The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-12
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From OuT
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Valerian: D. F. Kingsbury was 10
town yesterd ay In connection with de-
livering two large bands OF sheep
which he wintered for the Big Sag
Livestock Co. The sheep we're turned
over in good condition aud will be
trailed overland to Fort Benton. Mr..
Kingsbury has had the sheep since
October l and turned back 4.976 head
from 40 original number OF 5,OS7.
This 10 q loss of less than two per
cent. and it is evident that exaRgera.
ton was used in reporting stock losses
10 the eastean preee.
Malta Enterprises: That last year
was q freak year is further evidenced
by the fact that r. B. Morris hss
eighty acres OF wheat sown rather late
last spring that 10 now just beginning
to sprout and looks as II It would
made . good stand later. There was
not sufficient moisture last year to
start the wheat and 1t has lain dor.
mant all these months until the snow
melted this spring. when 1t commenced
to sprout. Nick Schmitz has about
thirty acres OF barley that locke as II
it would not need re eeeding.
Conrad Observer: Judge Ewing
came up Saturday from Great Falls
to arrange for another trial at farm.
ing. Last summer he had In about
300 acres of hax twelve miles east of
town and on account of the dry sea.
son, came out loser. he is going to
put in the same amount of fax this
summer and looks for better results,
as there will be water for irrigation
from the Darling reservoir, which is
now filed with water. Besides the 300
acres of fax put in by Judge Ewing,
there will be 200 acres more put In by
M. S. Darling, Herbert Conrad and
others.
Chinook Opinion; The Roundup
Association entertainment committee
has been working on the plans for
providing amusement for the visitors
here on the 25sh and 26th of April.
The full details of the plan have no,
been worked out but in the main the
day time sports are to be expositions
of the old sports of the COW boys.
The mess wagon with q good roundup
cook in charge will be much in evi'
dence throughout the celebration.
There will be music by a band at al
times and possibly arrangements car
be effected for exploding a few fire
crackers at appropriate times and
places.
Rindsdale Homestead: Since the
heavy snowfall of the past week, the
people of this vicinity feel quite jubi'
liant over the outlook for a crop sea
son. There 10 a large acreage Of lane
broken up to be seeded this spring ir
this part of the valley and the pros
poets are now that If the people car
get the seed to plant 1t will require .
dozen or more threshing machines te
thresh the grain during the coming
fall. Farmers tell US that there Il
, sufficient moisture in the ground tt
insure all seed grain to come up ant
carry it through to the stage of begin
ming to head, and il M good rainfall
! can be had to FIJI the heads the cro]
/ will be q bumper one this year.
Harlem News: The government irri
, cation project for the utilization 0
: the waters of Milk river is rapid,
reaching the point where actual worl
. upon the big project can be com
. menced. The completion of the neoes
sary dams and bitches will mean mucl
to this section, and will have the ei
I feet of retaining many thousands Q
1 acres OF as good land as there is Il
the United States to the use and bene
fit of the commonwealth. 1t is est
mated that there are 1000 acres q
Y land that is in territory directly trit
D utary to Harlem that will come unde
{ the beneicent influence of irrigatin
: waters thai will thus be made availa
BILE, and what this will mean to th
town need not be enlarged upon.
Lame shoulder is nearly always du
to rheumatism of the muscles, an
quickly yields to the free applicatio
Y of Chamberlain's Liniment. For sal
by all dealers.
Ordinance No. 26A.