The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.


Havre Herald: John Anderson OF
Clear creek, has sold all of his she
c attle. between so and 60 head, to
Adam Mallon. The consider alton Is
understood to have been about S25 per
head.
Conrad Observer: G. NJ. Byersdorf
OF the Little Chicago Meat market,
Great Falls, was here this week and
purchased So head of beef cattle and
los calves from the Hughes cattle 10 the
Leech shipment. He paid $ll per head
for the calves, and the beef cattle av.
eraged SIS per head.
Conrad Observer: A record.break.
ing sale of sheep in Teton county is
the sale of about 1000 two and three.
year-old wethers by Findlay & Porter
of Bynum, to Bart Armstrong at %
per head. The sheep were counted
out last Sunday. A sale Of wethers
by Tony Moltz Of the Sweet Grass
hills, in Chouteau comfy, at $50 is
reported.
Choteau Acantha: Edward Sawyer
died at the poor farm Monday from
burns received at Dupuyer Wednes.
day, October IL. In the course Of a
spree, Sawyer built a fire and lay
down beside it. His clothing caught
fire and he was fatally burned. He
was brought to the poor farm Satur-
day, and from the first there was no
hope for his recovery.
Malta Enterprise: Prairie fires east
OF town have burned over quite a strip
Of territory, besides destroying sew
eral stacks of hay. Wilfred Primean
suffered the loss of As tons: Il. v.
Tucker, q stack, while various
ranchers of the community received
close calls. A few trips with the pillow
around the stacks and buildings at
this time is Al safe a guard as one
can provide and now is the time to do
it.
Glasgow Review: An unconfirmed
report from Regina states that Hill
Huff, who was recently arrested by
the Canadian authorities on a charge
OF horse stealing, was given five years
at Stony Mountain prison. From the
same source comes the information
that Tom Pierce got a three-year term
for smuggling a diseased horse into
Canada, after having been notified
th at the animal would not be permit.
ted TO enter.
Conrad Observer: Already Conrad
and the surrounding district is lead.
ing North Dakota, one OF the recog.
nized wheat states, far behind in the
matter of production, and this while
wheat growing is yet in its infancy
here. Ten to twelve bushels per acre
is the best that North Dakota can dc
this year, while the Conrad d~istric'
can show an average of 81 bushels pei
acre. Most of this has been raised or
newly plowed land.
Lewistown Argus: A we'll know
ranchman of Warm Spring creek came
to town Monday with a four-horse
load of wheat which he sold for 81
cents q bushel. Last year he LISTED
his ranch with a local real estate firm
Offering it for fifteen dollars 40 acre
There we're no takers so be had tG
keep the ranch. This year his whea'
averaged SIS bushels to the acre ane
he said he would make clear from thu
land $40 per acre. He wears a very
pleasant smile and save the ranch i.
not for sale.
Glasgow News: The two "killing'
affairs in this county within the pas
two weeks would not have happensd i
the law regarding the carrying of fire
arms were enforced. The carrying 0
any kind of concealed weapon is pun
ishable by a fine Of s25 to $500 and tel
to thirty days Imprisonment, or botl
fine and imprisonment, but TO SHOW
how the law is disregarded we nee(
only mention the fact that it is claimed
ON good authority that there are from
fifteen to twenty men around this tow
who habitually carry a gun.