The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

nTUOIVO OOu IVlJOJIOVUlO
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow Dem ocrat: Fred Listiko
unloaded q 2O.horsepower traction
engine that he purchased from Dakota
parties Tuesday. He will move it to
his ranch on the Missouri river and
will use it for blowing, irrigating and
saving lumber.
Harlem News: W. M. Woolridge
brought his steam breaking outfit up
from Hinsdale the fret of the week but
found the ground in this vicinity too
wet to commence operations. He ex-
poets to be able to get to O in q
week or ten days.
Chester Signal: Up to late thirteen
filings have been made near Inverness
by German farmers, who expect to
establish q store and lumber yard this
spring. They will bring q steam plow-
outfit with them aud many acres Of
virgin soil will be turned over before
fall.
Harlem News: Senator Thos. M.
Everett is in receipt of q letter from
Washington informing him that the
Secretary Of the Interior is low hav.
ing regulations drafted providing for
the entry OF lands under the 320 home
stead act. 1t is expected that it will
take from two t o three weeks to do
this work.
Conrad Observer: Myat benson,
of the Marias river, was here yester-
day with q wagon and three range
riders, on his way to the Choteau
country, where he goes after q bunch
of about 700 cattle. They we're pur.
chased in that country by Jas. Turner,
Cockrell and benson.
Culbertson Searchlight: I. M. Ken
nedy, state official for child and AMI.
NAL protection, arrived here q couple
of days ago, and in company with
Deputy Sheriff Bennett, visited the
ranch of John Lasater near Plenty
wood yesterday. It is reported tina,
Mr.. Lssater was arrested en- u charge
preferred by his daughter Amy, who
Is about 16 years old.
Choteau Acantha: Under Sheriff
Ganong brought up from Collins Fri
day a prisoner by the name OF Gus
Jackson, q colored man who was con
victed at Cut Bank last week on q
charge Of having stolen an overcoa1
from q Great Northern conductor,
He will serve six months. 1t is said
that he had just been released from
the Fort Benton Jail where he had
languished for half a year.
Havre Plaindealer: H. G. Delaney
of Wiliston, who owns and control.
several banks In the eastern part O
Montana and also North Dakota, ha,
been in the city for a few days max
ing arrangements to open a bank il
Havre, to be called the Citizens
National Bank of Havre. Mr.
Delaney has rented the store room a
present occupied by the Havre Jew
elry company for a temporary head
quarters.
Chinook Opinion: In a letter re
Gently to Secretary Vennum of th,
United Milk River Irrigation asso
citation, Senator Carter urged that
committee visit Washington and con
suit with the reclamation service OF
the ad INSTABILITY of cooperative con
struction work on the Chinook section
of the Milk river project. He state,
that the prospects are so good fol
fa. orable action by the British gov
ernnent on the waterways treaty tina
he is convinced that work should b
fastened along the whole length Of tn
Milk river portion of the project, &C
that when the St. Mary's diversion
canal Is completed the canals will b.
ready for the water. He advises tn
people of the Upper Water Users as
%sociation to acQuaint themselves with
the details of the successful plan i,
operation at the Dodson portion O
the project in order to devise SOM
plan for submission to the reclama
ton service whereby the renchers cal
cooperate in the construction worl
on the canals from Havre to Dodson
He Won and Lost a Fortune.
HELENA, April 4.-Jos. II. Russell