The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
CITY AND STATE.
Fron Saturdays Daily.

Clear Creek, we're among the arrivals
today.
A. j. Butterfeld and F. r. Miller,
of Chinook, are among the business
visitors IN town.
A special jury venire of thirty mem.
bers vas drawn in the district court
today, the jurors to report for duty
May 10.
A postof1ce bulletin announces the
appointment of Edward Robinson to
succeed F. M. Britten az postm aster
at Lothsir.
Henry T. Karlson, OF Havre, has
fled in the district court q declara.
ration of his intention to become an
American citizen.
"A marriage license has been is-
sued by the clerk OF the district court
to Marion Penrod and Ida Buck.
ley, both OF Dodsou.
Miles City has more than doubled
in population during the past ten
years, q census bulletin giving 1897
% the number Of its Inhabitants.
Harry Lund, q we'll known former
resident of this vicinity, arrived today
from Havre, and was taken to the
S%anitarium for medical treatment.
F.. P. Marshall and A. ]. Carpenter
arrived from Great Falls today, to
institute a local lodge of the Modern
Woodmen of America for which the
necessary membership has been Sc
cured. The organization will take
place this evening at Odd Fellows
hall.
w. r. Leet, county treasurer, is
sending notices to owners of personal
property that taxes upon that class
OF property are o due. The Mon.
tana laws require the immediate COL
lection of taxes upon personal prop.
erty after 1t has been listed by the as.
SCISSOR, whenever such taxes are not
secured by the ownership of real es.
tate by the firm or individual as.
sessed.
From Mondays Daily.
Born, at St.. Glare hospital, to the
wife of D. M. Frields, of Kendall, a
daughter.
j. L. Peacock, the Canadian live.
stock dealer, is among the business
visitors in town.
F. A. Carnal, register of the U. s.
land Office at Havre, was among yes.
terda y's arrivals.
S. E. Cook, of Cleveland, arrived
today on q short business visit.
Attorneys D. L. Blackstone, of Chi.
nook. and G. A. Rose, of Havre, are
attending distrit court.
Thomas Murray Spencer, OF Butte,
the drummer poet, is interviewing
local business men today.
A decree Of divorce was granted in
the district court toda in the suit of
Ellen White against Thomas White.
W. S. C%hemidlin, of the Great Nor.
thern claim agents Office at Great
Falls, arrived yesterday on a visit
with his parents.
Declarations of intention to be.
come American citizens were filed in
the district court today by A. Berger,
OF Inverness, and Ellen White, OF
Lloyd.
work INC hoon commoncod nv Henrv
Hagen. the contractor, upon the revo'
walton and r%e.modeling Of the annex
to the opera house, which will be used
as an armory for the local company
Of the Montana national guard.
AT q meeting OF the school trustees
of this district held Saturday evening
with the newly elected members pre-
sent, the board was organized by the
reelection of Dr.. Jno.. v. Carroll q
chairman, and Geo. w. Crane al
clerk.
The first baseball game of the sea
son was played here yesterday after
noon, under unpleasant weather con
ditions, when a visiting team from
Carter was defeated by a score o
fourteen to two. There was q gool
sized crowd In attend ance.
A new camp of the Modern Wood
men of America, to be known 81
Riverside Camp No. IL, 1893, was or
ganized in this city Saturday evening
with an enrolment of about thirty
members. The officers of the new
camp are J. G. Myers, venerable con
sui; T. M. Myers, worthy adviser
Otto Soeberg, banker; Harry Bier
ring, escort: James Patterson, clerk
In the district court today the civil
suit of Orr vs.. Cox was to have conn
to trial, but it was settled by an agree
ment on part of defendant to pay
iudoment tn the amount of 04OO. Th,