The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Observation-Disclosures Exchanges.

Malta Enterprise: Valley county |
is to be among those In which gambl-
ing shall be a thing of the past. The
slot machines, of which each of the
nine saloons of this town had q lib.
eral supply, were dismantled or turned
to the wall several days ago.
Chinook Opinion: The Chinook
Creamery company is an institution
of which the town may we'll be proud.
Its officers and patrons have done q
good work In bringing it to its pres
eut standing where it Is beginning to
rank among the most successful of its
class in the state.
Havre Plaindealer: Ed. Woodward,
of Saco, who has q bunch of sheep on
Whitewater, south of Saco, was in
Ravre Tuesday. He relates that the
winter in that vicinity was unusually
trying and he fed about $50 tons of
hay to his sheep and has but little hay
left. His heavy feeding prevented loss
save among a few old sheep.
Glasgow Review: Last Monday
Sheriff Small returned from Portal,
N. D., width Chas. Winfield, known
az Jack Trailer, who it will be re.
membered made his escape from for.
mer Sheriff Griffith at Mondak, some
months ago. He is wanted in this
county for horse stealing and 10 now
In the county jail awaitingsthe action
of the district court.
Chinook Opinion: Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh leave tonight for Alhambra
Springs to take charge of the large
modern hotel at that health resort.
B. F. O'Neal will remain In charge of
the Montana hotel at this place. The
position accepted by Mr.. Marsh ia q
very resposible one and 1t ia q great
compliment to his ability as q hotel
man that he was offered the position.
Ravre Herald: Among the many
improvements In contemplation by the
Great Northern Is that of the installa.
ton Of fifteen telephones between this
city and Cut Bank on the high line.
All stations and blind sidings are to
have phones and the work of report.
ing trains over this troublesome Sec
ton will be much easier. Linemau
Hill expects to be q pretty busy man
for some time a. he has the work in
hand.
Glasgow News: Charlie Nielsen,
who moved to Wetaskiwin, Alberta,
writes entertainingly of that country
to c. w. Kamfer. He says winter
began there November l. Since jan
uary l the Thermometer has often reg.
istered IS below zero, but there was
no wind to drift the snow. He says /,
Is q Cine farming country, the soil be.
ing especially adapted to root crops
and that he purchased q quarter sec.
ton, paying $l2 al acre for it. The
greatest drawback is the poor market,
oats now selling at 20 cents q bushel
and good beef steers sold at S25 u
head last fall. The country has az
abundance of timber and Is well
watered.
Conrad Observer: doc" Frields,
a Fort Benton stockman, was here
last Thursday, coming in from Du'
puyer. He has several hundred head
of cattle on the Blackfeet Indian res,
ervation. aud was inspecting the stu
alton for himself. I'm. the fret place
Mr.. Frields says that the stock losse,
on the reservation have been great,
exaggerated. ~ was told," said he
that a great many cattle were lyinl
dead along the fence on the south sid,
OF the reservation. l rode along tn,
fence for several miles and only found
one dead steer. That was an f brand
l rode for several days on the reser
walton and am satisfied there is n<
great loss
Malta Enterprise: An accident pc
culiar In the annals Of western staging
happened to the Malta ortman line
90 the trip to Zortman on Wednesda y
of last week. The roads were very
heavy and the coach was belated at q
point somewhere south of the Phillips
ranch. The gulches we're full of water
and covered with a coating Of ice, suf.
icient to bear the sleigh but not the
horses, which became badly entangled
down and tagged out. The drive,
managed to e~xtricate the bunch and
concluded to fix things up, go to q
neighboring ranch and await day.
light. The coach is always loaded
with a miscellaneous assortment Of
stuff and 90 this occasion had some
plumber that was in danger of freez.
ing. To protect this, q lantern was se,
in alongside OF it., the rig then stand.
ing about level. In the cargo we're 8
couple of cases of coal oil. When
the driver returned the next morning
he found the entire works DESTROYED