The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

4 Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: The initial rush
$40 acre homesteads the past two
weeks kept the land men and commits.
basy. Seventy.fve filings
have been made since q week ago
and the land.seekers are go.
Ing out in parties every day. Most of
The filings SO far have been on the
level benches north of town.
Malta Enterprise: The bids for the
construction of the south unit of the
Dodson.M alta Glasgow canal with
one or two exceptions were accepted
and work has already commenced
along the line between Point Of Rocks
and Alkali. Informal bids . now
be filed for work not previously let,
and will be Immediately considered.
Hsvre Plaindealer: The first train
Of cattle to leave Montana were
shipped through Hsvre Monday and
they were q prime lot, the property of
the Florence Cattle company. There
were 80 csrs in the train and they
made the remarkable time of Eve
hous between here and Glasgow, reg.
ular passenger train time.
Harlem Newe: Sometime during
Sunday night the Harlem Mercantile
Co. store was broken into and goods
to the amount of about $50 taken, con.
sisting of q couple dozen pocket
knives, q OF six shooter, two pairs
of shoes and some clothing. Entrance
was gained through q window. The
''boes" emptied . couple barrels of
water and piled one barrel on top of
the other to reach the window.
Choteau Acantha: Choteau 10 to
have q creamery. The stock has been
subscribed and the work is under way.
The ucces or failure Of 1.-THE enter.
prise is entirely in the hands OF the
people of the town and vicinity. So
far ss human wisdomcan see, the only
possible thing that csn prevent sue.
cess is simply that the people will not
bring in the butter fat. OF course, q
creamery can't run without cream.
II the cream is forthcoming, the new
concern will certainly be q cuccess.
Lewistown News: 1The outlook for
the sheep industry In Fergus county
was ' 70 good as at the present
time, and the demand for Fergue
woolies is so great that the offers
cannot be met. The man who has
sheep needs only to set his price and
there are hundreds of buyers nov
waiting for the chance to purchase
Yesterday J. D. Waite of the Fergus
county bank received q letter from ar
eastern party asking for ten thousand
head of sheep and for the past few
days the demand has been risirg.
Havre Promoter: Az another illus
tration of the implicit faith and conf
dence of it's managers in the futur'
greatness of Havre and the surround
ing country, the GreatINorahern Rail
way company has begun the erection
of the new depot at this place. Grount
was broken and the preliminary worI
for the found alton of the costly ant
magnificent structure was started thi
week, and the building will be pushes
to completion as rapidly as men ant
weather will permit. The depot will
cost over $40, 600.
Hinsdale Homestead: A meeting o
the directors of the Farmers Telephon
Exchange was held Wednesday whicl
lasted pretty neal all day. and q
which considerable business wa
transacted. The reports OF those hav
ing the construction of the company
lines in charge shows the system Il
good condition with about twenty mile
of line and t~wenty.three phones Il
working order. The company is plan
ming to build several miles of lin
this fall to reach a number of peopl
!, who are calling for the system.