The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.

HVUNO OOn VIIOC1OUnS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Joplin Times: Harvesting has be.
gun in this neighborhood and there is
going to be q considerable quantity
to cut. Everything is looking fine
except fax and most of that will
thresh out better than twelve bushels
to the acre.
Choteau Acantha: Geo. I. Smith
has cold his cattle, between 600 and
700 head, to Denver buyers. The sale
was made Monday. The price has not
been made public. 1t Is understood
that the same buyers contemplate
other purchases In these parts.
Galata Journal: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hall of Coutts, Canada, we're
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Laswell, Tues.
day. Mr.. Hall is an old-timer In the
Hills country, and he says the crops
in the West Butte section this year
are wonderful to behold. He says
that oats on the Peter Wagner ranch
will 60 At least 100 bushels to the
acre.
Glasgow News: The wool chip
ments from Glasgow this year will be
considerably lighter than in former
years. Up to this time about 400, 900
pounds of wool has been loaded at the
depot for shipment including about
100, 600 pounds that have already gone
east to market. There is still approx
imately about 10000 or 100. 900 pounds
still to come in which will make the
seasons shipments about 100000 to
SOC, 900 pounds.
Conrad Observer: The Hackuey
Auto pillow is having a try-out on
stubble ground on the ranch of Peter
DeBoer just west of town. The pillow
met with a serious smash.up last week
on the ranch of Ryan & Withee east
of town and q number Of repairs are
necessary to put her in running order.
The pillow is undoubtedly : success in
stubble and will probably prove its
ability to turn over sod when put in
proper running condition.
iCulbertson Searchlight: Report
comes from Paxton and the vicinity
south Of Poplar and Brockton, that
the crops in that neighborhood were
badly damaged by hail last Ssturd ay.
1t is said that K. M. Kellogg and
others suffered q total loss and are
now blowing their fields preparatory
for next seasons crop. Up to the
time of the hail storm this was con.
sidered one of the most promising sec,
lions of eastern Montana.
Havre P~laindealer: James Lackie,
an old.time mining mar of Fort.
man, was in the city the first o.
the week. He reports things rathe,
, quiet in the Little Rockies just a
the present time, the August having
temporarily suspended operation
and the Ruby Gulch running only tt
q partial capacity. Mr.. Lackie re
ports q cloud burst east and south o
Dodson which did considerable dam
age to roads and ranch property.
Chester Signal: We have believed
. for some time that q we'll conducted
creamery at Chester would not onl,
relieve the merchants Of the neces sit,
of refusing to buy inferior butter AM
would be an incentive to get all Their
o was to get out of the dairy herds
We are still of the same opinion
y We have been investigating the mat
. ter and believe there would be fror
Eve to six hundred COWS to fur
!. nish cream to the creamery or TO tn
various separator stations that woul'
= be established.
9 Havre Promoter: Postmaster Nc
Keuzie has arranged quite On exhibi
of grains in the p~ostof1ce window, an.
one can see from the samples showl
. there the outcome OF this years crop
In the lot there is practically every
Q thing that is grown in this section
q including spring and winter wheat
barley, rye, oats. fax and peas. On
bundle Of oats stands fully six fee
II high, and was grown west of town b.
e G. W. Young. The samples OF fla;
r are very good, and from all indica
tions. this year will see a big yield O