The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-18
AMONG OUR
4 Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
northern Montana Exchanges.

Havre Herald: Thos. Triplet, an
old prospector from the Bear Paw
mountains, left Thursday night for
Butte, Mont. Mr.. Triplet has some
valuable specimens of gold ore which
he will have assayed ). Butte.
Glasgow News: Word has been re.
ceived that Harry Steele, a sheepman
in northern Dawson county, lost seven
hundred sheep recently in a hail
storm. The herder was badly pounded
but moi very seriously hurt. Steele
had peer running sheep for other per.
sons and he had just sheared out the
main band. The sheep that we're
killed and drowned during the storm
were his own.
Malta Enterprises: Geo. L. Bickler,
who was in town last week, claims TO
have been in the battle of the Big
Hole, which occurred Aug. 1877. Bick.
Ter was a cook, but when the battle
was on, TOOK a gun aud did duty as a
regular trooper. He was standing
near Capt. Logan, the father Of Mai.
Logan, of the Belknap agency, when
that gallant officer went down with o
bullet in his brain.
Havre ~Plaindealer: c. D. Dover.
who claims to be a cowboy, was ar.
rested on Thursday in Big Sandy by
Under Sheriff Gross IN the charge of
grand larceny. Dover was employed
by c. Calkins, q horse buyer of Medi.
cine Hat to help wrangle a bunch of
horses CaIKins was taking to Canada a.
Dover went on night herd between
Clifford and the Canadian line and
during the night ''hit the breeze with
the horse.
Havre P~laindealer: Parties from
Browning say that Sam Somes and a
crew OF II men are erecting a new oil
derrick over the spot where the Somes
people struck oil two years ago, but
owing to inexperience the oil was lost.
Experienced oil men are handling the
work this time, and If they strike oil
again. they will know how to save it.
A. w. Brown and H. Bunger are the
men who will have charge of the we'll,
The are both drillers. having had ex.
perience in the California and o,he,
oil fields.
Chinook Opinion: The Non.ah.Floa
Ball has been set for the 9th of this
month. The committee on arrange
ments state that collections are pro,
crossing very satisfactorily. Johr
Ruhe is secretary treasurer and ha,
charge Of that branch of the work
Preparations are being made for .
social fair that will eclipse anything
ever attempted in the state and IA
SURPRISING the very successful even
of last year. The Non.ah.Floats hav
an established record as entertainer
e and expect to add 10 that reputation
! this year.
Glasgow Review:X Bennett, the Mis-
souri, river sheepmaS, is in Glasgow
. this week. He informs US that he ha,
> about forty acres of the finest small
grain on the bench lands that has eve
: been grown in this county. Othel
: parties who have seen it tell US tina
. the waving field Of golden grain is
= sight for sore eyes. This is MIR. Ben
> nett's third season in dry land farm
I ing and he has never missed q houu
l teOus crop of both wheat and oats
With corn he has also been fairly sue
v cessful, but the frost comes u littl,
early and robs the stalk of its nutri
ton a. fodder.
Glasgow News: An old Iudial
, woman known a. "Grandma Grease
pot" al struck by No. ) on a bridg,
: half a mile from Poplar Wednesday
Engineer Hard saw the woman on III,
bridge aud blew the whistle to war;
her As she did not seem to hear tn,
train. He then set the air and wa
stopping the train when the wOma,
stepped outside the rails aud sat dow,
> but did no get entirely out of the way
for the step on the tender struck he
e and knocked her over. The train wa
! stopped and the old woman picked u
and taken back to Poplar where sh
!. died shortly after reaching the station