The river press., 1914-05-20
CITY AND STATE.

CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays daily.
F. T. Johnson, of Virgelle, is among
today's visitors in town.
E. L. Foreman arrivd yesterday
from GenOu, on visit of a few days.
Attorney F. M. Armour, of Great
Falls, arrived today on district court
business.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.-Adv.
The members of st. Paul's auxiliary
will hold a cooking and candy sale
Saturday afternoon, May 16, at
Cranes store.
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the district court today by
John Kalanink, Of Highwood, who is
a native of Austria.
A report upon the value of the es-
tate of the late James E. Stobaugh,
of Geraldine, was filed in the district
court today, by A. E. Mitchell, John
M. Middleton and william Chance,
who were appointed by Judge Tattan
as appraisers. The value of the prop
erty is estimated to be about $500.
James A. Murty, who has been fill
ing the position of secretary of the
Conrad commercial club for some
time past, was among today's arrivals.
Mr.. Murty was in attendance at
meeting of the executive committee of
the Fort Benton commercial club this
afternoon, at which various matters
of local interest were discussed.
Two men who give their names as
Edward Farrell and Jacob Weaver
were arrested and placed in Jail yes
terday afternoon on a charge of burg
larry. They are alleged to have brok-
en- into the Corrigan shack on the
Highwood road, the owner of the
building reporting to the sheriff that
he witnessed the invasion of his
premises.
From Thursdays daily.
Mrs. Selma Schwandt, of Lonetree
is among the visitors in town.
A. J. Langrof is in town from Ken.
ilwOrth, on visit of few days.
0. G.. Conrad arrived from Great
Falls yesterday, on visit with Fort
Benton friends.
Mrs. Louis Lindberg, of this city,
was received at the Sanitarium today
for surgical treatment.
A marriage license was issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Ray E. Pratt and Alice Fosen, both Of
Big Sandy.
lowest bidder on the earthwork of the
auxiliary spillway channel and north
dixie Vandalia diversion dam was Jas.
O'Connor of Council Bluffs, Ia, $780,
200.
A number of copper exposition SOU
venir coins have been received at the
StOckmen's National bank, and are
for sale at one dollar each. The funds
derived from the sale of these sou.
venirs will be used for a Montana ex.
hibit at the San Francisco exposition.
A new thirty horsepower pump, to
be operated by electric power, arrived
today and will be installed at the city
pumping plant by the Electric Light
company. The machinery now in use
is not of sufficient capacity to meet
the demands Of water users during the
irrigation season.
Suit has been brought in the district
court by V. F. Blankenbaker and r.
L. Thompson, of Virgelle, to recover
damages in the amount of $2,435 from
the Great Northern Railway company.
The plaintiffs claim loss of property
of that value from fire that was
caused by sparks from Great North
ern locomotive, which destroyed grass
and other vegetation on a tract of
about 230 acres.
From fridays daily.
Mrs. E. P. Dashiell. of Clear Lake,
is visiting with friends in this city.
Mrs. l.. Zwiesler. of Geraldine, was
received at St. Glare hospital today for
surgical treatment.
Miss Chemidlin is now prepared to
do all kinds of fancy work at moder.
ate prices. Phone 36.red.-Adv.
Nominating petitions in the form
required by the direct primary law
can be secured at the River Press Of
fice.-Adv.
The Stockmen's National bank has
an unlimited amount of money to loan
on improved farms, at reasonable
rates.-Adv.
Prof. A. Bergh, the Great Falls mus
ician arrived today to attend the dance
to be given in the opera house this
evening by the high school juniors.
Judgment by default was entered
in the district court today in the suit
of Sol Block against M. B. Kortgaard.
The judgment amounts to about $460
A petition for letters of admins
tration in the estate of James Morgan
Murry was filed in the district court
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