The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-29
CITY AND STATE.

From Saturdays daily.
A petition for naturalization was
filed in the Office of the clerk of the
district court today by hubert Nor.
iarity of this city, a native of Can
ada.
B. E. Jones, of the U. s. Geological
survey, is down from Helena today
for the purpose of taking measure.
ment of the volume of water in the
Missouri river at this point.
County Clerk Sedgwick today re-
ceived from the register of state lands
a list of school indemnity lands Sc
lected in the different counties. The
number of acres in this selection is
1880.
A sheriff's sale of the property of
defendants in the case of Geo. A.
Baker against Margaret Cummings
ct al, was held this afternoon, at
which $641.72 was realized. The
property is situated near Big Sandy.
Suit was begun in the district court
today by the Berger Manufacturing
company, a Minnesota corporation,
against c. N. Endell, a resident Of
Hill county, to recover on an overdue
promissory note. Plaintiff asks judg.
ment in the sum Of $1SS.76 and inter-
est.
A large and enthusiastic meeting
of the frineds of baseball was held at
the city hall last evening. An organ.
iZatiOn was effected by the election
of M. Maloney az manager of the
team and c.. o. Vowel, F. A. Elan
agan and Bert Cooper as finance COM
mittee. It was decided to remove
the ball grounds from the lower part
of town to the fair grounds, where
the grand stand may be utilized for
the spectators.
Great Falls Tribune: Fire, the or
igin of which is not certain, caused a
loss of about $4,000 at the American
brewing company's plant early yes
terday morning, the flames destroying
the cooling and condensing depart
ment. The fire was discovered short
ly after four yesterday morning and
an alarm was at once turned in by
Brewmaster John Baier and in a very
short time the fire department was on
the scene. The flames, however, had
gained such a Roadway that there
could be nothing done in saving the
department in which the blaze was
first discovered and the efforts were
confined to keeping it within that
portion of the plant.
From Mondays daily.
]. A. Hackshaw of Floweree made
a flying visit to the city today.
Born, at st. Glare hospital, Sunday,
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Doty, of
Carter, a son.
Born, at St. Clare hospital today to
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Engellant, of the
Judith, a son.
Robert Kennon of this city was to-
day admitted. to the Sanitarium for
medical treatment.
Ralph Russell has been appointed
a deputy by County Surveyor Gull
bertson and today began work in the
office.
F.. E. Stranahan is the possessOr of
a fine new Buick automobile receiv-
ed Saturday through the w. J. Wack-
erlin agency.
Mrs. James Donovan, of Big Sandy,
and Roland auckland, of Highwood,
have been received at St.. Glare hos.
pital for surgical treatment.
A Washington dispatch states that
the census bureau estimates the por-
ulation of Montana on July 1st, next
will be 1854, as compared with
a?6,o53 on April Is, 1910.
John Dorner, who was arrested
and lodged in Jail accused of a crime
against nature today pleaded guilty
In the district court and was sentenc-
ed to even years in the p~enitentiary
at hard labor.
The suit of Martin Connolly against
Dan O'Reilly and others to foreclose
a mortgage OF some ranch property
was today dismissed as regards the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railway, on application of the county
attorney.
E. L. Sutton, the Great Falls law
yer who was recently convicted of the
crime of forgery and sentenced by
Judge Tattan to a term of two years
in the pe%nitentiary, was taken to
Deer Lodge Saturday by Deputies w.
M. Ball and w. F. MILFORD.
The Chouteau County Sunday
School association which was in ses-
sion in this city last week completed
its labors Saturday evening. Inter-
esting programs were rendered
throughout the session. Among the
speakers who represented the state
Sunday school work were Rev. j. A.
Afford of Cascade and Rev. w. E.
Jordan, both of whom gave several
discourses. The officers of the asso-
citation are w. G. Mcclure, of Flow
cree, president; Rev. C. E. Haynes,
Fort Benton, vice president; w. E..
Barrows, Pleasant Valley, secretary
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