The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-12
CITY N STATE.

from Wednesday's Daily
L. w. Pierson, of the Havre Pro.
moter, was among the arrivals today.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jeweiry
store. =
F. b. Churchill, q we'll known resi-
dent OF Rsvre, is among the business
visitors 10 town.
Twin babies, q boy and 9 girl, were
born at the Ssnitarium yesterday to
the wife of All ert Iomsn, of Flat
creek.
Citizenship papers have been issued
in the district court to Albert He'll, OF
Chinook, and Daniel 81. Kilroy. of
Alma.
Declarations Of intention to become
American citizens were fled in the
district court today by Joseph J. Theis
and John P. Drauden, Of Clear Creek.
W. M. Bole, editor Of the Great
Falls Tribune, and A. j. Buell., man
ager of the Tribune manufacturing de.
partment, are among the visitors in
town.
Major T. A. Cummings, secretary OF
the North Montana Roundup associa.
ton, is sending out q large number Of
Invitations for the sixteenth annual
meeting Of that popular organization
of stockmen. The meeting will be
held April rs and 26, at Chinook.
A large number of trial jurors ar.
rived today, on district court bust.
ness. A. j. Cruise, whose trial on q
charge OF carelessly setting out a
prairie fire was set for today, pleaded
guilty, and was assessed a fine of fifty
dollars. A similar charge against
w. Mcfarland was dismissed.
In the district court today, the cases
of Messrs. Freeman, Evers and Con-
molly, charged with selling beaver
hides, we're dismissed on motion Of
the county attorney. The defend ants,
1t appeared, had permits to kill the
beaver, and disposed of the hides with.
out knowledge of committing an in.
fraction of the law.
George Klass, against whom an in.
formation charging murder in the first
degree vas recently filed by the coun.
ty attorney, vas arranged ia the dis.
trict court today and bis trial set for
April ID. The defendant is accused of
shooting Herman Pagsl, at a ranch
about forty miles from Chinook, the
crime having been committed about
two months ago.
Great Falls Leader: A number of
Minnesota and North Dakota far
mers, who have acquired by outright
purchase and by homestead entry
about 1000 acres of land near Vaughn
in the Sun river valley about nine
miles west OF Great Falls, arrived
here Saturday with their families and
q large stock of farm machinery and
implements. They will form a colony
on their large acreage and cultivate
1t together.
From Thursdays Daily.
Born, to the wife of Tim Murray, OF
the Highwood bench, q son.
Lost, 9 pair of amethyst rosary
beads. Reward for return to River
Press Office.
A ~postof1ce bulletin announces the
appointment of Birney E. Brownson
Is postmaster at Savoy.
o. B. Flatness, of Big Sandy, and
n. Flatness, of Chinook, are among
the business visitors in town.
Sheriff Bickle left today for Deer
Lodge with G. W. Sparkling and Paul
Decelles, two prisoners who we're re
Gently sentenced to terms In the peni,
Tertiary.
A suit was fled in the district cour1
today by the G. E. Knapp company,
of Chinook, against Perkins & HUI
bush, to recover payment for merchan
disc supplied to defend ants. The al
legged indeb ted ness amounts to sbou
$500.
According to the Helena newspa
pers, Charles F. Chalsina, of Dodson
has the distinction of being the frs
Montana banker who ever took ad
vantage of the bankruptcy act. Chal
sina was doing business under tn
name of the Bank of Dodson, q priv
ately owned and unincorporated 6nan
cial institution. In his petition, flee
in the federal court, be gives his as
sets as $4,000 and his liabilities a!
s22, lis. 05.
From Fridays Daily
Baled blue joint hay, s2l.00 per ton
T. G. Power & Bro. Ltd. Il
All kinds of field and garden seed
at T. G.. Power & Bro, Ltd.
L. M. Fishbaugh, of Carter. arrived
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