The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-01
AMONG OUR NEI0HBORs.
a Grtse of Items Gathered From Out
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Conrad Observer: Report comes
from Dupuyer that a number of stock.
men are complying with the govern.
ment order and removing fences from
government land.
Malta Enterprise: Kelly 4 Barrett,
saloon men of Dodson, have been held
in bonds OF $500 each to the United
States district court, to answer to the
charge of selling liquor to Indians.
Choteau Acantha: A fine flowing
we'll was struck on one of Francois
Truchot's ranches north of the Muddy
last Saturday, by John Zimmerman.
The we'll is about ninety feet in depth
and is reported as being the best arte.
sian we'll yet struck in that section of
the country.
Harlem News: Horse thieves are
active in and about Zortmau. Tur.
colt, OF Landusky, lost q horse. sad.
die and bride recently. It is also re.
ported that the Coburn Cattle com.
pany are also out twenty head that
have been missing from their pasture
for some time.
Glasgow News: Justice Wilson's
court at Malta was occupied Thurs.
day by the case wherein MINI Cowan,
q constable at Harlem, was the de.
fend ant for destroying fence on the
land OF Warren P. Sewers. At the
conclusion of the evidence the Judge
fined Cowan $50 and costs, amounting
In all to 1927. 70. The case has been
appealed to the district court.
Glasgow News: T. M. Patten had
q narrow escape from death at the
stocky ards last Saturday. While en-.
gagged in loading cattle he was stand
ing behind one of the large chute
gates, and the cattle that were crowd.
ed in the chute broke the gate down,
knocking Mr.. Patten off his feet and
the bunch stampeded over him. He
was badly cut and bruised but got off
without any broken bones.
Hinsdale Homestead: On Tuesday
night two carloads Of sheep belonging
to w. f. Gosch which had been loaded
at this place for shipment we're run off
the switch and ditched in the west end
of the yards here. There were about
100 sheep killed and one car was pretty
badly smashed up. The wreck oc-
Cured. we understand, while several
trains were passing and was on &C.
count of shortage Of track room.
Conrad Observer: 1t will be only
three years this coming January since
the town Of Conrad was founded. On
that d ate six buildings were removed
from the old town of Pondera and the
town was founded. The town has not
grown up like magic. but has been of
a steady, substantial growth, until to.
day we have a total of 81 buildings,
including business houses and resi-.
dences, many of the latter comparing
favorably with residences in large
cities.
Havre Herald: II everything con.
tiuues to go as we'll for the next few
days as In the past, water will be turn.
ed in the new mains next week. This
is not the water from the city supply
pumps, but the pipes will be connected
up with the pump at the Havre Electric
Co., and the water pumped from the
we'll at the power house. BY this
means the pipe lines can be tested out
at once and our people a begin to
connect up with the mains: it Is in-
tended that this is a temporary ar
~raugement.
'Culbertson Searchlight: Otto Soho.
enfeldt, of Helena, chief of the Mon
tana Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection, arrived here Tuesday even
ing and hreatened the arrest of Con.
stable Frank Mathews for not doing
his duty in ~arresting law breakers for
selling liquor to minors. He visited
several saloons in Culbertson and
gave the proprietors printed notice OF
the state law in regard to minors, Indi-
ans, ETC., and told them ii they vic.
lated the statutes they must expect to
take the consequences.
Chinook Opinion: Deputy Sheriff
Flanagan is here this week serving
papers in the Milk River water rights
suit on the defendant In this vicinity
and issue will soon be joined in this
important litigation. The defend ants
include all of the water users In this
section of the valley. They have 70
days to file their replies and II they
make no effort to delay the progress
of the suit, the case may soon be be.
fore the courts. Commissioners will
probably be appointed to take tn.
great mass OF testimony that will be
submitted.
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