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CITY AND STATE.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Watch and clock repairing. All
kinds of jewelry repaired at lowest
prices at D. G. Lockwood's. All
work personally guaranteed. *
Jürgen Kohlhof, of Big Sandy, ar
rived in the city this morning, to be
present at the sheriff 's sale of 320
acres of land, at the court house this
afternoon.
The school trustees met last evening
as a board of canvassers of the votes
of the school election last Saturday,
and declared E. R. Russel and F. E
Stranahan elected trustees of district
No. 1 for a term of three years.
The wrestling mateh which was to
have been pulled off last ni»ht at
Great Falls, between Jack O'Neill of
Kalispell, and Jack Allin, did not
materialize. Sheriff Benner yester
day morning issued orders prohibiting
the contest. O'Neill with thirty friends
had arrived from Kalispell, and
general disappointment was the result
to the large number who had autiei
pated witnessing the mill.
A. M. Graves, who has been in the
county jail for some time, charged
with being implicated in the shootin
affray, which occurred at the Halfwa
house near Havre this winter, was re
leased from custody this morning.
His release was ordered by the court,
he being held with Frank Gautz, who
pleaded guilty to the charge, and was
sentenced by Judge Tattan to three
years in the penitentiary for assault
in the second degree.
Through an oversight, the notice of
the city election held last Monday was
omitted in yesterday's paper. The
election passed oil' very quietly. There
being but oue ticket iu the field, 110 in
terest was taken in the result by our
citizens and consequently a very
light vote was polled. The officers
elected are: City treasurer, J no. C.
Sullivan: police magistrate, Jere Sul
livan; aldermen, first ward, J. E. Tem
pleton; second ward, Oscar Johnston;
third ward, James Townsend.
From Thursday's Daily.
Chas. Crepeau has sold to Martin
Conlon 32 head of two and three-year
old steers. He has 33 head of Iiis
bunch left at the stockyards which he
will sell.
Kalispell Bee: Mr. and Mrs. Gluts.
D. Howell of Havre, are stopping in
Kalispell for a few days preparatory
to going to Columbia Falls, where
they will open a boarding house.
Sheriff Buckley returned this morn
ing from Deer Lodge, and departed
this afternoon on au east-bound
freight for different points along the
.line where lie will summon witnesses
for this term of court.
Marshal Geo. Bickel of Havre, ar
rived this morning with James Mail
lon, who will serve sixty days in the
county jail for petit larceny, which he
-committed in that city. He was sent
up from Judge Meili's court.
If the editor of the Great Falls Tri
bune would kindly devote more of his
spare time to writing credits ou news
items clipped from the River Press,
perhaps the riot mentioned in this
morninffà issue, of the Carie Natiou
style, would not have appeared.
The Oddfellows of this city are mak
ing preparations for an anniversary
dance and eutertaiument, to be given
on the 24th or 27th inst. As the date
of the anniversary oftheir order falls
on Sunday the 2Uth, the celebration
will be held on the Friday prior or
the Monday following.
From Friday's Daily.
Cash paid for eggs at Green Bros.
Moutaua made blankets at Green
Bros. *
See our new line of riding boots.
Green Bros. *
Ladies' hair shampooing at the
Grand Union barber shop. *
We have a buyer for 500 yearling
Steers. T. C. Power ä Bro. *
Mrs. T. E. Ronne, of Chinook, is
visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
E. Frank Sayre.
The photograph gallery iu the Cum
jnings block will be open by April 15.
All work guaranteed first-class. G.
il. Eddie. *
S. O. Lyng, brother of H. O. Lyng,
Of Hitrhwood, arrived from the east
this morning. Mr. Lyng will take
Charge of the Benton Sheep company,
ranch ou Hai wood lake.
Lawyer F. 10. Stranahan of Fort
Benton, a former resident of Helena,
is in the city, says the Helena Record.
He brought with him a pair of locked
deer antlers, which he presented to the
museum department of the State His
torical socle y .
'1 he horns were found j
by Mr. Stranahan along the banks of,
the Missouri river about 300 miles be
low Fort Benton. Evidently the an
tiers of the deer had become locked
while they were engaged in combat,
and being unable to free themselves,
the animals had starved to death.
