The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-09
CITY AND STATE.

Fred Thies and wife, of L::tlake,
ire visiting with friends ia this city.
E, T. Broedwstar and n. I. Me'l',
If Havre, arrived today on district
court business.
]. II. Klepirger. as-i-,ant superin-
teudent Of The smelter a. Great Falls,
10 among the business visitors in
town.
A plat of the Lehfeldt addition to
the townsite Of Big Sandy has been
filed in the county clerks Office. TIE
addition coltains about 200 lots.
Petitions for naturalist tioq have
been fled in the district court by
Archibald Campbell, a native of
Scotland, and G. NJ. St%oresund, 81
former resident OF Norway.
A subscription paper for the benefit
of the family of Gustave Breascb, Of
Nine Mile, who recently lost two chill
dren from scarlet fever, received Ell
liberal response tod ay from local resi-
dents. The contributions this after-
noon amounted to about el40.
John aarris, who returned yester-
day from attending q meeting Of the
state state board of stock commission.
ers in Helena, brings word that stock
detectives we're appointed for the sev-
eral districts. Among the appoint
ments were Robert Kennon, of this
city; 81. S. Green, Of Big Sandy; Jas.
Mccoy, of Chinook; and Thos. Nc.
Shane, of Great Falls.
A referendum petition against the
Kiley boxing commission bill, a new
law that is ssid to legaltzs prize fight.
ing in Montana, is being signed by =
large number of local residents. IT q
sufficient number of signatures are se.
cured the provisions OF the law will be
suspended until the next general cleo
ton, when the measure may be sub
mitted to popular vote.
Great Falls Leader: Making the
claim that q band of 1900 sheep be.
longing to him has been taken from
his Teton river ranch without his con-
sent, F. l. Long, owner OF . large
sheep ranch, has brought suit for &c.
900 said to be the value of the stock,
and $500 damages. Chas. and George
Rstcliff are named as defendants in
action. The sheep are said to have
been taken on April l.
From Mondays Daily.
1. F. Churchill, of Iona, is visiting
with friends 10 this city.
T. H. Larkin, the Great Falls real
estate man, is visiting with Fort Ben
ton friends.
Otto Painter and Eric Berglund, o.
Hawarden, are among the business
visitors in town.
D. l.. Albin and William Mcleod,
of Hsvre, were received at ST. Glare
hos pital today for treatment.
A marriage license has been issued
at Great Falls TO Roy Dygert auc
Jennie Heselfrau, of this city.
John M. Nelson, of Hawarden, ha:
applied to the district court for nat
uralization. The applicant is a native
of Denmark.
Mrs. Baus Anderson and two chill
drep, who arrived from Big Sandy
today, are under treatment at TT
Sanitarium.
A suit for divorce was filed In th'
district court TODAY by Henrietta V
Miller against William b. Miller, tn
defend ant being accused of desertion
The city election today failed to de
velop any open opposition to th'
citizens party nominees. There va
q compare tively light vote In each o
the wards.
The dance that was to be givel
April IA by the young mems club o
the Catholic church has been post
poned to Q later date. It will prob
ably be given the fret week In May.
The local schools were temperate!
closed today, the health authorize
concluding that an increase In th'
number OF cases of measles called TO
the adoption OF Precautionary meas
ures.
BERTHE Stokes, who has been a coun
ty patient for about twelve months
died today from tuberculosis. Tn
deceased was q comparative strange
here, and very little IL known reg ard
ing his antecedents.
There was very little public interes
in the school election held In this dis
trict Saturday. about sixty votes be
ing cast. The retiring members c
the board of trustees-John Harris
Jos. Sullivan and w. K. Harder
were reelected.
Claude Douglas, the young ma
who was stricken with paralysis Q fe