The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-31
CITY N STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily


Mrs. Herman Evers, of Big Sandy.
Is visiting with friends in this city.
Albert Taylor, of Hawardeu, ar
rived today on 9 short business visit.
Send your watch and ~jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
G. 81. Barton and wife, Of Harlem
are among the business visitors in
town.
Miss Pratt left yesterday on q visit
to her former home near Montre al,
Canada.
Chas. Maxwell, of Lippard, who
had his feet by q moving machine,
10 receiving attention at the SAM.
tarium.
A news item from Havre reports the
death OF the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A. D. Armstrong, who drank q email
qusntity of gasoline that he mistook
for some other fluid.
Among the arrivals today we're A.
L.. Thompson and wife, of Pasco,
WASH, and John McMsrtin, of Spo.
kane, who have taken up homesteads
in the Clear lake country.
Captain MILFORD and the members
of Company Nj, national guard Of
Montana, returned last night from the
encampment at Fort Harrison. The
boys appear to have enjoyed the ex-
perience, although it included q lot of
hard work.
W. A. Daniels, resident engineer at
the Milwaukee railway camp near the
Brady-Collins ranch, vas among the
arriva ais today. Mr.. Daniels, who
was accompanied by Henry Conrad,
reports about $50 teams at work in
his locality, with several steam
shovels and other utilities expected
there at an early date.
G.. W. Morrow, general townsite
agent for the Milwaukee railway, an
nounces the definite selection Of sites
for nine towns on the new line between
Great Falls and Lewistown. Among
the selections are the Frank MCGOWAN
ranch on Highwood, the Leeds ranch
on the Shonkin, the Collins-B rady
ranch, and q location about nine
miles west of Square butte.
Lee Kim, q Chinaman against whom
the county attorney had fled an in.
formation charging assault in the fret
degree, and who has been held in jail
about elk months, a allowed to
plead guilty to assault in the third
degree. In view of his long confne'
ment in Jail the court fined the de-
fendant $3.50, which was paid.
Henry Evers, manager for thu
Northwestern Livestock company
who is among the visitors in town
reports considerable annoyance ant
loss of property from the depred atom
of sneak thieves at his sheep camps
The stu alton has become 90 intoler
able that Mr.. Evers is supplying rife
to the herders with instructions to US,
them if necessary on any intruder VIII
is getting away with plumber. One o
the herders used his gun on two cam
thieves q few days ago, but it was a
such long range that he could not &c
them.
From Thursdays Daily.
Born, at St. Glare hospitel, to Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver O'Hars, a son.
D. T. Cameron, the Clear Lake Ian
locator, is among the business visitor
in town.
A declaration of his intention to be
come an American citizen was filed i
the district court today by Isaa
Bailey, q former resident of Canada
An order has been entered in tn
district court appointing appraiser
in the estate of Daniel Gallagher
deceased. The appraisers are J
Dwight Jones, W. w. Lamkin and A
P. Wiegand, of Dodson.
Ed. Chappell, of Iona, who
among the visitors in town, repor,
an unusual amount of precipitation i
that locality. There have been fou
heavy transforms since Saturda y, an
harvesting work had to be temper
arily suspended.
Sheriff Bickle went to the Shonki
country today in response to wor
that q crazy man was at large in thu
locality. Complaint was made tn
the mar is camped in the brush an
is causing apprehension as to hi
future movements.
Jno. T. %Isaacson, of Virgelle, VIII
was among the arrivals today, re
ports that the matter of providing
mean of crossing the Missouri rive
at Virgelle is becoming a subject {