The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-10
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: East end visitors
report that the reclaim alton service
contemplates installing a pumping
plant at the Dodeon dam that will
irrisa ate between 6. 900 aod 1000 acres
on the north side that could not be
reached otherwise.
Conrad Observer: Scott & Prescott,
the big %sheepmen southeast Ct town.
this week started q band of about 3 ,OOO
head OF sheep on the trail for Valley
county. They will trail about 20,O00
head from their different sheep ranches
in the northern part OF the state.
These sheep will be sheared in Valley
county and then marketed.
Glasgow News: Money is said to
be scarce and times hard. There is .
good reason for it 10 this vicinity.
All of our money is cent out OF the
county for supplies or given 70 the
railroad company as freight We are
buying our -four, hay, potatoes, seed,
feed and fuel and shipping them long
distances. Scarcely q sufficient sup
ply Of any of the necessaries OF life
are produced here at present. Glss-
gov buys butter from outside markets
amounting to over a thousand dollars
a month. So it is all the way down
the line.
Conrad Independent: The farmers
in every direction from town are busy
this week in the fields. and farm work
is on in full blast. The many big
steam pillow outfits that have been
shipped in this spring along with the
large number that were already on
the ground, are getting started up,
and the sod will be turned over tais
} spring as never before. Winter wheat
is reported to have come through the
} winter ia fine shape aud every indica-
ton now is for q very favorable sea-
! son.
!, Chinook Opinion: The county con-
vention to elect delegates to the state
, repu blican convention to choose resi'
Dental delegates will meet at Chinook
on April u. The primaries TO choose
delegates to the county convention
y will be held in the several precincts
Z on April 20 The county central com
y mittee met at Chinook Tuesday even
Z ing at the call Of Oh hartman D. L.
Blackstone, and set the date OF the
y county convention as stated above
. In addition t o the above action the
Il committee decided on an advisory
presidential vote at the primaries.
o Geyser Times: S. Nj. Parham o
Billings has been in Geyser ant
vicinity several days the past weel
loading two bands Of lambs which h
m recently bought from NJ. H. Poole an
Alex. Stronach. there being 2,3o7 il
,s the two lots. Mr.. Purham has als'
contracted for other sheep in thi
vicinity, one band of 2, $40 wethers hav
HI. ing been purchased from Fran
Is Spencer OF Knerville at a price Q
al o.. 20 head, to be delivered April Il
ID This is an exceptionally good band c
N sheep and will shear II pounds OF flo
A wool according to Mr.. Parham's est
mate.
Culbertson S~earchlight: Owing t
r. the fact that cold weather lasted 8
y, long this spring and that warm weatt
er came on 90 suddenly, the ice in tt
H. Old Missouri did not have a chance I
ne rot before it broke up, therefore 1t
y, breaking in huge blocks some OF whic
he are sixty to eighty feet across an
some three feet thick. The hug
On blocks of solid ice have been formin
he in jams something fierce. A ja'
On about two miles west of Culbertson G
de Tuesday was partly broken up by d!
mt Mantle. 1t backed the water up in Il
OF Big Muddy at Blair and in the Mi
cd souri, as far as Calais and Brocktol
e. At Calais the water on Wednesda
OF covered the railroad track about
foot.