The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
AMONG OUR
4 Griss Of Items Gathered From OuS
Northern Montana Exchanges.

4 GrtSt OF Items Gathered FEOW Ou'
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow News: The Indian round
up is to begin May 18th. Orders have
been issued from the agency that all
stock must be removed from the reser-
walton at the expiration of the per-
nits.
Glasgow Review: Henry Landre
will put up his shearing pens about q
half mile west Of Squaw Crossing and
expects to commence shearing about
May 10Th. He already has some 49,
600 head booked and expects TO secure
as many more.
Conrad Observer: According to AS
SCISSOR McCuaig, who is now going
the rounds, the assessed valuation OF
Teton county will he one half million
dollars less this year than last. This
IL brought about by a lower valuation
being placed upon stock.
Havre P~laindealcr: Customs In.
spector Nj. j. Healy made an official
trip to the Canadian line at Wild
Horse lake the first of TIE week. He
stated that at no time within the past
thirty years had there been so little
water in the lake as there Is at this
time.
Chinook Bulletin: Engineer Babb
with four of the party that amt here
last week has beer in Browning on
the Indian reservation to establish a
! branch headquarters aud to start an
outfit working out from there. NJ. A.
: Woodell will be left in charge there.
> 1t is expected that l.. II. StOrkman
! and II. w. Morse will be left in charge
: Of the Chinook Office.
q Glasgow News: Prairie fires are
g. getting quite common around Poplar
the past few days and it has been
e necessary for Supt. Lohmiller to post
; notices calling all employees and white
residents as we'll as Indians to assist
in fighting these fires, refusal Of which
I employees will be dismissed from the
, service, Indians put in the guard
house and white citizens will be rec
commended to the commissioner for
removal from the r~eserv alton. Re.
fusals will evidently be very few and
far between.
Conrad Observer: After delviug il
the bowels of the earth for years,
Beatty brothers have been rewarded
by uncovering q vein Of two foot Of
very rich ore, some of which was ex-
hibited in Conrad last week. The
d mine is located on West Butte II
is Chouteau county. The ore that was
10 exhibited in Conrad last week was ir
charge of MIR. Young of Great Falls
Ie who is interested in the mine. He haC
IS about 300 pounds of the ore and esti
1t mated that it would run So, 600 to the
ton in gold.
d. Hinsdale Homestead: If the peopl'
* of the valley refuse TO sign for the wa
ter, how al they expect the govern
ment to 60 ahead and construct thu
irrigation system? Under the pro
d posed plan the government does no
'e expect to make a profit off the people
but simply give them the water system
z other words the government is doinl
re the work and loaning the people .
this valley the amount required tt
build the system for a period of te.
years without interest.
Chinook Opinion: The ranchers ol
North Fork from A. E. Nelson's plac
~ up to about five miles above Pete
Denny's place, have formed a com
II pany and will take out a ditch fror
ir West Fork to irrigate their lands. /
four-foot dam and about four an
one half miles Of ditch will be used t
used to carry the flood waters into tn
dry lake beds between the two forks
where there is a natural reservoi
covering about $500 acres. The wor
a. 0! ditch making will be started abol
June lst by Mr.. Denny with his Ell
no CINE.
o.. Choteau Acantha: George Min,
agent for the Sun River Land an
O.. Stock company, of Sunnyside, wa
Y. here Monday and swOre out a scare
y. warrant in Justice DeHaas' court ia
e: the recovery of about $50 head c
I'm sheep alleged te have peer conceale
in u band of sheep owned by O. A
v. Aynsley, Of Collins. The sheep i
or question are now on their way to Che
ng teau and the question of OWNERSHIP
er. will be determined in court, Mr.. Ayn,
US ley claiming them to be his propert
it's and not the property of the complain
ing witness.
ed The May Weather Record.
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in II the weather conditions of the pre-