The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-08-21
CITY AND STATE.
Prom Wednesdays Daily

Prom Wednesdays Daily
Mrs F. E. Stranahan returned tod az
from . visit with friends near Helena.
Jos. A. Baker and wife, Of High
wood, are visiting with friends in this
city.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store:
Mrs. D. Cowan and Mrs. ]. D. Fox,
OF Box Elder, were among the arriv ale
today.
Miss Josephine Gamble was received
at the Sanitsrium tod sy, for medical
treatment.
Judge Frank N. Utter arrived from
Glasgow today, on q visit with friends
in this city.
Jere Sullivan left tod az for Boulder
hot springs, and will attend the Mon.
tana pioneers meeting At Deer Lodge
next week.
Judgment by default was entered in
the district court today in the suit OF
Julius Lehfeldt vs.. Thompson & Dali
ton. The amount of the judgment 10
about S220.
A. 81. Stewart, of Carter, is among
the business visitors in town. Mr..
Stewart reports q wheat yield OF forty
bushels per acre on the II. L. Halli-
day ranch, about six miles west of
Carter.
Mrs. Parkisson, of Boulder, arriv-
ed here today on q visit with her
daughter, Mrs. G. r. Stranahan, of
this city. Mrs. Lees Taylor, Of Boul-
der, sister of Mrs Stranahan, was
also among the arrivals today.
E. G. Moody, of Pleasant Valley,
who is among the visitors in town,
reports some fine crops OF garden
products in that locality. Some Of
the choice specimens will be exhibi ed
at the county fair.
Bishop Luccock, of Helena, and
several other visitors arrived today
to attend the North Montana Confer
ence. Bishop Luccock 10 the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Townsend, at
their residence on Baker street.
The near approach of the party con.
ventions suggests the desirability of
public announcements by candid ates
for nomin alton to the various offices.
E. L. Crane, of this city, announces
his candidacy for the republican
nomin alton for county assessor.
Great Falls Tribune: With the
present visit of Dan Mckay of Glas
gov and Vandalia to this city, Mr..
McKay's friends declare there has
been q new name added to the candi.
dates for one OF. the democratic con-
g%ressional nomin atoms to be made by
the democratic state convention which
meets here on Thursday, August %.
Mr.. Mckay was asked about the state
ment and he declined either to con-
firm or deny it, but said it was true he
had been considering the matter.
From Thursdays Daily.
A daughter was born on the 18Th
inst. to the wife of Charles Carson, Of
this city.
Mary Genevieve, the little daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. McGraw, who
is seriously i'll, was taken to ST.
Glare hospital last evening.
W. K. HARDER and daughter, Ger
trude left this morning for Amazon.
do, where they will attend the meeting
of the Montana Press association.
Commissioners Dowen and Kennedy
of Blaine county are in the city today
on business connected with the trans.
cribing of the records for that county
Among the documents receive for
record in the county clerks Office arr
81 deeds for right of way for the higt
power line that is being constructed
by the Great Falls Power company.
A disqualifying affidavit was flei
in the district court today agains
Judge Tattan by the attorney for
plaintiff in the Ease OF George Sekect
vs.. Jasper and William Wimberly, {
suit involving the sum OF S1.175.
A novel scene in local street trafi'
was witnessed here yesterday, when
train OF six wagons loaded with whea
arrived from Nine Mile. The outf'
belonged to Louis Mcneil, and form
part of his 2, 700 bushel crop that ha'
been sold to local buyers.
A Washington dispatch says thu
army engineers will spend $50, 600 OF
improving the Missouri river from
Sioux City to Fort Benton, Mont.
this year under the river and harbo'
act finally approved by the president
This ia the only appropriation TO