guns
are being used recklessly by several
juvenile residents, to the annoy snce
and peril Of their neighbors. If the
practice is continued q few arrests
may be made.
Joseph Braithw ate, OF Highwood,
who has been operating q threshing
outfit in the country south OF here, re.
ports better grain crops than was gen.
orally expected. Oats went o. high as
IS bushels to the acre, and wheat up
to 30 bushels per acre.
The war department has detailed .
number Of officers to make military
maps of various parts OF Montana.
Lieutenant Stanley L. James, Of the
Twenty. eighth infantry will begin
work at q point about twenty miles
west OF Big Sandy, and prepare the
map Of that locality.
Advices from Chicago report . con.
tinusnce of the enormous receipts of
sheep which have established q new
record at the Union Stock Yards. On
Monday, the arrivals OF sheep and
lambs numbered about $4,000 head,
the biggest days receipts of mutton on
record. The heavy demand by feeders
has presented . ruinous slump in
prices, although there has been q cor.
siderable decline in values.
Homestead entrymen have been ad.
vised that they can obtain leave OF
absence blanks from the local land
Offices. These are the regulation
blanks which are to be filled out by
homesteaders who wish to take adv an.
tage of the privilege OF leaving their
claims for the six months extension
OF time provided for In q recent ruling
of the general land Office. Before ap.
plying for the leave, the settler must
be able to show that he has built his
house, and established his residence
on the claim. The blanks are for
warded to the applicants, who fill them
out and forward them to the land Of
fee.
From Mondays Daily.
Martin Wasesha, of Beatrice, is
among the business visitors in town.
Wallace D. Coburn and wife, OF
Helena, are visiting with Fort Benton
friends.
S. j. Kelley. of Chinook, was ad-
mitted to St. Glare hospital yesterda az
to receive treatment for q fractured
leR-the injury being the result OF a
runaway accident.
Declarations OF their intention to be.
come American citizens were filed In
the district court today by Walter c.
Franks, OF Kremlin; and Daniel n
Field and Albert E. Marshall, of Gal.
alta.
Constable A. b. Clarke arrived
from Havre yesterday with Charles
Johnson, q prisoner under sentence o.
ninety days for vagrancy. The offend
er was committed by Justice w. B,
Piper.
The county commissioners were If
special session today, with all mem
bers of the board in attendance
Road matters and the cancellation O
warrants form the principal business
under consideration.
Word has been received from Balti
more, Md, announcing the marriag'
of William D. Hurst and Miss Eliza
beth G. Price. of that city. Mr.. Hurs
was q former resident of this vicinity
and has many friends here.
D. A. Morrison, of Trident, Mont.
is among the business visitors ir
town. Mr.. Morrison is interested IL
the big cement plant at Trident, a new
Montana enterprise that has an outpu'
OF 1900 barrels of cement per day.
The democratic central committee
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