The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Galata Journal: Our station agent
informs US that he has gotten word
that q station will be opened at Con-
cord in a day or two, the supplies now
being at this place.
Havre Plaindealer: Contractor F.
Bos sout has q force Of men employed
this week putting another story over
the old Security Bank, now occupied
by E. c. Carruth. The new Offices
will be occupied by the U. S. land
Office to be opened July l.
Choteau Acantha: c. F. Green, the
we'll known raiser Of horses. was
kicked in the face by . broncho Mon.
day forenoon at a corral on bic home
ranch eight miles southeast of Che.
teau. and al 80 seriously hurt that
for some hours his life was thought to
be in grave danger.
Culbertson Republican: Word
reached the superintendent Office
this week that be could negotiate with
the Great Northern Railway company
for q right-of-way across the Fort
Peck Indian reservation for the Pop.
lar branch of the Great Northern.
There will be elk townsites located on
the new branch.
Culbertson Searchlight: The Tall.
man Investment company has pur.
chased all the townsites along the Plen.
tywood branch of the Great Northern
railway. W. are not as yet inform.
ed as to how soon the Gale Of lots will
take place at Medicine Lake and Froid
nor how the sale will be conducted.
The Tallman Investment company is
also interested in the Security Bank
Of Plentywood, so it is reported.
Culbertson Searchlight: Supt. Lob
miller informs the S%earchlight editor
that Poplar will be free from saloons
for Is years after the reservation is
opened. In fact the whole reservation
comes under the same ruling. This
will be as long as the government will
have any control over the destinies of
its wards, as after that time the Ind.
ians will all become full citizens.
Glasgow News: The body of Chas.
A. Greesey, who died on the train last
week while coming to Glasgow from
Mondak, was shipped back to Mondak
the latter part of the week and an in
quest held at that place. After the in
quest the body was to have been turn.
ed over to the relatives for burial, but
they failed to settle the undertaker's
G. o. d. charges against them for the
expenses of casket, embalming, etc.
Choteau Acantha: An echo of the
operations of Carlos Warfeld in
Teton county is heard in the alias
summons now running in the Acantha,
the State Savings bank, Of Butte, be.
ing the plaintiff. In his halcyon days
in Teton county, Warield borrowed
Ss5, 900 and something over from the
State Savings people. The funds we're
supposedly borrowed for use ia COM
pleting the Alkali irrigation project.
Harlem News: We have taken the
first step towards incorporation-the
census has been taken and we have
the required number of inhabitants.
At the June meeting of the county com.
missioners an election will be ordered
which will probably occur sometime
in July and we ought to be az incor.
porated town early in the fall. There
is every reason why this is a step in
the right direction and as far as we
have been able to learn, there is prac.
tically no opposition to the movement.
Chinook Opinion: A. S. Lehman
has let several contracts for work on
his new two.story block on Main
street which ie to be occupied by
Julius Lehfeldt. The work of moving
the old store building out into the
street, where it is to stand while the
new building is being constructed has
been commenced by Oscar Ericsson.
The masonry contractors are all ready
to proceed with the excavation and
the foundation work will commence as
soon as the lot is cleared.
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