The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: A. S. Lehman
has ordered 40 automobile for 9 in
his trips to and from his ranch. A
number Of other prominent residents
OF this section are said to be consid-
ering q similar purchase.
Choteau Acantha: Jos. Sturgeon,
of Dupuyer, has just made q deal with
r. Morgan, of Birch creek, whereby
he comes into possession Of all Of the
latter's horses ranging in the north
err portion Of the county. The price
paid per head has not been made pub.
lie.
Conrad Observer: Next spring, II
you take the time to look, you will
see q steam pillow turning over the
ground in the fields around Conrad.
Kalispell parties who have claims
near the town are to be here early in
the spring and the steam pillow Is 60.
ing to come with them.
Hinsdale Homestead: Now that the
announcement has been made that the
government irrigation canal Is a sure
go, the people are beginning to be
lore hopeful and see things a little
brighter. In fact some are already
predicting very prosperous times here
during the coming ummer Guess
they will not be very far off their
guess.
Culbertson Searchlight: Jos. Cul.
b~ertson, for whom our townsite was
named, was here recently for a day or
two. He has been a scout in the reg.
ular army Of Fort Des Moines, Iowa,
but has been transferred to Fort AS.
sinniboine as chief of scouts. Joe was
q dispatch bearer for Custer during
the campaign of 1876 at the time of the
Custer massacre.
Lewistown Argus: Petitions asking
the county commissioners to order q
special election for the purpose OF
submitting to the voters the question
of adopting the White primary cleo
ton law now being circulated in this
city and at other points within the
county this week, and they are being
very generally signed by democrats
and republicans alike.
Glasgow News: Harold Hartley was
severely scalded by q Jap while at
work in the roundhouse Thursday
night. 1t seems that Harold had been
tormenting the Jap in some manner,
when the Jap became enraged and
threw q bucket of s~calding water on
him. His sides and legs were terribly
burned, much OF the skin dropping off.
He will probably be laid up q month
or two.
Glasgow Review: Pat Lafrombaise,
the strawberry breed, will have to an.
swer to the district court on a charge
of selling a stolen horse. The hear.
ing was held befor Judge Kent on
Wednesday and the bonds we're fixed
at $500. Pat says his brother, John,
gave him the horse as a bonus to
leave the country in order that he
might not displace John in the atfec.
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Harlem News: This is the season
of the year when every farm resident
Of the Milk river valley and adjoining
territory should make some effort to
increase the numbers of his nighbors.
That vacant quarter that adjoins your
land on the west held by q non.resi.
dent should have q good thrifty far.
mer IN it. You probably know oil
some reliable man with a good family
back 10 the old neighborhood who has
the means to buy the vacant quarter.
Open up a correspondence with him.
Harlem News: Major w. r. Logan
OF the Fort Belknap Indian reserva a.
ton, returned from Washington yes.
terday, where he went some three
weeks ago in the interest of opening
up a portion of the reserv alton along
Milk river and also for the establish,
ment Of a sugar beet factor at or near
this place, The sugar beet PROPOSE.
ton was right ia line with the ideas
of the Indian commissioner and the
matters so placed before him by Major
Hogan were fully endorsed down to
the very smallest detail.
No false pretense has marked the
career of Ely's Cream Balm. No idle
promises OF rewards for cases it will
not cure. Being entirely harmless, i,
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