The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
AMONG Our NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

" AZ VI Items O0tnefeo From Jul
northern Montana EXCHANGES.
havre Herald: Following the poll.
cy Tor the improvement of the morals
OF the city as outlined in Mayor New.
man policy, the council at a meeting
Monday night passed a resolution
prohibiting the employment OF women
In places where liquor is sold.
Glasgow News: Clarence Hall re-
turned yesterday from a trip TO the
Missouri river and he says he has
never seen as much water in this
country as there is now. He came
near losing one Of his horses while
crossing Duck creek near Lismas.
Conrad Observer: The F Cattle
company spring round up passed
through town yesterda y morning and
campeu two miles west Of town. They
had about 800 head Of cattle which
have been gathered along the Pom.
dera and which will be turned loose
on the Blackfeet reservation.
Harlem News: Charles Witcomb.
manager OF the Raoy Gu!ch Mining
company was in the city last Sa,ur-
day. on his way 10 Great Falls. Mr..
Whitcomb states that they will begin
crushing the ore OF the new strike lust
as soon as they can parchase horses
enough to haul the ore from the noun.
tains. The company now has a force
OF men working on the new tramway
and it will not be ready for use for a.
least a month.
Glasgow Review: AS we so TO press
the rain which has drenched this
vicinity the past week has abou,
ceased. The Milk river has risen
about Ii feet and can not be forded a,
any point. It is reported that the big
Truscott dam on Willow creek wen,
out las! night, bu, the rumor is uncon.
hrmed and it is probably untrue. The
Mahou Il Hoy. reservoir is filed &c
overlooking and all the bottom lands
are we'll nigh inundated. On the east
fork of Cherry creek some of the
ranchers had to leave their homes.
Havre P~laindealer: VIM. Branden
burger, better known as Spokey. ar
old time freighter who has resided il
the west for the past fifty years thi.
week received $4,000 as a back pension
and is to get SIS a month while h,
lives. 1t was presumed by his people
who have lived in Indiana that he wa.
deai and affidavits we're given TO tn,
effect that he had been dead more thar
20 years by his people in Indiana. H,
proved 70 the contrary and Is now en-
joying his $4,000 with his friends.
Malta Enterprise: VIM. Coburn wh,
lefthere the last of November with job,
S%urvant for South America, arrived
home on Sunday. When Mr.. Survan
left Buenos Ayres for home, Mr.. Co
burn took a pack outfit and set GU
for the interior. penetrating the wild
and almost uninhabited wildernesse,
for a distance Of thirteen hundred
miles, among the native Indians, til,
most indolent people on earth. As
sto~ckgrowing region be was tavora
bly, impressed with some portions, bu
to secure a location is a difficult mat
ter. as the English have secured con
c%essions for everything in sight.
Chinook Opinion: The fair associa
ton last week had collected more thar
the amoun necessary to buy the lot,
on the fiat for the fair grounds ant
have sent the cash and the formal ap
pllcatiOn for the land 70 the Judge O
the district court at Fort Benton
More funds are being solicited by tn
committee TO secure the amount neces
sary for fencing, bailding a gran(
stand and Other improvements tina
will nave to be made before the fair i
held this summer. They have had NJ
trouble in securing subscriptions AM
the liberal response tina was made I,
their solicitation for funds is abund
art evidence of the determination O
the business men OF the town to max
the fair a success Us we'll as a proc
OF the progressive spirit of the cit,
and its business men.
Livestock Facts and Figures.