The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-19
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Shelby News: There was a strike
Of railroad employees at Cut Bank on
Monday caused by a second reduc-
ton in wages within a few days. The
first cut was to SOL per month and
the last was to $50 which the boys
considered a little short.
Glasgow News: Six lumber yards
are doing business at Wolf Point, one
of. the new towns on the reservation.
About $50 cars Of lumber have been
shipped to towns along the reserva-
ton, to accommodate the heavy build
ing they expect in the spring.
Choteau Acantha: There came
very neal being a famine in Choteau
last week on account of the inability
of the Great Northern railway to get
the 60 odd cars of freight at Power
moved into Choteau, but they GER
tainly made up for lost time when
they did get started, by hauling in
four trains of as cars for Choteau
alone.
Shelby News: Fred Knoble was in
the city a couple of days last week
from his ranch in the hills. Mr.,
Knoble said that there was a Russian
nobleman in that nelghborhood sew
eral days last week buying a large
tract of land on which he will locate
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good price for the land and wants
$500 acres of it.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: An extra
session Of the Commercial club was
held Monday night to discuss the
question of a lighting system for the
town of Big Sandy. The committee
reported favorably on the question
and had made a thorough canvass Of
the town to locate from twelve tt
fourteen lights in the darkest corners
and where they would be of the mos
use.
Havre Democrat: Edward j. Sar
tin and his brother John R. Sartin
have started a suit against the Grea'
Northern railway company, in thu
district court here to recover the sun
of $4,000 for an alleged delay IL
shipment of four cars consisting O
ninety-eight head of horses, which
plaintiffs claim were shipped July 16
1913, from Spokane, Washington, t.
Havre.
Carter Herald: G.. L. Kelly, VIII,
resides on and owns one of the choic,
320-acre homesteads one and a hal
miles Of Carter, on Wednesday fin
ished marketing this years crop o
5000 bushels of grain, which brough
a market price of sixty-three cent
per bushel. Mr.. Kelley has 1926 acre
of grain in for next year, and indi
cations are that he will realize sew
eral thousand dollars above expenses
Havre Plaindealer: The Havr,
Creamery proposition, which, OWN!
to the press of many other matter
has been allow cd TO lie dormant 70
a period, will be theoretically revive
on Friday, November 81, designate
as Creamery Day." on which dat
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motion of the enterprise has been cal
ed. At this meeting it is confident,
expected that plans assuring the earl
completion of the creamery will b
folly matured.
Chinook Opinion: Peter Teiger
sheriff, and R. E. Wenzel, county a,
torney, arrived here Monday fron
Rugby, N. D., for George Klass, VIII
is wanted there for b~oot-legging an
jailbreaking. Klass went down Their
from here last spring with a suppl
of liquor and began peddling |
around town. He was arrested an,
has been awaiting trial in distric
court. Recently he escaped from tn
jail in some manner unknown to tn
officers. He left a letter to the shel
iff saying that he was going east.