The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-09-02
CITY AND STATE.

AOAA "cuNeOOdyS daily.
James Birtwell, Of Geraldine, is
among the visitors in town.
w. T. Cowan, the Box Elder e
chant. arrived today on a business
visit.
John Fleming, of Portland, a we'll
known dealer in livestock, was
among today's arrivals.
w. p. Sullivan and wife, of Square
Butte, are visiting with friends in
this city.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.-Adv.
Allan Gray and wife arrived today
ron Big Sag on a visit with friends
in this city.
w. c. Poulsson, manager of the
Missouri River Lumber company,
was received at the Sanitarium today
for surgical treatment.
District court for Chouteau coun-
ty has been adjourned to September
1, Judge Tattan being engaged in
holding court in Hill county.
Arrivals from the Bear Paw coun.
try report a big storm in that section
Monday, the rainfall in some local..
ties being estimated at nearly two
inches.
Petitions for naturalization were
filed in the district court today by
T. A. Benson, of Conrad, and Frank
Freshman, of Tunis. The latter is
a native of Austria.
Responding to an advance in the
eastern wheat market, local dealers
are paying IS cents per bushel on
tOday's deliveries. 1t is the highest
price paid in the local market this
season.
One of the most notable features Of
state fair week in Helena will be a
woman suffrage pageant to be held
Friday evening, Sept. 25. according
to the publicity committee of the
state organization.
The result of yesterdays primary
nominating election will not be known
for several days, some of the AZ pre-
cincts in ChOuteau county having
such poor mail facilities that the re-
turns cannot reach here until the
latter part of the week. The official
canvass will be made by the county
clerk and a justice of the peace as
soon as all the returns have been
received.
A big deal in Cascade county ranch
property and livestock is reported by
the Great Falls newspapers, the
transaction including the E. W.. Ell
lis and the Beckett & Kennett ranches
in the southern part of the county.
The property consists of about 25,-
600 acres, and the purchase price is
said to have averaged about $40 per
acre. The Beckett & Kenneth sheep
outfit of about $4,000 head is reported
to have been sold at a total price
of some $4,000.
From Thursdays daily.
Ray Jackson is il town today from
Cenou. on a business visit.
Charles Carlson has brought suit
in the district court against w. NJ.
Jacobs, to o an alleged indebt-
edness of about $500.
). declaration Of his intention q
lecome an American citizen was fled
IA the district corr. today by Gle O.,
T;ens!and, who is IL native Of Nor
Way.
Petitions for naturalization have
been filed in the district court hy
Eleanora Renshus and Sarah T.. Stew
art, both of the applicants being res
idents of Big Sandy.
r. R. Lyle, who arrived today
from the western part of the county,
reports good crops Of winter wheat in
that locality. Some Of the yields av.
erage about 25 bushels per acre.
Twenty carloads of Shonkin beef
were loaded at Montague yesterday
for the Chicago market. The prin.
cipal owners of the shipment are J..
O. Patterson, Lew Williams and w.
r. Morrow.
Wheat took another jump in the To-
cal market today, 80 cents per BUSH
el being paid for immediate delivery.
Among today's receipts was a wagon
load of grain brought in by a farmer
living nearly 40 miles west of here.
Curtis E. Tanner was arrested in
the Solid country yesterday, by I'm
der Sheriff C. Wilson, and brought
to the county Jail to await a hearing
in the justice court. The prisoner,
who is a dry land farmer, is alleged
to have been implicated in a cutting
scrape.
Word was received today from
Jackson Mich, announcing the death
of Dorothea Ayers, a former resident
of this city. Miss Ares attended
the Fort Benton public schools sew
eral years co., and had a large num-
Der of friends among the young peo-
pie of this vicinity.
H. w. Beckett, a recent arrival
here, is making a trip down the Mis-
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