The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-13
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
. Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow Review: The commits
sioners have ordered the county at
to proceed against the Fidelity !
& Trust Co., for the shortage in Coun.
ty Treasurer Wofford's accounts.
Havre Plaindealer: Henry Schwartz
left "Wednesday for the east and will
go to Iowa, where he will meet his
father and take him to Rochester,
MIMI, where the elder Mr.. Schwartz
will submit to an operation.
Conrad Observer: Carl Hanson, of
the Burton bench, who vas in town
last week, purchased a32.horsepower,
II gang, Reeves steam pillow. 1t is
learned that the price Of the outfit laid
down in Collins is over s4,0OO.
Glasgow News: c. .Hsusteau, a
young man, got tangled up with .
gasoline engine in the pump house at
Tampico Sunday aud had his shout.
der broken, besides receiving q mum.
Der of bruises. He was brought here
to have his injuries attended to and
or Monday was taken to the hospital
at Great Falls
Malta Enterprise: Beaver creek
has been on the rampage for the past
two weeks and Is dealing misery to
those coming from the Larb Hill dis.
trict, as we'll as some sheepmen who
are cut of from their hay supply. The
Larb Hill people want q bridge on the
Malta trail and our people should see
that they have It.
Harlem News: Deputy; Sheriff l..
Minugh was called to Zortman last
Sunday morning by a telegram which
stated that miners and millmen were
out on a strike. Nothing more has
been learned of the trouble since Sun.
day, although it 10 rumored that the
men have all signiied their willing.
ness to return to work pending ar.
bitration.
Conrad Observer: We have been
told that the steam .paow ordered by
Mr.. Darling, which lie expected to ar.
rive any day now, will be used in
breaking up 5000 acres of land west
of town owned by the Conrad Invest
ment company. 1t IL the intention OF
the company to have the land grow q
crop this coming summer. 1t will be
quite a farm.
Hinsdale Homestead: Manager
Resser. of the Hiusdale Mercantile
Co., went down to Williston, N. D.,
Tuesday in search of hay for some OF
the stockmen north of here. 1t 10 said
that some of the stockmen are out oil
hay now, aud as the snow is still quite
deep with little prospect of it's going
soon, unless they can get hay righ'
away they will lose quite Heavily.
Havre Herald: The Italians On tn,
coal chute decided that S1.60 per da,
was not sufficient to permit them to ca
three times a day and buy a farm will
the reserve, so, after some very EN-
phatic chats with their foreman, 10,
Nora, they walked out on him th,
forepart of the week. Joe was VI
against it for q day or two, finally Sc
curing help which has agreed t o sticl
by him and keep the bunkers filled
with coal as the engines arrive for
fresh supply.
Husbandman: We had q pleasan
call this past week from Alex Ross, O
Ada, Mont, who has q nice irrigated
ranch on the northern slope of tn
Bear Paw mountains. Mr.. Ross is
cattle raiser but has u good idea O
the capabilities of the country, AM
says the people who have bitches frou
the Milk river are making good pro
gress and when the St. Mary's cana
turns the water 10 at the head of tn
river the valley will boom as it neve
has before.
Chinook Opinion: A project is unde
way to save the valley ranches 10 III
vicinity of Chinook from spring floods
Every year there il a lot of rain o
snow to make the flow in the river an
its forks exceptionally heavy. Tn
plan calls for a drainage canal tina
will carry the food waters Of Yves
Fork by way of Red Rock coulee int
the river before they reach the 10,
banks near town where they Away
overflow. The plan is considered yer,
feasible and the cost within the reac|
Of the parties affected by the drainag
scheme.
Hsvre Herald: Chinook's farmin'
population has for years kept sbreas
Of the times and in fact In many in
stances they are ahead Of them. Tn
latest undertaking Is the securing of
steam pillow. Realizing the fact tina