The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
AMONG Our
Grise Of Items Gathered From o"'
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Glasgow Review: A freight tra'n
killed thirty.one head OF STOCK Al
Nashua one day this week. The cat
| tie we're all killed in a distance OF
about one mile.
Glasgow News: Last Sunday morn
ing the government thermometer IN
this city registered 81 degrees below
zero, while some of the other cheaper
Thermometers went as low as o6 oelow.
II any of the old timers a beat thls'
let US hear from them.
Chinook Opinion: We understand
that the Bacon Riud outi, received
back the money paid out to the Canad'
ian authorities On the cattle when
were seized last fall, with the excep-
ton of 500 fine. The dipping charges
cannot be adjusted until the head VET
eriuariau comes west.
Choteau Acantha: VIM. H. Frank.
lin, Of the Burton bench, has filed a
suit in the district court against B. Is.
Rogers for So. POO 90 damages, alleged
to have been caused by irrigating
bitches having been constructed by
the defends ant through plaintiff $ lands
rendering valuele=s certain portions OF
plaintiffs ranch.
Malta Enterprise: Judge Davidson
informs US that while looking up some
Of his cattle a few days ago near Dod'
son. he discovered a number OF dead
cattle that had evidently frozen to
death. He is losing some lambs the
same way although they ha3 a good
shed. Their legs are first frozen and
pretty soon it is all Oft with them.
Choteau Acantha: II. Z. Workman,
the Great Northern immigration agent,
who was here last week with a party
t of Hollanders from Minnesota and
Michigan, reports that nearly all OF
. the Aruott T. Easton holdings on the
Burton bench have been disposed OIL
to this desirable class of settlers. Mr..
:. Workman expects to have another
: party here in a couple OF weeks &c
look over other lands in this vicinity
! that have been offered for sale by the
q owners.
Culbertson Searchlight: c. b. Lob
miller, superintendent of the For
Peck Indian agency, has received
- notice from Washington, d. c., say
y ing that ION and after May l, 1905
all land north Of the Seventh Standar'
Parallel, covering an area 50 mile
a long and 30 miles wide, we'll watered
will be opened for the purpose Z
20 grazing SOC, 600 head of Sheep" H
invites proposals from sheep mer
and If the required number a t
., had no cattle will be allowed fo
grazing purposes. Permission wi
be given to build sheds and hay ca
be bought from the Indians for wiz
o. tering purposes.
h Havre Plaindealer: Henry p. Au
n tin, of Chinook, was arraigned befoI
70 Judge Cowell in the justice court Tue
Is Gay afternoon on the charge of Il
re theft OF some sheep. Austin ha
m been employed for some time
nd the ranch of Lease and Richard
n. near Chinook, in the capacity OF
az foreman. Some time ago he WI
81 discharged and was later arrested
the instig alton of the owners Of Il
I'M ranch who alleged that he had -tol'
i,s some of their property. The eviden'
submitted was not sufficient to salts
the justice that the defendan shou
be held to the district court and t
case vas dismissed.
nd Glasgow News: The necessity of
change in the law to prevent rustlil
n. beef on the range, has caused Repr
IA sentative Patten to introduce a b
nv upon this subject. Under the existil
]e. law, persons disposing of beef are
.se quired to show the hide, but there
nothing TO prevent the hide bel
in shown over and over A case of tt
"a, kind came under our observ alton
Nv few years ago. Some parties we
ID. butchering and shipping beef from
cd outside station to Glasgow "a
nil hides were always shipped with t
nv beef and afterwards returned to /
N. man Strengthening the beef: we'll, tho
,a1 hides were shipped back and 70,
"a. until the hair was bout all worn u
.en If Mr.. Patterns bill is passed,
Is, hides will be marked to prevent tn.
from being shown more than d
Nnol and Nutton (:nSSir.