The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
MON OUR
i. Grise Of Items Gathered From Ouy
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Choteau Acantha: VIM. Cowgirl
has sold two bands Of lambs to Bart
Armstrong, of Great Falls. Mr..
Cowgirl will winter them on his Birch
creek ranches. The price is said to
have been g. IS per head.
Malta Enterprises: Jim Thornhill
last week sold his entire band of
horses, except eigh. head of work and
saddle stock. 1t was probably the
largest deal in horsefesh made 10
Montana this year. They went to
Canadian buyers.
Harlem News: AN effort will be
made at the annual meeting of the
Milk River United Irrigation associa.
ton here December 18th, to have all
the withdrawn lands that cannot be
irrigated, thrown open 10 settlement.
Many desert claims will then be open
to fling.
Culbertson %Searchlight: The Great
Northern Railway officials have
granted emigrant rates from eastern
points to Culbertson to 90 into effect
Nov. 9Th. Members of the Danish
colony are availing themselves of
these reduced rates and will arrive on
nearly every train during November.
Chinook Opinion: f. O. Walters
narrowly escaped death last week in
a coal mine. While working in the
mine In q STOPPING position a heavy
lump OF earth over head fell, crushing
him badly and cutting him severely
about the face. Mr.. Walters is able
to get around now although rather
lame.
Hiusdale Homestead: Brands Il
Thompson, Of Corunna, Michigan.
who have a band of sheep wintering
on Larb creek have thirty carloads OF
sheep at this place and twenty at
Malta waiting for shipment. They
have been waiting for about thirty
days past with no satisfaction as yet
In regard to obtaining cars.
Lewistown Democrat: Richard
Town, a resident of the western part
of the county, has sold to John H..
Town, for $4,000, 500 head of cattle
and 40 head of diamond bar-diamond
horses. Besides this the sale includes
a steam irrigating plant and farm
wagons and harness. The stock will
be removed to the ranch OF John Town
near Cut Bank.
Conrad Observer: James Stew art,
one OF the few lucky ones who struck
1t rich in Alaska, is on q visit to hi<
brother, Duncan, the popular saloor
man of Bynum. He is exhibiting al
sizes OF nuggets to the Bynumites aut
Is said to have started a Klonkik,
fever which will be hard to cure. Mr.
Stewart says he took $50, 900 worth q
gold out of the ground the past sum
mer.
Havre Plaindealer: "A warrant wa,
this week issued for Joe Gcldinr
charged with the larceny of a team o
horses from v. w. Heydlauf, O
Wild Horse Lake. Gelding had beer
haying for the owner of the horses ant
pulled out one night the first of the
week with the team. Officer George
Bickle took a saddle horse and found
the much wanted mar on the range
north OF Havre Tuesday and brouyh,
him to town.
Glasgow News: Samuel Denton,
who filed a homestead north of Cul.
bertson some time ago, arrived Tues.
day from Great Falls, where he has
been engaged in business for a long
time. He is awaiting the arrival Of
an Avery traction engine Of 30 Fl, p
which he expects to use in breaking
up his homestead and desert claim.
and the lane OF any other person il
tn community that has blowing to b,
done. lie will use ten l4-inch blows
lie can pillow, seed and harrow the
ground at the same time,
Havre Herald: Richard Fischer,
engineer OF I'riplet Il Mays thre-hinu
outfit was a city visitor Monday to
secure some repairs for the engine.
The outfit was at the McGrew ranch
Monday, having finished ,hreshing
the grain in this neiyhborhood las,
week. In all there was little less than
5000 bushels of grain produced 10 the
Immediate vicinity of Havre. The
crew will work on down the valley 10
Clear creek and will then 20 up tina,
creek into the Bear Paws, where they
have about a months work CONTRACTED
for.
Tells Employees To Shoot.