The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-30
CITY. AND STATE.

gron Saturdays Daily.
D. M. Frields and wife. Of Stafford,
Mont, are visiting with friends in
this city.
James Patterson and Joe. BARLEY
left tod ~ OF q trip through the Yell
lowstone park.
Mrs. o. L. Whitlock, of Havre, was
received at the Sanitarium tod sy for
medical treatment.
J. D. Savage and wife returned to.
day from a visit Of several weeks at
their former home in Indiana.
o. E. Johnson, who arrived tod o
from Highwood, reports . heavy
rainfall in that locality last evening.
The Boy Scouts baseball team Of
Great Fslls arrived today to play
the local team Of that organization.
The game ~ in progress this after.
noon, q the Old Fort Rrouuds.
c. Wilson. uuder sheriff, returned
lest evening from Conrad with r. F.
Banks, who va placed under arrest
on . charge Of horse stealing. The
prisoner clsins he 10 innocent of the
charge made against him.
B. G. Pinuey and wife left today
for Crest Falls, where Mr.. Pinney
will attend the Great Northern agents.
convention. Mrs. M. A. Pinuey, of
81. Louis, Mo-, who 10 visiting with
her son, accompanied them to Great
Falls.
G. w. Frields aud wife are un.
der the care Of . physician At their
home on Baker street, for injuries
sustained in . runaway accident on
Arrow creek. Each Of the victims sui.
Tered revere cuts and bruises, and
their buggy "a badly wrecked.
Cbas. schilling, who arrived today
from Tunis, reports that . rush OF
food water from the heavy %rainstorm
last night carried away part of the
dam at the Great Northern reservoir
at Tune. A large volume of water
was released, the torrent sweeping
away fences and other improvements.
II any local resident lost . silver
hslf.dollar near the old Sort about
fifty years ago. he can o the
coin BY applying to Reuben Archer,
Jr.. and proving ownership. Reuben
found the half-dollar today IN . wash.
outcaused by the storm OF last evening.
It bears the date 1856, and ito condi-
ton indicates that 1t has been exposed
to the elements for . long period
OF years.
The thunder storm OF last evening
wss accompanied by one OF the
heaviest rainfalls yer recorded In
. this vicinity, the precipitation. accord
ing to measurement made by r. s.
Culbertson, being 2.53 inches. This
approaches the total amount for the
whole OF the two preceding months,
which was only 3.0s inches. The
lightning made trouble at the cleo
trio light plant by causing damage &c
the big transformer, and there was q
temporary suspension of the service
From Mondays Daily.
W. p. Sullivan, of Square Butte, Ii
visiting with Fort Benton friends.
w. A.. Daniels, of Geraldine, is
among the business visitors In town,
Miss Marguerite Koeppel arrived
from Chinook today, on Q visit with
Mics Mary Green. Of this city.
L. K. Devltn arrived tod y from
Havre, on official business that comes
under the Jurisdiction of the state
humane bureau.
Mrs. T. Joyce, of Clearlake, and
Mrs. Leo Murphy, OF Hawsrden, have
been received n St. Glare hospital fol
medical treatment.
A marriage license wss issued By
the clerk OF the district court today Il
Paul r. Schroeder and Ida Bush,
both of Big Sandy.
Mayor Chss. b. Green and wife LET
by automobile yesterday for Boulder
Montana, and will make an extended
visit at the Boulder hot springs.
Capt. Geo. a. Stevens, who is II
town today, reports that the work O.
harvesting his big grain crop will b
completed tomorrow. The crop con
sists of about 1900 acres in whea
and oats.
It il announced that q joint teachers
institute for the counties OF Cascade
Chouteau and Teton will be held Sep
TENDER 2 to S. At Great Falls. A join
institute for Hill and Blaine counted
will be, held at Chinook on the SAM
dates.
According to q news item in the Grea