Great Fall .9, Apri 9.—F. S. For
est of Spokane, the new superintend
ent of the Montana Central, will be
here Sunday to take up his duties.
He was chief clerk here in 1896, uuder
Superintendent D. McLaren. E. L.
Brown, the present superintendent,
will lea^e next week for St. Paul.
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS.
Attention is hereby called to Section !
4 of Chapter S, of the town ordinance ■
regarding nuisances, aud all persons '
must clean up their premises, streets
au 1 alleys before May 1.: j
Section 4. If any person shall j
throw, place, or conduct, or stiller 1
any meiuboi' of his or her family to j
throw, place or conduct into any pub-|
lie grounds, street, alley or lot, or i
upon any sidewalk, any putrid or
caving meat, fish, fowl, hide's or
skius of any kind, or any kind of
filth, offal, dung, dead animals, vege
Maps ol" the Milk River Section Included
In Reservoir Sites to he Published.
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Topoyraphic maps of an area of
about «Or- square miles in northern
Montana, surveyed during 1902, are
now in process of preparation by the
United States Geological Survey,
though they will probably not be pub
lished for some time yet.
One of the chief objects of the sur
vey of this region, which lies on both
sides of Milk river near Havre and
Chinook, in Chouteau county, was to
determine what area, if any, could be
profitably served with water from the
proposed St. Mary canal.
The maps will be published on a
scale of about one mile to the inch,
and will show a large number of
points exactly determined as to posi
tion and also as to their elevation
above the sea. Hence the height of
any point within this area can be de
termined very closely from the con
tour lines of equal altitude which rep
resent every change of twenty feet in
vertical elevatiou.
From the positions of these contours
it can be readily seen what must be the
approximate location of main and
subsidiary canals leading from the
source of supply to any available
area, and the comparative cost of
various canal schemes cau be deter
mined without necessity of a special
survey for each case.
The maps, four in number, are
named from the principal towns with
in the area, and are known as Assin
niboine, Havre, Yantic and Chinook.
Each covers and area of 15 minutes iu
latitude and longitude, and in addi
tion to the elevations and contours in
brown, shows all roads, railroads,
towns and houses in black, and all
streams, ponds and irrigation canals
in blue. The maps may be obtained
from the Director of the United States
Geological Survey, for the nominal
price of 5 cents each.
Letter List.
The following is a list of letters re
maining in the postoffice at Fort Ben
ton, on April !):
Burns Chas P r ntt Walter
irockway Geo Priest II A
lire.-iton I) Robertson Earl
Beck Andrew Stocker Jason
'hauler John Reginald Sayer A ,1
Cope George Scott. John W
Hopkins C F Scott Lelah Miss
Johnson Albert Turcotte Vital
Johnson Albert Tontpson .1 C
Mathews Jno Tliian r E
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say "advertised."
Geo . W. Crane, p. M.
Clean t p Your Premises.
tables, empty cans or fruits, or any
decaying, annoying or offensive mat
ter whatever, or anything likely to be
come so, or shall allow any such filth,
offal, dung or other offensive or an
noying matter as aforesaid to be or
remain upon his or her premises, or
the premises occupied by him or her,
or in any outhouse, stable or privy,
or other place occupied by him or her,
or upon any sidewalks or iu any pub
lic grounds, street or alley in rear or
front of suclt premises, or upon any
sidewalk in such manner as to be of
fensive or annoying to the neighbor
hood, or offensive, annoying or injuri
ous to any gerson, every such person
shall be deemed the author of a nuis
ance, aud on conviction thereof shall
be lined in a sum not less than oue
dollar nor more than twenty dollars
and costs of prosecution; and each
day's continuance of such nuisance,
after due notice to abate the same,
shall be deemed a separate offense,
punishable as aforesaid.
This ordinance will be strictly en
forced .
By order of city council.
Successful Test.
San Francisco , April S.—The Hol
laud submarine torpedo boat Gramp
us has demonstrated^ier efficiency as
a vessel of war by discharging a tor
pedo at a range of 350 yards and
striking a stationary target squarely
iu the center. The firing of the tor
pedo was a most important test of the
value of the new lighting machine and
the board of naval officers that wit
nessed the trial was highly pleased
with the result.
