The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
CITY AND STATE.

MOETOW dTrlVeu tOu6y IrOu C8SCaOe.
Send your watch and j~ewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Miss Chemidlin left today for Great
Falle, 90 a visi, with friends 10 that
city.
A. W. Kingsbnry aud wife, of Great
Falls. are among the visitors In
town.
Vernon Lewis returned last evening
from Highwood with q party of young
people who have been camping in that
vicinity.
Miss Egan. who has been visiting
with the James BARLEY family the past
few weeks, left today for her home In
Missouri.
Frank O'Donnell, of Billings, . we'll
known stockman of the Yellowstone
country, is among the business visi-
tore In town.
Chas. Crawford, who returned today
from Galata, reports fairly satisfac-
tory crop conditions in that part Of
Chouteau county. Some of the yields
OF fax are exceptionally good.
The big job of %threshing the winter
wheat crop at Captain Stevens 1900.
acre ranch 10 reported to have been
completed, the result showing an aver.
age yield Of about seventeen bushels
per acre.
Advices from Chicago report sales
Of range cattle at good prices. A
load of Montana steers, shipped from
Lamedeer on the Cheyenne Indian
reserva alton, topped the range beef
market last week by selling at $500
per hundred pounds.
Sheriff Bickle arrived last evening
from the upper Mariss with George
Johnson, a we'll known resident Of
that locality, who is charged with
horse stealing. A horse that is alleg.
ed to have been stolen was found in
his possession, but the accused de.
clares he purchased it from q str ranger.
News has been received in Helena
of the death of Thomas j. Davidson,
q former resident of Helena who re.
moved to Oregon some time ago. Mr..
Davidson, who was a former sheriff
of Lewis and Clark county, was an
occasional visitor to this city, and
had many friends In this part of Mon.
tana.
An action brought in the district
court, in which Herman STREET. seeks a
B. Brooks, of Chinook, is a new de-
velopment in the celebrat Chinook
saloon case. The papers in the case
recite that the stock of liquors in the
STREET. saloon we're seized by the au-
thorities, and the owner of the goods,
which are valued at 81, 900, desires an
order from the court for their restitu.
ton.
From Thursdays Daily.
c. M. Brewster, of Cascade is among
the business visitors in town.
NJ. R~oundebush and family, of Bea-
trice, are visiting with Fort Benton
friends.
V. F. Blankenbaker, a we'll known
resident of Virgelie> arrived today on
q short business visit.
Jos. A. Barnes, superintendent OF
the Montana Children's Home In Hell.
ena, is among the visitors In town.
The Chas. Lepley camping party re
turned today from Highwood. where
they have been taking a vacation the
past week.
W. o. Dexter ia taking the ''rest
cure" for q few days, one Of his hands
having been badly smashed by being
stepped upon by a horse.
G. W. Vaughn, of Nine Mile, who is
among the visitors In town, announces
q public dance to be held at his place
Friday evening, September l.
Mrs. b. D.. Wickhorst, who has
been seriously sick the past few days,
was taken to St. Glare hospital yes
terday for medical treatment.
Marriage licenses we're issued by
the clerk OF the district court today tc
Fred H. Huntley and Mary Sandeny,
both of Big Sandy; and to Joseph M.
Owens, of Dunkirk, and Mary F.
Smith, of Kilkenny, MINI.
John White, an inmate of the county
Jail who is serving q 60 day sentence
for assault 10 the third degree, i'm
posed by Justice Ragan, of Big
Sandy, applied the district court
today for q writ of habeas corpus,
The court set September 6 as the date
for hearing the application.
B. L. Powers, county attorney, re
turned today from Helena. where he
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