The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-29
CITY AND STATE.

From Wednesdays daily.
Geo. E. Barley, of Eagle Butte. is
visiting with Fort Benton friends.
John T. Phelan, justice of the
at Geraldine, arrived today on a bust.
ness visit.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G.. Lockwood's iewelrv
store.-Adv.
F. A. Flanagan returned TO-DAY from
a vacation of a few days in Glacier
National park.
, Mrs. James P~ettapiece, of the
Goosebill country, is visiting with
friends in this vicinity.
Judgment by default was entered
in the district court today in the suit
of the st. Anthony & Dakota Lumber
Co., against L. S. Kapp. The plaintiff
is awarded 1925 and costs of suit.
Approximately $4,000 hunting and
fishing licenses were issued in Mon.
tana during the fiscal year ending
June 80, according. to an estimate
made In the Office of Game Warden
]. L. De Hart.
A marriage license was issued yes.
terday afternoon to Floyd l.. Terry
and Lila E. Boyce, both of Virgelle.
The wedding took place at st. Paul's
rectory, Rev. j. N. Chestnut perform
ing the ceremony.
George L. Overfield, who returned
last night from Great Falls, brought
word that the Park hotel in that city
was partly destroyed by fire last ev-
ening. The building was badly dam
aged, estimates of the loss ranging
from $4,000 to 100000.
A declaration of his intention to
seek the progressive party nomination
for county treasurer has been filed
in the county clerks Office by w. c..
Montgomery, of Carter. The demo-
cratic nomination for county commits
sioner is the purpose Of a filing made
by Fred b.. Brunskill, of Hawarden.
H. Fastje, who is engaged in the
sheep business in the Bear Paw coun-
try, is among the business visitors in
town. According to Mr.. Fastje, there
is trouble between stockmen and the
caretaker on the Fort Assinniboine
reservation, and an appeal to the
courts may be made to settle the dis.
pute.
A hearing was held yesterday be-
fore Justice Raglan at Big Sandy in
the case of two homesteaders who
were arrested on a charge of fencing
up a public road. The offenders
r1no1n1 r,,slt1 orl v,on1 no--- -
nominal fine upon their guarantee
that they will remove the obstacle to
traffic upon the public highway.
Fred E. Brunskill, who arrived yes
terday from Hawarden, reports crops
in that vicinity which will provide a
big tonnage for the railroads. In
making a rough estimate of the
amour of grain that is being raised
in the Hawarden country. Mr.. Bruins.
kill says each homesteader will aver
age about one hundred acres and that
the average yield will be close to
thirty bushels per acre. These data
indicate an enormous amount of
grain in that district.
From Thursdays daily.
G. b. Watkins and wife, of Iona,
are among the visitors in town.
E. A. Thompson, who has been in
charge of the telephone office in this
city, left today for a new location in
Utah.
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the district court today by
Robert w. Bruce. of Portage, who Is
a native of Scotland.
A postof1ice bulletin that
a new postofice has been established
at Verona, near Big Sandy, with
Frank p. Worstell as postmaster.
The county commissioners have
been sitting as a board of equalization
since Monday, and will probably COM
plete the work of revising the tax
roll this evening.
The woman suffrage orators who
were announced to hold a meeting in
this city today failed to keep the ap.
pOintment, but it Is understood an
other date will be arranged.
Two youthful horse thieves, one of
them aged about fifteen and the other
thirteen years old, are being sought
by the sheriff of this county. Com
plant was made yesterday by Al
Quarles, of Marias, and Mr.. Stevens,
of the Goosebill country, that the boys
got away with two of their horses, and
were supposed to be headed for the
Sweet Grass hills.
H. 7. Wackerlin. who returned yes
terday from Great Falls, brings word
that Charles N. Pray has definitely
decided against entering the race for
representative in congress. Mr.. Pray
had been urged by his friends to
announce his candidacy, but as he
recently opened a law Office in Great
Falls, he is not inclined to seek fur
Their political preferment in the COM
ing campaign. /