The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
AMONG OUR
a Grfst of Items Gathered From Dur
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Malta Enterprises: Valley county
scored some first premiums at the state
fair, In vegetables, grains and grass.
es. The exhibit was small but strict.
~ standard. In future years the couu-
ty will take rank as one of the first
in agriculture and fruit raising.
Glasgow News: Rev. Father Mos.
kopp arrived Tuesday evening from
Great Falls and will take up his per.
manent residence here. He will make
all OF the outside towns in the county
In the interest Of the Catholic church
10 addition to his regular work In
Glasgow.
Ravre P~laiudealer: r. B. Anderson
was in the city the first of the week
from Ada. Mr.. Anderson, by raising
1900 bushels of oats in an unprece-
denied dry season without irrigation,
demonstrated that Montana is not the
unproductive state many easterners
believe it to be.
Harlem News: \. j. Cowan made
the banner sheep deal Of the year when
he sold $500 lambs to w. E. Gosch.
an eastern buyer, for 50 80 per head.
At the same time he also sold to the
same party 5000 old Ewes at s 800 per
head. Both sales were away above
the general average.
Conrad Observer: James Edgar, a
resident of Choteau, and for many
years a we'll known stage driver OF
northern Montana, died last Saturday
while driving from Great Falls to
Choteau. The cause of his death is
reported to be from a dose of wood
alcohol taken in mistake,
Havre Herald: 1t is persistently re.
ported that the Great Northern has
decided to build a large and up-to'
date depot here in the spring, which i,
is said will be among the finest in
Montana. According to the plans q
large dining room will be included in
the building and an excellent dining
service will be offered the travelling
public.
Conrad Observer: \ number of the
+ Cattle company cowboys were ir
town Tuesday, en- route to Rock creek
the mouth Of Prickley Pear canyon,
and to Sun river with a bunch of l,2O(
head Of range cattle, which they are
moving from the northern ranges or
account of no feed. 1t was expected
to move 1000 head, which had beer
gathered, but in the blizzard Of Mon
day night $40 Of them got away.
Havre Herald: A sherif's sale tt
satisfy a chattel mortgage was con
Quoted last Friday at the ranch Q
Thos. Poitras, deceased, under the di
rection of +. T. Broadwater and Mrs
P%oitras, administrators of the estate
by Deputy Sheriff Kehoe. 1O2 heat
of tattle and 36 calves brought 81, 500
being bid in by Simon Pepin; horse
went for $3.50 to the same party, and
light spring wagon sold for s25. TIL
brand was sold with the cattle.
Havre P~laindealer: Jas. Aud,
pioneer of western Canada, and on
of the trail blazers of northern Nor
tana As we'll as one of the earliest res
ldents Of Havre, was this week notife'
by the minister of the interior of Can
ada that he was the owner of 32O acre
of land lying within q mile and
quarter Of Belle PLANE, q thrifty Can
adian town, and seventeen miles cas-
of Moosejaw, q city of 5000 people
and twenty-four miles west of Regina
a city OF about 10000 souls. The Ian
is estimated to be worth about $40, 90
according to the way land is now sell
ing in that locality, and Mr.. Aud ha
had an offer for it approximately fo
that amount