The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-10
CITY N STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily
See Sheldon before you buy that
new wagon or farm truck.
E. B. Newhall and wife, Of Big
Sandy, arrived today on a short
visit.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
E. l.. Schoberg, of Niehar', and
H. E. Brown, of Monarch, were among
the arrivals today.
John Hurry. Of Glasgow, county
attorney Of Valley county, arrived
today on district court business.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today 10
George W. Cowan and Edith M.
Cowan. both of Savoy.
LosT-A small satchel Feb. 10th,
on Benton Sheep Co. road east of
O'Hanlon Coulee, finder please ad-
dress Chas. Howe, Iona, Mont.
William Rowe has brought suit 10
the district court against Evan j.
Price, to ecove a deficiency judgment
of 1856 resulting from a lawsuit tried
several years ago.
The trial of Martin Nicholas came
to an abrupt conclusion in the district
court yesterday afternoon, the defend.
ant pleading guilty after the prosecu-
ton had presented it's evidence. Sen.
tence will be passed by the court later.
r. Fontaine, manager of the T. G.
Power & Bro. Ltd. dry goods depart
ment, supplied excellent musical en-
tertainment to the general public last
evening, the occasion being the Easter
opening of his establishment. The
store was prettily decorated and a
large stock OF goods placed on dis
play, but they we're for inspection only
at the opening. The musical program
rendered by the second regimental
band, OF this city, was q Of the
features of the event..
From Thursdays Daily.
The trial jury in the district court
was excused today until Monday,
April %.
T. H. Larkin and wife, Of Grea,
Falls, arrived today on a visit with
relatives here.
G. B. Bourne, OF Hill, and L. erich.
ton, of Chester, arrived today on q
short business visit.
The municipal authorities are noti-
tying h%ouseholders to get busy and
clean up their premises without delay.
It is necessary that the work be com
pleted before warn weather develops.
Word was received from Great Falls
today announcing that the marriage
of Miss Bernice Stevens, Of this city
and Walter Keaster, OF Highwood.
took place last evening at the Rain
bow hotel. The newly welded couple
left today on a western trip.
Hon. w. G. Conrad, Of Helena, ore
of the early day residents of this city,
was among the arrivals from the wes'
today. Mr.. Conrad is having the re.
mains of his infant son exhumed, &c
be removed TO the. family burial lot il
the Helena cemetery.
According to the report of Observer
c. w. Ling, OF the weather bureau
station at Havre, the mean tempera
ture of the past month was ten degrees
below the March normal. The pre-
cipitation was three-tenths OF an inch.
or a little more than one-half the yer
age for the month of March.
Roy Johnson. a homesteader five
miles northeast Of Malta, charged with
having sold mortgaged property, was
tried in the district court at Glasgow
last week aud sentenced to six mouth.
in the penitentiary. Johnson left
Malta about January l and was ar
rested in Seattle and brought bach
for trial.
The county Jail was about depopu
lated yesterday, when Sheriff Bicklt
Bruce Glenn left for Deer Lodge with
four convicts, leaving only thre'
prisoners in the Jail. The departure
we're Stanley Miller, to serve twent.
years in the penitentiary; Rober
N-zl IT,
ley and Ed. j. Farrell, each unde,
sentence OF three years.
The members of the state railroad
commission are holding a meeting TO
day at Kremlin, a new town located
about twenty miles west of Havre, tt
determine whether the Great Northern
shall be required to establish a depo
At that place with an agent in charge