The river press., 1912-12-25
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Conaad Independent: The unique re-
cord Of building achurch in aday is be-
ing accomplished by the members and
friends of the Christian church today.
And the church building when com
pleted, Will be large and comfortable.
and building in which services can
be held for some time.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: A rural
telephone line is the latest talked of
Improvement on the prairie west of
Big Sandy and it is not at all unlikely
that before next summer is made his.
tory that the erection of several miles
of telephone lines will result from the
agitation started this winter.
Conrad Observer: Bart Armstrong,
head Of the Armstrong Livestock com.
pany, who own land both east and
west Of town, was q visitor on Tues.
day. It is only few years back
eince the Armstrong Livestock COM
pany bad as high as 10000 head of
sheep In this section, while today they
have few hundred on account OF the
vacant government land being settled.
Chester Signal: w. H. Thompson,
the buttermaker who made the Chi.
nook creamery famous, was in town
the fore part of the week and tried
out the plant. BE reports everything
as entirely satisfactory and says we
have as fine plant as there is 10 the
state. Every thing is now in readi.
ness to begin operations and it is
now planned to open the creamery for
business in April or May.
| Conrad Independent: A survey ing
party of sixteen men, the 500 party
which has been working south from
the Cut Bank country was camped
Tuesday on the Jones ranch on the
Dry Fork northwest of this city. and
were working southwark to meet the
party which was last week reported at
Dutton. II is said the prelimin ary
line is run northwest from Fort Benton
up the Teton to a point near Dutton,
where the line crosses the Grea,
Northern, and then swings northw ard
and crosses the Burton bench in the
neighborhood of Farmington.
Ravre Plaindealer: The Great
Northern carpenters at Havre have
been employed the past week in the
erection of permanent exhibit build.
ing on the Great Northern right OF
way near the depot. The building il
about IL feet wide by 20 feet in length
and ten or II feet high. 1t is so ar
ranged that large exhibit of grains,
grasses and vegeta bles may be shown
the entire front facing the track being
of glass. The exhibit is to be main.
tanned bv the city and it will be KEEP
in such state as to distinctly adver
tise the country surrounding this city
as an agricultural paradise.
, Chinook Opinion: The contract fol
Blaine county's new seventy thous au6
dollar court honse will be let on the
10Th of February. Saturday the ar
chitect, George Stanley of Grea
Falls, met Commissioners Kennel,
and Dowen and submitted plan 70,
modern and fire-proof building
. The plans were in accord ance with
the discussions that we're had previ
ously between the commiss ssioners anl
= architect and were adopted Saturd a,
after final examin alton. Mr.. Shan
ley was engaged to work out the de
tailed plans and specific ations and a.
soon as they are ready, bids will b.
invited by contractors for the erection
of the building.
Lewistown Democrat: Modern farm
r Ing methods have been employed dur
I ing the past year to q greater exten
= In the Judith basin than any othe
: part of the United States. It is care
3 fully estimated that four hundre,
I steam and gasoline engines we're be
=. ing used here during the season. Thes
e outfits plowed up 100, 900 acres of ne,
ground during the previous year an,
d more tn an one-half that acreage dur
9 ing the present year. They pull tn
, drags and harrows which prepare tn
grouud for seeding. pull the drills
4. pull the binders for cutting the grain
e and then pull the threshers. Durin
the year q score or more combine
. harvesters and threshers were used il
, the Basin and in most cases wer
t found to work successfully.
Monfana'e Militia Nv Qoeour~ae