The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
CITY N STATE.
Frou Saturdays Daily.

"a As AAAA0AS eiO PaOVOeA OPSAS
among the arrivals from the west to-
day.
Thomas Burgess, of Havre. filed in
the district court today a declaration
of bis intention to become an Ameri.
can citizen. Mr.. Burgess formerly
lived In Canada.
Cole Sedgwick, who recently arrived
from Lethbridge, Alta, underwent an
operation At the S%anitarium today,
for Appendicitis. The patient lie pro.
crossing favorably.
Monday is the anniversary Of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. and will be
observed IN Montana as a legal holt.
day. The public Offices, schools and
banking institutions will be closed
Monday.
I. A. Neibaur, OF Dodson, nominee
for sheriff OF the proposed new county
OF Blaine, arrived today with Mike
O'Brien and James Lyon, who are &C.
cused of burglarizing q saloon At
Dodson. the prisoners we're bound
over to the district court by Justice
George W. Hall.
G. W. Frields, who returned today
from q business trip to Juarez, Mex
leo, brings an interesting story of the
conditions in that turbulent republic.
There 10 q revolution in progress,
with part OF the military participating
in the disturbances, and it is sc IN.
pleasant and dangerous for visitors
ia that locality that Mr.. Frields made
his stay there as short as possible.
Great Falls Leader: Alleging that
she worked for the Great Falls Power
company at their Smith river substa-
ton for nearly Is months without pay
in the capacity of telephone operator
and switch operator, Eleanor F.
Parlow has brought suit against that
company for s1,434 and costs of action.
The complaint was filed in the district
court THE morning.
The secretary of state has been
advised by Attorney General Galen
that "ItIis the duty of the secretary OF
state to approve all official bonds
of notaries public in this state, and
that the county clerks of the several
counties since the passage of Chapter
1O3, Laws of 1909, are relieved of this
duty. 1t is said that the legislature
Intended "to amend another act than
the one that was amended"
From Mondays Daily.
G. M. Sedgwick, of Ada, arrived to-
day on q visit with relatives here.
Attorney F. E. Strsnahan returned
today from a trip to Rochester, MINI.
VIM. Buckley, of Harlem, is visiting
with his brother, Phil Buckley, of this
city.
H. o. Lying, of Highwood, and
Hilmen G. Lying, of Geyser, are among
the business visitors in town.
Frank Mckenzie and James Nc
Kenzie, OF Harlem, arrived today on
naturalization business in the district
count.
Rev. c. M. Donaldson, who returned
from the Methodist district conference
at Great Falls yesterda y, reports a
large audience and delightful ad.
dresses a. features of the conference.
The basketball game at the opera
house Saturday evening, between the
high school and Baraca teams, de-
veloped some good play on each side.
The honors we're won by the high
school boys, with q score of 16 to ID.
James Brennan and J.. G. Moore
we're brought to the county Jail today
by Constable Stacy, of Havre, to
await trial in the district court or
charges of forgery. The prisoners
we're bound over by Justice w. B.
Piper.
Miss Blackstone, county school
superintendent, left yesterda y for Dill
Ion to attend the annual session O.
Montana county superintendent.
Miss Blackstone is On the program
for a paper on show can the county
institute be made more effective"
Rev. Geo. Mecklenberg, of Waller.
arrived last night to deliver his inter,
esting address on "Roughing 1t ir
Europe" this evening at s O'Clock a
the Methodist church. The lecture is
illustrate by stereopticon pictures
showing places and incidents in his
visit to the cities of Europe.
Owing to a pressure of election bust
ness, today was not observed as a
legal holiday in the county clerks
Office. Mr.. Sedgwick and his assis
tants have been kept busy making uI
packages of election supplies for the
81 precincts in the proposed new coun'
ties of Hill and Blaine, each package
containing q dozen or more different