The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Glasgow Citizen: E. A. Brewer and
A. q. Langford have at last put the
finishing touches On their launch and
placed 1t in the river and started on
their journey to New Orleans by water.
They will stop of at different points
for supplies, as we'll as to dispose of
surplus game that might get in the
range OF those new Winchesters.
Vsleriau: The continued rainfall
sugurs we'll for the successes of next
years crop on dry as we'll as irrigated
land. More rain has fallen in the
past two weeks than in the l~previous
Is months while there 10 more snow in
the mountains than At any period last
winter; In fact nobody recalls seeing
any more snow In the Sweet Grace
hills than is visible at present.
Chester Signal: John F. Daoust, .
surveyor from Havre, has been en-.
gagged this week In laying out the
townsite Of Bison, five miles EAST of
Chester. A North Dakota man owns
the land and will coon begin the cree.
ton Of several buildings and deliver
to the world . brand new town. The
location is or the ''hump'' between
Chester aud Hsvre and II 1t has moth.
ing else to boast of it, certainly will
have beautiful scenery.
Chinook Opinion: 3The county fair
management have hopes OF having Q
large increase In the livestock depart.
ments of the Chouteau county fair this
year over last year. A perusal of the
premium list will show tn at the pre-.
miums offered for live stock have been
doubled in amount Jas compared to
last year. 1t is hoped this will make
better inducements to the stockmeu to
bring In their best animals.
Havre Plaindealer: 1.-THE establish
ment OF q pork packing plant in Havre
as coon as q source of supply q be
created, is the aim Of the Pioneer
Meat Co., of this city. In order to
get ranchers interested in hog raising,
the firm have erected on q plot OF
ground about q mile from the city
limits q modern piglsty q by 10 feet
in size fully equipped with running
water and q steam food cooking plant.
Glasgow News: S. r. Walker, pro.
prietor of the we'll known Walkers
Cafe of this city, is demonstra tine
that he is somewhat of q farmer and
s%tockraiser Is we'll as q popular cater.
er. A few days ago he sold 26 hogs
less than a year old to J.. I. Lebert,
proprietor of the City meatjlmar ket
for $50. These hogs were raised or
his ranch adjoining town were raisec
principally on the waste material from
the restaurant and a field of alfalfa
and when sold averaged about 81!
lbs. each.
Havre Promoter: At Galata they
have been drilling for some time ani
have now gone over 400 feet, and still
no water, but % the bench north O.
there a number of homesteaders have
found water at very convenient depths
At Dunkirk they drilled;over 500 feel
without finding water, and people were
afraid to try, but someone started t
drill the other day and found water q
about Is feet. Several others followed
his example, aud in n day last weeI
five persons struck water, and none o
them at a greater depth than IS feet
the wells ranging from thatildown t
about Is feet.
Poplar Standard: The Milk River
Valley and eastern Montana exhibi
car went ast On the Skidoo Tuesda.
in charge OF Prof. Shaw, Jr., who i
gathering the exhibit. The car con
tanned an excellent variety of farm
products, consisting of small grains
sheaf grain, alfalfa seed and hay
garden and field vegetables, includin,
pumpkins. squash, potatoes and roo
crops. A fine sample of Montana Goa
from the Havre and Chinook mines
1t looks different than the commo
Ignite. The car went east as far q
Bainville and then up the branch t,
Plentywood. 1t will gather up a fin
exhibit along this branch.