The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-26
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES.

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Culbertson Searchlight: The val
leys and low places around Culbert.
son we're visited by . sharp frost Sat.
urday night. Cabbage and tomato
plants and other garden truck sut-
fered, but no damage was done TO
field crops.
Havre Promoter: The county COM
missioners at their meeting yesterday,
after considering the petitions for and
against the adoption OF their first sc.
lection, affirmed their former action,
and the court house will be built on
the site first selected, east of the
high school building.
Malta Enterprise: This locality
was visited by an almost eteady down.
pour of rain Friday and Saturday.
The moisture is just about enough to
insure splendid crops and . good hay
crop is now an assurance The pre-
cipitatton for the two dsys was lis
inches as recorded at the U. s. recla-
nation Office.
Harlem News: II. G. Turner was in
town the latter part of last week,
having come in after q load of coal
and provisions and was compelled to
stay here and wait for dry weather.
Mr.. Turner reports that be sold his
bunch of horses last week to John
Survant of Malta, the consider alton
being %, 48O. About Is head we're
sold and the remainder will be taken
to the Canadian market by Mr.. Sur
want.
Glasgow News: Farmers from the
north country the first OF the week
reported q surveying party camping
in five tents and working the past two
weeks along the proposed route Of the
new 500 line to be built about forty
miles north of this city. A 500 engi-
neer was in town q week or two ago,
securing information regarding sup
plies, etc., and be was probably one
Of the party.
Conrad Independent: l. s. MARITIME
spent several days this week in the
territory south Of the Marias, contain
ed in the territory OF the proposed new
Toole county. He reports that q petit
ton bearing all but one Of the names
of the oiginal signers OF the Toole
petition in that territory has been OBJ
tanned protesting against the new
county. 1t seems that the settlers in
that community did not fully under
stand the proposition.
Conrad Observer: Complaint is
heard of drouth in crops on spring
breaking. but this is to be expected
In the long run the farmer who puts
in q crop on spring breaking is tht
loser and despite the numerous warn
ings there are some who continue tht
practice. You canuot raise a crop or
spring breaking and the quicker thi'
is realized the better it will be for al.
concerned.
Chinook Opinion: The past week.
rain has apparently put the dry land
ers' crops past the danger stage ant
7 the outlook is the best ever for q goo
year on the benches. 1t is estim ate
that there are 10000 acres OF fax Il
this section this year and it is show
I log up we'll. Larger acreage of othe
email grains have been put in tina
, ever before and the cash value of th
/ crops with anything like averag
, weather from now on should be large
Shelby News: History is constant
being made in . new country and son
OF it 10 being made this week b
August Lorenzen, whose ranch is U
n near Kelvin. He is now engaged
loading tor shipment, the fret carlo,
Of wheat that will leave the Shelf
station. he 10 loading here after
Il l0.mile haul by wagon, because the
q is no agent at Kelvin. He 10 haulir
it to town with two teams and &c
E. here with about $50 bushels daily 81
;. will finish loading today.
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begun an action In the district cou
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