BSsHHOaaG»™
■ CURES WHERt ALL ELSE FAILS. I
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I
* n tlnio. Sold by druggists. I
jgggEBEmBIgM
Hereford Bulls for Sale.
One yearling and one two year-old tbor tiph
bred Hereford bulls; also six bulls, nearly full
blood lierefonls fur t>ale Can be seen at inv
Lost Lake ranch south of K>»rt Benton.
J. O. PATTEKSON, Fort Benton, Mont.
a raid on chinatown.
Immigration Agent Hampton Has an
Exciting Time For a Little While.
Helena , April T.— There was more
excitement in Chinatown Wednesday
than has been in evidence in that
quarter for many a day and it was all
on account of an unexpected visit of
Immigration Agent Hampton of Great
Falls and two inspectors of Chinese.
It was a wild scene while it lasted and
the Chinamen scattered in all direct
ions. As a result of the raid four
Celestials are now held in custody on
the charge of being illegally in the
United States.
Agent Hampton hid a narrow es
cape while routing out one of the Chi
namen, for the latter was armed with
a larsre pitchfork with which he in
tended to defend himself.
Mr. Hampton had been in the city
but a short time and while strolliog
through the Chinese quarter saw the
large lodging house next the city hall
aud getting his two inspectors and
Deputy United States Marshal Chas.
F. Gage, began a search. They enter
ed the building unexpectedly and i
panic ensued among the Chinese. Po
liceman J. A. Mackey came to the a:
sistance of the officers and every av
enue of escape was guarded.
Two Chinamen, neither of whom
could speak English, and clad in the
garments of white men, several sizes
too large for them, were fonnd con
cealed in one of the rooms and were
promptly escorted to the city jail and
placed iu the "bridal chamber."
Search was then made through cellars,
attics and underground passages.
Mi'. Gage had taken a station at the
south doorway and saw two Celestials
peeping over the fence to ascertain if
anyone was on guard. They were
quickly waved back, however, by a
Chinaman stationed in the street, and
disappeared. Mr. Gage saw them and
soon Mr. Hampton was on the trail.
He jumped the fence and found one of
the men in a small outhouse. It was
some time before the other one was
located.
Mr. Hampton descended a narrow
stairway, leading underground and
owing to the change from light to
darkness, was unable to see anything
for a brief period. He had almost
reached the bottom of the ladder when
he saw a Chinaman at least six feet
tall aud armed with a pitchfork.
Whipping out his revolver, Mr.
Hampton commanded him to drop the
weapon and follow him up the ladder,
which lie did. Only oue more China
man was caught and then the entire
crowd was taken before United States
Commissioner F. P. Sterling, where
the examination was conducted by
! ' "nited States District Attorney Carl
■ Kasch and Mr. Hampton. One of the
' crovvd showed his papers and was re
oasec] ' but Sau Ha Ching, Wong
yee Chu atul Wong Chung had hear
ill " d befol ' e Commissioner Sterling
were ordered deported.
* *
Butte , April 7.—The Butte police
do-.force believe that iu the person of
Joseph C. Williams, alias John Nel
son, who was arrested and confessed
to burglarizing a big hardware store
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Ail Important Arrest.
of the city of several thousaud dol
lars' worth of goods last week, they
have the notorious multi-murderer
James DuuliaYn, who is alleged to
have killed an entire family in south
ern California in 18%. The officers
declare there is a remarkable resem
blauee between the prisoner and Dun
ham, even to minute details aud tiie
facts which they cla'm and refuse to
disclose, they say, are such to war
rant the belief that the prisoner is the
California fugitive, who has been
chased over two continents.
Under a severe sweating Williams
admitted having lived in California.
Further he refused to talk. Upon
Williams' person were found skeleton
keys and burglar»' nippers, revolver
cartridges and a long knife in his
trousers leg. Considerable corres
pondence was fouml, it is said, bear
ing Sau Francisco date marks. Wil
liams was captured after a hard chase
at the point of a gun. His arrest fol
lowed after bis actions had aroused
the suspicions of a roomer occupying
quarters adjoining those of Williams.
