The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

NoTtnerh montana exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: Haying is pro.
crossing rapidly in all parts of this
section. The alfalfa crop is showing
up we'll but blue Joint is a light crop
in most places.
Lewistown Democrat: Lightning
destroyed $50 tons OF fine hay belong.
ing to Andrew Fergus at his Armells
ranch a few days ago. Only hard
work on the part of ranch hands kept
the flames from spreading to other
stacks.
Glasgow News: The p~ostofice at
Oswego was robbed last Thursday
night OF cash, checks, etc., to the am.
cunt OF about s135. Frank Hunter,
the postmaster, accuses Nick Rantes,
q Greek laborer, of the theft and
Sheriff Small went down and got the
fellow today and brought him to Glas.
gov.
Malta Enterprise: Nick Schmitz
has just recovered one of his three
horses that were stolen from his pas.
ture last April. The animal was re.
covered by D. G. Kyle, who was hot
on the trail Of the horse thieves, who
in their deperate efforts to evade the
clutches of the law, killed one of Mr..
Schmit's large mares.
Havre Herald: Tuesday evening" a
vicious assault was perpetrated on
Nelse Cody. An unknown nan at.
tackled Cody about 10 O'Clock as he
was passing by the ice house west Of
the city and slashed him aeros the
face with q razor, inaicting an ugly
wound which extended across his face.
No trace as to the identity of the as
sailant has been gained.
Conrad Observer: After the E. f.
Leech wool was loaded into the car
last week, the car was broken into
and a sack OF wool carried away.
The old sack had been slit open and
was left in the car. There vas q
number of hoboes who disappeared
from town about the time and it Is the
belief of some that they took the WOO
to make beds in their side.door Pull.
man.
Malta Enterprise: If horse thieves
continue to steal horses at will Il
might not be amiss for the people OF
Valley county to organize q sort Of
an old fashioned vigilance associa
ton and clean the county Of these de-
spicable outlaws, who are causing
depred atoms almost daily, regardless
of the efforts to break up the thievine
bands by Sheriff Small and his excel
lent corps of deputies. Perhaps i
might be we'll to put q few more depu
ties in the field, as the county is large
and it takes several officers to lool
after it's welfare.
Harlem News: Much utilization wa
INDUCED in down the valley the latter
part of last week over a telegram from
II. N. Savage to start work on tn
proposed ditch from Dodson south a
once, and to push the work with al
haste. Work was therefore begun
Monday morning of this week. Tn
whole valley is interested in this be
ginning, for it is believed that one
begun the work will never stop unit
the whole system has been completed
including the connection with tn
waters of the St. Mary river.
Zortman Miner: A week or two az,
w. G. Robinson, who lives on tn
Missouri river about seven miles be
low Wilder, lost his boat. It was tn
second one he has lost this season b
theft and he was naturally intereste
in obtaining q clew II possible. Tn
tracks of q man and q horse led u
to the boat and from thence up
nearby gulch. These he followed TO
less than half q mile when he cam
upon the carcass of the horse,
young bay animal and which woul'
weigh about $50 pounds. 1t had beef
shot through the head and the bran'
carefully cut away, 40 that no trac
of it could be found. The man ha'
then taken his saddle and pulle'
down the river in the stolen boat.