The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-03-06
CITY AND STATE.

See Sheldon before you buy that
new wagon o farm truck.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D.. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
For sale, pure bred blue barred
Plymouth rock %cockerels. See them
at city feed yards.
Citizenship papers we're issued in
the district court today t o Fritz Enms
and Herman Strait, of Chinook.
Ed Riedel, of Ried. |, q we'll known
resident of Bear Paw country, is
among the business visitors in town.
Among yesterdays arrivals was q
homestesder with q carload OF farm
utensils and household goods, who i'm.
mediately proceeded to establish resi-.
dence or his claim.
Marriage licenses have been Issued
by the clerk of the district court to
Irl Mcdaniel, of Havre, and Della
E. McQuades, of Rudyard; and to
George w. Holmes, of Great Falls,
and lola Milliron, of Tepan, Wis.
Harry E. Shepherd and w. F. Rol-
Inns arrived last evening from the
Milwaukee railway survey camp in
the Big Sag, to secure an outfit OF
camp supplies. The surveyors are
making good progress with their work
10 that vicinity.
B. L. Powers, county attorney, has
fled an Information in the district
court against Thomas Dryer, who
was recently arrested and given quar-
ters in the county Jail. The defend.
ant is accused of stealing a horse be-
longing to Martin Connolly, of the
Shonkin.
Immediately upon the completion of
the canvass of election returns from
Hill county precincts last evening, the
board of canvassers adopted q resolu.
ton declaring the result, and q certi-
fed copy of the resolution was sent by
mail to the secretary Of state. The
filing of this certificate in the Office of
the secretary of state establishes Hill
county as one of the counties Of Mon.
tana.
From Thursdays Daily.
John Lohse, of Judith, arrived to-
day on q short business visit.
Attorney Chas. A. Rose, of Havre,
was among the arrivals today.
CHI. Sims, of Iona. and &. Swerd-
teger, OF Clear Lake, are in town.
Mre. James Coates, of this city, who
has been on the sick list for some
time past, has been taken to the SAM
tarium.
William Johnson, of Zortman, who
was recently elected assessor of the
new county of Blaine, is among the
business visitors In town.
Declarations of their intention to be-.
come American citizens have been
filed in the district court by William
Nelson, Of Inverness, and Pietro TEST,
Of Graceville.
A cold snap in the upper country
has caused a run OF slush ice in the
Missouri river, and old.time residents
intimate the probability of another
freeze-up if the low temperature con-
tiuues.
From Fridays Daily
L M. Fishbaugh, of the Teton, was
among the arrivals today.
For sale, a "Sure Hatch incubator
of so eggs capacity. Will sell At
s.. 90 If taken i once w., River
Press Office.
F. B. Gould, of Balfour, N. D.,
president OF the Surety Abstract com.
pany, is visiting with G. J. Bonnie,
OF this city.
Miss Bernice Bickle, who has been
attending a business college at Spo-
kane, is visiting with her parents in
this city.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed in the federal court at Helena by
Harry B. Hill, of Mondak, who was
a resident of this city in the eighties.
The petitioner admits liabilities
amounting to $3,460, with assets of
about $500.
John Willis, a we'll known resident
of Glasgow, is among the bust
ness visitors in town. Mr.. Willis
ia an old-time personal friend of
Theodore Roosevelt, and is much in-
tereeted in the political develop.
ments of the past week in which Mr..
Roosevelt was the central figure.
The organic alton OF the two new
counties of Hill and Blaine is Causing
temporary inconvenience in district
court matters. As it would be useless
to call a iurv in which several of the