The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-01
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

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A Grist Of items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: 1t is reported
here tn At q movemen, has been started
at Malta in favor of q new county to
be formed by cutting q piece of the
east end OF Chouteau county and the
west end Of Valley county, to be call
ed Phillips county, with the county
seat at Malta.
Lewistown Democrat: Game War
den Tom Berkin last Thursday ar
rested a man named Fred Brown In
the Lake Basin country, north OF
Roundup, for violating the game laws.
Brown was caught in the act OF killing
deer out OF season. he was brought
to Roundup and was assessed 800.
Chinook Opinion: Harry Hays,
clerk at the Montana Hotel for q few
weeks recently, pulled out on the
morning train going east Monday and
took with him $3.50 of other peoples
money. He took the money In the
hotel till and some money that was
left with him by . laboring man that
evening.
Malta Enterprise: Howard Whar.
ton, who recently arrived in Malta
from Richland, Mo-, is looking the
country over and will try to find gov
eminent land in one body large
enough to locate q colony of thirty
Missouri families. This 10 certainly
q commendable undertaking and we
trust Mr.. Wharton's efforts will be
successful.
Inverness Index: A number OF
horses belonging to dry landers,
which have been in the care OF a Ger.
tain ranchma an northwest of here, are
reported missing. The owners are
rather anxious about them, IS they
do not know whether they died or we're
"rustled" into Canada. A popularity
of the case seems TO be that only the
best animals are missing.
Conrad Observer: Visitors in Con
rad last week from Porter's bench
twelve miles southwest of town report
ed that q number of homesteader't
cabins in that section had been broker
into during the cold spell OF the weel
before and ransacked. They reported
that 9 horse belonging to Geo. G
Pendroy was hitched up and drove in
to Conrad, where it was found In on
of the livery stables.
Glasgow News: A man claiming tt
come from Washington, who. wa
travelling on foot through the countr.
north of here, going from house tt
house sharpening saws and doinl
other little odd jobs at the differen
ranches, was caught out in a sno,
storm on the prairie and became lost
AS he could not find a house for shel
ter, he got down in Woody coulee an
dug himself into a hole in the sno'
and camped for the night.
Chinook Opinion: A suit to recove
money lost in a gam bling game wa
tried before a jury in the justice coul
Friday. The case was transferre
here from Havre. Owen Sherry ha
brought the action against Tho!
Lamey, proprietor Of the Sideboar
saloon of Havre to $3.50 ths
ct be lost in q stud poker game in II
ut latter's place. The jury, after hea1
ing the evidence, brought in a verdi
for the plaintiff, giving him $3.50.
Valerian: j. E. eastman was
u town yesterday from his farm south
Waller and booked many orders #
81 alfalfa seed-native grown upon b
se land last season.. The sample is e
cellent, in fact it could not be su
" passed in any country. Mr.. Cashm,
has q 1000 lbs. grown on 10 acres
VI land, which Is an average OF 300 ID
's' to the acre. Alfalfa seed ia worth
oe cents a pound and Mr.. eastman wi
realize $50 an acre, or 81, 200 from b
crop.
ed Would Retain Historic Names.