The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-08-13
CITY AND STATE,
From WedneedaY,a Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
G. E. Taylor, of saco, arrived last
evening on . brief business visit.
Jesse Bright. an old time resident of
Hollywood, is visiting friends in this
city.
]. F. Jensen and Fred G. Hoge, of
Hawarden, are among the visitors in
town.
Harry s. Green arrived tod az from
Big Sandy, On a business visit of q
few days.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's iewelry
store.-Adv.
Mrs. B. G. Pinney of this city; was
received at the Sanitarium today tor
medical treatment.
Mrs. A. G. Brabrook, of Jackson.
Vile, Fla, . former resident of this
city, arrived today on . visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Sullivan and
family.
Genuine bargains at Jul Sc and loo
counters Of crockery, glassware, tin.
ware and grsniteware. Lowest prices
In dry goods, clothing and shoes At
the Chicago store.-Adv.
Mrs. Belle Fultz, Q resident of the
the Clear Lake country, has been
taken Ia charge by the authorities to
await % investigation % to her men.
tai condition. Complaint was made
by relatives of the patient.
The steam laundry will be under
new management Monday, when T.
E. Cohoon and j. M. Dublin, two
practical laundry men who arrived
from Great Falls today, will take
charge of the plant. The new pro.
prietors are making some additions
to the machinery that will insure good
service, and will collect and deliver
In oil parts Of town. Special rates will
be given to families .-Adv.
Montana this year will harvest ap.
proxinately six million bushels OF
fax, according to j. Il. Cooney, q
representative OF eastern !inseed oil
companies who has been touring
Montana to get q line on the size OF
the fax crop. He believes there are
476. 900 acres In Montana sown to fax
and that the average yield will be
twelve bushels to the acre.
Great Falls Leader: When today's
whistle announces the close of the
working period the Milwaukee rail.
road steel-lsying forces will have
reached Salem, the irst station esst
Of this city and . distance of Is miles
from tho site of the proposed pas-
senger station. The steel will stretch
over q continuous distance of 10 miles
from the Royal mill. Main line work
will probably be suspended q few
days while the working forces install
side tracks at Salem amounting to
about q mile In length.
From Thursdays Daily.
H. H. Jenning, of this city, was re.
ceived at St. Glare hospital today for
medical treatment.
Conrad Kulage and wife arrived
from Shonkin today, on a visit with
Fort Benton friends.
Mrs. Harry G.. Sullivan LETT yester.
day for Lethbridge, Alta, on q visit
with friends In that vicinity.
Miss Lena Aiggins, superintendent
of the Sanitsruim, left today on q
visit at the Boulder hot springs.
Miss MacHale, superintendent of the
Hill county schools, arrived today
from Hsvre on q visit with friends in
this vicinity.
Leonard Morrow, who returned
today from q trip through Yellowstone
park. reports q snow storm in that
locality . few days ago.
Chas. Whitcomb, of Helena, and
Louis S. Goslin, OF Zortmsn, who
have extensive mining interests In the
Little Rockies district, are among the
business visitors in town.
r. E. Baker, of Floweree, who is
among the visitors 10 town, reports
that wheat harvesting operations in
the vicinity of Floweree are about
completed. Mr.. Baker believes the
yield will range from twelve to thirty
bushels per acre.
According to an estimat made by
Joseph Streng, q Boston wool buyer,
the Montana clip OF this year is about
1000, 600 pounds less than that Of last
season. Mr.. Streng figures the Mon
tans wool crop of this year at 30. O00
600 pounds, about two.thirds OF this
amount having been sold at an aver.
age price of 154 to 16 cents per pound.
Owners of automobiles will be in.
terested in the announcement that only