The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
CITY N STATE.

From Monday Daily.
Fred E. Werner, of Lloyd, is among
the visitors in town.
Lost-On lower Main street, q ladies'
brooch. Finder will please leave at
Power & Bros store.
The temperature took another sud.
den drop last night. the various Their
mometers registering q minimum of Is
TO 10 below zero.
The ladies of the Catholic church
announce that they will give an enter.
tainment at the opera house on Easter
Monday, March %, next.
A declaration of intention to be-
come an American citizen, has been
fled in the district court by Ada
Wharram, q native Of Canada.
The dance given At the opera house
New Years w by the Eastern Star
was attended by one of the largest
crowds of the season, and was q
great success in every particular.
The county commissioners were in
session today, with all members pres.
ent, to witness the annual settlement
between the county treasurer and
county clerk. This is q formality re-
Quired by the Montana statutes.
A number of Odd Fellows from
Great Falls we're the guests of mem.
bers of the local lodge of that order
New Years day. when several new
members we're initiated, and the in
s~tallstion of officers took place.
The past month was the coolest De.
cember since 1902, according t the
official report of G. W. Ling, observer
at the Havre station of the weather
bureau. The mean temperature for
last month was only II degrees, com.
pared with An average OF 81 degrees
for December, the lowest temperature
for the month being % below zero.
Advices from Seattle report the
death of Charles w. Gray, of Belle
view, an old-time and we'll known resi-
dent of Teton county, who recently
removed to the Pacific coast for his
health. Mr.. Gray was q member OF
the board of county commissioners OF
this county in the early nineties, and
had q wide acquaintance in this part
of northern Montana.
Great Falls Leader: A. W. Kings.
bury is in receipt OF a letter from
Owen Fergus, the we'll known Arrow
creek rancher, who was injured in the
wreck at Rugby, N. OAK, a number
of weeks ago, and who recently went
to Rochester, MIMI, for an operation.
Mr.. Fergus has returned to his ranch
and states tha t the Rochester surgeons
stated that an alton was unneces
sary, but that he would always fee
the effects of his injuries.
An act of malicious mischief, fol
which the perpetrators deserve the
most severe punishment possible. was
committed at an early hour this morn
ing, when one of the large plate glass
windows in the Office of the Choteau
house al broken with q rock throwu
by a party unknown. 1t is believed
there was more than one midnigh,
prowler connected with the aft air, and
it is hoped the offenders will be de
tected and properly punished.
From Tuesdays DAILY.
The Eklund photo studio on Bond
street will be open on Sunday, Janu'
airy 9.
G. r. Malone, of Shelby, q well
known stockman of the upper Mariss,
is among the business visitors ia
town.
The incorpora alton of q townsite
company by residents of that locality
indicates that q new town will be
started at Brady, on the Shelby lice
of the Great Northern.
A plat of the new town of Whitlash.
in the Sweet Grass hills, has been fled
in the county clerks Office by Alfred
G. Strobe. The townsite consists OF
eight blocks divided into about l4(
lots.
Declar atoms of their intention tt
become American citizens we're flee
in the district court today by Edmund
Boucher, w. p. Cyr and Albert Stat
ford, the applicants being natives Of
Canada.
The Montana Experiment station a
Bozeman has issued a bulletin, enti
tied ''Frnitgrowing in Montana.' Il
includes >35 pages, and contains II
main. topics discussed 10 a brief, prac'
tical way for the benefit of the Mon
taua fruitgrowers. Prof. r. w,
Fisher is editor of the work.
Miss Blackstone, county school su,
perintendent, announces that January
13 and IA, and January 20 aod 81 are