The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow News: Twenty ine Dagos
were brought up from Milk river sta.
ton Tuesday and placed in Jail for
fighting. Judge Evans fine q of them
$40 each and let them go.
Chester Signal: Water was struck
in the new we'll on the Mumper place
just south of town at 40 feet in q fine
vein of gravel. The force was strong
enough to make the water rise thirty
feet in the we'll.
Culbertson Searchlight: Ten men
in the vicinity of Lanark met last
Saturday andiorganized the Farmers
Elev ator company, each contributing
the sum OF $3.50. It is proposed to
erect ass, 600 elevator al once, time
being given to pay the balance of the
money.
Hinsdale Homestead: The water
spout on the Larb hills put Saco pit
out of commission for some time dur.
ing the fore;part of the week, by the
water coming down from the hills in
such volume that it filled the pit full
and there vas three feet Of water
standing around the shovel that was
working.
Harlem News: Secretary W. E.
French is inlreceipt of q letter from
Indiana to the effect that Immediately
upon receipt ofiword that the secre.
tary oflthe interior has designated the
lands asf:coming under the 800. acre
act, q large number Of settlers will
come in q body. They are all first
class farmers, thoroughly experienced
and in most instances w%ell.to.do.
Havre Plaindealer: The family Of
Engineer Joseph ,O'Brien mirscu-
lously escapedxdeath Friday night.
In the storm lightning struck their
ranch home two miles east of this
city, burned several holes through the
floor. tore out q portion of the build.
ing, and knocked Mr.. O'Brien, his
wife and three children into . state OF
Inconsistencies from which they were
q couple hours in recovering.
Malta Enterprise: Last Wednesday
night Malta and vicinity was visited
by one of the worst electrical storms
experienced in years. The heavy
rain accompanying the storm did no
damage, but the lightning played
havoc with the lives of some livestock.
1t killed q saddle horse belonging to
r. v. Tucker, killed n of G. W.
Powell's best cows, frightened q bunch
of Ed. Peterson's horses 80 that a
number of them ran into q barbed
wire fence and we're badly cut and
torn, and also killed q couple of
horses belonging to ranchers at Saco.
Conrad Observer: Another big land
deal in this section, involving about a
half million dollars, is now on. The
Conrad andiDupuyer Land & Water
Co. are negotiating a sale of 10000
acres of land and q bunch of horses
in the Dupuyer country to Messrs.
Ray, Carr and Mottinger, who repre-
sent eastern capital. The men we're
taken over the country last week and
have returned east to make a report.
The purchase will include land owned
by E. E. Leech, State Senator VIM.
Cowgirl, Jos. Sturgeon and possibly
that of j. E. Helm in the Dupuyer
country.i
Chinook Opinion: Gus Bush, q
ranch laborer, was drowned in the
high water of West Fork on Monday
afternoon. He was crossing with a
team at an old crossing, IS miles
north of town, near the Can adian line.
He said before leaving the bank that
he was familiar with the crossing but
water proved to be deeper than he
expected and he was soon beyond his
depth. In the middle of the stream be
got on one Of the horses backs. The
team was soon in trouble and began
to plunge wildly. Soon after the
team and man all sunk from sight
and did not come up again. Bush
was working for Henry HOfeldt and