The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-12

the body of the late George Hoffman.
A verdict of accidental death was re.
turned, the circumstances indicating
that the deceased was thrown from his
horse in such q palmer that HE neck
, was broken. The funeral tool place
tod ay, from the Nolan undertaking
rooms.
From Tuesday'e Daily.
P. E Green, OF Hawarden, arrived
today on q business visit.
r. F. Baker, nf Big Sandy, was
| among the arrivals today.
Chss. A. Lovinger, Of Virgelle, is
among the bu -iness visitors in town.
Attorneys W. r Nelson and r. E.
Hammond. OF Havrc, are attending
district court.
Just received, q quantity of seed
Gate aud seed spring wheat. T. G.
Power & Bro. Id.
Frank Champaign has been receiv.
ed At the county jail from Box Elder.
to serve niutey days for abandoning
sheep on the range. The prisoner
was committed by Justice W. A.
Rsgan, Of Big Sandy.
An immense amount of lumber and
other kinds Of building material is
being shipped into the surrounding
country these days, the bench land
farmers having decided to add to their
impr ovements the coming season.
The city council has awarded q con.
tr act to Henry Hagen, for building
cement crossings in various parts OF
the municip atty. The contract price
Is "a cents per square foot, the work
and material to conform to official
specifications.
The first public baseball game o.
the season will be called next Sunday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, when the Car
ter boys will endeavor TO make 1t in
~teresting for the Fort Benton team,
The visitors are said,to include q mum
Der of crack players.
The first arrest in Chouteau county
under the ''white slave" law passed
by the Twelfth assembly vas made q
Havre . few days ago, when Richare
Bradshaw was taken into custody q
an alleged procurer. The accused wa!
committed to jail by Justice Piper tt
aw ait trial in the district court.
A big sale of state lands in Chou
|, teau county IL announced by F. H
Ray, register of state lands, the sal
to take place at the court house OF
May Is. The lands will be offered IL
units TOT to exceed a quarter section
10 area, and cannot be sold at les'
than the price at which they have beer
appraised.
The civil euit OF G. A. McCarter, o
Galata, against F. E. Tomfohr, o
Lothair, was on trial before q jury IL
, the district court today. The litiga
!, ton relates to a claim for freight pail
!, on a steam traction and blowing out
fit, and the value of certain imple
, ments for which defendant is allege,
:, to be indebted.
8 Assessor Phil Buckley has complet
q ed an estimate of the taxable propert,
within the limits of the town of Har
lem. the data being desired by tn
, municipal authorities as the basis TO
;, a bonding proposition to u
public water supply. The assessabl
value of oil property within the tow
limits of Harlem amounts to abou
= $500, 900.
9 Owners of livestock are figuring u
the cost of feed purchased for thei
herds and aocks the past winter, an
find that the expense in some case
amounts to almost Is much as the va
i ue of the livestock. One of the bi
cattlemen of the northern part of th
county is reported to have fed abo,
!, !, 800 tons of hay to about 1900 hea
;. of cattle the past winter, at an al
proximate cost Of $50 a head.
professor" Newman, q travelin
- hypnotist who gave a two-nights sho
at the Baker opera house about tw
weeks ago, got into serious trouble
Glasgow. he was arrested for holt
ing his hoy assistant 10 his emplo
without the parents consent, and als
q for improper treatment of the lat
u and was assessed fines and cos
amounting to about 5000. The sta
humane officers will return the boy
4. his former home in Idaho.