The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-09
CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
j. A. Howell, of Hawarden, is
among the business visitors in town.
Send your watch and jeweIry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Miss Jeanette Ward, who has been
teaching school at Galata, arrived
today on a visit. with her parents.
AT the annual meeting vi the R.nton
Sheep company, held yesterd ay, the
officers OF the company we're re elected.
This vicinity was visited by one of
the heaviest rainstorms of the season
last night and during the day, the
precipitation being about one inch.
Declarations of their intention to
become American citizens have been
filed in the district court by Andrew
W. Hall of Rudy ard; j. W. Petersen,
of Lloyd; and Hedwig Hulpke, of
Big Sandy.
The sale of the w. F. Campbell and
Miller Bros. and q few other wool
clips Is reported from Chinook, the
prices ranging from lat to 164 cents.
Most of the large clips from that
vicinity will probably be shipped east
on consignment.
DR.. JOS. Murphy, veterinary sur
geon, of Havre, will BE- in Fort Ben.
ton on August Is, 16 and II, and will
be prepared to do all kinds Of work
in the veterinary line. Parties de.
string his services should leave call
at W. j. Minar's drug store.
There is a slight increase in the
number of wolf and coyote scalps re
ceived at the county clerks. Office for
bounty. Under the new bounty law,
a reward of SIS is offered for the
scalps of grown wolves, aud SO per
head for coyotes and wolf pups.
The members of the Fort Benton
Baseball club are contemplating a
tour through the northwestern part OF
the state, and are arranging games
with teams At the various towns.
Their proposed itinerary includes
> Conrad, Waller, Shelby, KalispelI,
Poison, Somers and a few other
places.
The monthly summary Issued by
Observer G. W. Ling, Of the weathe,
bureau station at Havre, shows 6
mean temperature of 66 degrees for
July, which closely approaches the
normal. The precipitation during the
month was l.3S inches, compared with
an average of 1892 inches for July
during the past thirty years.
Advices received from Harlem today
state that the fugitive bank robbers
are still at large, the pursuing posses
having failed to locate them. The
Indian police from Fort Belknap, who
took part in the search, express the
belief that the two bandits did no
cross Milk river, as nc trail can b
found on the south side of that stream
and if their conclusion is correct tn
authorities have no clew as to the di
rection of their flight.
From Thursdays Daily.
L. K. Devlin, of Havre, is a bust
ness visitor in the city today.
Mrs. A. e. King left today on {
visit with friends in Portland, Ore
gon.
W. K. Harder and family left thi!
morning for q weeks outing in tn
Monarch and Neihart section.
j. j. Herbertson, of Chinook, II
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Crawford, of this city. This is Mr.
Herbertson's first visit to Fort. Ben
ton since 1881.
A mar by the name of Shaw, wht
has for some time past been working
for Allen Gray, of the Big Sag, wa
admitted to the S%anitarium for medica
treatment today.
Miss Margaret Birmingham, c
Hammond, Wis, arrived this nor
ing for a visit with her sister, Mis-
Sadie Birmingham, of T. G. Power s
Bros.'s dry goods department.
Paul Nichols, who was tried in Jus
tice Brooks court at Chinook on th
charge of petty larceny, and sentence
to serve thirty days in the county iai
was brought up this morning by Hug
Lutz, the Chinook livery man, VIII
was depu.ized for that purpose.
County Commissioners Kennel
and Dowen went up to Great Fall
yesterday for the purpose Of accom-
panying the Cascade county board c
commissioners to the site of the pre-
posed bridge across Belt creek, whic
is the bound airy between the two cour
ties, but owing to the stormy weathe
the trip could not be made, and tn
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