The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
CITY AND STATE.

From Saturdays daily.
E. ]. Kelly and wife arrived today !
from the Elbow ranch, on a visit with
Fort Benton friends.
M. c. Morrow arrived today from
Cascade, on a visit with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Morrow, of this
city.
R. F. Clary. a member of the live
stock firm of J. B. Long & Co., ar.
rived from Great Falls today on a
business visit.
John Carroll Jr., of Great Falls was /
in the city yesterday visiting friends.
Mr.. Carroll left on the evening train
for Chinook on business matters.
Petitions for letters of adminisra. /
ton in the estate of Elizabeth Shep-
herd and John and Charles Shepherd
have been filed in the district court by
Newton Shepherd, Of Hishwood.
Word has Just been received from
the Clear Lake country announcing
the death of Ora McMurray, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. McMurray, we'll
known residents Of that locality.
Death was due to heart trouble.
A number of republican candidates
will go to Big Sandy Monday to at
tend the biggest rally of the campaign
at that place. Hon w. ]. Mccormick,
m of the republican candidates for
congress, will be the principal speak
er.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the county clerks office today
by the Square Butte State bank, of
which w. P. Sullivan, v. L. Scott and
H. Farnum are the incorporators. The
institution will have a capital stock
of $4,000.
A news item in the Helena Record
announces the death of George E.
Parker, a we'll known resident of
Highwood, who was under treatment
in St. Peters hospital in Helena. Mr..
Parker recently underwent a serious
surgical operation from which he did
not recover.
Sheriff Rogers returned from the
Teton country last evening with Peter
Griffin. a homesteader located about
eighteen miles northwest of town, who
will be held in jail to await examina.
ton into his mental condition. The
defendant is alleged to be subject to
crazy spells, and has threatened men,
bers of his family with bodily injury.
The Fort Benton Basketball club
was organized at a meeting of young
men held at the city hall last evening,
at which there was a good attendance.
Hans Rudolph was made manager of
the club and James BARLEY Jr. Sec
rison constituting the finance COM
mittee. The club will hold another
meeting Wednesday evening, Novem-
Der 4, to make plans for the season.
From Mondays daily.
A marriage license has been issued
to J.. Henenway and Belle Parker,
both of Big Sandy.
Neil ~Bannatyne, of Floweree, one of
the old-time stockmen of that locality,
is among the visitors in town.
Martin Durham, deputy collector of
internal revenue for this district, ar
rived from Great Falls today on Off
cial business.
Sheriff Rogers left today for Deer
Lodge with Ed. Farrell, the s%elf-con.
fessed burglar who was recently Civ
en- a sentence Of PA years in state
prison.
A petition for the appointment OF a
guardian for Samuel G. Denton and
Mary Alice Denton. minors, has been
filed in the district court by Samuel
Denton, of Carter. The children have
property interests in Blaine county
that require attention.
A delegation of republican candi.
dates, accompanied by the Fort Benton
band, will go to Big Sandy this even.
ing, to attend a big republican rally
at that place. The trip will be made
by automobiles, six or more machines
being necessary to accommodate the
visitors.
The farmers Cooperative Fedora.
ton and all farmers associations al
lied with it.. invites a meeting of all
farmers in the state to be held at
Great Falls on November Is for the
purpose of organizing a state fedora
ton or union OF all farmers in the
state. and bringing into close and &C.
tive cooperation every farmers or
~ganization in the state. Every farmer
is invited to be present and partici-
pate. The invitation is issued by A. D.
Stillman. president of the Farmers
Cooperative Federation, of the Flat
head division.
From Tuesdays daily.
Harvey A. Gray. democratic candi-
date for county commissioner, is
among the visitors in town.
Harry G. Sullivan and wife and Mrs.
Jno H. Green left by automobile today
for IQWiStOwn IN a visit with friondS