The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17
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Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.
G. B. Power, of Helena, arrived to.
day to look after business interests in
this locality.
Mrs. I. Hunsberger and family left
today for Portland, Ore, Cd a visit of
several weeks.
Ed N. Scott, a we'll known resident
OF Big Sandy, arrived tod ay on dis
trict court business.
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the district court today by
Miss Lottie NJ. Upham, of this city.
Mrs Mary Hall and Mrs. i. K.
Brsmble, of Havre, were received at
the Ssnitarium today for medical
treatment.
A petition for letters of administra-
ton in the estate of the late George
w. Smith has been fled in the district
court by Elite Smith, wife of the de-
ceased.
Arrivals from Iona report a big
hail storm in that vicinity last even.
ing. The storm was confined to q
comparatively narrow strip, and the
extent of damage to grain crops is
unknown.
Several OF the farmers in this vicin-
ity r being compelled to invest in
modern machinery to harvest their
rapidly ripening crops, some of which
are so large that a few days delay in
harvesting would result 10 considera.
BILE loss. The purchases include sew.
eral 12.foot push harvesters aud bin
ders that will cut and bind about %
acres per day, or if used for he aiding
only will harvest about 40 acres per
day. Steve Fuller, of Highwood, and
Sam Apple, OF Carter, are among the
number who will use this class of
machine.
W. E. Roberts, of Great Falls, who
went to Lippard yesterd ay to endeavor
to identify the body found in the Mis-
souri, river near that place, decided
that the remains we're not those of his
uncle, Monte Walker. Word was re-
ceived by the authorities later that q
description Of the body and the rem
nants of wearing apparel on indicated
it was the remains of a man named
Hagen, who committed suicide It Great
Falls about a month ago by jumping
from a wagon bridge into the river.
Undertaken George and a brother OF
the unfOrtun ate man went to Lippard
today to take charge of the body and
give it decent burial at Great Falls.
From Thursdays Daily.
J. A. Kernaghan, of Spionkop, is
visiting with friends in the city.
j. K. Ebersole, of Lonetree, is in
town today on a short business visit.
Ed. Riedel, of the Bear Paw coun-
try, is among the business visitors
in town.
b. Roudebush and wife. and H. j.
Iddings, of Kelly fat, were among the
arrivals today.
Mrs. Robert Williams, of this city.
has been taken to the Sanitarium for
medical treatment.
Henry E. Ringwald, of K%alispell, is
visiting with friends in this city. Mr..
Ringwsld has accepted q position with
9 Milwaukee railroad contracting firm,
and is on his way to Lewistown.
According to arrivals from the
Teton, the hail storm of Tuesday night
did not cause serious loss, only a
few cases of damage to crops being
reported. The storm extended owe a
narrow strip of country from the
Goosebill to Iona.
Aug. Heydt, OF Shonkin, who is
among the visitors in town, reports
fine grain and forage crops in that
locality al a result of recent rains.
Mr.. Heydt complains that his alfalfa
has made such a rank growth that he
is having trouble cutting it.
Thomas Sire, who was arrested a few
days ago on q charge OF petit larceny
preferred by Bernard Hardy, was &C.
Quilted as the result Of a trial in JUS
tice Balls court yesterday. The de-.
fonda nj was accused of stealing some
fittings from a traction engine, but the
evidence developed the fact that the
articles in dispute belonged to him.
The government steamboat Mandan,
with Captain Gould in charge, arrived
today and went into dock at the upper
levee, a large number OF local resi-
dents following the early day custom
of constituting themselves a reception
committee. Captain Gould made
frequent trips up the Missouri river in
the eighties with steamboats, of the
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