The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-15
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,

AWUN0 Jun VCJ016ukS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Lewistown Democrat: Victor Muir.
dock said that the Judith Basin is the
most wonderful agricultural country
be had ever seen. That is one sub.
ject on which the noted Kansas insur.
gent agrees with every stand.patter
tn at ever visited this wonderful sec-
ton of the Treasure state.
Culbertson Republican: The people
Ia the west end of Valley county have
org snized for the purpose Of creating
Q new county out of the west end Of
Valley and east end of Chouteau
county. From what we learn of the
at air they are going after the matter
In the right way and stand q good
show to get their division measure
through.
Conrad Independent; Persons who
filed on lands in the Brady district,
which were opened up in July, have
been receiving their white receipts this
week, notifying them of the allowance
of their claims. The customary notice
is attached relative to the establish.
ment of residence, in which it is stat.
ed that failure to make bona fde resi-
dence within six months will subject
tho claim m fOrfaituro
Shelby News: Mike Connolly, the
old time stock man, loaded 400 head
of cattle for Chicago on Monday.
The curtailment of the range forces
him to adopt the ''white mans" ways,
so he has bought a big traction outfit
which plows q swath a rod wide and
is breaking up 1900 acres of the finest
land along the Marias river which
will be cropped for two or three years
and then seeded to hay.
Glasgow Independents: At the meet
ing of the county commissioners Tues.
day an appropriation of 81 900 was
made for the purpose of defraying the
expense of Valley county's exhibits
at the Northwestern Land Products
Show in St. Paul, Minnesota, in
December and S. j. Runkle of this
place, Dan Mckay Of Malta and A.
S. Chapman of Plentywood, we're ap.
pointed to take charge of the exhibit
and see that it is properly displayed.
Chester Signal: Herman Klabunda,
q dry land farmer living near Con.
cord, had q very close call from in.
slant death Monday afternoon. Mr..
Klabunda e~ndeavored to cross the
railroad track ahead of the skidoo,
which he failed to see approaching,
and the wagon was struck and de-.
molished. Mr.. Klabunda jumped over
the horses and saved himself, and the
horses in some manner, were thrown
to the side of the track and escaped
uninjured. t
Malta Enterprise: MIR. Nicholas
Schmitz, %stockman and farmer resid-
ing southwest of town, is preparing
quite an area of land on which he will
plant onion seed this fall. Mr..
Schmitz states that in Germany onion
seed ia always planted in the autumn
and that many advantages result
therefrom. The ground by being fine.
ly %pulverized retains much more mois.
ture than 1t would otherwise do, the
seed comes up when the grass starts
in the spring, getting three or four
weeks start of that planted in the
spring.
Lewistown Democrat: Another
name, famous in the old stockgrowine
days Of this section OF Montana, vii
be perpetus ted when lots in the recent
a ~ plated town of Okla are placed O,
e the market in the nea future, probsbl,
. before the end of the present week
Engineer Otto Wasmansdorf, of thi
city, has completed the plating of tn
, town, which 10 located on the Mi
u waukee, about seven miles southwes
of Judith Gap and approximately
It fifteen miles from Harlowton.
e Chinook Opinion: G.. F. Morri
came down from Hayre Tuesday morn
& ing to conduct the trustees sale O
1000 head of sheep of the A. Beck
% stead estate. There was a large mum
Is Der of outside buyers present at th'
sale which vas held at the O'Hanlol
shearing plant. Most of the shee
a. were purchased by outside buyers 70
)r shipment. Messrs. Toomey of Dee
Lodge, Shoemaker OF Big Timber, an
Roth of Helena, were the principa
buyers.
a GREAT FALLS, Nov. ia suit In
+. volving q land deal for which the COZ
sideration was S64, 900 was institute