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

From Saturdays Daily.
J.. A. Brandt arrived from Carter
today on q business trip.
Attorney F. A. Carnal, of Havre, is
q business visitor in the city today.
Judge John W. Tat.au returned this
evening from q weeks outing IN the
Miss Arleen Webster, who has been
visiting the Misses Harris, on High
wood, has returned to her home in the
east.
Il. A. Davee. superintendent OF the
Lewistown public schools, 10 q visitor
in this city today. Mr.. Davee an
nounces that he will be q candidate
for state superintendent Of public in.
s~truction before the democratic state
convention.
A Washington dispatch states that
Sen tor Myers has introduced . bill
providing that in all cases where In.
dams have taken or may hereafter
take, homesteads, or have been. or
may hereafter be. allotted lands on
the public domain, they and their
respective families and descendant
shall not thereby forfeit their rights
to the lands and funds of the tribe to
which they belong.
Clerk of Court Chas. II. Boyle has
been notified by F. H. Ray, register
of state lands, that q sale of said
lands will be held at the court room
in Fort Benton on the 7th day OF
October next. No lands will be Of
fered for sale unless an application
Is filed in his Office on or before Au-
gust %. Parties can make applica-
ton for the sale OF state lands before
Mr.. Boyle. There are about $4,000
acres in Chouteau county to be put on
the market.
From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. VIM Davis Jr.. Of Great Falls,
is the guest of Mrs. Frank Merger, Of
this city.
Mrs. NJ. W. Tobey returned tod y
from q visit to her former home In
Wisconsin.
NJ. A. Strang and W. A. Knight, OF
Floweree, are among the business
visitors in town.
A landslide on the railroad track
near Virgelle caused q delay OF about
two hours in the arrival of tod avs
westbound passenger train.
Adolf Stephan, of the Marias, who
is among the visitors in town, has
sold his ranch interests on the Marias
to George Meissner, of Chester, and
will remove to q new location in Lin.
coin county.
Vernon Lewis, OF Floweree, who is
visiting with friends in this city. re
ports some big grain crops in the
vicinity of Floweree. A wheat YIELD
of about thirty bushels per acre wa
harvested from the Rev. j. A. Martil
ranch.
The date of the concert and dance
to be given by the Great Falls Orches
ira will be Friday August %. Con
cert at $50 sharp. Dancing from
1880 until 200. Every body cordial!
invited. Tickets for concert and dane
81 0 each.
Henry Evers returned today from
Chicago, where he marketed q ship
ment of wethers that yer in goot
condition, the tops selling at "a % tn
top of the market. MI. Evers is I'm
able TO account for the fact that NUT
ton prices are about one, halt tn
market quotations for beef.
A record. breaking rainstorm visit
ed this locality yesterday, the tota
precipitation being two inches in 2
hours, according to the governmen
rain gauge in charge of r. S. Cul
bertson, of this city. This amour
largely exceeds the total averaR
precipitation for the month OF August
and it Is feared the deluge will caus
damage to farm crops that are bein
harvested.l
FfOm IuoSQaye Oe1Ay'
The Eklund studio on Bond stree
will be open Saturday and Sunday
August "a and Is.
Miss Mabel Wagy, of Hamilton
Mont, ia the guest of her sister, Mrs
J. Lee Sedgwick, of this city.
W. G. Montgomery and L. M. Fish
"A-- I---A 49, 49,
the business visitors In town.
w. T. Morrow left today for Dee
Lodge, to attend the annual meetin
of Montana pioneers at that place.
j.. P. Lear, an employe OF the Gres
Northern railway, was brought to tt
Sanitarium today for surgical trea
ment.
Henry J. O'Hanlon, the Chinoo