The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-29
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

HIVUNO Jun VCIO00UnC.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow News: A number Of those
who went back to North Dakota to
work In the harvest fields, are return.
ing with the report that crops there
are not going to amount to much, on
account of the hot winds drying up
the small grain.
Havre Herald: c. A. McCarter, the
Galata merchant. spent Monday trans.
acting business in Havre. Mr.. Nc.
Carter says there will have been 10000
head Of sheep shorn at his corrals be-
fore the season closes, which will be
in about ten days.
Hinsdale Homestead: The rainfalls
of the past two weeks have served
to save much of the crops of this sec.
ton which were burning up by the
severe hot winds. Many fields Of grain
which a week ago promised nothing
now promise to make at least some
hay.
Conrad Observer: On account of
the recent heat, which cured much Of
the grass, gophers have destroyed
much of the grain crops the past
month. In instances they have eaten
the grain, beginning at the outer
edges, for distances of Is and SO feet,
completely cleaning it off.
Glasgow News; During the storm
that passed over this section Wednes.
day afternoon, lightning struck near
the Mccormick homestead northeast
of town and set the prairie grass on
fire. The fire raveled west and north.
west and burned over quite a tract OF
country, destroying considerable
range.
Zortman Miner: 1t is certain that
l.. S. Goslin has made a sale of the
August and the Seth & Leibert mines
on the western side, but as none OF
the parties have yet returned from
Helena, nothing is known of the par
ticulars. Rumor has it, however, that
Mr.. Goslin gets $3.50, 600 for a one.
half interest out of which he will dis.
burse about 800, 600 in satisfaction OF
all bonds and claims.
Havre Plsindealer: Fort Assinni-
boine has a new commanding officer
in the person of Captain Shuttleworth,
who lately arrived at the post from
the Philippines, coming via the Suez
canal. Capt. Shuttleworth takes the
view that the large military reserva g.
tions Of the west are each year becom'
ing more valuable to the government
and that they are indispensable to tn.
proper training of the soldiery of tn,
country.
Malta Enterprise: Bids we're opened
by the reclamation service Saturda,
afternoon, which we're called for OF
the first seven miles of the Dodso1
Malta Glasgow South Side canal, ant
it was found that all the territory from
Dodson to point of rocks, was GOV
cred by bids, except the solid rock
work upon which no bids were asked
for. 1t is expected that the contrac
tors will start work about the middle
OF next week.
Chinook Opinion: The Milk Rive,
Coal company of this place has been
Incorporated with S75, GOO capital stocl
with Il. ID. Hensen, w. B. Sands
Jurgen Kuhr, Ii. j. O'Hanlon and U
5. q. Sharp as incorporators. The
company is to purchase all of the
holdings of the Isuhe-Lange Coal com
pany of this place and will make ex'
t~ensive additions to the mines equip
men: to enable them to probably
exploit the coal banks on which they
are located.
Glasgow Review: In view of The
fact that there are some Is or 20 Grim
inal cases to be tried in this county q,
the next term of court, the board OF
county commissioners il confronted
with a very serious financial problem
Il is thought that the trial of sixteen
OF these cases will have to be sent Ia
some other county owing to the pre-.
iudice believed to exist against the
prisoners, and in that case a greatly
increased expenses is likely TO result.
In order to meet these extraordinary
costs, the board must provide ways
and means by resorting to an increas.
ed Lax levy, but to what amount will
be difficult to determine. The total
estimated costs of these trials vary
from $4,000 to go, 200, and tina,
makes q tax levy to meet the expenses
of the county all the more perplexing