The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Gristsof Items Gathered From Our
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Exchanges.

Glasgow Review: Ice to the thick.
ness of:nearly half an inch formed on
standing water neal Glasgow yester.
day morning. The weather has been
extremely cold here for the past
month, with almost continuous rains.
Havre P%laindealer: Major Phister
Of Assinniboine, was this week ad-
vised that he had been promoted to
lieutenant colonel of the Both infan.
try, and will be sent Fort VIM. Nc
Kinley, in the Philippines, as soon as
relieved here to accept his new com.
mand.
Conrad Observer: There are good
reports from alllover this section this
week. The grain is coming up fully
three weeks ahead Of last year and
one farmer said we had enough mois.
ture to last for six weeks. With the
June rains yet to come, the prospects
for good crops never looked better.
Chinook Opinion: A man came
down from Havre Sunday and went
out to the pest house without permits.
sion 10 visit a friend in quarantine
there. On his return to town he was
arrested and thrown into Jail. After
being fumigated aud provided with q
new suit Of clothes, he was released
under sl00icash bail.
Hinsdale Homestead: Managing
Director Nelson Of the government
dicth, was in Hinsdale a few days ago
and reported everything going nicely
in ditch circles. About seven miles of
the ditch Is now ready for excavation,
and it is thought contracts will be let
and dirt will commence to fly within q
few days on the upper end.
Harlem News: Congress has recent
jly authorized, and there has already
been ordered, the material and ma.
chinery for q Touring mill at the Fort
Bclknap Indian agency. 1t will
have a capacity Of IS barrels daily,
and what will be of special interest to
the farmers in the valley generally is
the statement by Major Logan that
the mill will do custom work.
Chinook Opinion: The Chouteau
county fair at Chinook will be held
on September Is, II and Is this year,
according to the decision of the d.
> rectors at a recent meeting. The fair
r association is making preparations to
present a fair much better and more
: extensive than any OF the preceding
t exhibitions, and the lessons learned
. In the management Of the first two ex.
hibitions will be protted by this year,
Glasgow News. About three hundred
!, Turtle Mountain Indians have taker
allotments of l60 acres each in Valley
q county during the past two weeks,
The bunch are about evenly divided
between lands lying in the vicinity O.
. Malta and Culbertson. Fortunately
the land along the river hat is with
= drawn under the irrigation act can,
not be taken by these people and ir
= most cases THIS gets them out IN tn
q wilderness q fair distance.
! Malta Enterprise: Frank Dardis,
we'll known contractor of Williston
9 is in the city this week preparing t
o bid on the government canal. Mr.
{ Dardis was n of the big contractor,
who constructed the lower Yellowstone
project and is q man of many years
experience in work of this nature. H,
o expressed himself IS very willing I,
take all the water certificates he coul,
get hold of in payment for work as i
q 10 his opinion that it will o be man,
years until every water certificate IL
the valley will be selling above par.