The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-09
AMONG DUN
A Griss Of Items Gathered From ou'
Northern Montana Exchanges.

the 18th, at which time some OF the
stockmen will be ready to load.
Hinsdale Homestead: Two more
train loads of about twenty cars each
Of range cattle were shipped in and
unloaded at this place Wednesday
and turned onto the range. The cat
tie came from Teton county.
Chester Signal: The range looks
better now than at any time this year,
the splendid rains and the damp days
Of the past week have been doing good
work and with a few more rains this
month we a see 20 easou why
winter feed would not be as good as
usual.
Malta Enterprise: D. Il. Parks re-
turned from Canada last week. He
vas not favorably impressed with the
country as a place where a M%outanian
could go 70 better his condition.
Building uaterial is scarce. fuel high
aud the insect pests abound to the an.
roy ance of man aud beast.
Choteau Acau,ha: Parties in the
northern portion of the county report
that the heavy rain o: last week washed
out the dam of the Halvorson reservoir |
north of Cut Bank. This reservoir |
was built last year at a cost of &c.
COO and The loss will be a serious one
to the people Of that section.
Glasgow Review: VIM. Jaycox was
a visitor in Glasgow Monday. He
states that his company will ship cat
tie from the Glasgow yards on the
18th. 10Th and 18th of this mouth.
Mr.. JaycoX states his roundup will
probably ship about 5000 head OF
beef from Glasgow this fall belonging
to the Square and other outfits.
Harlem News: Road Supervisor
w. d. Cockrane, Of Hays, was in the
city Monday for the purpose Of filing
a bid for the construction Of the Har.
lem-Zortman road, upon which active
work will soon be started. He reports
that the hay crop in his locality will
NC IL UItdu ! l. SChISg ONAus
to the excessive amount of rain in that
vicinity.
Chester Signal: We are informed
that NJ. &. Price has just completed
the laying out Of a twenty-acre own
site ear Whitlash postoftice. This
town is being promoted by Thomas p.
and Alfred c. Strobe, who intend put
ting in a general store this fall, or
early next spring. The location is a
good one and such an enterprise
should succeed.
Glasgow News: The work on the
grade for the tracks at the new stock.
yards has been completed and the
tracks will be put in at once. The
pens are also nearing completion and
in a few days everything will be ready
for use. The outfit that did the grad
ing have moved into town and will
level down the bank OF dirt where the
old coal shed was located and do
some grading for the new yard.
Chinook Opinion: James E. F. Par.
otte was In from his Fifteen Mile home
last week and tells Of the great rain
storm which visited his section of the
country on Wednesday of last week.
He says that ten inches Of rain fell in
five minutes after the rain started. Ia
3 fact the storm vas of such fury tina,
e the shingles Of his house, where they
project over the caves were broken of
. by the weight of the falling water.
Chinook Bulletin: Last week rains
. brought the river up to q higher mark
than it has been at any time this year
t The water was so thick with clay and
! mud, however, that it was necessary
to pump all the water for the city wa
!. terworks into the settling tank and lei
r it stand for ~ hours, before pumping
it into the tank up town. The rains
e filled the water holes on the range anG
made the prospects for the grair
r crops still brighter.
= Lewistown Argus: Theodore Hoge
land, of Deerfeld, will hold one WOO
record this year. He brought in las
week the heeces from Is sheep, which
were kept around the ranch house
= From one of these sheep, q feec,
weighing - pounds was taken, whil'
another weighed 20 wounds. Thu
wool from the entire l8 head brough
h an average price OF s4.85, and wa
a bought by Jack Patterson. the dea,
Of the wool buying corps, and WHIT
e was never known to let u good thinf
q pass him by If money could stop it
q Ia alton of the phenomena
price realized from these sheep, it Il
necessary t 0 say that they had no
q been sheared for two years.
II or Interest to Settlers.