Cou I Mine to Resume.
U klkxa , April 8.—After eight years
of inactivity the Helena \ Livingston
Smelting A; Reduction company has
decided to resume work on its coal
mines at Cokedale, near Livingston.
More than 200 nu n will be employed
aud the mines will be kept working
nicht and day. Preparations for be
ginning the work is now going on, but
it will be sixty days before everything
is in shape for the actual resumption
of the work.
This is good news, especially for the
people of Livingston an I vicinity, the
mines being situated within nine
miles of that plaje. The coal will be
made into coke.
a ter i.uso in Supreme Court.
Helena , April ti The supreme
c ourt today heard arguments ou the
appeal of Beujamiu D. Phillips, Hen
ry Siebeu aud Henry Liston against
Robert J. and W illiam Coburn. The
suit was brought to acquire title to 2,000
inches of water in the Big Springs
creek of Chouteau county, and which
the plaintiff alleges has been appro
priated by the Coburns, Judye Dud
ley DuBose rendered a decisiou in fa
vor of the defendants, and from this
appeal was taken. The court took the
matter under advisement.
A (irrat M vuf ation.
There was a big sensation in Lees
ville, Ind. when W. H. Brown of that
place, who was expected to die. had
his life saved by Dr. Kind's New Dis
covery for Consumption He writes:
"1 endured insufferable agonies from
Asthma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon'there
after effected a complete cure." Simi
lar cures of Consumption. Pneumonia,
Bronchitis and Grip are numerous.
It's the peerless remedy for all throat
and lung- troubles Price 50c, and
$1.00. Guaranteed by D. G. Lock
wood, driitf^ist. Trial bottles free.
If the Italiy is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy,
Mna. W inslow's S oothing S yrup , for children
teething. It soother the child, Bottent the gume,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the liest
remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty five cents a bottle.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the Montana
Stockgrowers' Association will be
held in Miles City on April 21, 1903.
Special rates will be given by the
railroad companies.
W. G. Pkeuitt , Sec-Treas.
Shonkin Stock Association.
The refill ir spring meeting of the Shonkin
•Stock association will oe held at the office of Sec
retary T. A. Cummings al Fort Benton on Satur
day May 2d. J. V. CA H HOLL, Chairman.
Notice, Stockmen.
The regular annual meeting of the North Mon
tana Roundup association will be held in Helena,
Montana, on Fridav, April 24, 1(103
,, „ .. ROBERT COBURN, President. !
R. r. Clary , Secretary.
For Sale or Exchange.
Fifty-two copies of the W kbki.y R ivkh P re..h ■
tor $2.(W spot cash, or its equivalent in banka hie ,
paper, (ioods will bedelivered in regular weekly I
Installments during the twelve months following !
receipt of remittance. Satisfaction uuaranteed! :
Address THE RIVKH PRESS, I
Fort Benton, Munt«
Employment Office.
Fort Benton employment office will furnish all
kinds of help on shore notice. Telephone lti-B.
Eggs for Hatching.
From thoroughbred poultry. I am breeding
the most s*lec' of my tlock together with new
blood—best money could buy. 1 have three pens
of pure bred barred Plymoth Rock, also two itens
of pure bred single comb Uiack Minorca, from
which to select eggs for hatchintr. Would lie'
pleased to furnish those requiring egtrs for that
purpose at the small price of Si.50 per lü.
MRS. U PEN NO»'.! TC,
P>ox T."), Fort Benton, Mont.
Stallions For Sale.
I have five head of full blood stallions for sale,
II pedigreed : four Percheron and one English '
Shire ; all will be two year olds in the spring, j
Also one ','lyde stallion, age seven years. These '
stallions can be seen at my livery'stable in Fort
Benton. OSCAR JOHNSTON.
Public Sale of Real Estate.
Notice is hereby given that the chairman of the
board of comity commissioners of Chouteau
county, Montana, will offer at public sale at the
front door of the court house in Fort Benton,
Montana, between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock
p.m. of Saturday April 18, 11103, the following
described real estate, title to which has Iteen ac
quired by the county by tax sale deed: Lot 3 of
block 1, lla\re; lots 7 and H of block Ii, Fort Hen
ton; lots 11, 12, 18, I I and 15 of block 51, Fort
Benton. Terms of sale, cash.
