The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-10

portation Of county fair visitors from |
the depot to any part Of the city. The
Commercial club will also endeavor to |
room accommodations for all
visitors, and requests the cooperation
of citizens who have rooms that can
be used for this purpose.
A news item from Harlem says sew
eral hundred tons Of valuable hay
went up in smoke on the Poole and
Farnum ranches Friday afternoon
when a prairie fire, started by a spark
from a locomotive and famed by a
stiff wind, swept over the places. All
efforts to check the fire were unavail-
ing and the ranchers had to stand by
and watch their stocks of n~ewly.cut
hay catch fire and burn up one after
the other.
Miss Flanagan, county superintend-
ent of schools, wishes to call the at
tention Of all those interested in the
improvement of school facilities to the
meeting Of trustees of the various dis
tricts to be held Saturday, Septem-
Der 13, beginning at 900 a. m State
Superintendent H. A. Davee and Prof.
]. H. Hoist, of the Bozeman Agricul-
tural college, will address the trus-
tees upon subjects of interest, and
will be glad to confer with them on
any questions which way arise. Miss
Flanagan wishes to urge a good repre-
sentative attendance at this meeting.
From Mondays daily.
r. H. Averill and wife, of Floweree,
are among the visitors in town.
Girl wanted for general house work.
Apply to Mrs. A. E. McLeish.-Adv.
Furnished house of five rooms for
rent. Apply at Benton State Bank
Adv.
Mrs. II. d. Wickhorst, of this city,
was taken to the Sanitarium today for
surgical treatment.
The Elkund photo studio will be
open Saturday and Sunday, Septem-
Der 13 and 14.-Adv.
G. G. Mack and w. M. Williamson,
of Big Sandy are among the visitors
attending district court.
A Washington news item announc-
es the appointment of Michael Pohold
as postmaster at Highwood.
Chas. H. Green left today for Hill
ger, Fergus county, to attend the
shipment OF Shonkin association cat
tie. The trip is being made by auto
mobile.
A fine exhibit of draft horses prom
ises to be an attractive feature of the
Chouteau county fair. Several en-
tries have already been made, and it
is understood there will be others
from distant parts of the county.
The September term Of district
court opened today, the hearing of
applications for citizenship being the
principal business transacted. There
are about forty applications on file
with the clerk of the court.
The citizens of Havre are consid
ering a proposition to drill and ex
plore for natural gas in that locality
and will raise a fund of $4,000 fol
that purpose. Expert authorities be
lieve the natural gas belt extends tc
northern Montana.
Chinook Den. crat. Louis Kuhn
was a Chinool. visitor Saturday, su
perintending the loading and ship
ment of 1000 head of sheep to Nortl
Dakota. The sheep will be u,:loaded
at Hope and fed on the stubhle in tina,
kC"lity for SOM" time before being
ship; ed to niarie,
This part of Montana was repre-
scented at the meeting of Montana
pioneers in Missoula by w. T. Nor
row and w. 0. Dexter, of this city
and II. O. Lying, of Highwood. The
members of the delegation were de
lighted with their visit, and express
appreciation of the generous hospital
ity extended by the citizens of Mis-
soula.