The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-10
CITY AND STATE.
fIoD SatuPday's Daily,

W "A. oeFReoOus VI C0IuOOh, le WIS.,
ting with Fort Benton friends.
Attorney John c. Duff, of Chinook, ,
arrived today on district court bust.
ness.
E. Scharnikow, q Dser Lodge attor.
ney, is among the business visitors in
town.
Mre. Bertha Wolf returned this
morning from . visit with her father
At Kalispell.
Mrs. John Block, of Chinook was
received at the Sanitarium last even !
ing for medical treatment.
Elmer A.. Smith, of Gold Butte, ar.
rived today In response to word thai
his uncle joe. Milligsn, is in q critical
condition.
A declar alton Of intention to become
IN American citizen WAS aled In the
District court today by A. F. Svensson,
Of Big Sandy.
The summer temper ature of67 degrees
was recorded yesterday by the govern.
ment thermometer In charge of Jere
Sullivan, voluntary observer al this
station.
A recent transaction in Highwood
ranch property 10 the sale OF about
240 acres by r. w. Cheatham to w al.
ter A. Fish, $1,000 being the consid.
Grafton named in the deed.
There was q good attendance at the
supper and dance given at the
opera house last evening, for the
benefit of the Fort Benton band. The
aft air was a success in every par.
ticular.
Large quantities Of gasoline are be.
ing hauled to ranches In this vicinity
where blowing outfits are breaking q
large acreage. H. o. Lying shipped
two wagon loads of gasoline today tt
his Highwood ranch, for the purpose
indicated.
In the district court today, judg-
ment by default was entered in the
suit of the First National bank, of
Harlem, against Geo. W. Vennum,
an action to about s4OO due
or q %promissory note. Similar dis.
position was made of the suit of Julius
Lehfeldt against G. A. Weber.
From Mondays Daily.
Judge w. A. Ragan, of Big Sandy,
was among the arrivals yesterday.
Miss Clara Kenyon, who has been
visiting with her sisters at the SAM.
tarium the past few weeks, left yes.
terday for the east.
Declarations of intention to become
American citizens have been filed in
the district court by Louis Nude, OF
Havre, and Charles J. Cox, of Con.
cord.
Louis Pera, of Havre, has brough,
suit In the district court against Frank
Nara, to secure dissolution OF
partnership and the appointment of q
receiver to take charge of partnership
property.
The local baseball team returned
last night from Great Falls, where they
suffered defeat yesterday afternoon ir
. game with the Independents. The
score was eight to four In favor OF the
Great Falls boys.
The sherif's Office is in receipt of ,
request to locate Walter Leslie, .
young man from Minnesota who II
supposed to be in this part OF Mon
tana. His aged mother wishes t
communicate with him.
Miss Blackstone, county schoo
superintendent, announces that tn
regular eighth grade examin alton
in Chouteau county will be held a
Dodson, Chinook and Chester on tn
18th and 10th of May; and In For
Benton, Havre and harlem on the 8t
and 9th of June.
Articles of incorporation were file
in the county clerks Office today b!
the Hsvre Hospital corporation, th
capital stock of which is s25, 900. Th
incorporators are James Holland, f
T. Broadwater, T. ]. Troy, l.. K
Devlin, H. W. Stringfellow, e. {
Carruth and Frank Reichel, of Havre
From Tuesdays Daily.
Thos. L. Shelby, OF Big Sandy, i
among the business visitors in town
William Blevins, of Highwood, i
under the care Of a physician at th
Sanitarium.
John Willis, of Glasgow, the WEI
known insurance man is interviewin
local residents.
M. H. Iddings, immigration agent
the Milwaukee railway is among til
visitors in town.
The Eklund studio on Bond stree