The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
CITY AND STATE.
From SATURDAYS Daily,

rom Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. e. c. Ross, Of GracevilIe, is
under medical treatment at the SAM
tsrium.
Among today's visitors in town are
M. Nj. Jensen. o. G. Osnes and q. b.
Dickinson, of Knerville.
G. G. williamson. of Lewistown, q
former resident Of this city, is visiting
with Fort Benton friends.
Mrs. D. G. Lockwood entertained
q large number OF lady friends this
afternoon, in honor Of her sister, Mrs.
Murray Deaton, of Lewistown.
The remains of the late Paul Houck
we're shipped east last night. services
being held at the Catholic church be.
fore taking the casket to the depot.
W. T. Greedy, who has returned
from . business trip to North Dakota,
reports heavy rain storms In tn at part
of the country. The crop prospects are
good, but the season is about three
weeks late.
]: W. Lennine, superintendent OF
the public schools, who was author
lied by the board of trustees to secure
the services of teachers to fill vacan.
cies, has engaged the following: Miss
Grace Hixson. of Lonsford, N. OAK,
for the eighth grade. Miss Mary E.
Frenzel, of Culbertson, Mont, fourth
grade: Miss E. D. Milliken, OF Belt,
Mont, sixth and seventh grades.
A news item in the Bakersfield,
Cal, Echo, reports that a petition for
the disbarment Of Attorney James
Donovan has been filed in the court
at that place, the attorney being &C.
cused of betraying q client. The
alleged crooked lawyer was a former
resident of this city, and a few years
ago filed the position of attorney gen.
eral of Montana.
From Mondays Daily.
Miss Birmingham left yesterday on
q visit with relatives at Hammond,
Wis.
F. ]. Frazier, OF Seattle, who rep
resents a packing house Of that city,
is Interviewing local stockmen who
have beef that is ready for shipment.
a. o. Lying. of Highwood, who is
among the visitors in town, reports
that surveyors are doing final work
on the Milwaukee route through that
locality.
District court is in session today il
the new counties OF Hill and Blaine,
Judge Tattan presiding at Havre, and
Judge Utter at Chinook. The new
trial of George Klass, on q charge o:
murder, was set for today in thu
Blain ecounty calendar.
j. P. Lee, who arrived yesterda y or
road business with the county com
missioners, brings word that settler
in the Kenilworth country are cultiva at
ing an increased acreage. Severa
steam and gasoline blowing outfit
are at work in that vicinity.
The report TO Observer c. Ling OIL
the weather bureau station at Hayre
shows q normal mean temperature fol
the past month, but the precipitation
was greater than the average for May
The rainfall during the month wal
2.57 inches, compared with the Ma.
average of 200 inches.
The local baseball team returned to
day from Havre, where they playe'
the team of that city yesterday, tn
score being IA to I against them. Free
Iddings, one at the Fort Benton boys
was so badly hurt during the game b,
q ball striking him on the head, tina
he was taken to the hospital.
A Washington dispatch announce
the reappointment of james w. Free
man, of Great Falls, as United State
district attorney for the district Q
Montana. Mr.. Freeman was ap
pointed three years ago to fill out tn
unexpired term of Carl Rasch VIII
was elev ated to be federal judge Q
this district.
Every boy and girl in Montana be
tween the ages of twelve and eightee
on Oct. l, 1912, is eligible to enter tn
potato or sewing contest for a trip t
the state fair at Helena. For rule
and instructions address F. S. Cooley
Bozeman, superintendent state fai
industrial contests, or the county SUI
erintendent of schools.
In a recent issue of the New Yorl
Financier appears a list of banking
institutions that are entitled to a plac
on it's Roll of Honor" a distinctio
awarded to a bank whose surplu
equals or exceeds its capital stocl
The Stockmen's National bank, 9
this city, appears in the list, whic
comprises only q small percentage {
the banks in the United States.