The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-18
they attended the services commend.

they attended the services commend.
rative Of the life and public career of
the late Senat Thomas q. Carter.
The services we're held in the audi.
forum yesterday afternoon, and were
attended by several hundred Montana
citizens from various parts of the
state. An impressive GRAFTON was
delivered by Senator Lee Mantle, who
paid eloquent tribute to his former
senatorial colleague.
Sheriff Bickle arrived today from
Billings with q man who gives his
name as Stanley Miller, who was ar.
rested in eastern Montana last week,
and against whom q charge OF grand
larceny has been preferred. It is IN.
derstood, however, that the prisoner
10 suspected of completely in the
Harlem bank robbery of several weeks
ago. The defendant was given Q pre-
liminary hearing this afternoon be.
fore Justice Kinder, who design ated
October 26 as the date for bis exami.
nation.
From Tuesdays Daily.
See Sheldon before you buy that
new wagon or farm truck.
A good hay baler for sale. Apply
to T. c. Power g. Bro. Lid. +
Miss Chemidlin left yesterday on q
visit with friends in Great Falls.
James Saunders, OF Havre, is under
treatment at the Sanitarium, for ap.
pendicitis.
A recent marriage in Great Falls is
that Of William Sheetz and Blanche
Newman, both of Chinook.
The Eckluud Photographic studio
on Bond street will be open Saturday
and Sunday, October q aud %.
The members of St. Paui's auxiliary
will meet with Mrs. w. K. HARDER
Thursday afternoon at three O'Clock.
NJ. G. Morrow, who has been visit
ing with relatives here the past two
weeks, left today for his home at Cas-
cade.
E. c. Moody, OF Pleasant Valley,
who is among the visitors In town, has
brought his family from Lacrosse.
!, WASH. to their new home.
An outfit OF about 500 head of stock
. cattle owned by w. S. Kingsbury was
. forded across the Missouri river this
afternoon and driven to the stock
2 yards. They form part of the pur'
chooses recently made by Pacific coast
operators.
} E. E. Brunskill and D. E.
Bronskill, OF Hawarden, are among
t the visitors in town. Mr.. Brunskill
. reports good crop returns the pas
season, the yields averaging nine
bushels of fax, 81 bushels of oats anc
10 bushels of wheat.
The announcement that registration
for the Hill county election will clos
at5 p. m. October 20, is bringing a
rush of applications to the CONT.
, clerks office. About 1900 names hav'
already been entered in the grea
c register, most OF them being those o
. residents of the proposed new county
e Arrangements for a harvest festi
a val, to be given in the opera hous
= Friday afternoon and evening, Octo
q Der 20, have been completed by tn
Ladies' Aid, of the Methodist church
Prizes will be awarded for the bes
displays OF vegetables and farm pro
ducts, and an oyster supper and must
r. cal program will form part of the en-
te%rtainment.
D.. A shipment of about 1000 head c
q young cattle was made from BIZ
Sandy yesterday by Mcnamara
k NARROW, the outfit having been pu'
chased by feeders of the Big Hol
basin, in Beaverhesd county. Thi
practically closes out the McNamar
& NARROW cattle holdings in the Bea
- Paw country, and it is understoo
g their extensive pastures in that loca
ity will be stocked with sheep.
~, Excavation work was commence
yesterday for an extension of II
- Methodist church building. 1t Is pr
~ posed to add eighteen feet to the fro1
of the main building, with ceme1
~ basement underneath, and to add
wing on the north side to correspor
with the one on the south side. The
10 extensions are necessary in order
al provide more audience room and Il
better accommodation OF the Sunds
X school. The added rooms are to
VI provided with folding doors so tn
they may be separated from the a
~ dience room for class purpose
NC Pastor Donaldson, assisted by
building committee, is pushing t