The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
CITY AND STATE.

from Wednesdays Daily
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
A retail liquor license has been
granted by the county commissioners
to q. w. Hallett, Of Carter.
George Putna am, of Chinook, q we'll
known stockman of that locality, Is
among the business visitors in town.
Miss Rowena Chestnut, of this city
has been offered q position as teacher
in q Of the government schools in
Porto Rico, and may conclude to &C.
cept the appointment.
Rev. Chas. Donaldson will arrive
here next week to take charge Of the
work Of the Methodist church. Rev.
w. A. Morgan starts for Iowa next
Monday and Rev. Donaldson will be
in charge the following Sunday.
Visitors from the Teton and other
localities report considerable damage
from the grasshopper pest. Garden
truck and alfalfa fields appear to be
great attractions for the hungry in.
sects, and are suffering from their
depredstions.
E. L. Gross and J.. n. Isett, OF Hell.
ens, are interviewing local residents
in the interest of the Montana Life In
surance company. q new insurance
venture OF which W. G. Conrad was
recently elected president.
The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Narcotic, who was brought here from
their ranch Sunday, died yesterday
from an attack Of cholera infantum.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the Cath.
Ollie church.
C.. A. McCarter, Of Galata, one Of
the first residents to locate at that
place. was appointed justice of the
peace at the recent meeting of the
county commissioners. A former ap.
pointment was rescinded, for the rea.
son that the sppointee could not
qualify for the position.
The Great Northern Railway, com.
pony has brought suit in the district
court against f. G. Carruth and o. Il.
sterwick, to obtain possession of pre-.
mises 10 which the railway company
claims ownership. The complaint asks
judgment for damages to the amount
of 900 and possession of the land &C.
cupied by defendants.
M. S. Holderbaum brought to the
River Press Office today q sample OF
the best dry farming crop so far re.
ported in this locality. 1t is black
winter rye, we'll headed and standing
As to AZ inches high, raised on bench
land about elk miles northeast of this
city. The sample is on exhibition for
the benefit of those who decry dry
land farming under the prevailing
conditions.
Prom Thursdays Daily.
Thomas Mcdonald, of Malta, stock
Inspector for Valley county, is among
he business visitors in town.
A marriage license was issued by
The clerk OF the district court today to
E. Oscar Williams and Christina H.
Lohman both of Chinook.
H. F. Miller, an attorney from Lis.
bon, N. Dak., is looking over the
6eld with q view to locating here for
he practice of his profession.
Suit for divorce was fled in the
district court today by Eleanard LIE.
Ruc against Peter Leduc, the com.
plant alleging non.support and de.
eertion.
D. Holderbaum, who recently re.
urned from Conrad, reports that
many of the dry farming crops in that
ocality have been affected by lack of
'ainfall. The ranchers are now fgur.
ng on q wheat crop that will average
en- to twelve bushels to the acre.
A suit has been commenced in the
l~istrict court by the city of Havre
against Angelic Papillo and wife, to
prevent defendan from o~bstructiug
he channel of Bull Hook creek. Ac-
1ording to the complaint, the channel
> being blocked by material placed
here by defend ants, and a restraining
order is sought by the municipality.
Among the documents received at
he county clerks Office today is one
hat contemplates q good sized trans.
lction in mining property in the Little
Rockies. 1t is an agreement by which
be Ruby Gulch Mining company is to
|cquire the interest of Peter Sieh and
Charles r. Liebert in about twenty
lining claims, the consideration
AIMED in the instrument being SO, 600.
L. Newman, of Havre, president of
he I1nited Milk River IRRIGATION as.