The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
AMONG OUR NEIGHB0Rs.

AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges,
Chester Signal: Secretary BARGE
Of the Chester County Seat Committee,
has been quite buoy this week getting
the headquarters Of the committee in
shape to do business and entertain the
many people who daily call for infor.
nation relating to the division of
Chouteau county and the ~eelectiou of
a city for the government headouar.
tiers.
Harlem News: Check raisers have
been operating IN this section, swindl-
ing business men by "raisingn the
amounts On genuine checks. 1t is
generally difficult to apprehe nd
forgers of this clsss unless their
operations are reported when first die.
covered by the signer of the manipu.
lated check.
Chinook Opinion: A man named
Roguls, who worked around here this
GUNNER, was killed on the railroad
between Bolton and Coran. He was
stealing q ride on q freight At the
time. AS the train was pulling out
of Bolton, the operator caught q
glimpse OF . man dragging under the
cars and calling for help. The OPERA
tor tried to stop the train but couldn't
get the attention of the train crew.
Chinook Opinion: The Blaine coun.
ty campaign is beginning to arouse
the interest of the people in the var.
ious parts of the county. The ques-
ton of county division is not matter
of controversy, as everyone comedies
that the proposition will carry almost
unanimously. But over the location
of the county seat a battle royal will
be on between Chinook and Harlem.
The prepar atoms are being made In
both communities for the struggle.
Galata Journal: A number Of peo-
pie to the north of Concord are some
what amused at the action of one of
their number in looking for ''some-
thing" he had lost, making himself
rather q nuisance by conducting q
search of q neighbours house in the
"wee small hours" when in fact his
ownership of the ''something" in ques.
ton was very much in doubt. The
neighbor stood II for sometime, but
finally used q rifle to rid himself of
the ~obstreperous searcher.
Joplin Times: A dry land farmer
north of town happened to find q stray
beef running 1.-THE country and killed
the animal, dressed him and hung him
up to dry owe night. Report has it
that some one else happened to know
of the "killing" and went in the dead
of the night and took the beef away.
The next morning the man that first
found the beef went cunning after the
fellow who ''swiped the beef from
him." Can you tell who is the prop.
err owner of the beef. The one that
killed him or the one that took posses.
sion last?
Lewistown Democrat: Bert j.
Banks, a young homesteader, who
resided near Lavina, was the victim
! of q horrible accident at q railroad
; crossing, right in town, last Wednes
: nesday afternoon, when the milwaukee,
; fast mail, the Olympian, travelling q
! q rate of IS miles an hour, struck him
throwing the driver for Q distance o
Q sixty feet and instantly killing boil
horses. Although MORALLY injured
d Banks lived for several hours follow
ing the accident, passing at 10:45 tina
= evening".
e Harlem News: Great progress ha
o beenlmade this week In the matter o
70 securing ignatures to the contract
J. with the government which is q neces
cary preliminary to the beginning Q
~ work on the long delayed Milk rive
project. Assurances have been re
ceived that the contracts will be signe
to by practically every water user cor
D. cerned, and that the last obstacle i
p the way of the big ditch will be re
moved. Senator T. M. Everett l
Ct confident that work will start nez
spring, and as one OF the leading me
II of the valley and q committeeman al
he pointed to secure the consent of tn
m uaers. hn ia in a DOsitiOn t0 sDea