The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-25
CITY N STATE.
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
a. o. Lying. of Highwood, is among
the business visitors In town.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
A deleg alton of local residents left
tod ay for Chinook, to attend the Blaine
county fair.
Attorney C. r. Stranahan returned
today from a business trip to Shelby
and other points on the high line.
G.. II. Evers and wife left today for
the George Evers ranch north of
Floweree, making the trip by auto.
mobile.
Miss Higgins, superintendent of the
Sanitarium, who has been taking q
vacation in the Glacier park, returned
today from that popular pleasure re-
sort.
August Heydt, OF shonkin who is
among the visitors in town, reports
come big grain crops in that locality.
Conrad Kulage has just finished
threshing q crop of spring wheat that
averaged sixty bushels per acre.
Arriva ais from the Arrow creek
country bring word of some heavy
yields Of oats in that vicinity. Oscar
Johnston recently harvested a crop
on his bench land farm which gave
an average yield of eighty bushels to
the acre.
Thomas Little, 9 we'll known local
character, vas arrested and taken to
Jail this morning on q charge of dis
turbing the peace and carrying con-
cealed weapons. The accused is al.
legged to have made a gun play while
under the influence of liquor.
J. Lee Sedgwick, county clerk, re-
ports that the registration of Chouteau
county voters is progressing slowly,
but 1t is expected the applicants will
be more numerous during the next two
weeks. The registration books a,
present contain about 1850 names.
James Arlington. who was arrested
q few davs ago, and against whom tht
county attorney fled an atior
charging forgery, was arraigned II
the district court this afternoon ani
pleaded guilty. Judge Tattan i'm
posed q sentence of two years in th'
p~enitentiary, the defendant expressing
q desire to ommenc serving his tern
at once. In reply to questions by th'
court, the prisoner stated that he hat
been in Choutesu county less thar
two weeks, and admitted that he hat
not given his true name.
From Thursdays Daily.
j. X. Ebersole, of Lonetree, /
among the visitors in town.
w. F. Ludtke, OF Faribault, MINI.
was among the arrivals today.
Born, q ST. Glare hospital, to Mr.
and Mrs. Harry King, of Big Sandy
a daughter.
Among today's out of town visitor
are W. F. Walters, of Chester, an
W. A. Hubbard Of Teton.
Mrs. F. Pepin and Miss Fern Ray
mond we're received at St. Glare hos
pital yesterda y for surgical reatmen,
Chas. Carroll left yesterday TO
Washington, D. c., where be will TAX
q preparatory OF study for th
naval academy.
Judgment for plaintiffs was entere
in the district court today in the civi
suit of Bourne & Hamilton agsins
Laird Bros, in accordance with
stipulation between the attorneys i
the case.
V. F. Blankenbaker and wife, {
Virgelle, arrived from Great Fall
today with q new 36-horsepower Cha
mers automobile, in which they ar
making the return trip to their bon
at Virgelle.
DR.. E. M. Porter, who returned laI
evening from q trip to Arrow creel
brings word that several of the farm
ers in that vicinity are building graz
aries. They propose to hold thei
grain for better opportunity to marke
According to advices from Chotea,
the Carlos Warfieid ranch near B,
mum, generally known as the Flying
ranch. has been sold to agents repr'
senting the Milwaukee railroad. TT
property is between 5000 and 7,0(
acres in extent, and is said to ha1
sold at approxima tely Sl00, 900.
A news item from Chester states tn
the Hill county progressives held
convention at that place Monday,
which q county ticket was placed
the field. The ticket is headed by
B. Weldy, of Chester, p%rogressi,
party candidate for state senator; ar
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