The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Hinsd ale Homestead: The ice on
Milk river has been breaking up Ia
places during the week, and come OF
our people attribute this as an indica-
ton of an early spring.
Havre Plsindealer: The Great
Northern railway coutemplates putting
on q local passenger train between
Havre and Cut Bank March frst.
The local travel on the line has grown
10 such proportions as to make this
imperative.
Chester Signal: The LEI Chouseau
County Bank yesterday purchased q
lot on First St. from Joe Rehal for
which they paid $500. The lot IL
3Ox140 and is the corner one just west
Of the Blanchard hotel cite aud is q
most desirable piece of property.
This is the highest price eve paid for
q lot in Chester.
Malta Enterprise: The reclaim alton
service has three surveying crews be.
tween W agner and Alkali creek sur.
veying the acreage that will come nn-
der water next summer. Az soon as
this work is completed and blue prints
are made, all the land which IL with.
drawn in that part of the valley will
be restored to entry.
Glasgow News: Last week r. j.
Moore, manager OF the Moore tele-
phone system in this city, while q,
Harlem closed q deal whereby the
Moore Telephone company takes ia
the Harlem system, and the long dis.
lance line now controlled by the Glas.
gov company will be extended at once
from Dodson to Harlem.
Valerian: The Illumination in the
sky last night proved to be q prairie
fire three miles east of town. A prai-
RE fire OF the third of February would
be something unusual 10 most coun.
tries and the fact that it was started
by q spark from a pillow engine is still
further beyond the belief ofsthe incred.
ulous who live In other sectioue.
Havre Promoter: A. l.. Gesche, the
Inverness land man and townsite
owner, was transactine business in
the city Tuesday. Mr.. Gesche says
there is no abatement to the incoming
of settlers, and that he makes from
fifteen to twenty locations q week.
Notwithstanding the u~nfavorable sea-
sOn.
Chinook Opinion: Miss Augusta
Lehfeldt of this place and Mr.. Erues,
w ard of Big Sandy were united in
marriage at the home of the brides
parents in this city, Tuesday fore
noon at ten o'clock. The wedding
was q quiet home aft air and relatives
only we're present at the ceremony
Rev. w achsmuth of Great Falls Off
ciated at the ceremony.
Saco Observer: 1t is reported tina,
u number of the men from this vicinity
who worked on the Nelson g. Gilman
contract on the Dodson ditch las,
summer are having considerable trou.
BILE in making a settlement with H. H,
Nelson for the work so done. and the
probabilities are that the matter will
have an airing in the courts ia the
near future.
Conrad Observer: The anticipated
spring rush of land seekers has alread,
begun. No less than twenty-five per
sons got off the south bound Burling'
ton here this morning, and are busy
today looking up the prospect of get
ting q piece of land. A peculia,
thing about this early immigration 1.
the fact that q large per cent of 1t II
coming from Washington. For sever
al years past the railroads have
hauled thousands of immigrantt
through Montana every spring tt
Washington, but many of those sam
people are coming back to get some
of the rich land they passed up before
vii Meet At Chester, February 20,
The campaign committee of the Fort