The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
CITY AND STATE.

tOO8y on q snort business visit.
Send your watch and jewelry repair.
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Born, at the Fort Benton Sanitar.
ium, TO Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.. Douglas
Of this city, a son.
The %postofice department nounc
the discontinuance Of the postofice at
Tunis, located about ten miles west of
this city.
Aug. Heydt, who arrived today from
the Shonkin, reports muddy roads in
that locality as the result of q recent
chinook.
At . meeting of Company M, held
Monday evening, Patrick Egan was
elected second.lieutenant OF the or.
g%anizstion.
Jere Sullivan left today for Butte,
accompanied by his con Eugene Sulli.
vad, who will spend the remainder of
the winter in California.
A large number OF applications for
registr alton are being received at the
county clerks Office from localities
included in the proposed new counties
OF Hill and Blaine. Registr alton from
these sections of the county will be
suspended Saturday evening, for a
period of thirty days.
Great Falls Leader: In answering
a suit in which he il sued for the pur-
chase price Of $500 pounds Of fax
seed, Joseph I. Liberty, of Geyser,
alleges that he was damaged to the
extent of "a, 200 by planting the seed,
10 that it contained q large amount of
mustard seed, and he brings a counter
complaint in his answer asking the
court for s400 damages. The suit
against Liberty was brought by the
McCaull. Webster Elev ator company
and it was to recover u Judgment on
seed sold him for planting purposes
during the past season.
From Thursdays Daily.
Notice of location for the New Year
quartz claim, in the Little Rockies
district, was filed in the county clerks
Office today by James F. Voss, of
Zortman.
The public health authorities have
been notified that q case of smallpox
has developed at Carter, and that the
patient is receiving proper attention.
Three residents of Carter, who we're
under quarantine, came to town last
evening, but were at once ordered to
return home.
The town of Chester has been off,
cially entered In the ace for county.
seat honors in the proposed new
county of Hill, q certificate of nomin.
ation bearing the necessary number
OF signatures having been filed in the
county clerks Office today. A big
bunch OF applications for registr alton
also reached the county clerks Office
today, these additions increasing the
Hill county list of voters to about
5000 names.
Several residents of Carter and
vicinity have presented a petition to
the state railroad commi ssion to re-
Quire the Great Northern railroad to
establish at Carter q station with an
agent in charge. The public hearing
of this question will be held at Carter,
January "a, by the board of railroa
commissioners. This hearing 10 the
outgrowth of the railroad company's
refusal to grant q request presented
for station service at Carter.
From Fridays Daily
Bert Davis of the Shonkin, left to.
day for Salt Lake, on q visit OF sew
eral weeks.
The Tunis postofice is to remain on
the map, the department having re-
scinded its recent order calling for the
discontinuance of mail facilities at
that place.
Jere Sullivan, who returned today
from Butte, reports comparatively
bAAN "SOVAOA NOuuluIOu6 III VuoU lOC0l'
ity. Butte was the warmest place in
Montana during the recent cold spell.
Advices from Helena report that
DR.. Geo. H. Taylor is slowly recover
ing from a spell OF sickness that at
one time was considered to be of a
fatal nature. This will be welcome
news to the Fort Benton friends of the
patient.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
filed in the federal court at Helena by
B. Lince and Rachel Lince of Ravre,
the liabilities of the applicants
amounting t about "a, 800. There are
practically no assets, according to
the statements fled.
A. w. Ziebarth, who arrived from
Chinook today, brought q big bunch