The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,

AMUNG UUk NtIGHbUkS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Harlem News: Just as we 20 to
press we learn that W. E. French has
been offered the position of immigrant
agent for the Great Northern rail.
way. The exhibit car will be discon.
tinued after the 18th.
The Chester Newspaper: Twenty six
head of horses we're recently cold by
John G. Quigg to John Hoffman. for
the sum of $500, the price being q
hundred dollars per head. The price
Of range horses is advacing.
Havre Plaindealer: Deneen g. Putt
this week began operations with their
gasoline pillow or the bench lands nea
Havre. The machine works most sat.
isfactorily and they expect to be able
to break Q vast acreage Of land before
the blowing season is out.
Malta Enterprise: Notices have been
sent out from the construction camp
near Dodson and from the reclama-
ton service Office at Malta, advertis.
ing for teams and drivers to work on
the irrigation project along the Milk
river valley. Five dollars per day
for driver and two horse team is the
price quoted.
Conrad Observer: There was q
large prair 9 fire north and west of
town last Friday which is estimated
to have burned over about Is square
miles of country. The fire is reported
to have origin ted northeast of Waller,
where q pillow outfit had set fire to a
tract Of land before starting in to
pillow and got beyond their control.
Glasgow News: The present month
has witnessed the heaviest business in
the history of the local land Office in
this city. 1t is a cold. raw day when
100 to 200 applications are not re.
ceived, and last Friday 1914 filings
we're recorded. Il is sure that this
beats the record for Montana, and it
lie extremely doubtful II there are
many instances where THE amount OF
business has been received in q single
day in the regular course Of business
in any other district.
Choteau Acantha: B. G. Henry OF
Chinook, representing q big livestock
firm In New York state, was in Che.
teau and vicinity the fret of the week
selling dairy COWS to patrons Of the
local creamery. He disposed of about
two carloads At S75 per head. They
r Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys,
and are represented to be fine ami
mails for dairy purposes. All will be
fresh within q few weeks. This. num-.
Der Of cows will make a decided diff.
ference with the creamery.
Havre Promoter: Coroner Almas
of this city, was called to Galata last
Friday. where he held an inquest on
the body Of John N. Pfeffer, aged Is
years, who was killed last Friday
morning by being struck by a freight
engine while attem pting to cross the
track in front of the train. The yer.
vict was death by accident, the rail-
way company being e~xonerated. The
deceased had only arrived at Galata
the day before with his three O. and
their household goods preparatory o
moving out to their homesteads, eight
miles south of that place.
Valerian: j. E. Helm, who lives
ten miles south of Waller, made Ne sit
up and take notice yesterday while on
q visit to our sanctum when be cody
announced that he is cropping 1900
acres of land this season in wheat and
oats, $50 of the former and $50 of the
latter. Moreover, he had reason to
feel chesty when he stated that the
entire acreage has been plowed and
cultiv ated for seeding and that come
400 acres are now in crop. MIR. Helm
reiter ated the advice to newcomers on
dry land, mentioned frequently here
tofore in these columns, to pillow deep
for the cOnserva alton of moisture.