The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
maintain q drainage canal on land q
few miles northwest of Chinook.

maintain q drainage canal on land q
few miles northwest of Chinook.
Charles Crepeau will make another
trip down the Missouri river in a few
days, with q heavy shipment of merch-
andise for parties located between
this city and the Musselshell. He
commenced work today on a barge for
that purpose, the craft being about
20 by so feet in size and capable of
carrying. q cargo of w twenty tons.
Congressman Charles N. Pray and
wife leave this evening for St. Louis,
where President Taft will visit mex
week and take a trip down the Missis-
sippi river to participate in the Water.
ways convention at New Orleans.
The improvement Of our navigable
rivers is q matter which Mr.. Pray
considers Of great Importance to Mon.
tana, and he proposes to seek ncou
agement for the work in every way
possible.
From Tuesdays Daily.
John Neubert, the we'll known old
timer. is reported to be quite sick at
his home on the Teton, and is under
the care of q physician.
&. H. Ragland made a quick auto.
mobile trip from Clifford to this city
yesterda az afternoon, the Is miles of
rough roads being covered in less
than four hours.
The Chinook Opinion reports the
sale of about 1900 fine ewes last week
at $3.50 per head. the outfit being
purchased from Mapes & Roberts by
George Jones, of Chinook.
The local football boys are prepar.
ing to meet the Great Falls high
school team. which will play here
next Saturday afternoon. The game
will take place at the grounds near
the Old Fort park.
1t is announced that the Great Nor
them railroad will reduce its freight
rate on wheat shipments from northern
Montana points to Minneapolis, the
reduction being from 5 to 7 cents per
cwt. from the present charge. The
new rate will go into effect next week.
A plat Of the townsite of Zortm ~,
comprising fifteen blocks that are
subdivided into 169 lots, has been
filed in the county clerks Office by
D. L. Baird as trustee for the United
States government. The townsite OF
Zortman is located on government
land, and it Is proposed to give its
residents an opportunity to acquire
title to the homes they have estab.
lished there.
j. G. Dowty, of Lewistown, who
has been looking ove the public do.
main in this vicinity, has made a
homestead filing about six miles south
Of the river, and states that abou,
thirty Of his Fergus county friends
also propose to locate in that section
A filing near the stock yards was
made a few days ago by II. w. Green
a brother of Mrs. Geo. H. Stevens
who recently arrived from Crane
Rapids, Mich.
Belt Times: James Linderman, the
local surveyor, has been steadily EN-.
ployed the past six weeks in locating
homesteaders on the vacant lands ir
the Lower Belt and Highwood country
Broad stretches of prairie lying be-
tween Lower Belt and Fort Benton
are destined to be dotted with homes
within the mex few months. The same
Transformation is taking place al
over eastern and northern Montana.
According to the Great Falls Tri
buue, a mining company which will
own and develop Is claims in tht
richest part OF the Little Rockies dis
trict Is in process of formation IL
Great Falls, the promoter being Aller
Pierse, and the stockholders some O
the best known business men of tina
city, Helena, Butte and Miles City
The company. which has not yet beer
incorporated, has an option on claiml
containing an extension of the lead O
the famous August mine, which i,
considered one of the greatest golt
producers in Montana.
"Get Land" Says Bishop Carroll