The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-31
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Box Elder Press: Two more thresh.
ing machines we're shipped in this
week one of which was purch ased y
q stock company made up of several
farmers on the bench. This makes
| six threshing machines here ready TO
begin operations when harvest time
comes.
Havre Plsindealer: Hearing will
be had before the county commission.
ers July 30 and 81, at Hsvre, regard
ing roads for the vicinity of Joplin
and Inverness. There are come six
hundred miles of road opened and to
be opened 10 nine townships in the
western part of the county.
The Floweree: That the farmers
surrounding Floweree are progressive
Is very evident by the many gran.
aries being built by them this season.
These farm structures will have an
average capacity of 1900 bushels.
This is . good indication OF the aver
age acreage of each farm and the
yield is estim ated from 20 to 40 bush.
els to the acre.
Chinook Opinion: Loren Talbert,
who has been wanted for horse steal
ing, came in Thursday and surrend.
cred himself and will stand trial.
He claims to be innocent of the Oh q
that has been put against him, Tai
bert claims to have beer up in Can
ada for about q month. he says he
left Forgey down at Cody, Wyoming
about a month ago.
Glasgow News: Last Sunday a
man giving his name as Shelly Craig
and his destination as Chicago,
boarded the fast mail It this point
with his intention of riding the
"blinds" east, bnt it seems that when
the train was just this side of Nashua
he dropped of to sleep and the fret
thing he knew he was lying along
eide of the track with his leg badly
broken, and the bone %protruding
through the flesh.
Lewistown Argue: Deputy Stock
Inspector Biglen has received notice
from State Veterin arian Knowles, OF
Helena, to the effect that all Fergus
county cattle owners must dip their
cattle on account Of scab. The order
has been previously made in regard
to other sections and it o applies to
Fergus. Shipments from Fergus will
be prohibited unless the order is COM
piled with. When owners desire to
dip stock, they must notify Mr..
Knowles at Helena in order that the
work may be done under the super
vision Of q state inspector.
Glasgow Independent: Some of our
farmers are beginning to get anxious
about threshing this fall. The acreage
of grain this year in this section is so
great that there are not even half
enough %threshing machines to take
care Of the grain unless some unfore-
seen occurrence should happen to des.
troy the crops, and that is not at all
probable now. We understand tina,
several new machines have recently
been contracted for by farmers around
here 20 be in use this fall, but it il
said thai there is yet q large shortage
in machines to get threshing done il
proper season.
Conrad Independent: James Nc
Leod, who was employed Is sheel
herder by A. J. Fowler, was Instant.
killed by lightning last saturda!
afternoon, two and n half mile
northeast of Fowler, during the hesv.
shower and thunderstorm. McLeo'
was found Sunday afternoon by
searching party, who we're apprise'
of the fact that something had hap
pened to the herder by the fact tha
his band OF sheep had scattered, an
were picked up by another herder 1
: the neighborhood. he was foun
lying on the ground, holding onto tn