By order of the Board of County Commission
ers. E. r'HANk SAYRE,
Clerk of the Board.
Fort Benton, March 12, 1903.
To Lease.
The ranch on Lower Ilighwi.od, known as Ihe
Hauson ranch, containing IliO acres is for tease
for a term of one or two years -* pply to
IVii. GRAY Ilighwood, Mont.
For Sale.
A few good milch cows for mle. Apply to
JNO. T. SN EAT II,
Fort Benton.
Stallions and Horses.
I have constantly on my horse and cattle ranch
near Chinook, Mont., a number of A-l stallions
and horses for sale. Stallions are Clydes and
Percheron, weight from 1,400 to 2,000 lbs" Horses
can be bought by team, car load, or bunch lots.
Time given on good notes. Address
GEO. E. ROSS,
liox lüß, Chinook, Montana.
To Whom It May Concern.
Tin* public is hereby cautioned against dealing
with any person whomsoever but myself in re
spect to all stock bearing the following brands,
viz:
(/) on left shoulder.
I
U) on either shoulder.
on right shoulder.
Y
S on right shoulder.
Y
I will not recogni:
other person.
i dealings with any
LOT STOCKING.
Steers for Sale.
A small bunch of Oregon two-year-old steers
for sale at my ruicl.. For further particulars
write, or come and see The cattle were fed all
winter. l'AT. roN \ EM,Y,
Fort Beuto.i, Mont.
Bulls for Sale.
Pure br 'd
Al>o one high g
individual
gis ere 1 ^berdeen .)
.Trade Ans?us bull, at
Ii VttTLETT.
Box Elder, Mont.
Hereford Bulls for Sale.
All the bulls belonging to the Baker herd of
cattle «ill be sold cheap, as 1 wish to change.
All old nulls were sin pen last fall. Address
T. I'. STKODK, Whitlash, Mont.
Cattle and Hay Ranch for Sale.
About fifteen miles northwest of Choteau and
six miles south-nest of livnum, Mont.. SS0 seres
of deeded land, and over 2oUO acres under vnce
including state lan I and school land. Open
range a'joining, well wattered bv living springs
that never freeze: two sle-ils to hold Tliil head of
cattle, cuts 500 tons of hav. Will be sold cheap,
or will rent it for the «inter and sell he hay.
There are 500 tons of hay now on the ranch for
sale cheap. Impure of
A. K. PRESi'OTT, Uelena, Mont.
Gasoline Engine for Sale.
A four horse-power aasoline eng ne, nearlv
new anrt in good condition. Suitable for workin"'
irrigation pump or other machinery. For partie
ulars apply to the Kiver Press. "
T. C. Power & Bro.
(LIMITED).
New and Handsome
Line of
Spring
Millinery
All the Litest Styles of Ladies' and Chil
dren's Spring Hats at
PRICES FROM SI TO S20.
Street Hats as Low as 25c.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES.
Spnn
Styles
Handsome
Designs
p. ■
e from 50c. to $6 Each
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DRESSES
FOR THE
LITTLE TOTS
N \v and Elegant
Line at
Prices to Suit.
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Collars
i ess Goods, Laces, Ribbons, Lawns,
it Its, Purses. New Carpets, Etc.
WE SELL EVERYTHING.
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POWER & BRO.
(LIMITED).
JOS. SULLIVAN,
Harness Manufacturer.
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££,ent for the Celebrated
ILL MOUNTAIN WAGONS
/VlcCorn.ick Mowers, Reapers and Steel Rakes
Standard Biiuiinjr "'wine W a«rou Sheets, Stockmen's Bed Sheets, Tai p
8e r îi'P" cf Peddlery Goods of every description.
S.-4 V V\"li mannf;:>-tiii i> at y g »od s iu my line on short notice. Mailorder?
will receive prompt attention.
JOS. SliLLiVAf;
FRONT ST.. FORT BENTON.
BRIGHT'S MERCANTILE AGENCY
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