The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-08-28
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
r. E. Baker, OF Floweree. . former
resident Of this city. was among the
arrivals today.
For Sale-520 acres Of decided land
on Highwood. Address Mrs. NJ. G.
Ludtke, Highwood.
Mrs. John NJ. Primus, OF Pleasant
valley, was received at the Sanitarium
today for medical treatment.
Mrs. J. P. Thies, who has been visit
ing with relatives iu this vicinity, left
today for her home in Minneapolis.
Among the patients recently ad.
mitted to St. Glare hospital are j.
Pazderic, OF Box Elder, and Richard
Joyce, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. M. ].
Joyce, OF this city.
A large party Of young people who
have been camping on Highwood the
pact two weeks, returned from that
locality last evening. The wet weather
Of the past few days spoiled the pleas.
ures Of camp life.
Rudolph F. Barich. of Anaconda,
pathfinder for the Montana State Auto
mobile association, wac among the
arrivals today. Mr.. Barich is maxi
ing a complete road map OF Montana,
for the use Of members OF his associa-
ton and other overland travellers.
According to q letter received by
Miss Blackstone, superintendent OF
county schools, from the state super
intendent of public instruction, the
pupilssof 1.-THE public schools will be
compelled to provide themselves with
complete new sets of text books ex-
cepting histories, the history book
which has been in use for several
years having been re. adopted. The
old books may be exchanged for the
new ones at q reasonable exchange
price.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. E. H. Moe, OF Big Sandy, was
among the arriv ais today.
Chas. Schwandt, OF Lonetree, Is
among the business visitors in town.
G. Schultz and Miss Winifred Joyce,
OF this city, are under treatment at St.
Glare hospital.
David 6. Browne and wife left tod ay
for Kalispell, to attend the annual
meeting of the Montana Bankers as
ISOLATION in that city.
Herman Brinkman, an old.time
resident of this city who is now 10.
Gated at K%alispell, arrived today on
a visit with Fort Benton friends.
Don Forgey, a former we'll known
resident Of this locality who has been
located in the state of Washington
for the past year, was among the
arrivals today.
The second r%egimental band gave a
public concert Ia the city park last
evening, an excellent program being
enjoyed by q large number OF local
residents and visitors.
A big gasoline outfit owned by G.
A. Sands arrived from the north coun.
try yesterday, to fill come blowing and
threshing contracts on the Shonkin.
AS the outfit 10 too heavy to cross the
bridge over the Missouri, an attempt
is being made to ford the river At the
crossing below the old fort.
A novelty in the line of agricultural
machinery was included in a shipment
received today by Jos. Sullivan. II
consisted of two corn respers and bind.
ers, the fret machinery of that kind
ever handled in this part of Montana,
which will be used to harvest the $50
acre corr crop at the Captain Stevens
ranch.
A press dispatch from Long Beach,
Cal, announces the death Of DR.. G.
F. Hopkins, the we'll known Chinook
physician, who had been In poor
health for some time past. DR.. Hop.
kins was one of the early day resi-.
dents of the Milk river country, hav.
ing located at Chinook some twenty
years ago, and had q wide acquaint'
ance throughout northern Montana,
From Fridays Daily
W. S. Towner, assistant attorney
general, arrived today on q visit with
Fort Benton friends.
Wanted, an experienced girl fol-
general house work. Apply to Mrs.
Grant Sharp, Fort Benton.
Mrs. Mollie Booth, of Fulton, Mo-,
arrived today to be at the bedside Of
her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Fisher, who
has been seriously sick the past two
weeks.