The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-10
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

p 0V'St OF Item Gathered from Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Hinsdale Homestead: H. H. Mel.
son, who was in attendance at the
Harlem meeting Monday came home
very much encouraged overt the
outlook for the government irrigation
project for this valley. Secretary
G arield promised as speedy compile.
ton OF the project as a be had, and
expressed q desire that work on the
Dodson dam may begin yet this sum.
mer.
Glasgow Review: George Williams
deputy sheriff from Glendive, was in
Glasgow Tuesday enroute to Poplar
where he will interview Major Lob.
miller relative to the rights of Indians
engaged on government work on the
Yellowstone ditch. From all accounts
Lo is moving q whole lot more
red liquor than gumbo and his war
whoops have become q source Of AZ.
noyance to the "pale faces"
Choteau Acantha: Wm. Colder, a
freighter between Conrad and Dupuyer
and q resident Of this county for many
years, was accidentally killed at the
Armstrong ranch Sunday, June 80,
about II q. ~. In passing through q
gate, the trout wagon struck a pos,
and Colder was either caught between
the two or thrown from his seat.
From the appearance OF the body,
death must have been instantaneous,
Glasgow News: A message was re
ceived here Tuesday from Kahlotus,
WASH, saying that Alfred Johnson,
formerly Of this place had been muir,
dered at that place, and in~structinf
the police to notify his relatives. o.
inquiry it was found that the man for
merly worked At the Great Northern
rouudhouse in this city but that hi
people live at Wsverly, Iowa, and
message was forwarded to them &C
cordiuely.
Chinook Opinion: The sugar bee
meeting Saturday was q success II
every way. Steps have 70 beef
taken that put the agitation for . fac
tory on q business basis that assure
the early building OF q factory At thi
place. A corporation with . capita
stock of $4,000 was formed at tn
meeting to buy, sell, lease and oper
ate sugar beet lands and to bring i
practical beet farmers from other sec
lions. Farmers in the valley sui
scribed for nearly $4,000 worth {
stock at the meeting.
Conrad Observer: O. D. Ora,
manager for the F company, vas
visitor last Saturday. He said tn;
the Seabury spraying machine bein
operated on the Blackfeet reserv
ton, was not giving the satisfactio
promised. 1t vas promised that l,5(
head of cattle could be easily handle
in one day, but the greatest numb'
yet treated 10 one day 10 $40 hea,
The plant has been Ia operation I,
three or four weeks and Mr.. Gre
: says that the work promises to ser
: ously handicap the shipping Of ia
beef.
Malta Enterprise: Saturday Ia.
in Milk river, some 20 miles eat
J ack Brown, the noted hunter, who
success with his gun and hounds I
past winter we recounted three wee
ago, met an untimely death VIII
swimming his horse across the NV
running water. The animal, VII.
swimming 10 mid stream, sudden
gave out, and, apparently, witho
the slightest warning to his ride
rolled over and sank from sight, VIII
Mr.. Brown, unable to free himse
> gave one last I'm all ill.," and saI
TO a watery grave. The body had q
> been recovered up until late last eve
ing.
= Glagow Review: Tom Coleman b
a fondness for tobacco that is Hat
, TO be bis general undoing for so,
time 70 come. Six months ago
9 stole q cady OF Dukes mixture fire
. the railroad platform and tried to d;
pose of it to q local merchant.
was arrested, brought before q JUST
and given six months in the coun
Jail. Wednesd ay he was released a
Thursda y he broke the seal on q Gre
Northern b0xcar and lifted thr
thousand cigars. Marshal Pearl Ne
. win caught him In the act of trying
sell q few boxes to VIM. Boyles a
it al back to the bastile with To-