The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily

|. arrived today on district court bust.
mesa.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Mrs. VIM. Mitchell and Mrs. J.. A.
Arthur, of Chester. were among the
arrivals today.
R. II. Clarkson and Henry Kremer,
of Chinook, are among the visitors At
tending district court.
Mrs. W. r. Leet entertained q num-
Der OF lady friends last evening,
Mrs. Louis Hensen, of Chinook, being
the guest of honor.
A declaration of intention to become
an American citizen was filed In the
district court tod sy by Roy c. Gro.
foot, Of Big Sandy.
Another delegation OF Chester resi-
dents arrived today on district court
business, among them being Maurice
Spangler, Walter Burton, Jno. Sailer
7 and D. W. Wilson.
A plat of the Nelson addition to
Box Elder townsite was fled in the
county clerks Office today by David
Cowan, of Box Elder. The addition
comprises about % acres, plated into
seven blocks.
Petitions for naturalization were
fled in the district court today by
Arthur J. Cresswell, of Chinook, q
native Of England; and Wilbur F.
Purdy, of Lloyd, who was born in
Nova Scotia.
|. The winter wheat on the bench land
farms west of town is making a fine
showing these days. At the Morrison
& Brown ranch, some of the wheat is
eighteen inches high and getting ready
to head out.
Oleva R.. Bywater has commenced
suit in the district court against Garry
j. Ayars, to Gov q balance of
about 1926 alleged to be due on q pro.
missory note. The complaint also
asks judgment for interest at ten per
cent per annum since 1900 and coss of
suit.
The case of Mark Cockrill was
called in the district court today, and
in order to complete the record the
defendant was arraigned and given "a
hours in which to plead. On motion
OF the county attorney, W.T.. O'Leary,
of Great Falls, was entered as asso-
ciate counsel for the prosecution.
From Thursdays Daily.
Justice Ed. M. Allen, OF Havre, was
among the arrivals today.
S. O'Malley and wife Of Box Elder,
are among the visitors in town.
George B. Bourne, of Hill, arrived
today on district court business.
Mrs. O. B. Crane, of Missoula, ar
rived today on a visit with Mrs. G. w.
Crane and family.
Mrs. G. H. Ragland, who has been
spending the winter in California, was
among the arrivals thd ay.
L. d. Pugsley, who is extensively
engaged in the sheep business on the
Marias, arrived today to attend dis
trict court.
Isaac Hunsberger has purchased
six lots on upper Front street, located
south of his present residence, which
he will use for building purposes.
Work has been commenced by
Schmidt Bros. & Greedy on a new
garage building, located on their
Bond street property.
Thos. A. NARROW and wife, who
have been visiting in the Bear Paw
country, arrived by automobile last
evening. They resumed the journey
to Helena this morning.
The baseball boys have received
their uniforms, designed in gray and
black, and other paraphernalia. The
boys will play q Great Falls team
Sunday, At Great Falls, and are pre-
pairing for a lively game.
A Washington dispatch says the de.
cision of the land commissioner hold.
ing for cancellation the entry of Char
lotte A. Davis, transferred to w. E.
French, with the Rockford Land and
Horse company mortgagee. has been
reversed by Assistant Secretary Pierce
and patent ordered issued, if no other
objections appear. The land affected
by the decision ia located near Harlem.
The task of securing q jury in the
district court for the trial of Mark
Cockrill on a charge of murder, oc
cupied considerably less time than
was anticipated. At the Thursday
morning session of court the jury was
selected as follows: Robert II. Clark
son Fred H. Nobel, w. D. Dodge,
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