The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-08-14
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
A big delegation of young people left
today for Great Falls, the Bailey &
Barnum circus being the a,tr action
in that city.
Mrs. Ed. Boyd, OF Knerville, and
Mrs. G. L. Blakley, Of this city. were
received at the Sariiarium today for
medical treatment.
Mrs. Ernest o. Best, who has been
visiting with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. W. G. Poulsson, of THE city,
left today for her home in Chicago.
Among the departures today were
Mrs. Hans Rudolph, Miss Erers and
Miss Ella Rudolph, who will make .
trip through the Yellowstone park.
It is expected that Montana beef
shipments to the Chicago m srket will
commence this week, cars having been
ordered by one OF the big outfits in
eastern Montana.
One OF the best crop reports to reach
this city comes from the Mrs. Down.
ing ranch near Tunis. A wheat field
OF ten acres threshed out an age
yield of SO bushels per acre.
Mrs. August Schiller, OF Crookston
MINI, who has been visiting her uncle
Aug. Reydt, Of Shonkin, for several
months, left for her home this morn.
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Heydt, &C.
companied her to Great Falls.
J. E. Walker, who Is among the
visitors in town, reports good pros
poets for q large onion crop on about
three acres seeded to that vegetable.
Mr.. Walker considers the Austr allan
brown as one of the best varieties for
this locality.
Local members of the Society of
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pion.
GERS are in receipt of notice that the
annual meeting of the society will be
held August 1922 in Deer Lodge,
Mont. 1t is understood that q delega-
ton from this city will attend the
meeting.
Great Falls Leader: Caught in q
whirlpool in the Missouri river in
which he was bathing with q compan.
ion, Berkeley Largent, son of Berl
Largent of Ulm, and we'll known here,
was drowned near that town at moor
today. His body was later recovered
q few yards from where he lost hif
lite.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. John Jacoby, of Nine Mile
was received at the Sanitarium today
for medical treatment.
A marriage license vas issued b,
the clerk of the district court today tt
Steve Footit and Mabel. V. Noting
ham wi we'll known residents of tn
Shonkin.
Among the arriv ais today was al
automobile party consisting of c. W
Goodale, manager of the Amalgamat
ed Copper Mining company properties
and q number OF friends from Grea
Falls.
Articles Of incorporation have beef
filed with the secretary Of the state b.
the State Bank of Chester, with
capital stock of S25, 900. The incor
porators are F. P. Sheldon and othe
residents of Chester.
Threshing operations have com
menced at the big ranch of Captain
Stevens, about four miles west OF town
and the returns promise to be salts
factory. The yield from one whea
field of q acres was 100 bushels-al
average OF better than rs bushels pc
acre.
According to the Lewistown News
both the Great Northern and Milwau
kee railroads have surveying, partie
in the field to determine the best rout
into the Everson country from a poin
near Denton. 1t is expected that
branch line will be built to that set
ton by one of the companies.
Local stockmen are in receipt
advices from Chicago stating that tn
market for range cattle Is making
new record. One of the high price
sales Monday consisted of five car
from a Montana shipment by John T
Murphy that averaged 1880 pound
and sold at 81. 90-a figure that repre-
sents q gross price of Sl05 per head.
John Reynolds, who arrived iron
Highwood Yesterday reports that
Spokane cattle buyer has been opel
ating on Highwood the past week, an
has made purchases from Messrs
Baker, Briggs, Reynolds, keaste
and others. Mr.. Reynolds receive
S75 per head for three and four'yeal
old steers and $50 for cows, and it