The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: c. w. Hansen of
Chinook, representing q creamery
building concern, was in town several
days this week interviewing our citi.
zens regarding the establishment of q
creamery.
Glasgow Review: It is reported
that Tom Chamberlain has joined his
sheep interests with the j. 8. Long &
Co. and will bring over $1,000 head
from Dawson county into Valley coun.
~ before the fret OF June.
Havre Plaindealer: Geo. H. Noble
has purchased the old George Heron
place from Ritt Stringfellow, the con.
sideration being g, 400. Ten acres
are in the place. He will move his
family there about the middle Of
April.
Havre Herald: John Stahl, former.
ly Of Chinook, wss in the city Mon.
day. Mr.. Stahl has sold his ranch
on Snake creek but has no intention
Of leaving the state. having purchased
the Central beer hall at Whiteish.
He reports q very light winter in the
Snake creek country.
Malta Enterprise: c. c. Babb, en-.
eineer in charge OF the Milk river pro.
ject has written q letter to B. W.
Brockway in which tie states that he
will arrive here about the 18th of this
month to take charge of the work on
the Dodson dam, and that he wanted
Office room and a cottage 70 live in
the coming summer.
Harlem News: Word was received
a few days ago by Chas. H. Reed th At
700 tons Of hay owned by the Coburn
Cattle Co., about IS miles southeast
Of Harlem, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday of last week. 1t was at first
reported that the baler, which was at
work at the time, had also been
burned, but this has since been de.
MED.
Conrad Observer: Last Friday was
the windiest day ever known, at least,
this is the general verdict. The wind
blew two empty box ars out Of the
eide track in the railroad yards and
carried them about two miles north,
besides blowing over several out
buildings in town. A story from
Mark Fowler's, east OF town, says
that one Of his hens was picked up by
the wind and blown for about . mile,
when it struck a barbed wire fence
and was killed.
Culbertson Searchligt: The case OF
D. j. Bedford and others who were
charged with arson came up in the
district court at Glasgow on Tuesday,
when the case was dismissed on motion
of the county attorney, on the ground
that the owner of the shack burned
was out of the country and could no,
be produced as a witness. 1t appears
that John Larson, the shack owner,
was a claim jumper and a large mum
Der of men drove him out OF the shack
which was afterwards burned. Lar
son was warned to leave the country
Conrad Observer: A piece Of good
news for Teton county is the early
resumption of work on the Bynum re-
~servoir, as given out by Engineer
George w. Weed. The dam anG
bitches are to be completed this CON-
ing fall and II is estimated that 100,
600 acres of land in Teton county will
be irrigated by this project alone,
The completion Of the Conrad Invest
ment company dam, which is promis
ed early this summer, will add, a
least, another SO, 0O0 acres to our irr
igated agricultural land. These pro-
positions are assured, with q possibil
ity Of the large volume of water il
the St. Mary lake being distributed
over u land in the northern part O.
the county, thus placing Teton county
in the front rank of the irrigated
counties in the state.