The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
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A Grist of Items Gathered From Oul
Northern Montana Exchanges.

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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow News: The loss of sheep
in this section during the las, storm
and flood was not as large as at first
reported. L. w. Gibson lost 900
head out of his bunch of newly shorn
sheep caught in the storm.
Glasgow News: The remains of a
young man, whose head had been sew.
cred by a freight train, was picked up
by the crew OF No. l and brought to
Glasgow last Friday. Papers and a
memorandum book that we're found on
his person., showed that his name was
VIM. Milne and that he had a claim
ne ar Langston, North Dakota.
Harlem News: Word has been re.
ceived here that operations have again
been resumed at the cyanide mills at
Zor,man, after q complete shut down
for about ten days. II is said that !
the Ruby Caleb mill within the next
ten days will crush over ten thousand
NoAAUA - VI SOANStCu OCS. luGlE
plant is now running full blast.
Hinsdale Homestead: |. is said tina,
since the high water that many of the
HolIanders on the fiat north OF Van.
dalia are quitting the valley. These
people are making a mistake in quit.
ting now. It's the water that the val.
ley lands want aud recent high water
will prove Of more benefit than dam.
age TO that section of the valley.
Glasgow Review: There is likely to
be trouble over some dead sheep on
the Porvupine which persisted in the
big rains recently in the vicinity Of
the West ranch. 1t appears that the
~carcasses OF these woody ''dead ones"
are sending forth an aroma that is not
at all pleasing to the West family
and they have taken up the matter
the officials with Il view TO eradicatiug
the evil.
Chester Signal: The most inpor.
tant ranch deal that has been made in
this locality in a long time, was
closed q few days ago, when Laird
Brothers purchased the real estate
holdings and improvements Of Jno.
N. Dorsey. The land lies along Big
Sage creek, and consists of about l..
800 acres. The price paid has no,
, been made public but it is said to be
, in the neighborhood of $40, 900.
Havre Plaindealer: Al Rehbers
+ was in the city this week from his
ranch on the Missouri river. He says
that as q result Of the heavy rains
the roads are almost in impossible
condition. treshets have cut great
. trenches in the roads. He reports
e however, that the hay crop on tn
y Missouri river bottom will be simpl
tremendous and that the feed in tn
hills and throughout the entire couu
try between the river and Havre i
nov excellent.
Malta Enterprises: AS an evidenc
that the wool clip of this section is i,
prime, washed condition, it may b
noted that the first sheep sheared a
o the pens here, being those OF Mic
g Schmitz, turned out tleeces weighin
: fully two pounds lighter than las
J. year. although the teeces are reall
finer and heavier than last year. MI
e Schmitz says that, to obtain the az
erage of last years prices he shout
a have 81 cents per pound. The loss i
"a weight is due wholly TO the fact tht
AZ all dirt and grease have been washe
~ out by the excessive rains.
Havre Herald: Quite a little excit,
- ment was caused Monday al The Gre;
Northern offices by twenty men ha,
=. ing been sent out from St. Paul TO .
" to work at Clifford at 500 per da,
=. After they arrived here they were i.
formed that the wages amounted
81 90 per day. They Immediately r.
fused to work, aud demanded ,h'
~ transportation be given them TO retur
to their homes. After a few hOul
conference with officials Of the cor
pany they were informed that il ",
all a mistake from St. Paul, and III;
they were 'O receive the wages the
&c were hired for. The men went to CT
ford Tuesday night.
er The Pure Food Hill.