The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-03-27
CITY AND STATE.

See Sheldon before you buy that
new wagon or farm truck. y
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
LOsT-A small satchel Feb. 10Th,
on Benton Sheep Co. road east of
O'Hanlon Coulee, finder please adj
dress Chas. Howe, Iona, Mont.
Among yesterdays arriv ais was q
party OF five landseekers from the
Saskatchewan country. who propose
to take up homesteads In this vicinity.
A postofice bulletin announces that
Selma, with John A. Miller as post
master, has been added to the list of
Chouteau county postofices. 1t ia
also announced that Fred St. Hill has
been appointed postmaster at Malta.
p. W. Burnett has just installed an
up-to-d ate Champion shoe repairing
machine in his shop, which will en-
able him to do repairing while you
wait, and at greatly reduced prices.
He invites the public to call and In
spect the machinery.
A Washington dispatch says L.
Newman, representing the chambers
OF commerce of Great Falls and
Havre, has had q conference with
Senator Myers and the Indian bu.
reau with q view to having the build.
ings on the abandoned Fort Assinni.
boine reserv alton turned over to the
Indian bureau for use as an Indian
industrial school. Mr.. Newman and
Senator Myers conferred with the
Indian commissioner and we're told
to present their recommend alton in
writing. setting forth the advantages
OF having an industrial school at Fort
Assinniboine. No decision will be
reached for several months.
Advices from Helena report that the
state railroad commission has ordered
the Great Northern railroad company,
not later than May l, to place a Gus
todian in charge of the station at
Carter, Chouteau county, and not
later than September l to open the
station with an agent in charge.
After January l, 1913. the railroad
will be given an opportunity for
a further hearing, If the actual
figures submitted 20 the commission
show the continuance OF al agent is
unwarranted. Residents of Carter
petitioned the commission to direct
the carrier to establish an open sta
ton, alleging it's revenue at Carter
was more than $40, 900 a year.
From Thursdays Daily.
Frank Sterling, of the Teton, was
admitted to the Sanitarium tod ay for
medical treatment.
Among the visitors in the city today
are VIM. johnson, of Zortman: A. G..
Middleton, of Chinook, and Jno. J.
Tingley, of Big Sandy.
Attorney L. Nj. Ellithorpe left today
for Bingham, with a view to open
ing a law Office in that town if the
prospects are sufficiently promising.
F. J. Morrison of Garter, left this
morning for his former home in Mexi
co Mo-, where he vas called on bust
ness matters. He expects to be gone
about two weeks.
A deed was filed yesterday in the
Office Of the county clerk conveying to
Arthur E. McLeish and Jere Sullivan,
from the Chas. Price estate, the prop.
erty on Front street adjoining the
Choteau house. The consider alton
named in the deed Ia $2,250.
A news item from Malta says Will
liam Ryspie, q 1~4-year-old boy was
frozen to death near Dodson Monday
night. With a neighbor boy, Albert
HIATT, be started to walk from Dodson
to his home several miles north. Ow-
ing to q blizzard he got Lost and
persisted. The HIATT boys feet were
frozen.
In she district court tod ay, Fred M.
Hurley and Edward J. Farrell, two
prisoners accused of burglary at Dod-
son, entered pleas of guilty to the
charge, and will await sentence by the
court. In the case of Martin Nicholas,
accused of the crime of rape, the de-
PENDANT was asked to state his prefer.
ence as to where his trial shall be
held, and announced that he would
prefer to be tried before q Blaine
county jury.
Residents of Kremlin, a new town
located about twenty miles west OF
Havre, have petitioned the state rail
road commission tt compel the Grea,
Northern Railway company to estab-
lish q station with an agent in charge
at their town, and the commission has
named April 4 az the date for the