The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
AMONG OUR
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Chester Signal: DR.. Dunlap has
won his sui. in the Colorado courts
against Bruce Davis, formerly Of
Sweet Grass hills. A motion and ar.
gument for a new trial was made
which was denied by the court and
Davis settled the bill.
Chinook Opinion: The school board
held its first meeting Monday, when
the new trustee, Mr.. Prosser took his
office. John Many was elected chair.
man and the board prepared notices
for bids for the purchase of new school
house bonds to the amount of $21, 500.
Glasgow News: j. j. Kerr returned
from Culbertson Tuesday morning,
where he attended the hearing Of Har-
mar Stafford who had been accused
OF holding up a man there. The boy
was exonerated Of the charge. A
number Of reliable witnesses testified
to his presence elsewhere at the time
OF the holdup.
Choteau Acantha: Henry Ford, OF
Augusta, a son of Samuel Ford, of
Great Falls, has the distinction of
possessing probably the smallest liv-
ing child on record. The child-the
thirteenth in the f~amily-born last
week, weighs II ounces and in spite
OF its ~G,minutive size, is we'll formed
and apparently healthy.
Glasgow Review: There is an over
abundance of buns and FOUNDERS
about town and 1t might be Il good
idea to inaugurate a general roundup
OF this element and the admonition
given that ~ hours will be time
enough to gather up their belongings
and hike out, otherwise presentations
of steady jobs on the streets will be in
order.
Havre Herald: Mayor Newman has
forwarded to Secretary of State Hay,
at Washington, the monster protest
against the diversion of the Milk river
waters by the Canadian government.
The protest vas signed by nearly
every farmer, merchant and property
owner in the Milk river valley from
Havre to Glasgow and contained over
1000 names.
Havre Plaindealer: Chas. Mortar.
ty, who has been with the Great Nor
them railway for the past fifteen years
and is accredited with being the best
trackmau west of St. Paul on the
Great Northern Railway system, lef,
Havre this week for the Klondike,
where he has been given charge Of
thirty miles of construction work on
the new railway leading into that
country at a salary of $500 per month
Glasgow Review: The board OF
school trustees formally accepted the
new high school building Wednesday
afternoon and paid the contractors
Fuller Il BossuOt, the balance due or
same. Those who have visited the
building since its completion are higt
in their praise of the magnificent
structure and feel that besides beins
an actual necessity it will be q source
Of lasting pride to the people of tn,
district.
ChOteau Acantha: The board o
directors of the Leo,a Mining a. Man
ufacturing Co. have ordered a drill
ing machine from the Star.Goodwir
Co., of Akron, Ohio. The machine i.
expected to arrive in four or tivt
weeks and the drilling of wells in thu
Bannatyne oil field near Collins, vii
then be commenced. The machine i.
guaranteed to drill to a depth of 3,ON
feet and Will drill any size of hol,
up TO II inches IN diameter.
Harlem News: Deputy Sheriff Min
ugh made his first arrest Friday even
ing. ~ freight train pulled into Har
lem from the east and after blockins
the crossing here for ten or tiftee,
inmates the engine went down to tn
stUcky ards, a mile or SO from town, tt
pick up some loaded cars Of hay. A
warrant was quickly issued by Justic,
Nennum and it was served on the con
ductor of the train for blocking tn,
public highway an unnecessary length
of time. The conductor was fined s
which he promptly paid and he go
out of town as oOn as possible. Ev
cry conductor along the line knows al
about Harlem now, and the crossin!
will not be blocked again for SOM
, time to come, as all the freight con
ductors ''cut" for the crossing nov
2 without being told.