The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

a CriSt OF Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
the Sweet Grass hills are now busy
their cattle for scab. A dip.
ping vat has been put 10 At Miners
ear Gold Butte, and many
cattle have already been treated under
the supervision Of the proper authori.
ty.
Choteau Acantha: The United States
geological survey has now l2O men at
work on the Blackfeet reservation and
it is expected that the field work of the
survey will be completed before winter
sets in, and that the reservation will
be opened to settlement in the spring
of 1909.
Malta Enterprise: Horse thieves
are again at large in this and the eur.
rounding county. L. w. Powell. OF
Saco, is on still hunt for FIVE that dis.
appeared last week. while our livery.
man. Mr.. Jake Rempel, is any one
taken from the Brockway pasture
cross the river. Two very SUSPECT.
Dur characters we're IN Saco las, week
and it is generally supposed they
know something about their di-ap.
pearance. II apprehended, a warm
reception awaits the guilty parties.
Havre Herald: Anna Tow, aged s,
daughter of Milton Tow, a raucher Of
Big Box Elder, was June l3, bitten
by q rsttler on the ankle. Jonn An.
derson, q rancher neighbor 10 Tow,
was first to learn of the little girl's
condition. Promptly, be sucked the
poison from her wound. When be
had done all that could be done he
carried. her 70 her parents home,
where, again, the wound was cauter.
lied with a white.hot poker.
Great Falls Leader: Ten damage
suits against the city OF Great Falls
will be filed by residents Of the West
side as q result OF the food which
visited that section of the city yester.
day and destroyed thousands Of dol.
lars worth Of property. The plain
tiffs in each case will charge the city,
its officials, agents and employees with
failing and neglecting to have its
sewerage system in proper working
order to carry of the excess Of water,
thereby subjecting them to great loss
by flooded Easements. The cases will
be brought in the distric, court.
Malta Enterprise: S. Rigg, mana.
ger in charge Of the Seabury spray.
ing machine which will be operated
through here, has, after a weeks de-
lay, received his equipment. and will
have it set up and ready for opera
ton by tomorrow. The first stand ia
at the Coburn ranch, where 1000 head
are to be given the treatment. From
there to the reservation is the next
move, where another 1000 is awaiting
them. The next stand is down on the
Beaver. Another machine was loaded
the first of the week for the Larb Hill
Cattle Pool company, who, in all,
have some 81, 900 head to treat.
Conrad Observer: 1t is expected
that the Seabury spraying machine,
located on the Dry Fork about Is
miles west of town, will be in opera.
ton this week. The Conrad Invest.
ment company herd will be the first to
be treated, after which comes several
hundred head belonging to smaller
stockmen of the Mariss river. 1t il
given out that the machine will mex,
be opera ted farther north aud then be
removed to Conrad, where 5000 head
belonging to Carlos Wsrfeld, and
many other cattle will be treated. The
spraying will be under the supervision
OF Federal Veterinarian Glenn, o.
Bismark, N. d.
Havre Plaindealer: Arrangements
are being made with Superintendent
Mcknight Of the Great Northern rail
way, TO stop the Oriental Limited
train No. l At Hinsdale, Saco and
Dod,on on the lst OF July, 80 that the
people Al those points may have az
opportunity to come up to Harlem to
attend the Milk river irrigation meet.
ing to be held there on the day tina,
Secretary Garfield of the interior de-
partment will be there. Arrange
men.s are also being made there for a
very respectful but demonstrative
meeting. Several floats are being
prepared representing those that have
the privilege of irrigation and those
10 waiting for government water.