The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

AMUVO Jun NCJOTIOOOOs
A Grist Of ltemsiG Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Choteau Acantha; The S T ranch
has again taken the pennant for pota'
toes. Mr.. Couch, owner of the ranch,
states that the yield ia $1,000 pounds
from about three acres. The quality,
as we'll as the yield, is OF the finest.
Conrad Observer: To judge from
the number of Canadians coming into
this section, it will not be long before
the big emigration of the last couple
of years into Canada will be made up
for. Every train into Conrad brings
them from Claresholm and other Sec
lions of Alberta.
ale Homestead: Not since we
have been here has the hay market
been so good nor the hay crop been
sold of 30 close as it now SCENE to
be. Nearly all the hay in this vicinity
has been sold at good figures and is
being baled and delivered on the cars.
1t IL bringing about Oil on the care at
Hinsdale now.
r. Chinook Opinion: The Thomas
O'Hanlon company received q request
this past week from the Great North.
ern railway that they send q bale of
alfalfa hay and q bale of blue Joint
hay to be used in the northern Mon.
taua exhibit at the National Corn ex-
position at Omaha. Mr.. O'Hanlon
selected two fine bales grown by John
Matheson at his ranch on North Fork
and shipped them Saturday after
noon.
Conrad Observer: A deal vas closed
in Great Falls last Friday for the sale
OF the Louie Morgan ranch Of 2,100
acres on Birch creek, west of Dupuyer,
to F. D. Kingsbury of Dupuyer. The
price paid for the land and improve
ments was ESQ, 900. Mr.. Kingsbury
is the owner of between four and five
thousand acres of land adjoining the
Morgan property and it is limited that
the whole tr act will soon be sold to
eastern capitalists.
Havre Piaindealer: That the lands
of this section are beginning to ap-
preciate in value and their intrinsic
value is beginning to be realized is
shown by the fact that Thomas Nc.
Dewitt, one of the best known old
timers in Chouteau county was THE
week paid $500 for option on liz acres
of land, his ranch south OF Havre,
until April /, at which time it will
change hands, in all probability, for
$40, 600 or $50 per acre.
Harlem News: While in St. Paul
Major Logan had a long interview
with both J. J. Hill and L. w. Hill
regarding development work in this
valley and WI are informed by him
that from now on we a rest assured
To at the Great Northern is on the iot
and on to stay. This means that mex,
year will witness the almost complete
transformation of northern Montana
1t means farmers for the bench lands
north Of US and water in the near fu'
ture, we hope, for the valley.
Valerian: A grewsome discovery
vas made on Monday afternoon by
P. J. Ryan, employed on the Dupuyel
creek construction gang, who, in the
vicinity of the dam stumbled upon the
dead body of a mao hidden ia the long
grass, and from papers found upor
his person proved to be the rem aint
of Joan L. L. Brocker. 1t was clearly
a case of suicide as powder marks
we're visible and a 44-caliber revolver
was found lying partly enclosed il
the dead mans right hand. The un
fortunate man who is nor familiarly
known as Louie Brocker, had beer
missing from his homestead since the
middle of August and repeated
/ 90 archas fai1od tn locata him