The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.


a Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Conrad Observer: The machinery
has arrived for two grain elevators
for the Cargill Elevator company.
1t Is presumed one will go up in Con-
rad and the other in Waller. The
company has secured sites in both
places.
Chinook Opinion: The big steam
plow which Moses Anderson pur.
chased from Julius Lehfeldt, arrived
here last week and will soon be put to
work In the Paradise valley. Mr..
Anderson expects to pillow from Is to
80 acres q day with his new outfit.
Harlem News: During the past two
weeks nineteen cars Of horses have
been shipped from this station. Ten
cars were shipped to South Omaha,
eight to St. Louis and one to Billings.
Out OF the nineteen cars Jack Canon
and Club Reed shipped fifteen cars.
Malta Enterprise: In the cowboys
race on the Fourth one of the contest.
ants met with a bad accident. Just as
he was crossing the quarter pole in
the home stretch, his saddle turned
and he was thrown of to the right,
knocked s~enseless and had his collar
bone and one rib broken.
Chester Signal: Maurice c. Price
and family departed this week for
eastern Pennsylvsnis. where they K
pect to make their home. Mr.. Price
was one of the early settlers of the
Sweet Grass hills country and al
though engaged in the sheep business
he was among the big farmers of nor.
them Montahs. The best wishes of q
host Of friends 60 with Mr.. Price and
family.
Glasgow News: District court has
been in session since Wednesday
morning, and most of that day was
taken up with the case OF the State vs.
W. F. Prentice, in which it was al.
legged that he had stolen q horse from
John Ltndquist, of Bsinville. After
the state had put In its evidence, the
court dismissed the case on account of
insufficient evidence to convict, and
the jury was discharged without hear.
ing the defense.
Glasgow News: Prof. Barnum Brown
OF New York City, arrived Friday and
went out to his camp, south of the
Missouri, the first of the week. 1t will
be remembered that Prof. Brown has
already spent one or two seasons in
the bad lands near here, where he has
secured several valuable and rare fos-
sill remains of prehistoric animals for
the American Museum of Natural
History, of New York City.
Conrad Observer: One death and
the injury of two other people and the
killing of two horses is the record of
electrical storms the past week. Rob.
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claim about seven miles southea st of
town. was instantly killed last Satur.
day forenoon by a bolt which also
killed two of his horses. Mr.. Bulmer
vas driving q disc with four horses
attached to it at the time he met his
death. The lightning killed Two of
the horses on the inside, but did no
injury to the others.
Havre Plaindealer: Frank Patter.
son. a sheep herder about As years of
age, who is an old timer in the county,
on June 9th. while hauling q load Of
wool sacks from town, fell from his
wagon and the wheels passed over his
chest just above the stomach. He was
found by Ambrose Phslen lying un-
conscious in the road and was brought
into the city, where he was given med
ical attention. The injuries were more
serious than at first thought, aud
Patterson died Thursday morning as
the result of them.