The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-24
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORs.


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A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Conrad Observer: There are q num-
Der OF land seekers In town this week.
Some of them are looking for vacant
government land for homesteads, but
find all has been taken up.
Lewistown Argus: The Montana
Milling company at Harlowton this
week bought the fret lot of this years
wheat. 1t vas grown in the Mussel-
shell and is of excellent quality. This
lie just q month earlier than the record
for past seasons. Threshing is now
in progress in the Flatwillow cou
try.
Big Sandy Mountsineer: Word
from good authority received in Big
Sandy yesterday this city of
q grain elevator which will be erected
In time to handle the crop this fall.
1t is expected that the building will
have q capacity Of about 40. 600 bush-
els of grain. 1t will be erected by the
Rocky Mountain Elevator company of
Great Falls.
Lewistown Democrat: President
Gray Of the Great Northern says that
Lewistown will be q city OF twenty-five
thousand within ten yesrs. The ma
nagement of great business enterpris.
es has naturally caused President
Gray to be conservative in his state
ments, but even twenty-five thousand
is no mean mark for q town of FIVE
thousand to shoot at.
Malta Enterprise: Without consid.
ering the wool from the smaller scat.
tering pens in this locality, about
l, 1872, 900 pounds we're placed on the
Malta market, which goes to show that
wool growing, IS we'll as dry land
farming is one Of the leading indus.
tries, and the product from the plants
sold at from II to POI cents and puts
ouer 600, 900 In circulation.
Shelby News: The actual work OF
drilling for oil in the Kelvin field be-
gan on Tuesday when the drill under
the 75-foot steel derrick entered the
ground. The company is we'll equipped
and it is said financially able to 20 to
sufficient depth to demonstrate the
ground in q satisfactory manner, and
we trust their efforts will be rewarded
by a gusher in the near future.
Glasgow News. Reports from bod.
son are to the effect that about Is
teams are now working in the neigh
borhood of that town, on the govern
ment ditch, and it is also reported
that q couple of r of grading ma
chinery have been unloaded at Van
to commence work on the Van.
dalia dam. This will be- good news
to the people living in these two 10.
calities.
Havre Promoter: We have all
been hearing about the promise Of
good crops in u vicinity, but one
should look at the display in the
postof1ce window in order to realize
how we'll the promise Is likely to be
fulfilled. a. W. Stringfellow is the
largest exhibitor, showing q sheath of
barley which Is estimated will 60 sixty
bushels to the acre; fax and wheat
that can't be beaten in any country,
and oats that are especially fine, 1872
grains being counted on one stalk.
Chinook Opinion; The fine appear
ance of the crops generally does not
hide the fact that there il q marked
difference in fields and that there are
lessons to be learned from the results
this year. The early sown grain is
the grainthat is out Of danger, there is
plenty OF fields yet that are q gamble.
The deep plowed ground is the ground
that shows good results. The fields
that have plowed several times and
plowed deep % the ground worked up
are the ones on which the grain stands
best. Shallow blowing and lack Of
cultiv atiOn 6Onk hrinO roaNlte |