The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-04
| T AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

was among tne arrivals To-Day.
Dr.W. H. Melvin, of Chester, arrived
today on o short business visit.
A marriage license has been issued
by the clerk of the district court to
L. NJ. Jensen and AliceICampbell. both
of Chinook.
Hon. T. G. Power arrived from |
Helena today, to give personal at.
tention to business interests in this
part of Montana.
The Old Fort Improvement society
win meet Monday evening with Mrs.
j. V. Carroll, who will be assisted by
Mrs. Culbertson and Mrs. Early.
A large party Of Cree Ipdians under
the leadership of Chief Little Bear,
was in town today. They realized a
little cash by disposing Of some pelts
and pulled wool to local dealers. .
Professor Shaw, the Great Northern
agricultural expert, was among the
arrivals today. Prof. Shaw lie visit.
ing the experiment farm about four
miles vest of here, which will be cul.
tivated by Captain Stevens under his
supervision.
Great Falls Leader: The report of
the Great Falls land Office for the
month of March will be In readiness
soon, and will show that 5000 entries
were made during that month. The
total collections amounted to approx.
imately s45, 1000.
The comptroller of the cur ency has
approved the application for the or.
g~anization of the Havre National
bank, with a capital of $4,000. The
applicants are M. L. Helgerson, D.
N. Tallman, S. B. Quale, o. G, Hell.
gerson and George T. Larson.
r. r. Belcher, the moving picture
Snowman, will give his last entertain
ment of the season at the opera house
tonight. Mr.. Belcher has given daily
exhibitions in this city for the past
four months, presenting first class
programs and excellent entertainment
in every respect.
Charles Crepeau al preparing the
Baby Rose steamboat this afternoon
for her first trip of the season down
the Missouri river, two large barges
and the steamboat being loaded with
q cargo OF miscellaneous merchandise.
Most of the supplies are billed to
Judith, about 100 miles down stream,
from which point the Baby Rose will
return with a big shipment of grain
for local merchants.
The annual meeting of the Shonkiu
Stock association was held this
afternoon, at the Office of Secretary T,
A. Cummings. the electionnof q board
of directors for the ensuing year be-
ing the principal business transacted,
The board consists of Geo. L. Over
field, Malcolm Morrow, John V. Car.
roll, Chas. H. Green, J.. o. Patterson,
Geo. w. Frields, Martin Connolly
From Mondays Daily.
W. F. Hardin, of Malta, has &C.
cepted a position as bookkeeper for
the Benton Hardware company.
Charles Lippard, who is among the
visitors in town, reports the arrival
Of the Baby Rose steamboat at Lip
pard last evening.
Three location notices for quart
claims in the Little Rockies were flet
in the county clerks Office tod ay b!
Charles Seaford, of Landusky.
A petition to probate the will OF th'
late Carroll w. Thrailkill has beer
fled in the district court by Ann,
Thrailkill, widow OF the deceased.
Clint Sailor, of Gildford, ~ho i
among the visitors in town, report
considerable business activity at Gid
ford, which is the natural tradinl
point for q large agricultural district
The cir actors of the Shonkin Stool
association held q meeting Saturda,
afternoon, and organized by e~lectinI
George L. Overfeld, president: MAJ
colin Morrow, vice president: and T. A
Cummings. secretary.
Advices from Helena report th
marriage of John E. Templeton 40,
Miss Flora Senieur, formerly of thi
city. The newly welded couple hav
a large acquaintance here, who will
extend congratulations.
Captain E. S. Schultz, OF the U. S
engineers Office at Kansas City, wa
among the arrivals yesterday. Cap
tain Schultz was investig ating rive
conditions here, with a view to esti
mating the amount of riprap worl
that will be necessary.
Lewis Mcneil, a recent arrival Wit
has a bench land homestead abou
seven miles south of here, is amone