The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
AMONG OUR
Grtse Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana ExchanGes.

= 0f1se OF Items Gathered From OuS
northern Montana Exchanges.
Choteau Acantha: Four of Teton
county's citizens, Mrs. Alice Stolen
berg and two children, of Shelby, and
Robards Brown, Of Choteau, met death
IN the wreck Of the steamer Valencia,
which occurred about ten miles east OF
Cape Beale, near Victoria, last week.
Harlem News: There is no section
OF Montana that has any brighter put
look than the northern part Of the
state along Milk river valley. The
valley Is going to take the lead and
stay there because there is 40 part of
the state that has SO much good farm
lands as is found in this valley.
Choteau Acantha: j. NJ. Wilcox,
OF Shelby. and Peter Wagner. of West
Butte, returned the first of the week
from a trip to Utah where they have
been for several weeks trying to buy
horses. They found that good horses
were higher in price in Utah than in
Montana and returned without making
any purchases.
Conrad Observer: The order by the
government to remove fences from the
public domain, has got some of the
stockmen around Conrad tearing down
fence and removing it. One firm has
taken down Is miles of {, nee and an
mother has taken down about l. mi!es.
There ought to be a bargain sale of
barbed wire soon,
Chinook Opinion: A committee con-
slstlng OF A. H. Reser, John Matheson
and j. D. Blackstone is to meet Satur.
day to apportion the cost of the APP
peal in the injunction proceedings Of
the Belknap Indian agency, among
the different water users according to
the acreage involved. The defend ants
in the proceedings all united in the
appeal to the U. $. circuit court at
San Francisco.
Hinsdale Homestead: From private
advices it is believed that the man
Collins who robbed the till in the ex
press Office, stole Jack Rowe's horse
and skipped out from here one night
last fall, is the man who was arrest
cd and pleaded guilty to a charge of
forgery at Billings, and was recently
sentenced to one year in the peniteu-
tiary. The description tallies with that
of the Collins wanted here on a charge
of horse stealing.
Havre Herald; A crew of men has
been at work for several days setting
out the large consignment Of shade
and ornamental trees recently pur.
chased from the city of Great Falls,
and 1t all of them grow, the view OF
the town from the depot will be great
~ improved during the summer seas
ons. The park is IS feet wide and ex
tends along the railroad right-of.way
for three blocks. A fountain il to be
erected on the drive in front of the
depot.
Havre Plaindealer: Joseph Vala.
don was in town Thursday and re.
ported that one Of his herders had
found the remains of q man near the
MCGEE ranch 200 yards from the coun.
ty road. Three years ago in June /,
was reported to the that q
dead man was in that vicinity but the
coroner was unable to find the body
aud the quest was abandoned. The
lower part OF the body is buried bu,
skull and shoulders are exposed.
There is ~ clue as to who the missing
man is.
Havre Herald: Secretary H.. J,
Meili, of the Havre.Box Elder Tele'
phone company, is collecting in the
su Inscriptions to the capital stock o1
the company with a view to advertis'
Ing for the construction of the line
The line will ue about 80 miles long
and will nnec the ranchers of the
Bear Paws with the city of Havre. l,
is also planned TO make a connection
with the Chinook.Lloyd line, thus en-
abling people in the towns Of Chinook
and Havre to say Hello If every,
thing progresses favorably, work will
be started about the first of March.
Old maids would be scarce and hard
to find,
Could they be made to see,
How grace and beauty is combined
By using Rocky Mountain Tea.
d. G. Lockwood, druggist.
Montana Neslcyan University.