The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-11
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Bsvre Plaindesler: Miss Agnes
Atkinson, former superintendent OF
schools OF Chouteau county and one
81 tle widely known snd popular
educators of the northern part OF the
state, left yesterday for California.
where she expects To make her future
home.
Malta Enterprise: Word was re-
ceived from Glasgow this afternoon
that Sheriff Stephens has filed with
the clerk of the district court a con-
test against Pat Nancy, who defeated
MIR. Stephens in the recent election by
26 votes. 1t is reported that the con-
test is based on illegal voting in the
Saco and Poplar precincts.
Shelby News: The oldest person in
the world is a resident of Teton coun.
ty, according to the latest returns. He
is the Indian Wah-hagun-ta Of the
Blackfeet tribe, a chief fire maker.
and some pumpkins when it to
dealing out knowledge to members OF
the tribe. He was born in what is o
Glacier park in 1881.
Conrad Independents: Frank Gud-
ger, who lives just south of town, re-
ports having lost a consider able
quantity OF grain by heating in the
granary. The grain was stored in q
large bin, without sufficient ventila-
ton, and after standing q few days
heated to such q degree that it was
burned and damaged until it was a
total loss.
Shelby News: One of the luckiest
as we'll as the most pleased men In
Teton county just now is August
Lorenzen, who lives about II miles
north of town. He had been hauling
water FIVE miles in q tank with which
to water all his stock, but last week
decided to dig a we'll and at nine feet
secured good water and plenty of it.
( Havre Promoter: Claude G. Wat
son, who was arrested on a charge OF
: white slavery last week, was given a
3 preliminary hearing before U. S.
> Commissioners W. B. Piper Thurs
3 day and was bound over to the federal
q court. His trial will be held at Great
( Falls some time next month. His
t bond was fixed at $4,000, which be
. was unable to furnish.
0 Chinook Opinion: The Upper MILF
= | Ic:r,. wv otoH TI,ous3 eoooikiOr hold
an interesting meeting at Harlem Sat
urday to discuss the subject of the re-
construction of the distributing sys
g TENS of the upper project. 1t was
finally voted 10 appoint a committee
to consult with Chief Engineer Savage
), and ascertain whether the reclaim atiol
service would undertake the work fol
# the rauchers and If 80 on what terms
e Conrad Independent: Two cars o
e fine young hogs have been shipped II
here this week, and we're rapidly dis
y. posed of at ten dollars per hundred
weight. The stock were mostly shoat
- and were just right for feeding through
~ the winter. Many Of the purchaser
20 believed that buying the young hogs
~ even at the fancy price, aad ~fatteninl
~ them would be better tn IN selling tn
~ grain at the present low figures. Th
hogs came from the BOzeman country
Chinook Opinion: Jas. Griffin "a
disposed of his alfalfa seed crop tt
the Great Northern for 20 cents
pound. Seed results have not beef
good with most Of the farmers thi
year as the yield was light. Tn
10 Great Northern endeavors each yea
to get its alfalfa seed for its expert
mental work promoted by the roa'
from Chinook. a. the quality of tn
seed they Gan usually ecu here
superior to that of any other point.
IS Glasgow Independent: One d.
2 last week there was filed with the cler
and recorder of this county for recor
52S renewals of chattel mortgages b
Ia the Intern tional Harvester CO
% These mortgages principally com
a from the east end of the count.
,6 and represent a great lot of engine
and farm machinery that has bee
g sold by the International Harveste
3S Co.. to people for farm purposes
76 During the past two or three year
IS Valley county has been q bonanza TO
farm implements and machinery sales
le man.
le Conrad Observer: ]. F. Kane an
Peter DeBoer are just now on tn
anxious seat pending the decision c
the judges of the recent land sho,
70 held in Minneapolis. So far this wee
no final word has been heard as o tn
'e result of the final test, that OF MAXIM
s. bread with the -four. The recent new
that Mr.;Kane's wheat had received
points in the tests and that Mr.. D.