The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
CITY AND STATE.

from Big SANDY 10 VlSlC MS SON, who i
is under treatment at St. Glare hos.
pital.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. |
w. E. Knight, of Carter, was received
at the Sanitarium yesterday for med :
ical treatment. |
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the district court today by |
Christian c. Sonsteley, of Dutton, !
who is a native of Norway.
The county commissioners met to.
day as a board of health, to consider
measures necessary for the care of
smallpox and diphtheria cases that !
have developed the past week. Com.
missioners Ihmsen and MCGOWAN
were in attendance at the meeting.
A news item from Havre says the
suit for $4,000 damages instituted by
Joseph Gussenhoven against the
Great Northern Railway company,
that has been pending the last three
days in the district court, resulted in
a verdict for the railway company.
Mrs. L. D. Sharp gave an old fash.
toned party for st. Paul's choir girls
last night, about twenty guests being
present. Costumes of olden days were
worn, and created much merriment.
Dancing and guessing contests were
features of the evening, and a deli.
cious luncheon was served at the
close of the entertainment.
The cold spell that has prevailed
in this vicinity the past two days ap-
pears to have been general through.
out Montana, zero temperatures be-
ing reported from various parts of
the state. According to advices from
Havre, a minimum of AZ below zero
was recorded Thursday night at that
place. The record low temperature
for the United States is IS below zero,
which was reported from Fort Assini-
boine on February 3, 1887.
A Washington press dispatch an
nounce that the senate public lands
committee has favorably reported
Senator Myers bill granting continu-
GUS leave Of absence to homesteaders
on unsurveyed lands until such time
as their lands are regularly surveyed.
To secure this privilege, however,
homesteaders must clearly mark the
boundaries of the land entered by
them and f1e record Of their marking
in the local land Office. If this bill
becomes a law it will be of material
benefit to many settlers.
From Mondays daily.
j. Ritter left today for Great Falls,
on a business visit.
Charles Brodock, of Clear Lake, is
. among the visitors in town.
d. A. Mccoy arrived yesterday from
Geraldine, on a business visit.
Montana will produce less winter
wheat and more spring wheat next
cas- than has been the case in the
past five years, in the opinion of grain
dealers. The decrease in winter wheat
acreage will be %equalized by the in.
crease in the spring wheat sown, &C.
cording to the grain report of the
McCaull-D insmore company of Min.
neapolis.
The members of the Chouteau coun.
ty basketball team are preparing for
a strenuous game with the Chinook
high school team Friday evening.
February 13. The teams are evenly
matched, the Chouteau county boys
winning a few weeks ago by a small
margin, although the Chinook team
was in the lead during the first half
of the game.
Miss Higgins, superintendent of the
Sanitarium, returned yesterday from
a visit of several weeks in Honolulu
Miss Higgins had an unpleasant ex
perience on the return trip, the train
in which she vas travelling over the
Oregon Short Line being snowbound in
the mountains, and several hours
work being necessary to supply food
to the passengers.
At a meeting of the Montana State
Fair association, recently held in Hell
ena. arrangements were made for the
dates of the next fairs in several
counties. The schedule provides TO,
the Valley county fair September 10
IL; Blaine county, September 14-16;
Hill county. September 1919. 1t will.
probably be necessary to fix the date
of the Chouteau county fair for abou,
the same time, as the state fair will
open September 21.
According to a news item from
Havre, a Wisconsin sheriff lost his
prisoner at that place Friday nigh,
while he was being transferred to the
e%astbound train. The prisoner. who
was %handcuffed and thinly clothed
escaped from the officer and disap
peared north of the track, and has
not been recaptured. 1t was intense
ly cold at the time, and it is believed
the fugitive must have suffered from
exposure.
From Tuesdays daily.
H. Bennett and wife, of Iona, are
in town today on land business.
l.. P. Thornquist and George Var
VOaSt arrived from C%ora16ino voc%or