The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-18
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES.

A GrISt OF items 1atneTeO rom Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Havre P~laindealer: William Ross,
nine,y.two years CT age, who has made
his home with his daughter, Mrs. j..
C. Aud, for the past two years, died
at the residence Of his daughter Tues.
day morning at three O'Clock. Mr..
Ross was born in Scotland and emf.
grated to Can d Ga years ago, where
he was a successful farmer up until a
few years ago.
Chinook Opinion: A number OF the
lower valley water users held a meet.
ing at Malta lsst week to talk over
the irrig alton proposition. The prop.
osition vas taken under consideration
OF having surveys made independently
| of the reclaim alton service of the lower
project tt ascertain the necessary cost
OF the project aud it was also decided
to try and get q congressional inves.
tig alton Of the project.
Lewistown Democrat: A basket con.
tanning thirty-6ve potatoes is on ex-
hibition In the window of the Cook.
Reynolds company this week. The
lot OF spuds weighs sixty pounds, on
an average of nearly two pounds each,
while come of the potatoes are away
over that weight. They are as fine .
lot OF spuds that can be found in the
country and we're grown by Lyle Smith
at his Beaver creek ranch without ir-
rigation.
Culbertson Searchlight: A. Larson
who resided in Culbertson six or
seven years ago, but who is now a
large farmer near Scobey, reports a
crop of 1000 bushels of fax from $50
acres, or a little over eleven bushels
to the acre. Also 100 acres of oats
that averaged SO bushels to the acre.
He says that parts of this 100 acre
tract went fully ninety bushels to the
acre, which is going ONE on a dry
land farm.
Havre Promoter: Maurice Price,
the we'll known sheepman OF the Sweet
Grass bills, returned last week, &C.
companied by his family after an alb
sence of two years, spent ia eastern
Pennsylva nia. Mr.. Price was sur
prised by the remarkable growth and
Improvements made in this county
during his absence and be said he
would not have recognized Havre with
its cluster of electric lights and new
business blocks.
Chester Signal: Adolph Norby, a
young man of about twenty years,
living at Inverness, came very near
losing his life Saturday last week
while attempting to board a train a,
Inverness. The young man had bee r
with q threshing crew and with his
fellow workmen was on his way tG
dinner and attempted to board thu
train for q short ride. He in some
manner lost his hold and one foot wal
caught under the wheels and so badly
crushed that it was found necess ary
to amputate 1t above the ankle.
Lewistown Argus: G. P. Burnet
was in town this week from Billings
where he sold to Jep Ryan, for ship
ment to the Seattle market 400 head o
cattle. Mr.. Burnett received $50
head tor the steers and $40 for cows
a very satisfactory price. Fergu
county stockmen appear to have
. pretty good market opening for ther
on the coast as we'll as at Chicago
, and the eastern markets are beginning
to feel the pinch. It's q good thin
. for the Montana growers, however
. and will insure them against sacri
fees.
l.. Conrad Observer: b. O. Burton, /
g charge of the Conrad Land & Wate
company real estate Office on Fror
Y street, has this week arranged q sho'
window Of grains and vegetables thu
o are attr acting nor than q passin
notice. He has everything labele
with the exact weight and by who'
Y grown, and the display is simply b.
>. You'd the Imagination when it come
q to vegetables. just think of one lor
turnip weighing Is pounds. Then ad
,e to this one lone rutabaga weighing
% pounds, q carrot weighing ?! pound
+, q parsnipiweighing II pounds, a tab
h beet weighing 8 pounds, a sugar be-
weighing 6 pounds, and an onic
4. weighing n pound and n ounc
" A majority OF these vegetables al
,e from the Peter Eyraud ranch on Il
"a Muddy.
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