The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-12
From Tuesdays daily.

From Tuesdays daily.
Martin Kane of Big Sandy, is
among the business visitors in town.
Mrs. r. F. Graham, of Carter, was
received at the Sanitarium today for
medical treatment.
J. Lee Sedgwick returned last ev-
ening from a short visit with friends
in the Bear Paw country.
John T. Phelan, of Geraldine, who
is among the visitors in town, is pre-
pairing to start a restaurant and bak-
cry at Geraldine.
The civil suit of ]. H. Evers against
Troy Duncan, which was recently
filed in the district court, has been
transferred to the Hill county court.
Letters of administration in the es.
tate of the late Lawrence House have
been issued by the district court to
Royal E. House, son of the deceased.
The Meagher county poor farm
comes to the front with a record yield
of oats, a f~ive-acre tract having yield
ed an average of lis bushels to the
acre.
The Epworth League is observing
win My Chum Week" by holding
services at the Methodist church ev-
cry evening. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
DR.. KRONER, the optical specialist,
will again be in Fort Benton, at the
Grand Union hotel, November IA, Is,
Is and II inclusive. Let me take care
of your eye sight.-Adv.
w. NJ. Ball, of the Surety Abstract
company, returned tocay from q bust
ness trip to Havre and Chinook. Mr..
Ball reports extensive building oper-
ations in progress in each of these
towns.
w. R. Leet, county treasurer, re-
ports large receipts of tax payments
| the past week, the collections being
fully up to the average of former sea-
sons. The largest collections, how
ever, are usually made the latter part
! of the month.
w. P. Sullivan and wife arrived
from Square Butte last evening, on a
visit with friends in this city. Mr..
| Sullivan brings word that the Mil
waukee track has been completed to
| Square Butte, the first construction
train arriving there yesterday.
A news item from Helena reports
that Gustave Erickson, a sheep herd
er, cook and teamster who has work
ed around Fort Benton and Great
Falls for the last ten years, was ad-
judged insane and sen to the asylum.
Erickson imagines a band of men is
constantly after him to murder him.
1t is announced that the Schubert
Symphony club will fill an engage
ment at the opera house Thanksgiving
night, Thursday, November q, with
an entirely new program. The Schu-
berts have given entertainments here
on former occasions, and are regard
ed as musical artists of the first class.
Charles Ames, a prisoner in the
county Jail who attempted suicide by
hanging a few days ago., appears to
be slightly demented. This afternoon
he inflicted some bad cuts on his
head by butting against the steel
work in his cell, and the Jail officials
may find it necessary to place him
under restraint to prevent further
trouble.
A number of the citizens of Havre
have organized a company to drill for
natural gas in that vicinity, the enter.
prise being suggested by the opinion
of geological experts that the Canadi.
an gas belt extends to northern Mon.
tana. The Havre men have entered
into a contract with a firm at Medicine
Hat to bring an outfit of drilling ma.
chinery to Havre and begin opera.
tions.