The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
AMONG OUR
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

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MONDAY, for the purpose of appoint.
ing a o and the trans action of
other business. DR.. Il. w. GETTY
landed the big fish and is to appro.
PIRATE the fat fees of the ~coroner's OF.
nee for the coming term.
Glasgow Review: T. j. Lowrey, of
the firm of Fairbanks Morse CON-.
pany, was doing business in town this
week. He sold a new pumping plant
TO M. f. Weller, and Fred Stanley
purchased a ffteen-horse power engine
and a No. + centrifugal pump with
which to irrigate his ranch near Nash.
Ia.
Glasgow News: Raphael Durant.
better known as "old uncle" died at
IL O'Clock yesterday morning. He was
supposed to be about eighty years old
and has been q resident of Glasgow
about eight years, during which time
he has been on the county. The old
man was a Mexican and rendered val.
liable services to this country during
several Indian wars in the capacity of
scout.
Malta Enterprises: The works of the
Alder Gulch company. at Zortman
have closed down on accoun OF the
cold weather. The new 100 ton plant
OF the Ruby gulch company started
last week under a full head of steam
and reports from there are encourag.
Ing. The ore bodies are immense ifs.
sures and the average values across
a 10 foot ledge, we are assured, is
S24 per ton.
Havre P%laindealer: The engineer.
ing department OF the Great Northern
railway will begin, next week, the
work of enlarging the reservoirs at
Clifford, Chester and Concord, west
OF Havre, on the high line of the road.
For some years especially during
dry seasons, the company has exper.
fenced difficulty in getting water from
Its reservoirs, between Havre and the
mountains, for the engines.
Havre Plainlealer: The Great
Northern Railway company have
found the Japanese more satisfactory
laborers than are the Italians, and
they are d~isplacing the latter for the
former all along their line of rail-
way. This week about two hundred
Japanese. formerly employees of the
Northern Pacific railway, were
brought to Havre. and they will be
distributed along the Montana Cen
trail and the main line to do section
and s~urfaciug work.
Choteau Montanian: Last Satur.
day morning news came to this city
from Dupuyer that some miscrean,
had set fire to Chas. Davlin's hay on
Birch creek, the night before aud de.
stroyed about 70 IONS of hay, q stable,
COW sheds and corral, mourning a loss
of about $1,000. On Monday, Deputy
Sheriff Kunkel, armed with a warrant,
went to James Clark's place and
placed him under arrest. He was
brought before Justice Federhen al
Dupuyer and placed under $1,000 bonds
to appear al the preliminary hearing
Choteau Acantha: Ed. Challenger,
who is accused of having stolen some
guns from a Great Northern car a,
Conrad, was given a preliminar
examination before Justice DeHaas
last Tuesday. County Attorney Cole
appeared in behalf of the state and
Lawyer Bair for the defend ant. A
large number of witnesses from Con
rad were examined, and at the con
clusion OF their testimony the defend.
ant was bound over to the district
court. Bail was fixed in the sum OF
$1,000, which he was unable to fur.
, nish, aud is now confined ia the
county Jail.
Glasgow News: Major Scobey at.
tended court ia Glasgow last week.
When asked about his plans for the
future, he said If he could get q suit.
able house here, he might move here
but ultimately he expected to purchase
a stock farm in Minnesota. He has
: found that the position OF Indian
agent is a hard one to fill to the salts
faction of the Indians, whites and the
department. There has been nothing
against Mr.. Scobey's administration.
Everything il regular and the reser.
walton Is nearer on a selfsuppOrting
} basis than ever before. Last year
about SIS, 900 was collected for grazing
;, purposes.
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