The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
AMONG OUR
A Grise Of Items Gathered From On
Northern Montana Exchanges.

a been experimenting with the rails.
Ing of alfalfa on the bench lands and
says that he has succeeded in raising
q frstclass crop without water. Only
one crop is raised each season but
the stubble makes tirstclass pasture.
Hinsdale Homestead: All the farm.
ers under the Rock Creek canal are
busy these days spreading the water
over their farms. It 10 expected that
some good crops will be harvested in
that section this season.
Malta Enterprise: j. S. Morton
and wife we're in town this morning.
Mr.. Morton was about the only sheep
owner In the county to register q ser.
ious loss. which was due entirely 10
gross negligence on the part of those
he had left in charge. His loss was
about l, 700 head of a value of nearly
$1,000.
Lewistown Democrat: Guy Norman
returned last week from a visit to the
Little Rockies district. MIR. Norman
Is interested in a group Of claims near
Zortman and did some work on them
while there. He was also in the Milk
river country and in the vicinity of
Glasgow and Havre and says that
section of the state looks good and
prosperous.
Malta Enterprises: About a dozen
wagon loads of eros Ventre Indians,
with their squaws and papooses, hit
town on Saturday morning and spent
several hundred dollars with the NJ alta
merchants. Each. outfit brought a load
OF wool that they had plucked from
dead sheep during the winter, and
which found a ready market here at a
liberal figure. and the proceeds of
which they invested as literally.
Chinook Opinion: Claim Agent
Gordon, of the Great Northern, came
in on last nights train to investig ate
and ADJUST the damages from the re.
cent prairie fire at Yantic. Not being
able to agree with George Ross, Mr..
Gordon secured the services of j. f.
Ross and John Many and drove to
the scene OF the fire this morning to
appraise the losses.
Havre P~laindealer: Judgment was
rendered by Judge Piper this week in
the case of John Becker and others
vs.. Diedrich Schilling and Leaunie
Kaiser for about 500. The claim was
on a note made by Leannie Kaiser and
endorsed by Diedrich Schilling. All
parties to the transaction reside in the
neighborhood of Warrick.
Choteau Acantha: The question of
bonding Teton county for the sum of
$40, 600 for the purpose of building q
new court house in the town of Cho-
teau, will be voted upon at a special
election to be held on May 9th, 1905.
AT the present time the county is pay.
Ing each year the sum of 81, l56. 90 as
rent for the court house and county
attorneys Office. This includes iaui.
tors service, lights and fuel.
Culbertson Searchlight: John Man.
ming stopped off here Saturday on his
way from ST. Paul to Boulder Hot
Springs. He verified the statement in
regard to his buying the Hot Springs
property at Boulder. The price was
5000 and the property consists of q
large hotel. several cottages, about
400 acres of fine land aud other valu-
able assets. He took charge this week.
He will not sell his ranch property
here but will leave his son in charge.
Chinook Bulletin: The projected
telephone company for the Milk river
country has filed articles of i%ncorpor-
alton, Messrs. Harris, Green berg and
lO'Keefe being the incorporators. 1t
is the plan of the company to build a
line from here to Havre and Fort BEN
ton in connection with the local sys.
tenn and also to connecv the other
towns in this vicinity with Chinook.
The company is to be owned and con-
trolled by local capital and to be indie
pendent OF the Bell sytem.
Harlem News: Yesterday twenty
men left Harlem for White MUD creek.
near the East End Post, in Canada,
for the purpose of helping in the con-
struction work on the d am that Strong
" Enright, of Butte. have in course of
construction there. The men will 90
direct to Medicine Hat and from there
they will be assigned to their different
positions with the big outfit. The res.
ervoir Is being constructed by A. E.
Cummings, Of Helena, and will DE an
immense affair. 1t will be used for
irrigation purposes by the above firm
on their 40, 600 acre ranch in that vi
cinity and will be the largest private
reservoir In western Canada.