The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-13
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Northern Montana Exchanges.
Galata Journal: o. Saturday j..
W. GLADDEN. made q sale OF about 2,OOO
of his lambs to G.. A. McCauna OF
Cando, N. D. The price paid was
o. 80. They will be shipped to North
Dakota.
Shelby NV: Crops out on the
bench toward Dunkirk where there
was q great deficiency in rainfall
early ia the easOn turned out
not go badly after ell. John r.
Trout's wheat turned out twenty bush'
els to the acre; his oats about thirty
and bis aax q fairly good average
crop.
Chinook Opinion: The contracts for
the Milk river irrigation project,
which the government has had under
consider alton for 90 long . time, are
here at last aud the supply for the
ranchers In this vicinity are at W. B.
Sands Office where they may be sign'
ed up BY those who wish to secure the
St. Mary's water.
Joplin Times: George Werneke
won the prize offered by E. G. Tolley
for the best example of stooiing. Mr..
Werneke brought in q stalk OF winter
wheat that had 1872 stems on one root.
A number of roots with o than one
hundred stems were brought In. E.
&. Tolley sent six stoolings OF wheat
to the land show at ST. Paul this week
that averaged 1873 stools to the root.
:. Joplin Times: Every week we are
given a surprise in the wonderful pro-
, duction OF the country around Joplin.
This week we were shown come sam
pies of corn from the claim of MIR.
: Gilbert, who, with his two sons, have
claims south Of town, that measured
eight feet in length. There are twenty
acres in the field and at least ont
third OF it will average the same
height. 1t is estimated that the yieli
will be four tons of fodder to the acre
e Chinook Opinion: O. A. Bergesor
returned Friday morning from a tril
e to the Kalispell country in the inter
ests of the Mackton Coal company
a This company, in which local capita
e is heavily interested. is arranging t.
build a spur track from their Goa
mine at Big Sandy to the Great Nor
thern railway, and to install an en-
Re CINE and cars to put their product O.
the market on favorable terms will
the Sand Coulee and Belt coal.
. Havre Promoter: Free mail deliv
cry ia now in full swing In Havre, AM
the residents of the city are no longe
= compelled to go to the p%ostofice to
their mail. The service was to hav
y gone into effect last July, but on az
count of the inability to get carriers
81 the service was not put on until th
first of this month. A canvass OF th
town was made 90 that the routes
two carriers could be mapped out, an
this week actual delivery Of city ma
was begun.
Glasgow News: The water in Mil
river at this point had raised abo'
H. 20 or Is feet up to last night and WI
p still growing higher. and many ia
er mers and other settlers along Il
er river were coming into town or mo
e. ing to the bench lands to get out
n the danger. Word has also been r
y. ceived from both west and east
Glasgow along the Milk river that Il
or settlers are moving out to high
IT. ground to get clear of the high waite
ng Willow creek, south of this aty, "
. raging river yesterda y and was =
ported to be the highest II had ev
be been known. Cherry creek, west al
ne northwest of here last night was q
IN most out of tie banks, and is the ma
TN cause at this point to make the Mi
river overflow % it drains q lar
section of country from here to I