The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-19
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays daily.
F. A. Flanagan left today for Hell
ena, on a short business visit.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
stOre.-Adv.
Mrs. T. D. Keith, of Chester, and S.
Knowles, of this city, were received
at the Sanitarium today for treat.
ment.
&c and 1Oc counters of notions.
glassware, graniteware and China
ware. Lowest prices in clothing. dry
goods and shoes at the Chicago Store.
ADV.
A declaration of his intention to
become an American citizen has been
filed In the district court by Elmer
H. MCLAUGHLIN, a former resident of
Canada.
G. w. Tenney, state rural school
inspector, and Miss Flanagan, county
superintendent, left today for Big
Sandy on an Official visit to the
schools of that district.
J. E. Templeton, state grain in
spector, arrived from Helena today
on a visit with friends in this city.
Mr.. Templeton states that the work
of his department has been delayed
by defects in the law passed by the
Thirteenth assembly.
e. s. Carruth, deputy game warden
for this district, arrived from Havre
today On official business. Mr.. Car
ruth is rounding up aliens who carry
firearms and confiscating the wea-
pons, In accordance with q state law
requiring such action.
A number of the residents of Vir.
gelle and vicinity have made com.
plant to the state railroad commits
sion that the Great Northern is not
providing them with satisfactory sta.
ton facilities and train service. A
hearing Of the matter will be held No.
vember 10, at Virgelle.
E. R. Russell, court s~tenographer,
returned today from Havre and Chi
nook, where district court was in ses-
sion Monday and Tuesday. Judge
Matthews, Of Broadwater county, will
preside at the jury terms in Blaine
and Hill counties, as Judge Tattan
has not fully recovered from his re.
cent sickness, and has set the trial Of
cases in Blaine county to begin No
vember %.
L. X. Devlin, of the state humane
bureau is in receipt of an opinion
from the Attorney General D. M. KEEL
ly, in which he states that retail
liquor dealers are liable to punish
ment for delivering any intoxicating
liquors to minors, whether sent by
their parents or others. It is a viola
ton of the law to deliver intoxicat-
ing liquors to minors under any cir
cumstances.
Settlers who expect to take up land
on the Fort Peck Indian reservation
have received word that every entry
man must be familiar with the land,
If he has another locate it for him.
This order has been issued by Uncle
Sam to prevent real estate men from
defrauding h~omesteaders. The ruling
says that each party who receives
money from an entryman to locate
him on a claim must make affidavit
that the homesteader has travelled ov.
Ell the land and has a knowledge of
it's topography. The government pro-
poses to protect this settlement, and
this ruling will preclude any posi-
bility of the homesteaders being graft
ed.
From Thursdays daily.
H. ]. Toomey, the Deer Lodge live
stock dealer, arrived from the west
today on a business visit.
c. Hokanson, of Warwick, an old
time resident of the Bear Paw coun-
try, is among the visitors in town.
Among the patients recently receiv-
ed at st. Glare hospital are Mrs. F.
Roe and Mrs. w. Baker, of this city,
and Thomas Wilson, of Big Sandy.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today
to Ray D. Dewell and Ethel Odell.
both of Havre. The wedding took
place at the Methodist parsonage this
afternoon, Rev. c. E. Haynes oficiat-
ing.
A recent arrival who has been build
ing a h%ouseboat of peculiar design,
left this afternoon on a trip down the
Missouri river. The boat carried a
cargo of supplies sufficient for a three
weeks trip.
B. ]. Lynch, who has been operat-
ing a Pioneer engine grading outfit
on county roads in the vicinity of
Big Sandy, reports that about twenty
miles of good grade have been COM
pleted. The cost was considerably
below that of road work by teams.
Charles Lippard and wife, of Lip
pard, are visiting with friends in this
city. Mr.. Lippard has been threshing
a crop of alfalfa seed that was har-
vested from about 120 acres, the yield
from which is about 800 bushels. At
the market price of Is cents per