The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-30
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Glasgow News: The rescue party
hat went to the relief of Paul Bretzke
asst week returned yesterday having ,
'ound MIR. Bretzke all right. He re.
urned with them leaving the sheep IN
of Will Bretzke. 1t took three
to go out there, q distance Of 45
Hinsdale Homestead: We under.
stand that H. II. Nelson will ship sew.
eral carloads of cattle from Van
lalia to Billings as soon as the rail-
road gets opened SO as to handle the
shipment. The cattle will be taken to
Billings to be fed during the balance
Of the winter, hay selling over there
for from "a to s6 per ton.
Chinook Opinion: The Skiddoo
came in here Saturday from
made up Of a big baggage car
and a caboose. When It came time to
make up the train In the Havre yards.
it was discovered that all the heating
pipes in all Of the passenger coaches
in the yards were frozen up and 1t was
impossible to turn on the heat in the
train.
Havre Herald: It was q surprise
to many to learn that Peter Desires.
Ter, one of the progressive merchants
of Havre had made an assignment
last week. Mr.. DesRosier has been
one of the painstaking and accom-
mod ating business men of the city for
several years and it is hoped that he
will resume business here in the near
future.
Malta Enterprise: Henry c. Full
~lerton, OF this place, who went to
Zortman in the fall to work on the
new school building there, died at that
place a few days ago, and was buried
there. He was 81 years of.:age last
April, and was a Grand Army man,
having served for three years in the
9th Illinois Cav. His wife is at Pony,
and a brother lives at Spokane.
Harlem News: w. C. Henseu, the
we'll known and popular sheepman,
who in company with his wife left
Harlem about three months ago for
the Fatherlaud, arrived in Harlem the
latter part Of last week from Minong,
Wis, where Mr.. Henseu has pur-
chased a large tract of land. Mr..
and Mrs. Hensen did not go to Ger
many, as they contemplated when they
left this city.
Choteau Acantha: 1t is reported
from Conrad that A. K. Prescott
loaded a trainload Of sheep at tina
poiut last Sunday for shipment Il
Cascade, where he has made arrange
meuts TO run them for the balance o
the winter. Mr.. Prescott still has ON
band of sheep on his ranch al Their
and he figures that he will have ha,
enough to run them until spring.
!, Havre Plaipdealer: County Com
> missioner Olaf G. Skylstead wit,
4 Road Supervisor George Heron, thi
week visited the county bridge acros
, Milk river just north OF town. 1t wa
:, determined that it would be necessar
. TO rip rap and fix the approaches an
tighten up the bridge. 1t is feare
that the great volume OF water tn,
will zone DOM in the spring may, III
less the work is put in, carry tt
= bridge away.
y Glasgow News: AT sidings within
distance of thirty miles of Glasgow,
piled plenty Of cordwood. Trains al
running every day and yet the raj
road company will not furnish al
III cars SO that the fuel famine in tn
~ city may be relieved. The compat
> has very kindly ? sold to the me
!" chants z few cars of Old Sand Conl
slack which il TOO poor for cngi.
~ use aud which contains about as mu'
y, heat as the average snOwdrift. A
: most any condition a be- borne VIII
~ pecesaary bu. there is absolutely
cause for a shortage Of fuel in Ola
gov.
10 Harlem News: j. II. Gordon, ella
g. agent for the Great Northern Railwi
u company, was il the city the latt
i, part Of last week making an etfor,
settle a number of claims held by t
A, stockmen OF this vicinity against t
s. Great Northern for killing -tuc
or However, it is reported that he "
rot successful in his mission as
Ia only made one settlement out of abo
r.. a dozen claims. The rancher- alol
the railroad track 10 this valley IA
ne certainly receiving a hard deal fro
is the railroad people. Almost eve
10 day q crilter il either killed outrig
I'd or injured t. such an extent that
80 must be slaughtered.
It. Havre Plaindealer: Sartain Bro
~ coyote and wolf hunters, came il