The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-22
CITY AND STATE.
. Saturday's Daily.

Mrs. C. M. Sedgwick returned today
from a visit with friends in the Milk
river country.
w. G. Broadwater, q we'll known
resident OF Havre. is under treatment
at the S%anitarium for cancer.
A recent marriage 10 Great Falls is
that of William A. Schurmaun and
Josephine Lear, both of Big Sandy.
Miss Blackstone, county superin.
tendent, returned last evening from a
visit to schools in the northern part
of the county.
A msraisge license has been issued
by the clerk of the district court to
Fritz Urfer, of Jordan, Mont, and
Flora Dupee, of the Shonkin.
Miss Cover entertained for Miss
Byrn Moore at the J. o. Patterson
residence yesterday afternoon. Whist
was played, there being four tables,
and q delicious luncheon was served.
According to advices from the Milk
river country, that portion of northern
Montana was visited by q heavy snow
storm the early part of the week. In
some localities there was q snowfall
of about "a inches.
j.. T. %Isaacson, who arrived today
from Virgelle, brings word that Frank
Chittum and family, who started on q
trip down the Missouri river in q
house boat about two weeks ago, are
frozen in at q point near the mouth of
Eagle creek.
Great Falls Leader: j. A. Raiche
was awarded q judgment of ST. 2O
against j. r. Morrison in the district
court this morning on an agreement
to purchase stock valued at the above
amount which involved the sale of the
stock at 81, 900, and an agreement to
buy it back three years later at an
advance of S72O, but which was not
done when the agreement expired in
1905. Both of the principals in the
case are residents of Chouteau county.
The stock in question vac 20 shares Of
the Minneapolis & Montana Livestock
company, valued at $50 q share.
From Mondays Daily.
F. M. Smith. of East Helena, was
among yesterdays arrivals.
Attorney John Collins, of Harlem.
is among the business visitors in
town.
Harry G.. Sulliv an and bride return
ed yesterday from q visit with friends
in Lewistown.
A marriage license has been issued
to Mark Cunningham and Belle
Turner, both OF Havre.
Declarations of intention to become
American citizens have been filed IL
the district court by Ada E. Hayes, OIL
Inverness, and Boris A. Aronow, Of
bingham.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of St. Paul's
church will hold their sale of fancy
work, candy, etc., on Saturday, De
cember 2, in the dining room of the
Pacific hotel.
John Fleming, the we'll known live
stock dealer, was among yesterday
arrivals. Mr.. Fleming has nego
tiated sewers. large livestock deals II
this part of Montana the past season
as the representative of Tacoma ant
Seattle packers.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that the secretary of the 10
terror has authorized the reclamation
service to construct an inverted
syphon at Peoples creek and to ex
tend the dyke at that point, in connec
ton with the Milk river reclamation
project. The syphon is to take tn
place of a temporary 6ume now In US
and which is liable to be carried GU
in the spring by breaking ice. Eigh
thousand dollars has been allotte
for the work.
The wrestling contest at the oper
house Saturday evening attracted
good.sized crowd, and the spectator
we're given an exhibition of skill an
muscular effort that was much bette
than expected. The match betwee
Carl Busch, the German champio
m%iddleweight, and A. H. Hodgson, {
Havre, was a stubborn contest, Busc
winning the first fall in 81! minutes
but the second fall being secured onl
after two hours and four minutes {
the hardest kind of work. The WHINE
was challenged by II. L. Bucknell.
local heavyweight, the contest to tax
place Thursday evening.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Found, q string of rosary bead'
Apply at River Press Office. n
W. M. Williamson and wife of Bi
Sandy, were among the arrivals Il
day.