The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Born, at the Fort BENTON Sanitar.
ium. to the wife OF w. J Brown, Of
this city, q daughter.
A Washington press dispatch ssys
that on June 10 q postal savings bank
will be opened at Red Lodge. This is
the fourth to be opened in Montana.
John Burmei ster. of Joplin, and
Gertrude Sonnenbere, OF Winons,
MIMI, were married at St. Paul's
rectory today. Rev. ]. N. Chesnutt
performing the ceremony.
About fifty young people we're enter.
tanned BY Miss Leouors Patterson last
evening, at her home on Main street.
Whist wss the principal amusement,
and . delicious luncheon was served
during the evening.
Hon. T. M. Everett, OF Harlem, ar.
rived today on . visit with Fort Ben.
ton friends. Mr.. Everett was recently
appointed by Governor Norris as q
member of the commission that will
draft a proposed direct primary law.
Among the business transacted at a
meeting of the Old Fort Improvement
society last evening, was the election
Of officers. Miss Stocking was re
elected president of the society. Mrs.
Sayre, secretary; Mrs. Crane, treas.
urer.
Articles of incorporation we're filed
in the county clerks Office by the
Grand Union Hotel company, which
has q capital stock of $50, 900. The
incorporators are Gertrude G. Stew.
ems, Georgia Gray and Bernice E.
Stevens.
A news item from Helena reports
that r. NJ. Reichel, who vas engaged
in the newspaper business at Harlem
q few years ago, was arraigned in the
federal court yesterday on q charge of
embezzlement. 1t is alleged that the
defendan while acting as United
States commissioner at Malta, re.
ceived money from several homestead
entrymen which he failed to remit to
the U. S. land Office.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. F. J.. Curtis returned yester-
day from q visit of several weeks with
relatives in Missouri.
A notice of location for q quartz
claim in the Sweet Grass hills has
been filed in the county clerks Office
by Ben Peterson, of Whitlash.
A news item from Washington states
that Miss Rowena Chestnut, of this
city, has been appointed a teacher in
the public schools of Porto Rico.
Arrivals from the country southeast
of town report a cloudburst in that
locality Tuesday evening. There vas
such a downpour of rain that consid
cradle grain was washed out of the
ground.
An application for a saloon License
at Whitlash, by c. A. McCarter arc
c. S. Howry, has been granted by the
county authorities. Similar actor
was taken upon q request for q license
by R. E. Cowan, of Big Sandy.
Among the deeds received at the
county clerks Office is o by which
Joseph Kohler conveys title to l6(
acres of ranch property to Mel
Mcmillan, of Big Sandy. The con
sideration named in the deed is 81, 100
Charles Young, q bench land far
mer located about sixteen miles soutl
of town, was arrested by Sheriff
Bickle yesterday on q warrant charg
ing grand larceny. The accused hat
in his possession 9 horse belonging
to other parties.
In response to an invitation to hav'
Chouteau county represented at tn
Good Roads convention to be held a
Missoula, the county commissioner
have appointed the following delega ate
from this county. Jere Sullivan, Q
Fort Benton; Rudolph Hermes, c
Chinook; w. NJ. Williams, of Harlem
w. Swanton, of Havre; i. A. Arthurs
of Chester.
From Fridays Daily
Chopped feed for sale at $500 pc
ton, at Il. G. Power & Bro. Ltd. Il
Douglas Parker, of Galata, i
among the business visitors in town
A. g. David and wife, of Lonetree
arrived last evening on q bushes
visit.
l. Hunsberger and r. KEENAN, lei
today on q visit to the Boulder be
springs.
Horses and a couple of second han
wagons for sale at T. c. Power
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