The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES.

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Northern Montana Exchanges.
Zortman Miner: Frank Forbes was
. Zortman visitor Tuesday. he re-
ports the August mine hustling these
days, having installed q compressor
and six machines. He says they are
milling about $50 tons OF hieh grade
ore daily.
Havre Plaindealer: l.. Crichton of
Chester, was in the city last Saturday
enroute to Corning, CAL, where he
has extensive olive ranches. he has
not disposed of his lands in the vicin.
ity OF Chester and will spend his sum.
mers largely in this country.
Chinook Opinion: A young man
by the name Of Pratt died Friday
forenoon of an intestinal trouble af.
ter q very short illness. The young
nan and his father came here this
sumner and filed on claims south of
town and have been working around
here since.
Culbertson searchlight: M. Peter.
son Of Dane Valley, was in town yes.
terdsy and reports that he had 107
acres In crop this year, of which Sc
acres were in wheat which averaged
"A bushels to the acre. The bal lance
was In oats and fax. Oats went 46
bushels and fax twelve bushels Tn tho
acr
Chinook Opinion: The Milk river
exhibition car went through here
Mordsy on its way east. It was
bound for Aberdeen where the big
land drawing is to be held soon.
From there 1t goes to Billings for the
dry farming congress. After that It
will start on its scheduled trip through
the east.
Cloteau Acantha: Peter Eyraud,
who was In town last week from his
ranth on the Muddy, is preparing to
buy a gasoline blowing outfit. He ex.
PEGS to farm on q large scale and
thinks the gasoline pillow is cheaper
than horse power. Pete is another
man who is turning his attention more
AMI more to farming and less to sheep
raising.
Malta Enterprise: J. Pingree of the
Amalgamated Sugar Co., Ogden.
Utah, was in town Thursday and
Friday in the interests of the sugar
beet factory soon to be erected at
Savoy. A large number of farmers
and citizens attended the meeting held
at b. W. Brockway's Office Frid az
AFTERNOON to discuss sugar beet Gull
fure. Mr.. Hensen, superintendent of
the Savoy factory. will return to Malta
10 about two weeks and will contr act
for the 1910 crop of sugar beets.
Conrad Observer: s. A. Solid, the
conrad real estate man, has purchased
. tract OF l5O acres of land at Dutton.
q side track on the Great Falls and
Shelby line about 30 miles south of
Courad and is this week having about
~ acres plated for q townsite. About
all OF the land surrounding the new
town is to be reclaimed by the govern.
ment Sun river irrigation project and
much OF 1t has been Withdrawn from
entry for the purpose.
Conrad Observer: j. M. Ryan, Of
the Conrad Townsite Co., reports that
the . acre crop of potatoes that we're
put IN late in the summer on sod
ground have turned out good and are
turning out over 100 bust els to the
acre. II will be remembered that the
potatoes were planted by a new meth
Cd In which a steam pillow was
ed with a stove pipe in front of each
pIo". Down these the seed was drop
ped onto the sod ground aud covered
by the pillow as it moved along.
Big Water Rig hit Case Decided.