The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
AMONG OUR
a Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Malta Enterprise: On Friday Judge
Davidson sold 3, Canadian buyers go
head Of horses from yearlings up at
S65 per head. They were so good that
the purchaser did not raise an objec.
ton to the price.
Chinook Opinion: 0. 4. Fowle ar.
from Helena Tuesday to take up
the work Of inspecting desert and
entries in this section in
the place Of H. G. Collum, who has
been transferred to another point.
Chester Signal: George Murray
reports having raised 1900 pounds
of potatoes on a tritle over q half acre
of ground on his homestead, near
Gold Butte. And still We occasionally
hear some people say that our land
will not do to farm.
Culbertson Searchlight: 1t is re-
ported that a special train will arrive
10 Culbertson next Tuesday with a
trainload of Russian Doukhobors and
German Lutherans to form a colony |
north Of Culbertson. 1t is said sew.
eral hundred people will be on the
train.
Malta Enterprise: john Ebaush re.
turned from the Little Rockies on Sat.
urday after representing several of
his mining claims. The woods are
full of mining men and investors and
things seem bright for the future of
what promises now to become the
greatest gold mining camp of the
state.
Harlem News: \ small ,hrashiny
machine was received by the Harlem
Experiment station the first of the
week. The machine will be used to
thrash out the grains grown on the
farm. The machine is a very small
one, the power Is furnished by a one
horse tread power, however, it is said,
tha the machine is easily capable of
thrashing out over 1000 bushels per
day Of any kind Of grain.
Glasgow News: Il. H. Frield's
store was burglarized Tuesday night
and entrance to the building was made
by cutting out a piece Of glass in the
front door and opening the Yale latch.
About $3.50 was taken Ia nickels and
dimes from the cash register but so
far as could be determined, nothing
else was taken. The job was evidently
done by the same person who robbed
the store Of Coleman, Mullins Il Co.
and the Cash grocery.
Havre Plaindealer: Maurice Price,
of Hill, was in Havre Wednesday,. re.
turning from Chicago where he recent
~ accompanied q shipment of six ears
of his cattle. The animals were not
prime but brought $4.45. a shipment
Of cattle from the Blackfeet Indians
that were extra good and reached Chi.
cago at about the same time Mr..
Prices cattle reached there. brought
the handsome figure of $3.50 per hun.
dred.
Chinook Oniniou: \ movement is
on foot 10 establish u school garden
on the fair grounds this coming year.
1t is proposed to set apart a plat OF
ground and apportion it among the
different grades. The pupils in the
different grades under proper super.
vision would cultivate their plat and
plant it to different vegetables and
grains. The city water would be fur.
nished to irrigate with and the work
would be 10 the nature of an expert.
ment garden.
Lewistown Democrat: Senator },
d. Waite made a sale of two and thret
year old ewes to a Utica party las
week at So per head. This is not only
the top price for sheep for the year
but also the top price ever recorded il
thl- part of Montana. Mr.. Waite ha.
sold upword of $4,000 head of sheer
this year at prices hitherto unpre
cedented in Judith basin. Many othrl
SlICCp III VIC SIClQlLN VI LULA du(
Stanford have Deer sold during tn,
past season at prices higher than hav'
prevailed for many years.
Havre P~laindealer: j.. ID. Thomp
} son returned last week from an rX
tended tour of inspection of Canada,
! lands. He purchased in the neighbour
; hoou of a section of land about fit,
! miles east of Edmonton and has mad,
an offer for other land, his PROPOSE
I ton being under Amusement still b,
: the owners of the land. While tn,
: land for farming purposes in tina
; vicinity is good, Mr.. Thompson state,
, that the land further cast is not 5,
good, being streaked with sand tina
! would break u farmer If he staye(