The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-15
CITY AND STATE.

CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesdays daily.
The Chicago Store is selling out at
a great sacriice.-Adv.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Ware.
hime, of the Marias country, a daugh-
ter.
Peter Lennertz and John F.. thinner.
OF Eagle Butte, are among the visitors
in town.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.-Adv.
V. F. B~lankenbaker, the Virgelle
merchant and stockman, is among the
business visitors in town.
Attorneys w. s. Towner, and w. H.
Meigs arrived today from Great Falls
on district court business.
c. Hokanson, Of Warrick was among
today's arrivals. Mr.. Hokanson pro-
poses to engage in the hotel business
at Big Sandy, and has secured a lease
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ed by Ed. Reichelt for that purpose.
w. E. Barrows, who is among the
visitors in town states that residents
of Pleasant Valley are preparing a pc.
tition for a new county road, to pro-
vide a better route from Miller school
house eight miles east to the Charles
Smith section corner
DR.. E. M. Porter returned last night
from Hollywood where he was called
by telephone to attend w. Shannon,
who was badly hurt in an accident
with a blowing outfit. Mr.. Shannon
was caught between the engine and
pillow and suffered a dislocated should.
er and other injuries.
The funeral services of the late C.
P. Niles were held this morning at
the residence of w. r. Leet, with a
large number of friends and neigh.
bors in attendance, an appropriate adj
dress being delivered by Rev. c.. E.
Haynes. The pail bearers we're R. S.
Culbertson, w. O. Dexter, Thomas
C~oatsworth, George l.. Overield, G.
Wilson and A. E. King.
E. L. Sutton, a Great Falls lawyer,
was placed on trial before a jury in
the district court today on a charge
of forgery. The defendant is said to
have been a party to the fraudulent
execution of a deed to the Frank Had.
lock ranch property near Big Sandy
which vas represented as having been
signed by Mrs. Hadlock, but of which
the latter declares she had no know
ledge. The proceedings made Had
lock a c~o-defendant with Sutton, but
the case against Hadlock has been dis
missed to enable him to testify fol
the prosecution. Hadlock declares that
he signed the deed upon Sutton's rep
From Thursdays daily.
Mrs. Sam Apple, of Carter, is visit.
ing with friends in this vicinity.
D. S. Holderman, who arrived from
the Highwood country last evening
reports a snowfall of several inches
in that locality.
H. c. Hurd. Of Big Sandy, who is
suffering from IN attack of appendi.
citis, was received at the Sanitarium
yesterday for treatment.
The little daughter of Mrs. A. Full
Ter, of Geraldine, and baby Doris Hill
of this city, have been received al
St. Glare hospital for treatment.
Several residents of Big Sandy and
vicinity arrived today in response tc
s%ubpoenas requiring their appearance
in the district court to give testimony
in criminal cases.
A declaration of his intention to be
come an American citizen has been
filed in the district court by Anton
J.. Anckre, of K%enilworth, who is a
native of Norway.
The trial of E. l.. Sutton, on q
charge of forging a deed to the Had
lock ranch property, was in progress
at today's session of district court
Testimony was given by a number Of
witnesses for the prosecution at the
morning session.
J. Lee Sedgwick. who returned last
evening from a trip to Chinook
brings word that large numbers o.
settlers are arriving at various point:
rivals at Iona the past week brought
119 head of horses with them.
A Washington dispatch says the
secretary Of the interior has desig
mated 2,470,000 acres in Montana FOL
entry under the enlarged homestead
law, and the lands will be thrown oper
to entry within the next 30 days. More
than 10000 acres of this land lie ir
the northern part of Fergus county
the balance is scattered.
A number of Cree Indians in thi:
vicinity are engaged in removing from
the landscape the %unsightly piles o,
bones that represent the destruction
of herds of buffalo in early days, ant
heavy loss of range cattle in latel