The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-18
AMONG OUR

AMONG OUR NEIGHBORs.
A Grist of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: Weidler & Par
ham finished the last of their shipment
OF sheep to Billings this week, making
q total of 5000 head which they will
feed there this winter.
Glasgow News: NJ. E. Weller, the
gardener, brought in some mammoth
vegetables Tuesday. There was one
cabbage measuring "a inches in cir.
conference and weighing II pounds.
The potatoes weigh about q pounds
each.
Malta Enterprise: Jones Bros. last
week purchased some 300 head of stock
cattle, including some steers, OF "Long
john Forgey, and another hundred,
same class, OF the Missouri river.
The price paid was as low as els for
young stuff to s22 for other animals.
Conrad Observer: W. are reliably
informed that several stockmen in the
Dupuyer district have this week been
notified that the fences on all govern
ment land must be removed. The or.
der specifies that all fences not re-
moved inside Of go days will be re-
moved by the government and the cost
will be charged to the
Havre P%laindealer: Lieut.. Mays,
of Fort Assinniboine, states that sew
eral inches of snow has fallen in the
mountains and that the warm suu
thawing it had again started the wa
tiers to running in Beaver creek. The
first Of the week the water was rushing
In the formerly dry bed of Beaver
creek as far down as Nine Mile.
Malta Enterprise: The Great North
ern claim agent was here q week ago
and made settlement with those whose
property was destroyed by the fire set
by the engines some time ago. John
Turmoil was allowed 50 per ton for
the 124 tons of hay destroyed. He
could not replace the hay by several
dollars per ton, but preferred to settle
rather than to litigate.
Havre Herald: School Clerk Allen
has completed the roll of the children
of Havre school district No. l6, which
shows quite a substantial gain over
last years census. There are 9l3
children of all ages in the district this
year as compared with 872 last year,
but since then q new district has been
cut out Of the Havre district taking
away about SO children, so we have
gained nearly 100 In the year.
Belt Times: It IL common talk
among the miners employed in the
Anaconda Copper Mining company's
coal mine at this place, that recent de-
velopments in the mine have opened
up a wider vein and containing better
and cleaner coal than any heretofore
encountered in the mine. Conserva-
tive miners estim ate that the company
now have coal enough in sight to last
at the present rate Of mining at least
twenty years.
Havre Herald: Reports coming in
from the towns up and down the line
to President Newman of the United
Milk River Irrigation association are
of a most encouraging nature. The
committeeman at several points have
reported the following collections:
At Saco 1925 have been raised, and
this will be increased to 5000; Malta,
SAILS: Havre, $555; Harlem, $500. Glas.
gov, Dodson and Vandalia report
good progress but do not state the
amounts subscribed.
Harlem News: w. w. Mclaughlin,
Prot. Linfield, of the state experimental
station at Bozeman, NJ. J. Costello,
immigration agent of The Great North
ern railroad, S. NJ. Woodward, of
Washington, D. c., accompanied by
L. NJ. Everett, drove out to the ex.
detrimental farm some twenty miles
north of this city, for the purpose of
looking over the country there with
the idea of doing a large mount of
experimental work there next summer
In the way OF raising crops without
irrigation.
Choteau Acantha: Sheriff McKen
zie returned last evening from Shelby,
having in custody q Joe DAILY who
had been bound over to the district
court by Justice Dawes on a charge
Of grand larceny. DAILY is accused of
stealing a horse and saddle from Al.
bert Goeddertz, of Sweet Grass, in
May, of this year. He admits the
theft OF the saddle, but claims that he
traded horses-probably while the
Ownar was absent. His hal I wac 6vod