The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-11
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

VIII OuvO1
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: A petition is be.
Ing circulated asking the postof]ce
department to establish a postofice on
Eagle creek. about l6 miles northwest
OF Chester, to be named Trommer.
Galata Journal: No trouble to get
water In this country. Reports are
that Isaac Wagner three miles north
has gotten q nice supply at fifty feet,
and Fred Smith five miles northeast,
has struck plenty Of it at 81 feet.
Conrad Observer: Another new
town Is soon to be added to Teton
county. A. Goeddertz. Jr., owner OF
the land at Kelvin, about 20 miles
north OF Shelby, now has surveyors
at work laying out the new townsite.
Havre Plsindealer: While Messrs.
Holmes and Hubbard, the Great Nor.
them passenger agents we're here
last week they stated that the Great
Northern is having made some 400
immense signs calling attention to
Montana, which will be erected in
prominent places in eastern cities.
Chinook Opinion: The news of the
sudden death Of Bernard Ryan, son
OF John Ryan OF this city, was q shock
to the friends of the family. After q
short illness from typhoid pneumonia
he died at the Ryan home in this city
Monday at about II o'clock. Few
knew of bis sickness before the news
of his death came, so sudden was the
end.
Chester Newspaper: We understand
that there has been q petition circu.
lated in the Mariss district asking the
county commissioners to open q road
and build q bridge across the Marias
river south from this city. In talking
with one Of the settlers from that dis.
trict, we are informed that there are
at least something like a hundred new
settlers who have settled there this
spring and with the coming fall there
will be many more.
Glagow News: Harry j.. Liddell,
travelling representative for the Gund
Brewing Co., of La Crosse, Wis.,, was
arrested Wednesday at Mondak on
complaint of G. II. Peterson, auditor
of the brewery, for the misappropria.
ton of $685. 90 of the company's funds
that he had collected from liquor
dealers in his territory. Liddell is q
young man, with a wife and child in
Williston, and has always heretofore
borne a good reputation.
Valerian: Norris Starbuck. who
has a homestead north of Waller has
been notified that be has thirty days
In which to prove that his claim does
not contain deposits of coal. The
sole duty Of the special agents of the
government seems to be to make life
a burden for the homesteaders. They
appear to think that they are not
earning their salaries unless they are
on the trail of the empire builder-the
,iller Of the soil.
Shelby News: 1t may not be gen.
orally known, but VIM. Awkward is
probably the first man to raise apples
in this part OF Montana, having pro-
duced a few last season, and expects
to raise q large crop this year on his
ranch on the Marias a few miles
south of town. He ia quite a farmer
and raised corn, melons, tomatoes
and other products in great quantities
last season.
Chinook Opinion: Prof. Thomas
Shaw visited here last Saturday to in.
| spect the Great Northern's experiment
tai farm on the John Clark ranch
west of town. He found the crops
that have been planted doing we'll and
coming up in a satisfactory manner.
While it is quite dry, there has been
plenty OF moisture to terminate the
seed in good shape. With the aver.
age rain of the months of May and
June he ia confident of the results OF
the experiments at oil points along the
line.
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