The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

opinion: ne sugar beet
Growers association has seeded about
twenty acres of their experimental dry
farm to winter wheat and rye. The
rest will be seeded next spring to a
ious crops.
Conrad Observer: 1t is figured that
the Mason steam pillow, at the close of
this season, will have plowed up 3.
600 acres of ground. The pillow is now
at work east of town and will continue
as long as the weather will permit.
Glasgow Review: Another of those
head.end collisions. for which the
Great Northern has become so famous
of late, occurred this morning one
mile west Of Mondak. Things are
said to he smashed up ia q frightful
manner and the track is torn up for q
quarter Of q mile. One fireman is re.
ported seriously hurt.
Belt Times: Geo. w. Goodman OF
Upper Belt, was in town Monday and
20 far as heard yet tells the story Of q
banner yield of winter wheat. His
son, Walter, last week threshed 1900
bushels from p acres, q yield of 70a
bushels per acre. This Is almost un.
believable. but from reports from all
over this section, the yield is UMPIRE.
cedented in this county.
Chester Signal: The Montana rail.
road commission could do northern
Montana people a big favor by inves.
tigating the reason why it takes long.
er for the Great Northern to deliver
freight from Great Falls or Helena
than from St. Paul. AS q rule it re.
quires ter days to w eek for a To-
cal shipment to travel from either Of
the above towns % Chester.
Husbandman: In the AZ years tina
we have made a home in Montana We
have never seen the state in a more
prosperous condition than it is today
We have seen the time when men spen
their money more freely and took less
account of the morrow, but we hav,
never seen a time when they had more
and were better able to pay their debit
or had brighter prospects for the fu
lure.
Glasgow Review: The situation o
the boilermakers' strike continues
about the same and the lameness O
the motor power is beginning to b
felt all along the road. One "scab'
boilermaker vas put to work here las
Sunday, but At the close OF the day h
quit and went to Havre. The situa
ton at other points along the line
about the same and it will be som
days before matters come to a crisis
Havre Plaindealer: Work on tn
Havre. Box Elder Telephone line vii
be commenced just as soon as the ma
terial ear be placed upon the ground
There was q meeting OF the bushes
men interested in the project in tn
Office of Judge Meili both Wednesda
) and Thursd ay evenings, at which tim
Mr.. Ward of the electric company c
this city, made a bid of 500 per mil
for the construction of the line, an
he agreed TO take q quarter of tn
payment in stock of the company
This proposition has been virtual
accepted.
Glasgow News: Some illbegotteI
son OF darkness vas the cause of
serious wreck at the r%oundhouse i
this city about 10 o'clock last night
Engine 1884 had been left standin,
east of the roundhouse on the trac,
leading to the turntable, when som
~miscreant opened the throttle an
headed the engine for the turntabl
pit. Just at this time Hostler Kelli
son was taking engine ll3O into tn
house and was about half way of III
table, when the big locomotive cam
at a terrible speed and plunged int
the pit. When the hostler saw III
danger he leaped through the ca
window and was uninjured.