The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
AMONG OUR
Grist Of Items Gathered From Oul
Northern Montana Exchanges.

have been hired in Chinook during
the past week by various sheepmen to
help through the lambing season.
Two weeks ago help was plentiful, but
now scarcely u man can be found.
Glasgow Review: Harry Cosner
came up from the Neidriughaus ranch
last night where he is engaged in drill.
ing a we'll. They are now down about
24O feet and at 2lO feet struck a nine.
foot vein Of red cedar wood that was
we'll preserved.
Conrad Observer: Jas. \. John.
son, of Shelby, has made an offer Of
$1,000 for land in Teton county be.
longing to the defunct Montana Co.
Operative Ranch company. j. w.
Speer, receiver for the company, has
petitioned the district court of Cas-.
cade county to confirm the sale.
Chinook Opinion: a. stranger who
was stopping at the Lehman block
had been complaining for several
days and on Tuesday the doctors dis.
covered that he had smallpox. He
vas Immediately taken to the pest
house and no one has been exposed.
The case is Of u mild character and
the patient Is doing fine.
Chester Signal: After almost three
years of extremely dry weather the
drought has been broken. At an early
hour this morning it began raining
and kept it up until noon when the
government rain guage showed that
halt an inch of water had fallen and
there is every indication that there
will be more before it clears up.
Lewistown Argus: 4 message was
received from Stanford this afternoon
stating that at noon today, the barn
Of w. G. Doherty, the stage man, was
burned to the ground, and all of the
vehicles, harness, ETC.. and five head
OF horses were lost in the flames. Two
horses were rescued, and they repre-
sent all the property that was saved.
Culbertson Searchlight: The glor.
ious rains, which began here last Fri
day, have continued every day and
night since with intervals of il let up
occasionally. The weather for the
past five days has been the old-fash.
Toned dripping, drizzling kind. soak
ing into the ground and filling it full
Of the life.giving fluid. Not d drop Of
moisture has run off the hills: it has
simply soaked in.
Glasgow News: Sheriff Griffith
took Jack Trailer to Mondak for his
preliminary hearing last Saturday
and while the sheriff was engaged in
a game in one Of the places, his pris-
oner walked off and left him. When
Trailer's absence was noticed a search
was made for him but without sue
cess. Notice was Immediately sent to
the surrounding towns, but up to yes.
terday the man was still al large.
Glasgow Review: w. E. Workman,
immigration agent for the Great Nor.
thern railway, met the Business Mems
association last night and talked over
the prospects of bringing settlers into
the vicinity of Glasgow this summer.
He stated that the drawback at this
time was the lack of surveyed land
and stated that rs soon as he was as
sured that the vacant land was avail.
able for immediate entry he would
have no trouble in bringing in about
a hundred families.
Malta Enterprise: II. d. Sanford is
still maintaining his reputation as
about the largest farmer ia this vicin-
ity' His ranch Is on the Beaver and
he tickles the bosom Of mother earth
to the extent OF two to three hundred
acres. Mr.. Sanford farms strictly
with a view to the pork industry and
is perfectly willing to have them har-
vest as much of the crop as may be
consistent with economical and high
class farming. This year he will
plant 100 acres to corn and the same
area TO sugar bee,s, as we'll as a lot
of other stuff. This immense acreage
/, handled entirely by himself, with.
out help OF any kind.
Harlem News: The Ruby Gulch
Mining company has made another
rich strike in the Tommy Carter
mines. 1t is further reported that
this is the richest strike ever made
10 the Zortman district. The COM
pany bonded several of the Tommy
Carter mines last winter and has ever
since kept a big force of men at work,
and Monday they made the discovery.
They opened up a 45-foot face which
averages $40 a ton. Immediately upon
the discovery of this new ore, the
Ruby Gulch people ordered material
for a tramway and will carry the ore
to the open cut and from there on thew