The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-29
AMONG OUR
\ Griss Of Items Gathered From ouS
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Malta Enterprise: 1t will surprise
many of the taxpayers to know the
amount the poor OF the county is cost
ing them. At the meeting on the 6th,
the board paid nearly $1,000 on this
account.
Glasgow Review: The report that
has crept into several papers that
Stock Inspector Tozer was going to
resign his position and engage in the
commission business with q view to
buying horses for the Japanese army,
is a mistake. Mr.. Tozer has no in.
tention of resiguiug,
Chinook Opinion: Jas. Griffin, the
South Yantic rancher, has closed a
contract with Theo. Hillstrom, where.
by the latter will bring his large gaso
line engine down from the mountains
and pump water ou, of Milk river suf-
fcient to irriga ate 50 acres of land on
the Griffin homestead.
Glasgow Review: According to re-
ports from Nashua q school nam in
that vicinity has developed into a
lariat tosser from away back. While
out horseback riding recently she is
said to have roped a large grey wolf
that was harassing q bunch of young
stock. Now, if that wolf had been a
mouse he would still be alive.
Chester Signal: Chester has organ.
lied a Kangaroo court and has tried
one case. This is al out doors court.
The object of this court is to Try able
bodied men who have no visible means
of support aud are not looking for
any job requiring manual labor. The
hoater who stands around looking for
some one to give him a drink should
take a tie pass to the next town.
Glasgow News: One of the C. B. &
Q. balanced compound passenger en-.
gines, No. 2707, is being used in pas.
sengec service between Glasgow and
Willis,on. 1t is one of the very latest
improved engines turned out by the
Baldwin works and is provided with
a dynamo which furnishes electricity
for headlight and lights in the cab.
Lewistown Argus: S. S. Hobson
went out to his ranch on the Judith
); river Monday, escorting a party of
r eastern farmers who are looking for
locations. Mr.. Hobson will endeavOr
to locate them On his tract on the
bench near the river, and will prob
ably succeed. The visitors have been
over to Conrad, and after examining
. the situation there, concluded to have
Q look at the Judith Basin country.
!. Havre P~laindealer: Captain Pat.
terson, of Assinniboine, with l, NJ and
, l. troops made a roundup of the cattle
= on the reserv alton Monday and drove
them all off at the north end of the
reserve, throwing them across Big
Sandy creek. A number of COW men,
who learned Of the roundup either
went out themselves or had repre-
%sentatives out in order to cut out their
cattle and throw them upon their re.
spective ranges.
Chinook Bulletin: The county
board of health, consisting of the
!. county commissioners aud Dr.. Hop.
kins Of this place, met here Saturday
. and r. anized. A notice was sent to
the authorities at Havre that they
should not run the sewerage from their
drainage system into the Milk river
unless they installed a septic tank to
destroy the filth IN the drainage.
Havre had decided not to put in such
a tank and the board took this step to
protect the interests of the owns be.
j. low Hayre that depend upon the Milk
, river tor their water supply.
I Cuibertson S~earchllght: The Great
3 Northern railway have surveyors now
!, on the ground surveying u cutoff be-
i, tween Williston and Culbertson. The
4 line being surveyed leaves the main
line right a. Wi!liston and runs al.
+ most straight West Instead Of circl.ng
around south along the river. IL runs
about eigh, or nine mile north of Blu
ford and Mondak and strikes the
: present line OF ROAD ABOUT u mile
from Bainville. This will leave Bu-
D ford aud Mondak away off the line of
: road and will run about a mile north
) of the present site of Bainville. 1t
t will shorten the DAD between here
q aud Willistou about eight or nine
miles and will make the grade better.
3 u.vra Herald. Adam Hadalin has
leased seventeen acres OF land on
r Louis Bays ranch, known as the
9 Wescott ranch, upon which the brew.
e cry is situated, and will, with his
father, engage in the small fruit in
e dustry. About 1000 fruit trees will
F., be set out as soon as frost is out OF
the ground. The land is particnlarlY