The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-10
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

- SVvSS VI III III Ouu
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chester Signal: The Sweet Grass
hills telephone line has been complet-
ed to Whitlash and it will not be
many days uutil we can talk with
Gold Butte.
Galata Journal: The recent drouth
has convinced the real homesteader of
the wonderful notwithstanding char
acter of Montana soil, and he IL more
than ever convinced that he has found
the ideal farming country. With but
one half an inch Of rainfall during go
days and the crops r in compare
lively good shape, tells quite q story.
Big Sandy M~ountaineer: Last week
Wednesday at q depth Of 485 feet the
Chaffee we'll outfit drilling at the H.
G. Hurd farm about six miles west Of
town had the good fortune to strike a
gas flow. The gas was lighted
and burned as high as six feet from
the ground for three or four days
when the water became 80 high IN the
we'll as to shut of the gas.
Culbertson Republican: Culbertson
advertised q thousand dollar Fourth
of July celebr alton and it turned out
to be q Million Dollar celebration, it
rained all day, thus insuring the
largest grain crop in the history of
the surrounding country. We had a
large crowd regardless of an early
hour at which it started to rain.
There was no crouch in town. Every
body was happy.
Glasgow Independent: The rains
which were precipitated yer this
county last week we're glorious and
they came in time to practically assure
the most bountiful crop ever grown in
this section of the state. While it had
not become dry enough to materially
injure crops, the few days of exceed.
ing hot weather, together with the
very warm wind that blew for three or
four days had begun to make the
farmers feel somewhat uneasy.
Glasgow News: E. NJ. Wooden was
arrested Friday while laboring under
q delusion that be had suddenly been
changed from an ordinary dry land
farmer and we'll digger to a million.
aire. It was believed at first that he
was just crazed by drink, and that it
would soon wear off, but be grew
worse as the hours wen by and was
held in confinement in the Jail until
Monday when he was taken before the
board of insanity and vas adjudged
insane.
Malta Enterprise: There has been
consider able activity in the Malta
wool market during the past few days
and q number of sales are reported,
twenty and one half cents being the
top price paid. William Walker,
buyer for jeremiah Williams has
purchased at twenty cents the B. D.
Phillips clip OF $4,000 pounds; the
Ole Veseth clip of 125, 900; and the A.
Elliot clip of $4,000; the Joyner cliI
of 80, 900 pounds at eighteen cents and
the small clip of Henry Rhode at the
same price.
Conrad Independent: One of tn
most aubsed land laws on the statute
books right now is the desert land &C
whereby any person may file on 80
acres of land and tie up the same TO-
an indefinite period, regardless O
whether there is any possibility O
ever putting water onto the lands o
not. The injustice OF this law is de
monstrated more forcibly in the land
around Brady, much of which ha
recently been restored to entry. tina,
any other place in this section. Her
thousands OF acres Of land were file
on under the desert act by partie
0 living In Great Falls or Helena, VIII
: never can and never expect to irrI
q gate 1t.
. Havre Plaindealer: The hearing {
y the case of } as. Anderson charged
9 conjunction with his mother Mar
: Anderson with the murder of b
- father Dan Anderson at their rane
south of Havre some months ago ",
" brought to q sudden stop this week
-. Judge Tattan who appointed q cor
mission consisting Of Drs. MacKenz
;, and Williams to inquire into the pri
" oner's mental condition and report
~ the court. The physicians reporte
- the boy mentally unbalanced at d
g present time and Judge Tattrn order
his commitment to the asylum
Warm Springs.
Accidentally Shot BY Sister.
I'd CHOTEAU, July 9.-One of the 50