The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
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a 0r'st Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

n 0T'St OF Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opinion: Conductor Davis
OF Havre met with q serious accident
Saturday night at Wagner. He fell
between the cars while switching and
the wheels passed over his foot, cutting
1t on at the ankle. He was picked up
and taken into Malta on No. 2 and
placed in charge OF Dr.. Clay.
Malta Enterprise. Gordon, FerRu-
son, and Ferris, the "76 OUTFIT" are
today unloading three train loads of
long horned Texas cattle. mostly
steers, at the stock yards. The cattle
were shipped from Eli Paso. Texas,
and ten cowboys have for several days
been waiting their arrival. They will
be driven northward into Canada to
range.
Poplar Standard: Wesley Dowsell,
. young homeeteader living near
P%lentywood, was drowned in the Mis-.
souri, river Wednesday afternoon.
The young man had gone t., town for
provisions, and IN his tempt to ros
on the return trip, the wagon box was
separated from the running gear with
the result that the driver went unde r.
The body al not recovered until the
following day.
|. G1ospow Name. A. c,oo%;oc ~ <ho
board of county commissioners, which
was held on the 18th inst. for the pur-
pose of hearing and acting on the
petition for the creation of the new
county OF Sheridan out of q portion OF
the county OF Valley, the petition was
Withdrawn by the petitioners. owing
to the fact that they, the petitioners,
deemed it almost certain that the coun-
ty could not be created at this time.
Conrad Independent: An unknown
laborer, who was going under differ
ent names, was instantly killed near
the freight depot at Waller last Mon
day morning by being struck by the
engine Of the morning passenger train
A companion OF the unfortunate man,
who claimed to have known him for {
number OF years, states that the man,
real name is Badly Morris, and be
had relatives in Wateltown, New
York.
Glasgow News: Lewis Knerr, on
, Of the old time stockmen of this coun
, ty, died on Thursda y evening at tn,
Deaconess hospital in this city, at thu
, age OF fifty years. The deceased hat
been i'll for some time, but it seemed
, impossible for medical skill to con
quer his trouble. The death of Mr.
Knerr marks the passing Of one of tn
big-hearted %stockmen, at whose cam
+ YOU were always welcome to the pes
: he had.
e Havre Democrat: By the explosio
of the engine of the steam pillow outf
. of William T. Griffith, about Is mile
$ northwest of Havre, occurring the la,
t ter part of last week, Knut Hanso'
! the engineer, met with q painful acci
dent. He had just stepped up on tn
: tank when the explosion took place
l the force of which hurled him abou
! rs feet from the machine, %dislocatinI
his hip, besides bruising him consid
erably.
:, bingham Review: A number Q
plowmen and retail dealers sent
message to L. w. Hill last Saturday
requesting him to investigate the caus
OF the shortage Of oil and gasoline i
this vicinity. Many outfits have re
Gently been laid up on account {
this shortage, which will have q tend
ency to make q decreased acreae
!. sown to crop. A reply vas receive
stating that the demand would In q
probability be better supplied in th
! future.