The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-24
CITY N STATE.


town on q short business visit.
Conrad Kulsge, q we'll known resi-.
dent of the Shonkin, is among the
business visitors in town.
Several residents of this city we're
among the guests Ut q dance given
last evening At the Teton school house.
The visitors returned home about
eight O'Clock this morning.
A deed fled for record in the county
clerks Office conveys title to the Viii.
liam Cecil ranch of 100 acres, on the
Shonkin, to Charles Il. Green, of this
city. The considerat alton named in the
deed is l 1924.
An information was fled in the dis.
trict court today against Lee Long, q
Chinese cook. who Is accused of
assault with Q deadly weapon. The
defendant is alleged to have gone
after one of his opponents with Q
clesver during an alteration in the
kitchen of the Overland hotel. 1nfor.
mations have also been fled against
Healey Laird and Robert Albertson,
each of whom is accused of horse
stealing.
Toda y was the last day for the reg
istration of voters living in the terri.
tory comprised within the proposed
e counties of Hill and Blaine, the
election upon the question Of forming
the new counties being set for Febru-
airy 20. There ia such q large accum-
ulation of registration certificates and
transfers in the county clerks Office
that it will require several days to
make the necessary entries in the var.
ious registers.
Great Falls Leader: Accused of
making a false statement to the First
National bank regarding his credit,
A. Beckstead has been placed under
arrest in CALDWELL, Idaho, and this
morning Deputy Sheriff Dennis left
Great Falls for that place to return
with the prisoner. Beckstead is said
to be q sheepman who formerly re-
sided at Havre. He was arrested at
the request of Sheriff Collins and will
be brought here for trial.
From Mondays Daily.
Miss Alice Murray arrived from
Harlem tod ay on q visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Phil Buckley, Of this city.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Edward A. Carney, OF Great Falls.
and Elleve Patrick, of Butte.
Tickets for the entertainment TO be
given Friday evening by the Fort
Benton Amateurs, will be on sale to.
morrow at the p%ostofice store.
Otto Soeberg, manager for the For,
Benton Meat company, ammo uncet
that his establishment will be closed
this ev ening for an indefinite period. II
Nick Baatz, the Great Falls liquo,
dealer, has brought suit in the distric
court against Redwing & Ryan, o
Havre, to recover an Indebtedness o.
S4O6 alleged to be due pl plaintiff.
Prot. William B. Patty arrived
from the east today to deliver biz
scientific lecture upon radium, wireless
t~elegraphy and liquid air. The lecture
will begin promptly at 8:15 this even
ing.
Roffsile Contini, a young Sicilian
was brought to town Saturday after
noon and taken to the S%anitarium tt
receive attention for serious injuries
on the head. The patient complaint
that his condition is due to an assaul
committed at or near the Thrailkil
coal mine.
From Tuesdays Daily.
L. F. Kuhr, OF Chinook, is anon
the business visitors in town.
Charles Houtz and wife, of Spear
feb, S. Oak, were among the arrival
today.
L. K. Devlin and wife, of Havre
are visiting with old time Fort Bento
friends.
The Eklund Photographic studl
will be open Saturday and Suuday
January q and %.
Cole Sedgwick and wife, of Lari
more, Canada, arrived today on
visit with relatives in this city.
The fourth number of the loca
Lyceum course will be given Febrr
airy 13, when John B. Ratio will
impersonate different characters /
everyday life.
Among the departures today wer
J. Lee Sedgwick, county clerk. ant
Phil Buckley, ASSESSOR, who will at
tend q convention of Montana count
officers at Missoula.
Declar atoms of intention to becom
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