The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-04-29
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow Review: DR.. Hoyt, county
health officer, returned home Sunday
from q trip up the Big Muddy, where
be investigated some thirty cases of
diphtheria that had occurred in that
locality recently. He found that three
deaths had occurred and that the pat.
tents had been treated by an alleged
doctor who had been practicing with
out a certificate from the state board.
Culbertson Searchlight: One hun.
dred and thirty.two carloads Of emf.
grants movables have been unloaded
at the Culbertson depot since March
l, about oue-third having arrived
during the present month. This means
at a rough estimate that the popula-
ton OF Culbertson and the country
contiguous thereto has been increased
by about 1000 souls in the last seven
weeks.
Malta Enterprise: Industrial Agent
Ryan of the Great Northern railway,
was In the city the latter part of last
week. Mr.. Ryan was greatly pleased
with the prospects of the valley and
vicinity and stated that within sixty
days the population will nearly be
doubled, as the trend of eastern i'm.
migration is beaded this way and
Malta will unquestiorably receive q
big share of it.
Zortman Miner: A miner named
Miles had a close call at the Alabama
on Sunday. He vas working in a cut
when a rock weighing eighth or ten
pounds rolled down and hit him a
glancing blow on the back of the
head. He was near the chute, but
after staggering around some, landed
away from it.. The rock did not fall
over four feet or this would have been
q funeral notice.
Harlem News: There 10 a constant
and most gratifying growth toward
more diversity in farming operations
in this vicinity, which is bound to
continue as time goes on. Every year
sees mor grain sown, more root crops
planted, more garden stuff grown,
more trees planted, more ground put
under the pillow. The implement deal
ers say a larger sale of farming i'm.
plements has been made this spring in
Harlem than ever before.
Conrad Observer: The town is full
of idle men this week. They drifted
into town from the Brady ballast pit,
where some eighty of them we're un-
loaded early last Monday morning to
work for the railroad company. The
men claim they were promised 81 pei
day and $3.50 per week for board to
work in the ballast pit, but found thai
the wages yer to be $3.50 per day
and $3.50 per week for board. Abou,
one half of them did not go to work.
Havre Plaindealer: Albert Thomp'
son, a we'll known horseman Of Bo,
Elder, was in the city Thursday. Mr.
Thompson stated that the horses or
the Marias especially and Throughout
the range country west of here hae
not wintered we'll. Some horsemer
attempted to gather their stock earl!
in the spring and the ANNA l went te
pieces with what stockmen term ''jig
GER" and quite a lot of them died
Horses that had not been disturbed
upon the range, however. are now abou
all right, having gotten strength from
the new grass.
Hinsdale Homestead: Il. N. Saw
age, chief engineer of the reclamation
department, c. c.. Babb. engineer o
the Milk river project, Mr.. Taber
locating engineer, and H. H. Nelson
general manager of the Dodson.Glas
gov canal system. were Hinsdale visi
tors yesterday. They we're driving
over the route OF the ditch from bod
son to Glasgow, preparatory to begin
the cross sectioning and final loca
ton. The gentlemen we're all YER,
enthusiastic over the rapid progress.
of the preliminary work OF the ditch
and expressed a belief that dirt viii