The river press., 1914-08-12
CITY AND STATE.

from Wednesdays daily.
J. r. Fuller and wife, of Tunis, are
visiting with friends in this city.
e. B. Fisher arrived yesterday from
Lonetree, on a visit of few days.
Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
stOre.-Adv.
D. A. CrichtOn, we'll known busi-
ness man of Geraldine, is among the
visitors in town.
c. o. Vowel and wife returned yes.
terday from short vacation at the
Boulder Springs.
Oscar j. Olinger, a former resident
of this vicinity, is visiting with old
time friends. 1t is his first visit here
in sixteen years.
Miss Belle M. Houck and Miss Alice
Merrisen returned Sunday after spend
ing pleasant weeks vacation at the
Alhambra springs.
Petitions for naturalization were
filed in the district court today by
Anna K. Haugland, of Collins, and
Elizabeth D. Milliken, of Virgelle.
A meeting of property owners in
special improvement district No.
will be held in the city hall this even.
ing, to discuss the cost of the pro.
posed improvements.
Suit has been brought in the dis
trict court by Parker Hampshire
against Henry c.. Templeton to re-
cover about $500 and interest alleged
to be due on promissory note.
The Montana Children's Home So
ciety, which is represented by A. l..
Burton, of Helena. is in a position to
furnish good family home to any
child that is homeless. We have at
the home a number of children from
few months old to those of twelve
or fourteen years of age whom we will
place in good families. This society
was organized over fifteen years ago
and has in these years found good
family homes for over seven hundred
children. The society is inter-denom-
national and freely offers it's assist
ance to all homeless children and
childless homes.
From Thursdays daily.
Miss Dorothy Hennessy, of Butte is
the guest OF Mrs. c. o. Vowel, of this
city.
H. G. Stevens and wife arrived from
Big Sandy last evening on short
visit.
4 marriage license was issued yes
terday afternoon to Fred Fletcher anG
Eva B. Fisher, both of Lonetree.
H. J. O'Hanlon, a former resident
of this city arrived from Chinook last
evening ON a visit with Fort Benton
friends.
Petitions for naturalization were
filed in the district court today by
Olaf Grove and Gustav Anderson. two
former residents of Norway.
4 Washington dispatch announces
the appointment of Dan Sullivan as
postmaster at Shelby, position fol
which there were several aspirants
l. c. McCord, an old.time resident o.
Highwood, has filed notice in the
the republican nomination for county
treasurer.
w. r. King, of Virgelle, who il
among the visitors in town, announce:
his candidacy for one of the democrat
ic nominations for representative il
the state legislature.
NJ. M. Jensen, of Lonetree, was
brought to the Sanltarium yesterda,
to receive attention for illness caused
by the excessive heat. The patien
showed symptoms of suffering from
sunstrOke.
Butte yesterday, brings word that {
large number of men have been lait
off by the closing of several of tn.
Butte mines. About 1000 miners hav,
already been discharged, and it is ex
pected that other mines will soon sus
pend operations.
Major r. A. Cummings and Nal
colin Morrow returned by automobile
last evening from business trip ts
Hilger and other points in Fergus
county. They made fast run from
the town of Roy to this city yester
day afternoon, the distance of Ia
miles being covered in about 81,
hours.
Louis Heitman and wife, accompanied
by their two daughters, arrived last
evening on a visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Lepley. of this CITY,. The Heit
man party has been making an au
tumobile tour through central Mon
tana and propose to continue the triI
to Kalispell and Spokane before re
turning to their home in Helena.
The proposed public improvements
in District No. l were the subject OF
discussion between members of the
city council and property owners al
meeting held last evening. 1t was
practically decided to use water
bound macadam in the street improve
ment work, and to restrict the cost tc
oho,,< con OnO for oil bo xyOrl tn he