The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-25
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Born, to the wife Of J. w. Wood
cock, of the Shonkin, q daughter.
Send your watch and j~ewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
Henry N. Palm, who arrived yester-
day from Chester, is under treatment
1T the Sanitarium.
Carl Shaw. Of Clifford, a we'll
known resident of that ocality, Is
among the business visitors in town.
}. Ritter, manager of the T. c..
Power e. Bro, Ltd. department store,
left today on an eastern trip of about
three weeks.
Geo. F. Lewis and wife, and A. l..
Lewis, of Floweree, former residents
Of this city, are visiting with Fort
Benton friends.
VIM. Shaw, of Great Falls, arrived
yesterday to epend q few days with
his family, who are spending the
winter on their ranch near French.
mans ridge.
Allan Gray, of Big Sag, is among
the business visitors in town. BE
says cattle and sheep are beginning
to feel the effects of the protracted
cold and deep now
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the county clerks Office today by
the Havre Trading company, with q
capital stock of $40, 600, which pro-
poses to engage in the general mer-
chandise business at Havre. The in.
c]orporators are q. Aldridge, May
Aldridge and Mary P. Archibald, of
Havre.
The Beaverhead county newspapers
report that Pacific coast beet buyers
are Offering good prices for cattle that
have been hay fed during the winter.
in the Big Hole valley and other parts
OF the county. Sales have been made
1T est S. per 100 pounds March l de-.
livery, and some of the stockmen are
holding for six cents.
According to advices from Conrad,
the Teton county d~ivisionists have
abandoned the plan OF appropria ting
several townships in the western part
of Chouteau county. The proposition
now is to divide Teton county into
three, the northern part to be called
Blackfoot county; the central portion,
Conrad county; and the southern part
to retain the name of Teton county.
From Thursdays Daily.
Among the births recently reported
from Great Falls, is that of a daugh.
ter TO the wife of Frank Laird, of the
Sweet Grass Hills.
Among the departures today were
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Overield and
family, who will spend several weeks
q. Long Beach, Cal.
II. Steggeman was received at the
county Jail tod ~, to serve thirty days
for vagrancy. The prisoner was COM
mitted by Justice W. A. Raglan, OF
Big Sandy.
Ed. N. Scott, of Big Sandy, who is
among the business visitors 10 town,
reports u~nfavorable range conditions
in the Bear Paw country. There has
already been quite a loss of cattle,
horses and sheep.
A suit to collect about 1852 alleged
to be due for work and services, has
been commenced in the district court
by Stahell Brothers against A.. S.
Lohman, of Chinook. The complain,
alleges non-payment OF a claim to the
amount stated.
A Washington dispatch announces
that, after comforting with officials o.
the interior department., Representa-
tive Pray has introduced q bill ex'
tending the communication land laws tc
northern Montana lands formerly oc'
cupied by the eros Ventre, Piegan
Bloods and River Crow Indians. Tht
land covers about forty Thousand
square miles, and is bounded on TIL
west by the Rocky mountains, tn
south by the Missouri river, the nortl
by the Canadian line and the east b!
the DakOtas.
Official notice has been received a
the Havre land Office to cancel all en-
tries in that district that have beer
made by scrip. 1t appears that thu
treaty by which the land in that sec
ton was obtained by the governmen
from the eros Ventre Indians con
tanned the clause that the land coult
be disposed of by homestead entries
This will affect quite a number 0
townsites west of Havre or the Grea
Northern that have been filed upon
on soldiers scrip, and leaves thes
townsites now open to homestead en-
try.
From Fridays Daily
Manhattan shirts at The Toggery.