The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
AMONG OUR
A Grise Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Griss Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Malta Enterprise: Judge Davidson
was the first settler in this immediate
vicinity, and located his present
ranch fourteen years ago, when ne had
| the pick between Saco and Dodson.
Choteau Acantha: Preparations
are being made to dip some cattle on
the Blackfeet Indian reservation for
the scab: a large vat is being erected
for that purpose, and the boiler for
heating the dip has arrived.
Glasgow News: w. S. Griffith, who
takes Harry Cosner's place as sheriff,
is the only republican ever elected to
that Office 10 Valley county, and this
il his ''second otense.' He has
chosen Puck Powell, Of Malta, as un'
dersheriff and II. H. Kane, Of this
city. as %jailer.
Cu]bertson Searchligh,: J.Z. Brueg.
ger has been notified by Prof. +. 3.
Liufeld, secretary of the Montana
experiment station at Bozeman, that
u farmers institute will be held in
Culbertson, March s and 8, 1905, in
the school house. There will be two
meetings daily, one in the afternoon
and one in the evening.
Chinook Opinion: John H. Film.
ders bid farewell to his Chinook
friends Saturday and departed for his
old home. Sutherland, Iowa. 1t lacks
but a few months of Ii years since
Mr.. Flinders landed in Chinook from
Iowa, and now he returns there in the
hope that the change of climate will
bring relief from rheumatism.
Che eau Acan,ha: 1t is reported
from Browning that the st. Mary's
Lubricating Oil Co. have just re-
sumed operations after their enforced
shutdown a month ago, on account
of damages received from a forest fire.
Also that a little oil was being taken
out of Somes' drill every day, and
that they are momentarily expecting a
strike.
Choteau Montanian: Last Monday
the change in the county Offices of Te'
ton county took place. Practically
there were but three changes; that OF
sheriff aud superintendent of schools,
and that of county attorney, the re-
mainder of the court house roster be.
ing reelected, with the exception of j.
+ Webb, who will assume the treas.
urer's duties next March.
H%vre Herald: The city council
this week closed a deal for two acres
; Of ground on top Of the hill just south
!. west of Havre for a consideration OF
: S4OU, which also includes a road right
/ of-way thereto. A reservoir with 9
500, 600 gallon capacity will be con
struc,ed thereon to supply water fol
the city. Work will ommence on the
. reservoir early in the spring.
Havre Herald: The surprising de
! velopment OF this city since the disas
trOus fire of a year ago Is to bt
> marked on the evening OF January IL
Ii, when the Havre Fire department
will give its first annual ball at tn,
opera house in celebration OF the pros
\ perity our city now enjoys. 1t is thu
intention of the fire boys to hold thes'
dances annually on the date the fir
! occurred, January ii.
Glasgow Review: Los Blackmol
was in Glasgow last Sunday, havin.
just returned from St. Louis where h,
completed final arrangements for tn
transfer of his ranch and stock in
t~erests to one of the Neidringhau
boys, one of the late owners of tn
fanUus Nm outfit. The New pro
prietor expects to put in about thre
y thousand three-year.old Texas steer
next spring. Mr.. Blackmon viii! b
the resident forema an of the new con
cerlS.