The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

VII <AANO SAA1Gs
Fron Saturdays Daily.
M. M. Jensen, of Knerville, is am.
ong the business visitors In town.
William Meyer, Of Box Elder, ar
rived today on q short business visit.
The arrivals today included q mum
Der of landseekers from North Dako.
ia, most of whom come from Minot and
vicinity.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
j. o. Patterson will be held at St.
Paul's Episcopal church tomorrow
afternoon. at 2 O'Clock.
Carl q. johnson, of Inverness, has
filed in the district court Q declaration
of his intention to become an Ameri.
can citizen. The applicant was for.
merly q resident of Canada.
A hearing was in progress today
before Chss. H. Boyle, U. S. commits.
sioner, in q contest brought by the
government against the desert entry
of Minnie Dickinson, the land being
located near Kuerville.
A transaction in Chinook real es.
tate is recorded in q deed received by
the county clerks Office. Ida Houston
conveying to Della A. Ryan three
town lots and improvements. The
consider alton named in the deed is
q ,1OO.
Rev. W. A. Morgan, who returned
yesterday from q trip through the
Highwood country, reports deep nov
in that locality. MIR. Morgan was
somewhat surprised at the number of
settlers houses on the bench lands in
that vicinity.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled inIthe county clerks Office by the
Northern Mercantile and Lumber com.
psny, which will engage in business
at Dodson. It's capital stock 10 &C.,
600. The company is incorporated by
W. H. Taylor, Guy Thompson and G.
E. Taylor.
From Mondays Daily.
Lew Williams and wife, OF the Big
Sag. are among the VISITORS in town.
E. Frank Sayle returned yesterda y
from Great Falls, where he attended
. meeting of the Montana Abstracters'
association.
Applications for final citizenship
were filed in the district court today
by Stanley Rapatz, of Havre, and
James Philpin, Of Hill.
The city marshal has Issued q call
for the payment of the municipal dog
tax, and will furnish tags to those
who respond to the demand.
j. o. Patterson and family wish to
return thanks for the kindness and
sympathy extended by many friends
during their recent bereavement.
Miss r. Kenyon, an experienced
trained nurse from Cincinnati, Ohio,
arrived yesterd ay to take the position
of superintendent at the Fort Benton
Sanitarium.
Four declarations of intention to
become American citizens were filed
in the district court today, the appli-
cants being Marcus Forset, Adolph
Dionne, Ingleborg A. Ness and Ka-
rem NJ. James.
w. S. TOwner, county attorney, re.
turned yesterd ay from a business trip
to Spokane. While in that city, Mr..
Towner had brief interviews with
Charles Howell and Thomas Gordon,
who are being held in Jail there by
the federal authorities.
Postmaster Geo. w. Crane is 10 re-
ceipt OF notice that Il. LaBarre has
been awarded the contract for carry
ing the mail between this city and
Lonetree and Shonkin, the service to
be three times a week, at 81, 100 q year.
John Reynolds has been awarded the
Hollywood mail contract, three times q
week service, at 81, 1000 q year. Each
contract goes into effect July l, and
is for q four-year term.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
j. o. Patterson were held yesterda y
afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal
church, in the presence of o large
congregation OF neighbours and friends.
It was a beautiful and impressive
.eremony, special music being en-
dered by the choir, an eloquent trib.
ute to the deceased being delivered by
Rev. j. N. Chestnut, and the casket be-
ing banked with floral wreaths present.
ed by friends of the family. The pail
bearers were Messrs. John Harris,
Geo. L. Overield, John v. Carroll.
T. A. Cummings, Louis D. Sharp and
James Townsend.