The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
l T AND STATE.

store.
Born, at the Fort Benton Sanitarium.
to the wife Of Ed Rieke, Of Big Sandy,
son.
Walter Brown, the we'll known Box
Elder stockmao, is visiting with Fort
Benton friends.
Mrs. A. Westtall and daughter left
today for Dillon, Mont, on a visit
OF several weeks.
Attorney b. Youell, of Chester, and
T. D. Williams, OF Galata, were
among the arrivals today.
Herman May, of Warrick an old
time resident of the Bear Paw country,
is among the business visitors in
town.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court tod ay to
John S. Culbertson and Leonora D..
Patterson, two we'll known young
people of this city.
Suits have been filed in the district
court by the Grea Northern Railway
Company against Prosper Ecklard, F.
Cozza and Sam Chujoe, to secure
possession of premises occupied by
defend ants, but which are alleged TO
belong to plaintiff.
According to a Miles City news
paper, several of the largest wool
growers in Custer county are making
arrangements to pool their clips and
ship them to eastern markets. The low
prices offered by buyers are the cause
Of the adoption of this course.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the county clerks Office by the
Sweet Grass Hills Telephone CON.
pany, with a capital stock Of $40, 900.
The incorporates are John Laird,
Frank Laird, h. F. Smith, H. D..
Price, T. P. Strobe A. q. Fey and
Fred Parsell.
W. E. Barrows, of Pleasant Valley,
is exhibiting some specimens of grain
th at demonstrate the fertility of the
coil In that locality. One of the sam.
pies is q bunch of winter rye, about
five feet 10 height and we'll headed,
that shows twenty. seven stalks and
heads from one kernel of seed.
The Blaine county petition, which
was rejected by the board of county
commissioners, has been taken into
court for ad% publication. The proceed
ings have been init ated in Helena by
a suit in which l.. V. Bogy appears
as plaintiff in a suit against the board
of county commissioners of Chouteau
county.
Captain Geo. II. Stevens, who is in
town today, reports the completion of
the work of harvesting the big wheat
crop IN his 1,2O0.acre field about five
miles west of town. Four binders
we're kept busy for eleven days, work.
ing from sunrise TO sunset, the last
swath being cut yesterday afternoon.
Visitors who have been watching the
harvesting operations predict a yield
of better than twe0ty bushels to the
acre.
From Thursdays Daily.
E. S. Sweet and wife, of Chinook,
are visiting with Fort Benton friends.
Mayor J.. A. Arthurs and G. E.
Biggs, of Chester, errived today on a
business visit.
Miss inches, Of Eawarden, was re-
ceived at the S~&nitarium todxy for
medical treatment.
George Dutro and wife. of Dodson,
are the guests of r. S, CulbertsGn and
family, of this city.
DR.. Jos. Murphy, the Havre ~eteri.
nary surgeon, is making this vicinity
q professional visit.
Attorneys L. V. Beaulieu anG w.
r. Nelson, of Havre, arrived today
on district court business.
l.. D. F'ugsley, the we'll known Oaes.
ter banker and stocLman, ia among
VIC UuSluSSS SlSltUfS III tOWu.
II. F. Smith, of Wh:tlash, one OF
the old-ti1ne stockmen of the Sweet
Grass hills, is renewing acquaintance
with Fort Benton friends.
Articles of incorporation of the
Tcmpleton Lumber compay have been
fled ia the county clerk's Office by II.
A. Templeton and other residents of
Great Falls. The capital stock of the
company is $500, 600.
The civil suit of Henry Cuerth
against John Arbogast wee on trial
before a jury in the district court to-
day. The plaintiff seeks &C recover
possession of for:y-three head of cat.
tie for which he alleges he has not re.
,ceived payment.
j. Ritter and Jos. S. Brown, who
returned last evening from q trip