The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
l T AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
For sale, one Superior disk drill.
One Star disk harrow, both new: also
one second hand disk. All bargains.
G. E. Sheldon.
Willard Bronson, of New York, ar.
rived yesterday morning on a visit
with friends in this city, and is the
guest of Rev. J. N. Chestnut.
Miss Maude Minar, OF this city, is
the lucky winner of q scholarship
prize in the Great Falls Leader circu.
lation contest, she having received a
total OF 902, $50 votes.
Miss Frances Hand werk, living q
short distance Jul of the city, was
brought in yesterds az and taken to the
S%anitarium for treatment, she having
had one of her ears completely torn
of by being thrown from q horse.
A large delegation Of our citizens,
accompanied by the Fort Benton brass
band and the local baseball team, left
this morning on the special train for
Chinook. where they assisted in max.
Ing Fort Benton day q success at the
Chouteau county fair.
A complaint was filed in the district
court this morning by G. E Knapp &
Co. against A. Beckstead & Son, OF
Havre, alleging an Indebtedness by
the defendants of s530.87, balance due
on goods, wares and merchandise,
delivered by plaintiffs to defendants
and asking Judgment for the above
amount with interest and cost of suit.
According to an order received
by the Great Falls land Office from the
general land Office, nearly 4l2, 900
acres of public domain on the Marias
river, lying in both Teton aud Chou
teau counties and extending east from
the Blackfeet reserv% alton, will be
thrown open to settlement in a couple
of months, and this land will be
open to settlement October 20. This
land was withdrawn from entry in
1902 inlconnection with the Withdrawals
for the Milk river reclamation pro-
ject.
Prom Thursdays Daily.
Henry Hofeldt, of Lloyd, is among
the business visitors in town.
Miss Bradley, OF Hawarden, is visit
ing with Fort Benton friends.
Phil Buckley and wife returned to-
day from a visit with friends in the
Milk river valley.
Mrs. S. E. Rome arrived from Chi
nook today, on q visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank E. Sayre, OF
this city.
Suit has been brought in the distric,
court by G. Somers & Co. agains,
John G. Johnson, of Joplin, to re
cover an Indebtedness alleged to be
due for merchandise supplied to de.
PENDANT.
Arrivals from the northern part Of
the county report damage to fax and
other crops that were cut before the
recent heavy rains, and which were
thoroughly soaked by the unusual
amount of precipitation.
Two location notices for quartz
claims in the Little Rockies district
we're fled in the county clerks office
today by W. M. Quinn, OF Zortm an
A notice of a similar kind was filed by
Jessie 4. Sherry, of Landusky.
News has been received of the mar
riage of John F. Ferguson, editor O.
the Conrad Observer, and Miss
Gertrude M. Shoemaker, OF Beatrice
The wedding took place q few day
ago at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S
w. benson, near Beatrice.
A large house boat is being built OF
the upper levee for a party of Grea
Falls men, who contemplate q hunting
trip down the Missouri river. Th'
OOdt 10 OV Iecu IOuks ouu 10 C4uAPpO>
with a six horsepower gasoline en-
CINE. The party will go down th'
river to Williston, expecting to reacl
their destination the latter part O
OctO Der.
Most of the Fort Benton excursion
lists to the Chouteau County Fair a
Chinook returned on the special trail
which arrived here about midnigh
last night, the delegation consisting
of about seventy people. They repor
a large attendance at the fair yester
day, but a rainstorm during the after
noon interfered with the program ant
made conditions somewhat unpleasan
for all concerned.
Complaint has been made by som
residents in the Marias and Teton dis
trict that a travelling fakir has cue