The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-15
CITY AND STATE.
Prom WEDNESDAYS Daily

ASS- DOAAJ
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. L. E Trem
nell, OF THE city, q son.
G. w. Cowan, of Savoy, is among
the business visitors ia town.
L, P. Mogs:ad ard wife, of Ba'four
N. OAK, were smong the arrivals to.
day.
Send your watch aud j~ewelry repai,
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Isaac Shepherd, 81 Lower Hollywood,
is among the out of town visitors in
the city.
Farmers should get their discs
sharpened by G. E. Sheldon, who has
q regular disc sharpener.
John Buckland, of Highwood, Is in
the city receiving medical attention
for q badly crushed thumb.
L. K. Devlin, of Havre, deputy Off
Ger Of the state humane bureau, is
among the visitors In town.
Citizenship papers were Issued in
the district court today to Carl H.
Reuss, q native of Germany.
Thos. L. Sheehy, Of Big Sandy,
deputy county assessor for that dis
trict, arrived today TO report to the
assessors Office.
John Willis, of Glasgow, who is
said to have written more life insur.
ance than any other agent in Montana,
was among the arriv ais today.
The resign alton of G. J. Hildebrand
as justice of the peace for this town
ship hassbeen accepted by the county
commissioners, the vacancy being
filled by the appointment of Walter
M. Ball, of this city.
Arbor day manuals are being sent
to the various school dis tricts from
the county superintendent's Office, the
manuals prescribing appropriate ex.
ercises for the anniversary. The Sec
ond Tuesday in May is designated as
Arbor day, by the Montana statutes.
A large delegation of local bust
ness men Assem- bled at the Great
Northern depot last evening, to ex.
tend greeting to the Great Falls
''booster special' that passed through
about six o'clock. The visitors made
q short stop here, in acknowledgment
OF the courtesy shown, although Fort
Benton was not included in their pres
ent itinerary. The "booster special"
consists Of a train of six cars occu-
pied by about a hundred Great Falls
citizens, who will visit various points
in northern Montana with a view to
establishing friendly relations with
the surrounding communities.
Prom Thursdays Daily.
August Johnson, of Iona, Is among
the business visitors in town.
A. II. Stewart and P. W. Harry, of
Carter, are in town today on a short
business visit.
A %postofice bulletin announces the
appointment of Walter A. Knight as
postmaster at Flowerree, to succeed
A. H. Martin, resigned.
G. L. Davis, an employe of the gov.
eminent reclamation service, is com
piling data from the Chouteau county
records that relate to water rights in
the Milk river country.
Charles Crawford, under sheriff,
left yesterd ay for Deer Lodge with
Martin Nicholas. who vas recently
sentenced in the district court to a 90
year term in state prison. The de-
parture OF Nicholas leaves only one
prisoner, a Chinaman, in the Chouteau
county Jail.
II. T. Grimm, of Kalispell, was
among the arrivals today. Mr..
Grimm has been employed by the Hill
and Blaine county commissioners to
tr anscribe the public records for the
two new counties, but an injunction
suit in the courts has delayed COM
mencement of the work.
Northern Montana wool growers
will be interested in news from Raw.
lins, Wyo., which says several repre-.
sentatives of eastern firms are making
wool purchases in that locality at
prices ranging from l6 to 20 cents. |
These figures are said to about At
cents higher than prices paid for the
anne classes of wool last season, and
some of the Wyoming sheepmen are
holding for a further advance. A re.
duction In freight rates is regarded as
one of the contributory causes of
wool values in the Wyoming
arket.
From Fridays Daily
S. E. Grow, of Carter, is among the
business visitors in town.
Montana grown broom corr and