The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORs,

HIUOIVO NIIOtJOOOCs
A Grist,,of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: Ira Brown has been
made deputy assessor for the distric,
north of the railroad and has entered
upon his new duties.
Choteau Acantha: County Clerk
G Jarrett has recently received for rec.
ord about forty oil claims that have
been located in the Cut Bank country,
near the ranch of Jas. Miller. The
claims range in size from 20 to 100
acres.
Valerian: Joseph Sturgeon this
week disposed of eighty head Of mixed
horses to w. Murray of Fort Benton.
He received $50 per head, all around,
which is considered an excellent price
considering that halt the drove we're
yearlings and the balance two and
three year Odds.
Harlem News: Professor Thomas
Shaw, agricultural expert for the
Great Northern, was In Harlem yes.
terdsy and made arrangements:to con.
duct . demonstr ation farm. Ira l.
Phillips, Q homesteader who recently
arrived from Remus, Michigan, and
who is located eleven miles northwest
of Harlem, will put In fifteen acres
and cultivate under the direction of
Prot. Shaw.
Lewistown Argus: While the regu.
lar lambing eason does not begin for
just q month, lambs are dropping in
various parts of the county, and these
early arrivals are faring we'll, the
weather being all in their favor. At
the J.. D. Waite ranch near Utica
about 400 lambs are dropping daily
and the number will reach about
5000.
Havre Plaindealer: For the next
thirty days there will be some 200 or
more railroad lsborers engaged in
this city and vicinity in improving
the Great Northern railway. At the
west lead the local yards are to be ex.
tendedl6ve hundred feet and oil the
side tracks will be heightened to &C.
commodate the great amount Of bust.
ess the yards at this place are called
upon to handle.
Conrad Observer: w. S. Chemidlin,
assistant claim agent of 1.-THE ,Grest
Northern railroad. was in Conrad
last week and on Thursday settled a
claim with w. S. Scott for damages
by prairie fire started south of town
in the Brady country by:a locomotive.
Mr.. Scott represented ia number of
residents southeast of town who we're
damaged. They claimed $1,000 dam.
ages and received 81, 200.
Glasgow News: 1t is moi gener ally
known, but several weeks ago Elijah
Smith Of Malta, whoi figured in q
heavy embezzlement aft air at Malta
several years ago while cashier of the
NAoAuoS0uoVc OduhI Wos dIEteteu buU
taken out to Shoshone Falls, Idaho,
to answer to the charge of embezzle-
ment of 81, 500 from a real estate firm,
several weeks ago. According tt the
particulars at hand, he was In the
employ of q real estate frm,.'as book.
keeper q few months last summer, and
during that time misappropriate the
above amount.
Valerian: B. r. Fowler predicts
prosperity for the newcomers who are
arriving and has but q few words of
advice and they are: equity ate your
ground carefully and pillow deep for
the conservation of moisture" One
acre of we'll titled ground is worth
more than twenty the surface OF which
has only been scratched. Dakota
shallow blowing will not work in
Montana in q dry season when drag.
ging is necessary as the process dis.
turbs the roots. BY blowing from
five to elk inches in depth there is
ample loose soil to retain moisture
for such an emergency.