The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-25
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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nc
Coy, q on.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Rag
land, Of THE city, q daughter.
F. J. Siivernail, Of Big Sandy, is
among the business visitors in town.
Mrs. George Lewis and Mrs. A. L.
Lewis, Of Fiuweree, are visiting with
friends ia this city.
A marriage license was Issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Leonard Williamson and Nora Payne,
both of Chinook.
L. E. Asberge, OF Prospect, and O..
A. Onholt, Of Omholt, residents OF
the western part of the county, arrived
today on business connected with pub.
lie school matters in that locality.
D. II. Ruhe, of Warrick. who was
among the arrivals today, reports
good progress on the construction of
. spur from the Mackton coal mine,
near Big Sandy, to the Great North.
ern railway track.
Geo. H. Willman, superintendent OF
the Chinook public schools, ar.
rived this morning with some OF the
Chinook high school football boys,
who will play the Fort Benton team
this afternoon. The other members
of the visiting team reached here this
afternoon by automobile.
G. J. Mcnamara and S A. Miller
arrived this afternoon from Big Sandy
by automobile, to receive the big outfit
of lambs recently purchased from the
Benton Sheep company. The lambs,
consisting of about $500 head, we're
driven through town today and taken
to the stocky ards for shipment to Big
Sandy.
Roy Smiley was brought to the
county Jail today by Constable Ed.
Scott, of Big Sandy, to serve 80 days
for stealing household goods from
one of his neighbours. Justice Ragan,
who sentenced the offender, proposes
to discourage that class of crime,
which is becoming quite frequent in
the vicinity of Big Sandy.
From Mondays Daily.
Henry c.. Kuhr, of Chinook, was
among the:arriva ais today.
c. F. Peterman returned yesterday
from an eastern visit of several weeks.
Mrs. P. D. Macbride, of Seattle, Ii
visiting with W. NJ. Ball and family
of this city.
W. B. Shoemaker, OF Glasgow,
clerk aud recorder Of Valley county
is among the business visitors in town
An automobile party, consisting o
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Lockwood ant
Miss Frances Green, left today TO-
Lewistown.
Melvin Savage, q former resi-
dent of this city who recently re
turned from the east, has taken
position as bookkeeper in Sharl
Bros store.
A number of ladies were entertained
at q whist party Saturday afternoo.
by Mrs. Chas. H. Green and Mrs. r
S. Culbertson, at the residence of th'
former. There we're over forty guest
in attendance.
Suit has been filed in the distric
court by the Commercial Trust com
pany against Fred Runyan an
others, to about 5000 allege'
70 be due on q promissory note. TIL
suit 10 the outcome of one OF the Nc
Lauehlin Bros. stallion sales.
Advices from Belt report the dealt
OF Harry Willard, the we'll known cos
operator of that district, in which b
had resided over thirty years. In tn
early eighties, most of the Fort Bento
coal supply was hauled by WACO
train from the Willard mines at Bel
The registr alton of voters in Hi
county precincts, which was close
Friday evening, reached q larger fe
ure than was estimated last week
The great register in the count
clerks Office shows 2, los voters in tn
several precincts, according to an ur
official computation.
A hunting party consisting of G. "
Morrison, j. S. Brown and A. E. Nj
Leish left yesterday for the Libt
country, where they propose to redut
the number of big game in the Rock
mountains. The party will be joine
en- route by J. B. Rauch, of Levi
town.
The football game Saturday ate
noon between the Chinook high schot
boys and the Fort Benton team WI
disastrous to the visitors, the scol
being 81 to 0 in favor OF the local
The latter exceeded their opponen
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