The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow Review: Advices from
Williston are to the effect that Banker
who was convicted of horse
stealing last summer. has been refused
a new trial and will have to serve q
ve-year sentence in the pen.
Conrad Observer: o. c. Miller of
Bynum was q visitor this week. He
reported that he had sold a bunch of
4.year-old wethers at s4.6O and q
bunch of yearlings at s3.75 to c. N.
of Great Falls.
Chinook Opinion: A. a. Reser has
installed q new irrigation pump on
his ranch near town and gave it its
first trial this week. The gasoline
pump of fifteen horse power irrigated
q field Of alfalfa of six acres from Red
Rock coulee in about six hours.
Zortmsn Miner: Mr.. Bard, q min.
ing engineer of Butte, was here sever.
81 days last week. We understand he
represents Amslgamated interests,
and that there is . mining deal of
some magnitude pending for property
now under development, moi far from
Zortman.
Glasgow News: The board of equa.
lization spent Wednesday and yester.
day listening to the "tales Of woe"
from various taxpayers who seemed
to think they had been unjustly as.
sessed, but the arguments presented
did not appear to have much effect on
the board as very few changes were
ordered.
Hinsdale Homestead: Fire got
started in Frank Hudson's field just
west Of town Wednesday afternoon,
which for a time and but for the timely
arrival of Harry and Billie Drabbs,
bid fair to cause quite q little damage.
The fire originated from the Skidoo
engine and burned owe the dry grass
at a rapid rate for about half an hour.
Harlem News: The Harlem Tele.
phone company is busy this week
placing 30.foot poles throughout the
city and on which they will string the
wires of the local telephone system.
The company has received its new
switch board and other necessities
which 60 to make up q modern tele.
phone system. Within q week the
company will place Is new telephones
in the various business houses and
dwellings,.
Glasgow News: Some fine samples
OF wheat. oats and potatoes were
brought in from the Chas. johnson
ranch this week and are on display in
the News Office. The wheat measures
full six feet, the oats four feet sever
inches and the potatoes measure from
eight to ten inches in circumstances
the smallest way. These samples were
grown without irrigation and are onl,
another proof that this country il
adapted to farming as we'll as stock
raising.
Glasgow Review: Gus Heddrich, o.
Poplar, the halfbreed boy who has
been contesting the will of the late
Gus Heddrich, of Williston, on the
grounds that be was the latter gentle
mans sol by an Indian wife, has sud
denly been transferred from anticipat
ed wealth to the delirium OF poverty
The courts OF Dakota have decided
against him In every particular anc
the breed boys phantasm Of riche'
has disappeared like Adams dream
of Eden when he was lifted over th,
garden wall.
Malta Enterprise: We have on ex
nibition At this Office several samples
OF grain brought in from the neigh
boring ranches that certainly show
the productiveness of our soil whe,
the requisite amount of moisture il
provided. One sample OF oats iron
the field OF r. c. Blassingame stand,
tive feet above the grass roots, an
other OF wheat off of the Adoph La
fond, Jr., ranch, reaches the height O
an even Y inches. Another good
soaking rain soon will cause heads to
I'LL 20 as to insure q bumper crop.
Conrad Observer: John Mcdowell
OF the Sweet Grass hills country. wal
heres Tuesday on business connected
with Jos. Sturgeon who purchased {
half tank of Texas Beaumont oil from
him for dipping purposes. Mr.. Nc
Dowell says that fully 1000 head O
cattle in his section have been dipped
in oil this summer. Two tank cars O.
oil were shipped in at a cost of abou'
$500 each laid down in Chester. The
tanks contain about 1000 gallons O
OIL and costs two cents per gallon q,
the oil wells. The remainder goes fol
freight.