The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: The Great Northern
IS not treating Chester on the square
b matter of its passenger train
service. No. l almost daily stops here
for water and there 10 no good reason
Why they should not make 1t a regular
stop. With a great many people com.
Ing TO town every day to look At the
country we ought to have better ser.
vice.
Zortman Miner: Samples we're run
a the August mine on Thursday from
the upper tunnel which gave an aver.
age of slightly in excess of $500 per
ton, and from the lower tunnel, which
gave an average OF s244. with two
feet OF the vein giving . return Of
s1.347, which is not so bad, and there
10 lots more like 1t In these hills when
VoSS ooCOVCCSOs
Conrad observer: According to
United States Commissioners John W.
Shields. there were 120 ilings on land
In that section for the month of June
just passed. Land locators are now
taking land seekers fully Is miles east
OF town, where they are locating. Two
years ago anyone could have gotten
oil kinds of government land within .
radius of two miles OF town.
Chinook Opinion: The wool buyers
have been camping here in large mum.
bers trying to get the local market
started somewhere under the 25.cent
mark. The local growers holding to.
gether for the top price has resulted
in q million aud half pounds OF wool
remaining unsold when shearing com.
menced despite the fact that At most
other points the clip had been cleaned
up.
Chinook Opinion: 1The county At
torney telegraphed instructions here
Saturday afternoon to Constable
Miewald to arrest q couple Of young
fellows named Huschka, who were
working at the Runyan shearing
plant. The young fellows were want
ed for stealing two horses from their
father. . rancher on the south side OF
the Bear Paws. The horses were
found here in Runyan's pasture.
Hsvre Plaindesler: Obviously a
White Snake is not q water snake for
one who rejoiced in this name, Q Cree
about IS years of age, while loaded
with q quantity of fire water be was
unable to transport across Milk river
bridge, last Sunday morning fell into
the river and was drowned. The body
was recovered Thursday morning az
1t foated and was taken to the Hol.
land morgue, from which place 1t was
later buried In the potter's field.
Glasgow News: Last Sunday morn.
ing the sheriff caught two men down
near the coal sheds in the east part Of
town who were wanted at Hinsdale 70,
grand larceny. They had stolen 6
motor boat at Hinsdale belonging te
Alter & Gaasch and were leaving the
country by the river route. The own
ers of the boat always removed the
electric battery when they we're not
using the boat so as to prevent people
from running it, and for that reason
the thieves were unable to use the
engine.
Hinsdale Homestead: On Monda,
night a hail storm did considerable,
damage west of here. At Beaverton
O. S. Cutting, D. o. Brown and a few
others lost heavily. Two miles wes'
of town Fred Gillette lost about ninety
acres of fine looking grain. and Others
lost lightly. 1t was one OF the wors'
hail storms known to the people o,
this vicinity and was an unfortunat at
occurrence for those whom 1t hit. w
understand that it reached west t
near Malta and travelled close to the