The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
a 6rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Glasgow Review: A message was
received from Culbertson last night
saying that a dead mar had been
found in the railway yards at that
place. 1t is presumed that he was
killed by a freight train early in the
evening.
Chinook Opinion: A. H. Reser
threshed oats last week on his West
Fork ranch that went Is bushels to
the acre. This was q piece of land on
which he had raised beans last year
which were moi harvested and plowed
under In the fall.
Conrad Observer: Frank Clark, an
old timer in this country, was found
dead in his cabin near Dupuyer last
Saturday. He was about 80 years old
and had been in the employ of Leech
Bros. OF Dupuyer, about ten years.
Nothing is known of his relatives.
Havre Plaindealer: George Heldoes
returned this week from an extended
trip in the southern part Of the state.
He had gone over there with a view
to acquiring some lands on the Crow
reservation, but the land did not ap-
pear to be as good as the free land to
be had ear Havre.
Glasgow News: An incoming freight
from the east a into the Glasgow
yards under a full head of steam and
mixed things up a little before it could
be stopped. The engineer was q new
on this division and thought he
was coming through Paisley when he
whistled at the edge OF town, and did
not realize his mistake until he saw
those in the yards trying to waive him
down.
Culbertson Searchlight: We note
that there are quite q few eastern peo-
pie coming in here taking up land and
they say they never saw a finer coun-
try anywhere than in our vicinity.
This country ia settling up rapidly
and it now looks like many of the
older states of the east. H. Horstman
OF Mediciae lake, says he located over
300 people On claims in this vicinity
during the past year.
Havre Herald: j. d. Thompson,
who went out to Zortman last week to
look over some of his mining proper
ties in that district, met with quite a
serious accident while in that country
While driving, the team became fright.
ened, and running away spilled the
occupants of the buggy out, and in
the mixup Mr.. Thompson was pretty
badly bruised up about the face and
had his collar bone broken.
Chotean Acantha: Jos. L. Helm,
the stockman and rancher, whose land
lies in the dry forks of the Marias,
south OF Dupuyer, is without doubt
the biggest single producer of grain
in Teton county. So far, no other
farmer has been heard of who had
Guy VAAoS AAnC CLC uuulOCI vi 0CEC6 uu-
der guilty alton that Mr.. Helm had this
season, and the product from his land
will compare very favorably with that
OF any other part of the county. The
total yield from the Helm ranch for this
season approximately 25, 600 bushels.
Malta Enterprises: Andrew David
son, one of the old timers of this Sec
ton, with large interests at our neigh.
boring town of Wagner, has sold five
acres adjoining the depot there to the
Great Northern railroad, on which
they will erect a roundhouse and lay
out their yards. Better than 500 an
acre was received for this land, and
Mr.. Davidson begins to feel that his
large purchase at Wagner some few
years ago will yet bring him good re.
turns. He intends to lay out a town.
site on the north side of the track and
will plat five acres as o O as the sur
vey can be made.
AOuI ANC"s. 'COISc COW al, oCOb
Cowan, Bob Stuart and Paul Wood.
bury returned yesterday from Grand
Forks, N. D., where they we're called
as witnesses in the suit of NJ. S. Cowan
vs.. the Great Northern, for $40, 600
damages for injuries sustained last
fall at White Earth, North Dakota,
in a collision. After the case had
been tried for two days before the
federal court aud just before the jury
vac charged a settlement was reached
by the parties interested, in which the
railroad company agreed to pay Mr..
Cowan $1,000 and all expenses in.
Cured in the suit and during his sick
ness and loss Of time.
HELENA, Nov. l4.-It is not within
the power Of the state board OF rail
road commissioners to compel the
Northern Pacific to furnish cars for
the transportation of coal to the yell