The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: After trying for
several years. J. c.. Duff has sue.
ceeded In securing a back pension OF
S'62.6O for Peter B. Lukin of Kipp,
Mont, who is a veteran of the civil
war.
Choteau Acantha: c. Ed. Lukens
has sold to Joseph p. Woolman 1895
acres in township - and % north,
range s west, formerly the Kellogg
and Buchholz ranches, for a cousid
GRAFTON of Sl4, $50.
Chester Signal: Edward Price, for
several years engaged In the cattle
business near Beatrice, has sold his
holdings except the cattle, T. Martin
Wasesha, and has taken the cattle to
Valley county. where he will locate.
Glasgow News: Mahon & Hoyt
have rugged up a steam pillow at their
ranch aud are using their threshing
engine for the motive power. The en-.
CINE Is attached to eight plows and
they are plowlng twenty acres per
day.
Malta Enterprises: The boys at the
Phillips ranch now have Ave captive
coyotes under the incubation process
and will turn them loose when thor.
oughlX loaded. They were caught in
the open and roped. B. NJ. Phillips,
son of B. D., had his horse fall in q
chase and was rendered unconscious
for a few minutes.
Chinook Bulletin: The August re.
port OF the Chinook creamery shows
the expenditure Of S957.S7 among the
patrons Of the factory for milk. The
patrons received % cents a pound for
butter fat. The factory manufactured
I,l75 pounds of butter, all of which
had a ready sale in this and the ad.
joining towns.
Hinsdale Homestead: Our sister
town. Saco, is having a building
boom. The contract ha. just been
awarded tor a new ST, 600 school house.
Postmaster Nelson will build $40, 600
store and brick building and Cecil
Tayloris building a fine new residence.
Messrs. Fuller & Bossout have the
contract for building the school house
and the new store.
Harlem News: From samples of
fax and alfalfa raised at the expert.
mental farm, some twenty odd miles
north OF Harlem, which were planted
as late as June 10Th, u splendid show
ing has been made. Thousands of
acres OF unclaimed land are 10 the vi.
entity of the farm and it is being rap.
idly settled up. If you want to get
some of this valuable land now is the
time to get in and get it before it is
everlastingly too late.
Conrad Observer: Receiver j., w.
Speer OF the Montana Cooperative
Ranch company, is in the vicinity of
Shelby this week for the purpose of
conducting a sale of a part of the As.
sets of the defunct company. The sale
will consist of 5000 sheep, 1890 lambs,
100 head Of cattle and 30 horses. The
sale will be made privately and as
several prospective purchasers have
looked over the stock, no trouble will
be experienced in %disposing Of it.
Havre Herald: Arthur D. johnson,
secretary Of the Havre Industrial as.
ISOLATION, reports that 81, 475 has been
collected in the city, thus assuring
construction Of the telephone line up
Bull Hook, along Box Elder and to
connection with the Cleveland. Chi
nook line. Farmers along the line
have already verbally assured sub
scrlptiOns and work that will complete
the line, and George NJ. Purnell and
Dr.. d. s. Mackenzie were Tuesday
sent out rs q committee 20 get the
pledged cash. II is intended to com.
plete the line before frost.
Malta Enterprise: j. G. Smith, of
Columbus Junction, Iowa, was here on
Monday in search of land. He had
with him a warrant for l2O acres of
land that was issued to William Glib.
hort, private, Illinois militia, Black
hawk war, March Ii. 1856. The war;
rant belongs to the son of the man to
whom it was issued, and it seems q
little peculiar that they would hold the
warrant and see the rich fields of Ill.
nois, Iowa, and all the balance of the
vast public domain melt away without
an effort to acquire the part to which
they were entitled. In 1856 the entire
region west of Illinois "a practically
a wilderness. Much of the land in
that territory is now valued i S7j to
5000 per acre. This old warrant will
now be located in the Milk river val.