The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-27
CITY AND STATE.


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new wagon or farm truck.
Mre. Chas. Lippard, of Lippard, il
visiting with friends in this city.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
DR.. Jos. Murphy, the Havre veterin-
airy, is under treatment at the $ anitar-
ium.
NJ. NJ. Lockwood, who has been
vieiting in the east the past few weeks,
was among the arrivals today.
The Ladies' Aid completed their
sale of holiday articles at the parson.
age yesterday, and Melted q nice little
sun for their fall and winter work.
A declaration of intention to be.
come an American citizen was filed in
the district court today by Ole Oleson.
of Chinook, who is q native Of Nor
way.
A Washington dispatch announces
that Senator Dixon has recommended
the re. appointment of Walter Stanley
as receiver and Truman M. Patten as
register of the Glasgow land Office.
The damage suit of Flynn vs.
Mathewson, which was On trial in the
district court yesterday, was dismissed
on an error in the pleadings. The
trial jury was discharged for the term
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. B. B. Baldwin, an evangelistic
singer who has conducted successful
meetings in various parts of the state,
arrived in Folt Benton on Tuesday,
to assist Rev. c. M. Donaldson in an
evangelistic campaign. He will con.
duct the singing and briefly outline
the campaign at q special meeting at
the Methodist church tonight.
o. G. Clay, of bingham, is among
the visitors in town. On behalf of the
Great Northern Railway company,
Mr.. Clay is engaged in getting sigma
lures to contracts between Milk river
settlers and the government, and he
reports that nearly all the settlers
have signed up. This will insure
active work on the Milk river project
next season.
Great Falls Leader: Henry F..
Thompson is the defenda n in q suit
brought to recover 81, 200 borrowed
by him in July, 1910, on 1000 shares
Of capital stock of the Mackton Coal
company. The loan was made by the
Mackton Coal company at the rate of
80 cents per share. 1t was made with
the stipulation, it is alleged, that the
money could be recalled at any time
by the directors of the company upon
giving thirty days notice. Notice was
given Thompson, it is said, in Sep.
TENDER Of this year but, according to
the complaint, he has paid no atten.
ton to it. The Mackton Coal company
asks the right to foreclose on it.
From Thursdays Daily.
Geo. E. Barley and wife, of Eagle
butte, we're among the arrivals tod ay.
Major T. A. Cummings left today
for St. Paul, on q visit of a few weeks.
Judge w. A. Raglan, of Big Sandy,
ia among the business visitors in
town.
VIM. Rowe and l.. Vendette left to.
day for San Diego, CAL, where they
will spend the winter months.
A marriage license has been issued
by the clerk of the district court to
WILDER r. Taft, of Big Sandy, and
Imogene Allen, OF Hsvre.
Ralph Russell, who has been EN-.
ployed at the reclamation service
camp at Babb, in the St. Mary lake
country, arrived today to spend the
holidays with his parents.
A petition is being circulated in
town, requesting that the lands in the
Fort Assinniboine military reserve be
opened to filing by the lottery method.
The petition is being signed by q large
lumber OF citizens.
A Washington special says the
secretary of the interior has recon-
mended an appropriation OF So, 250 for
surveying lands in the Fort Assinni-
boine military reserva alton, because
there is urgent demand for the open
ing of such lands to settlement"
A dispatch from Malta announces
the death of D.. j. Tallant, of Fort
man, q we'll known and old time resi-.
dent Of northern Montana, who had
been in poor health for some time and
was about to leave for California.
Judge Tallant was formerly a resident
of Cascade county, and several years
ago was postmaster at Great Falls
and q member of the state legislature.
Some of the applications for regis
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