The river press., 1910-03-23
AMONG OUR NEIGHB0RS.

AMONG OUR NEIGHB0RS.
\ 0rist..of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: A subscription pa.
per is being circulated In Chester to
raise money with which to erect .
Catholic church. The church is badly
needed and all citizens should donate
literally to such cause.
Valerian: E. E. Leech is advertis.
ing hay for sale. Considering that
he has countless sheep as we'll as 9th. |
er stock this is an intelligent indica-
tion of what the winter has been.
Throughout the entire winter Mr..
Leech fed his stock but nine days.
Chinook Opinion: Landseekers are
not pouring into Chinook by the hum
dreds but every day there are few
people arriving from both east and
west. The majority of these file on
land in this vicinity, there being an
average of five and six filings made
daily during the past two weeks.
Culbertson Searchlight: Never In
the history of Culbertson has there
been such an influx Of new settlers as
has thronged our streets during the
past week or ten days. Over 1000
homeseekers have stopped of at Cul-
bertson, some of whom have gone on
further west, but about 500 have been
located on claims in this vicinity and
along the Plenyy wood
branch of the Great Northern rail.
way.
| Harlem News: Tom Jockey. pros
pector, is one of the lucky kind and IL
all Indications are to be relied upon
be has made his stake-one that will
keep the wolf from the door for sew.
eral months to come. He made the
strike last week at the head of Lodge
Pole In the Little Rockies. He hat
a fifteen foot ledge that will assay
way up in the pictures. Native GOLD
c IN be seen without the aid of glass
clear across the ledge.
Conrad Observer: A contest was
filed Thursday in the Great Falls land
Office by r. N. Hattersley of this city
ag ainst large tract of land with
drawn by the state under the Carey
act. The land is situated only a few
miles south and east of this city, ani
is some of the finest agricultural lane
in the county, but It is claimed by th'
contestant that the lands are not pos
sible of rigation, aud therefor'
should be thrown back for settlement
Glasgow News: When one consid
ers that Valley county has 2,500, ,00'
acres of unsurveyed land, and ths
practically nothing but squatters
rights are obtainable on this vas
area, until the government has /
surveyed, then it will be seen why an!
movement looking to the surveying o
this land, is. Of great Importance Il
the people of this county. Thousand
of homeseekers are coming 10 and th
surveyed land will coon be taken
People hesitate to squat on unsur
veyed land IL surveyed land can b
| secured.
Conrad Observer: A number of BIZ
:, steam and gasoline plowing outfit
arrived this week, aud will soon b
. busily engaged in turning under th
sod. A big 30-horse traction engiu
$ with blowing attachments, arrive
4 Sund ay from Shelby, being shippe
in by Tom Pettigrew, who has a cor
tract TO plow 1000 acres about te
miles east of town, near the Darlin
reservoir. Two powerful four.cylin
8 der gasoline engines also passe
. through here Sunday to Waller, an
1 will be taken to the old Home ranc
- by MIR. Nixon, who recently purch ase'
the place, and will be used there dul
! ing the coming season,