The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-22
CITY AND STATE.

CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays daily.
The Chicago Store rs selling out at
a great sacriice.-Adv.
w. P. Sullivan and wife, of Square
Butte, are visiting with Fort Benton ,
friends.
Send your watch and jewelry repair !
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry |
store.-Adv.
Augustus Hunt, formerly assistant
city engineer of Minot, is the guest of
Fort Benton friends.
Mrs. E. NJ. Porter returned yester- !
day from a visit of several weeks with |
friends in Nevada, Mo.
Conrad Kulage and William Brock F.!
er arrived from Shonkin last evening,
on a visit of a few days.
Mrs. John auckland and baby daugh- !
ter, of Highwood, and Glenn Evans,
of Iona, have been received at St.
Clare hospital for treatment.
In the district court today, a fine
of $3.50 was assessed against Frank
Hadlock who was recently declared
guilty of assault in the third degree.
The defendant was in jail about six
months before his case came to trial.
Postmaster Charles Lepley and his
assistants have been kept busy the
past two weeks, the department re.
curing that all parcel post packages
be counted and weighed in order to
determine the average daily volume
of that class Of mail matter.
Word has been received from Great
Falls announcing the death of Benja-
min Rumney, of Cascade, who was un-
der treatment in Columbus hospital.
MI. Rumney was an old.time resident
having been engaged in the ranching
and livestock business since the early
eighties, and had a wide acquaintance
in, northern Montana.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the county clerks Office by
Schmidt Bros. & Greedy, the firm hav-
ing been organized with a capital
stock of $4,000 to handle real estate
and other property on commission and
to engage in the loan business. The
incorporators are A. j. Schmidt, G. C.
Schmidt and w. T. Greedy, of this city.
Miss Grace Bonner, an entertainer
with the highest recommendations,
will appear in a recital at the Meth
odist church tomorrow evening. The
first half hour Miss Bonner will give
1.-The Woman Next Door," and then a
program of an hour and a half of mis-
cellaneous selections. The price for
admission is so and rs cents.
Great Falls Tribune: William MUIR
tina, Of whom nothing has been learn
ed other than the name written upon
cards in his pocket, took his last train
ride last night when he boarded the
Great Northern eastbound passenger
train No. 236 out of this city, his body
being found a few minutes later lying
between the rails of the track some
distance north of the passenger sta
ton.
f. L. Sutton, the Great Falls law
yer who was convicted in the district
court a few days ago on a charge of
forgery, was to have been sentenced
today, but his attorney made a mo
ton for arrest of judgment alleging
technical defects in the information.
The prosecuting attorney not being
present, Judge Tattan deferred the
passing of sentence until Tuesday,
April p.
From Thursdays daily.
c.. D. Huisman, of Clear Lake, is
among today's visitors in town.
Mrs. T. E. Neighbor. of Iona, was
received at the Sanitarium last even.
ing for medical treatment.
Arrivals from Hollywood report the
birth of twins, a boy and a girl, to Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Keaster, of High
wood.
A declaration of his intention to be-
come an American citizen has been
filed in the district court by Anton
Exner, of Big Sandy, a native of Aus.
tria.
George M. HOutz, state tax commits
sioner. was among today's arrivals.
Mr.. HOutz is making official visits to
each county for the purpose of Sc
curing uniform assessment values up
on similar classes of taxable property.
The suit of F. l. Long against Chas.
Ratliff and George Ratliff was on trail
before a jury in the district court this
afternoon. The defendants are alleged
to have seized a band of sheep owned
by plaintiff which they claimed we're
~trespassing on their land.
Rev. G. E. Haynes and P. w. Haynes
left yesterday for Geraldine, where
they will conduct services and make
plans for the Methodist church to be
built there as O o as possible. 1t is
understood that work on the new
church at Highwood will begin at an
early date.
w, E, BarrOWS. of Pleasant valley.