The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
AMONG OUR NElCHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

. Sr'st OF Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Culbertson Republican: % Tues
day morning the house and stone barn
OF A. r. Anderson five miles west of
Dagmar, was completely destroyed by
q cyclone which cams from the direc.
ton OF Antelope where it demolished
the printing Office OF the Antelope
Argus. Mr.. Anderson had insured
against wind and %tornadoes just TWEEN.
ty.eight days before.
Poplar Standard: j. w. Traverse,
q prominent south slider, caught 9
sturgeon the latter part of last week
weighing 100 pounds and measured
about seven feet In length. It was of
the spoon.bill variety and was caught
with q set line. Parts OF II we're die.
tributed among the neighbors and
from last reports they are still eating
fish In that neighborhood.
Lewistown Democrat: Three sue.
cessive hail storms last Thursday and
Friday wrought considerable damage
to grain crops In different parts Of the
Judith Basin. The Democrat has been
unable to ecure full details of the
losses, but from reports at hand it is
evident that the grain growers of the
Basin will be shy several thousand
dollars as a result of the visitation.
Saco Independent: 1t was resolved
at the ditch meeting last Saturday,
that a majority of the far u of the
valley, under the lower Milk River
irrig alton project, don't want the ditch
and for that eason they have decided
to circulate petitions and send it to
different government officials, request.
ing them to use their influence to re.
move the reclaim alton service engineers
from the valley with a request not to
return.
Harlem News: The most successful
experiment conducted by Mr.. Pauley
is the growing of alfalfa in rows, and
the results are truly encouraging. Mr..
Psuley sowed some alfalfa seed broad
cast, some he placed In rows 18 inches
apart, and the rest In rows from SO to
40 inches apart. The latter Is we'll
developed and plainly shows that al.
falfa sown in this manner will make q
good crop on dry land. The rows
which are closer together do not show
anything like the growth or develop.
ment of this, but it is better than the
broadcast sowing.
Malta Enterprise: Edwin Menter, q
dry lander about eight miles north
east Of Malta, has q Distinguishing
feature on his homestead in the shape
of q we'll ATS feet deep. VIM. G ardner
, after four weeks of patient drilling
has just tapped q strong vein, with
three inch drill, at this depth whicl
!, will furnish MIR. Mentor with all tn,
good water he needs. This is an ex
ceptional depth to go for water in thi
d part OF the state. Neighboring home
steaders have secured an abundanc
of the elixir at a depth of from 40 t.
4 80 feet, most of it however, has bee
obtained by boring and digging.
Chinook Opinion: The North For
Irrigation company expect to hav
their dam in West Fork built In tn
near future. Most of the necessa ar
q lumber for the dam has been haule
out, ready for active constructio
work. The dam is to divert the foo
waters from West Fork into the ditto
running to the immense storage resel
d voir that the company has built o,
d on the bench between the two streaml
This reservoir covers several hundre
acres and will form an artificial lal
1t of immense area. From the r~eservoi
diversion canals have been built {
started to the lands included in It
project.
% LIVINGSTON, Aug. 26.-MiltOn T