The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
AMONG OUR
a orlst Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

No'ooon OplnlOO: w. b. sands
has been appointed by Miss Akin.
son, county superintendent, to fill the
vacancy on the board Of trustees for
the Chinook school district.
Malta Enterprise: The promised
reduction in freight rates, heralded
to shippers some time ago, is here.
On third class from St. Paul, the re.
ductlon Is a whole cent per hundred
pounds.
Hinsdale Homestead: We under.
stand that Col. T. f. Snead and son,
Robert, have sold about $4,000 head
OF sheep to A. w. Powell. The deal
was closed a few days ago and is the
largest deal that has occurred at
Hinsda!e. The price was a good one,
but was not made known.
Choteau Acautha: A. Baker, spe.
cial agent of the interior department,
is in the county investiga ting land
entries-both desert and homestead,
OF course the results Of his investiga.
tions have not been made public, but
1t Is no secret that some land holders
are very much ~ the anxious seat.
Chester Signal: L. D. Pugsley has
placed an order with a representative
OF the j. l. Case company for a com.
plete threshing outfit for immediate
delivery. Mr.. Pugsley has one of the
best ranches in this section of the
country and the immense crops he
harvests plainly shows what our lands
Will produce il properly guilty ated.
Malta Enterprise: On Thursday
morning when the eastbouud train
arrived, it was reported a mar had
been run over and killed. The train
stopped for water, but vent past the
tank a few feet. Just as it started to
back up Jack Thornton, a young IAN
OF Seattle. who "a riding the blind
baggage, attempted to climb out and
was so badly crushed in the head and
chest that he expired Immediately.
Havre Herald: The socialist coun.
ty convention was held in Havre Tues.
day last. The nominations are as
follows: j. Thompson, of Clear
Creek, senator. Henry Hagen, of
Fort Benton, contractor, for state rep.
resentative, j. E. Bush. OF Zortman,
hotelkeeper, for state representative.
Z. G. Miller, secretary of the county
central committee, filed the ticket
Thursday with the county clerk and
recorder.
Havre P~laindealer: The city sold
the $50, 600 bond issue At a meeting of
the council Wednesday evening to the
Security State Bank. The bonds we're
purchased at par and bear 6 per cent.
interest and are redeemable in ten
years or payable in twenty years at
the option of the city. They changed
their minds on the site for the city
hall and propose now buying what Is
known as the ~Stringfellow site, corner
Of Fourth avenue and First street, for
which they will pay . 5000.
Glasgow News: Much has been said
o! the pro~ductiveness of the soil of the
Milk river valley. 1t is worth the
time Ut any person to visit the garden
of NJ. L. Weller, within half q mile of
town. He has twenty acres of as fine
vegetables as ever grew ia the temper.
ate zone. He had a patch of potatoes
that yielded at the rate of 500 bushels
per acre and sold at about = cents
per pound making an income of about
$1,000 per acre. He has $500 heads
of cabbage making money for him
every day and many other vegetables
of the finest kind.
Lew!stown Argus: Walter j. Win
nette came in from Mcdonald creek
this week, and reported that u band OF
~ tue horses had been run off from
his place ia one bunch. Mr.. Winuette
came here for the purpose of confer.
ring with the stDckmeu and Sheriff
Slater, and as a result of this, Il fund
OF 81, 1000 wa, raised among the stock.
men for the protection OF their inter.
ests. OF this sum. 81 600 will be paid
tor The return of the band of Winn.t,e
horses, and 500 will be paid for the
arrest and conviction of each person
guilty o! stealing horses in this couu.
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