The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
AMONG Our
4 Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

NOrthcrn Montana EXCHANGES.
Conrad Observer: A trainlOad of |
2,oOO sheep was unloaded It the stock.
yards yesterday. They came from
Culbertson and were consigned to j..
E. Helm, Of Dupuyer, who will run
them for j. Il. Long. The sheep were
As hours on the road from Culbertson
to Conrad, a distouce of about $50
miles.
Havre Herald: Geo. Z. Heron re.
Gently made a deal whereby he be.
comes the owner of the John Many |
ranch about q half a mile south aud
west of the town Of Chinook, and
which was purchased by a. E. Lewis
a few months ago. Mr.. Heron expects
to remove to the ranch in about six
weeks.
Glasgow News: Last Monday Sam
Denton, with his Avery traction en-.
CINE of 80 horsepower, started north
from Culbertson on q trip of 20 miles
with 1--WE trail wagons. He estimated
the weight at Is tons. The engine
walked of with it as though it was no
effort to haul the load. He claims he
can pillow, disc, harrow and seed four
acres of ground per hour with the
outfit.
Malta Enterprise: Threshing is all
cleaned up in this vicinity and the
average yield for oats on dry land
was 40 bushels per acre. Adolph La
found got nearly 1900 bushels from 81
acres Lewis Trundell threshed about
1850 bushels and John Survant got
about 5000 bushels of wheat and oats
from his ranch up the valley. AS the
season was ar average one, the results
show that farming here is q safe and
remunerative proposition.
Conrad Observer: Some rather
queer streaks of justice are reported
from Dupuyer this week. Last week
John Edgar was given a preliminary
hearing on a charge of robbing Mike
Sullivan of S155 and was bound over
to the district court. He gave bonds
for his appearance and also retaliated
by swearing 20 a warrant charging
Sullivan with gambling. Sullivan
was given a hearing on Monday Of
this week, and it is reported that both
of the cases have been settled.
Malta Enterprise: The new NJ. T..
church at Saco was dedicated last
Sunday. Brother Van Orsdel, DR..
Il. p. Smith, of Helena, and Rev. p.
w. Haynes, of Fort Benton, assisted
the pastor, w. L. Ragan. The church
is modern in every appointments: a
gem Of beauty and cost g., 700. One
Thousand and fifty dollars was asked
for that the church might be dedicated
free of debt, and before the close OF
the services on Sunday evening this
was paid in cash and reliable sub.
scriptions.
Harlem News: In a private letter
to this city written by w. E. Gosch,
at St. Paul, Mimi, states that he re.
ceived $4,000 from the Great Northern
Railway company for the damage done
to his sheep in the wreck at White
Earth, N. d., about three weeks ago.
Mr.. Gosch writes that most of the Ma
loney bunch was entirely stripped OF
their wool and many of them knocked
entirely Out. The cattle we're also
slightly damaged but he has moi made
a settlement for these. MINI Cowau
who had charge OF the sheep and was
badly injured in this wreck, is report.
ed as doing very we'll and that he will
soon return to Harlem.
Chinook Opinion: w. Il. Freeman,
of the reclamation service. formerly
stationed at this place, was a visitor
here last Friday. He said that thu
cold weather had put a stop to the
work of eXcavating on the ST. Mary
canal for the time being and the eff
forts OF the engineering force stationed
there now would be devoted to getting
ready for active work in the spring
The steam shovel that is to do the
greater portion of the work. is on the
way and will be installed some time
in the winter and will begin opera.
tions at once as soon as placed in
position. The work that has been done
heretofore has been done by Indian
labor. The advent of the achinery
that has been ordered will do much to
accelerate the work on the upper por.
tion Of the project.