The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-23
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.

VNvJOIVO OOV INIIOStOOSSOs
A Grist of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Conrad Observer: Work on the
irrigation project is progressing fav'
orably, and new grading camps are
being esta b'ished daily. There will
be FIVE grading camps established be-
tween Conrad and. the Jones ranch
within q short time. Sub-contr actors
are arriving weekly at Waller.
Shelby News: W. w. Parrot was
here Monday and took home q big
load of grub from Meade's store. He
Gays crops are immense all over the
entire region extending from Shelby
to the hills. In selecting his own
ranch, however. he removed ell temp.
tation to pillow BY taking it up where
the rock was 80 thick that he couldn't
bit the ground.
Hinsdale Homestead: Tuesday at.
ternoou Hinsdale and vicinity was
visited by q destructive hail storm.
1t came from the west. The storm was
about three miles wide aud about ff.
teen miles long. Nearly all the fax
In this strip was about ready to har.
vest aud was almost totally destroyed,
other grains, corn aud garden truck,
was badly damaged.
Chinook Opinion: The wool season
is practically at q close here a. the
remainder of the clips in the ware
house are being shipped out this week.
A large proportion of the wool was
shipped on consignment and the buy.
ers have all taken their departure
without buying as large amount as
usual. Prices offered have not been
satisfactory to the growers and have
not even been as good as at other
points in the state.
Havre Promoter: o. G. Skylstead,
chairman of the board of county com.
missioners, received a letter frem L.
W. Hill, president OF the Great North
ern, this week congratulating Chou
teau county upon the excellent roads
here. he states that the best roads
encountered by the Twin City autoists
in Montana were in this county and
requests inform alton az to the amour,
of roads improved, money expended
and methods used.
Glasgow News: The Culbertsor
Commercial Club has called q meet
2 ing to be held ia Culbertson on Satur
day, August 26, to discuss the advis
ability of making q move for q nev
county. Everyone realizes that tn
: east end of Valley county is rapidly
developing into q thickly populated
district, sufficient 70 support q new
D county organization, and as all tn
towns from P%lentywood to Culbertsol
. are anxious for a new county in th
e east end, the meeting at Culbertso1
next Saturday, the Goth inst, will re
q suit in q rousiug attendance.
i Chotesu Acantha: Some time ago
o Peter Eyraud, contracted for q CON
e bined harvester and thresher, which
arrived In due time, and Is now on tn
: job of taking care of the immens
o grain crop of the Eyraud ranch. Tn
new machine was q success from tn
q start, and Is giving the best of salts
n faction. 1t cuts, threshes and sack
). the wheat on forty acres per day. Tn
motor power is Mr.. Eyraud's gasolin
engine. Mr.. Eyraud 10 preparing t
n haul his grain directly from the feel
to the elevator at Collins, having en-
It ployed the Arneson traction engin
70 for that pur pose.
Joplin Times: Homesteaders shout
be very careful about driving livestoc
= from their elaine. Our laws do nc
provide for keeping up stock. It is
, mans duty to fence against the stoc
coming into his fields aud unless b
- does 90 there is no way to colle'
damages from the owner, except in tn
case of sheep with q herder in charge
1t IL within the law to drive liv,
stock of ones land but it must be dor
u In q decent manner and unless 1t is 9
10 done the owner might have q goo
case against the land owner instead
% the latter having cause of actio
against the owner of the stock. Unit
~ you put up a good fence it will be we
20 to GO q little slow.
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l.. Hunt Bear In Helena Streets.
at HELENA, Aug. 20.-Billings la
ct week had q coyote and q prairie dog {