The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
CITY AND STATE.
Fron Saturdays Daily.

with friends in this city.
G. w. Vaughan and wife, of Nine
Mile, are among the visitors in town.
Mrs. Siebert Larson was taken 20
the Sanitarium today, to receive treat.
ment for appendicitis.
Ted E. Collins, Of Helena, repre-.
senting the Collins Land company,
was among the arrivals today.
The primary department of the pub
lie schools, after q short vacation
caused by the illness of Miss Parks,
will resume work Monday morning.
The Boston Lyrics entertained q
good sized audience at the opera
house last evening, the excellence of
the program being fully up to the ad.
vance notices of the company.
The cold wave that has been travel.
ing westward the past two days
reached this locality last night, bring.
ing q temperature of 26 below zero.
There has been q below zero tempera.
ture throughout the day. the condi-
tons being favorable to q good ice
crop.
There was q double surprise party
last evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Fisher, in honor Of Frank
Fisher and Willis Allen. The even.
ing was pleasantly spent with music
and games until q late hour, when the
group proceeded to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Allen, where a delic-
ious luncheon was served.
Advices from Havre report that
James Andersonno f Box Elder, at q
hearing in Justice Ed. M. Aliens
court on q charge of killing his father,
Dan Anderson, val bound over to the
district court. The evidence presented
at the hearing was purely circumstan-
tisl, but it was sufficiently damaging
to the accused to suggest the proprie-
ty of holding him for trial on a charge
of murder.
A review of weather conditions dur.
ing the year 1911 has been compiled
by Observer G. w. Ling, of the U. s..
weather bureau station at Havre.
The exhibit shows q mean temperature
of about p degrees below normal,
with extremes of 90 degrees and 80 be-
low zero during the IL months. The
total precipitation for the year was
1899 inches which is 5.32 inches above
the normal. The average precipita-
ton for the past 81 years is 3.07
inches annually. Most of this excess
precipitation came during the month
of September, the rainfall during that
month amounting to about six inches.
From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. E. Fogarty, of Chinook, was
among the arriv ais today.
q. J. O'Hanlon, the Chinook mer
chant, is among the business visitors
in town.
George P. Morgan, of Box Elder.
was received at the Sanitarium today
for medical treatment.
Miss Elizabeth Murray, who has
been visiting with Mrs. Phil Buckley,
of this city, left tod ay for Spokane.
James Anderson, accused of killing
his father near Box Elder, wal re.
ceived at the county Jail yesterday to
await trial il the district court.
E. d. sission, Of Clifford, has been
adjudged-a bankrupt in the federal
court at Helena, his liabilities being
estimated at about 81, $50 with prscti.
cally no assets.
The annual reports of corporations
should be fled In the county clerks
Office before January 20. Blanks for
making reports can be obtained at the
River Press Office.
Advices from Glasgow report a fire
in the business district of that town,
in which several buildings we're de-
,stroyed or damaged. The loss is es-
timated at s25, 600 to $50, 1000.
E. M. Kennedy and Thos. Dowen,
county commissioners, arrived today
to select from the tax roll q number Of
citizens of Chouteau county who will
be subject 70 call as district court
jurors during the present year.
A Washington dispatch announces
the marriage of Miss Josephine Con.
rad, eldest daughter of w. G. Conrad,
of Helena, and Alex G. Twigg, of
Virginia. Miss Conrad was formerly
q resident of this city, and has many
Old.time friends here.
F1om Tuesdays Daily.
The Eklund Photographic studio
will be open Saturday and Sunday,
January Is and IA.
Hon. T. G. Power, of Helena, ar
rived today to look after his business
interests in this part of Montana.
Judge Tattan is presiding in the