The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-29
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGED.

Northern Montana Exchanges.
Valerian: H. j. Saunders has com.
| pleted the TOWNSHIP of E.hridge on the
Great Northern between Cutbank and
Shelby. George A. Newman is the
owner OF the townsite which covers q
tract of forty acres Of script land. A
| depot will be built at once and Eth.
ridge is expected TO develop rapidly.
Havre Promoter: A great deal OF
FAX has been sown in the vicinity OF
Havre during the past two or three
weeks, and the farmers are expecting
q bountiful crop this year. With sea.
sonable weather from now on, north
ern Montana will make q showing
this fall that cannot be surpassed in
the whole country.
Culbertson Searchlight: Report
comes from Antelope, a town neat
Plentywood, that the section foreman
from that place was burned to death
laet Sunday night. he filled q kero-
sene lamp with gasoline which ex.
ploded when lighted throwing the
burning oil over him. The section
house was also burned to the ground.
Havre Democrat: Frank Goligoski,
foreman at the Great Northern paint
shop, was found In the alley near first
avenue by officer Reser Wednesday
night with a rope around his neck,
trying to strangle himself. From
general appearance he had been i'm
billing a little too much booze. Un-
REQUESTED love seemed TO be the cause
Of his taking to drink and be was try
ing hard to drown away his sorrow.
Dodson Idea: All indications are
that Dodson and this vicinity are just
entering upon an era of wonderful
prosperity and growth. Crop pros.
poets we're never better, and with the
U. S. Reclamation Service spending
thousands of dollars 10 this locality
on construction work this summer,
times should be pretty good and, with
the valley under irrigation, they
should continue to be good through.
out all the succeeding years.
Glasgow Independent: At three
O'Clock yesterday morning a young
man whose name proved to be II. S..
Mitchell and who had arrived here from
Arapahoe, Nebraska, and seemingly
about thirty years OF age, committed
suicide by throwing himself under a
passing train in the yards of the Great
Northern in this city. The train pass
ed over him severing both lower limbs
near the body. He lived about two
hours and passed away.
Glasgow News: Albert Nelson, the
land mar of the Nelson Land Co., has
got the right idea e lative to improv.
ing the appearance Of this section OF
the Treasure state, and has set out
to date nearly 1000 forest and fruit
trees on his place. He also has an
sbund ance Of domestic roses and
other flowers, and this, together with
the appearance of his wheat and bar.
ley crops which are "up'' several in
ches, makes his farm q sight worth
seeing, and the place reminds one OF
an oasis in q desert. Mr.. Nelson's
lead should be followed by every
homesteader in the state.
Choteeu Acantha: County Clerk
Garrett received and fled yesterday
the petition for the creation of the new
county of Toole, which 1t is proposed
to form from portions of Hill and
Teton counties. The proposed county
takes q strip of Is miles along the
west side Of Hill and q portion OF Teton
lying north of the Marias river, bu,
not including the town Of Cut Bank
and part of its surrounding territory.
The line drops south to include the
town of Fowler. All Of the Grea'
Northern railway across Teton coun'
ty, except neal Cut Bank, also the
Shelby line from Fowler north, is in.
cluded in the proposed new county
The southern part of the Blackiee
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