The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-30
AMONG OUR NEIGHB0RS,

AmUNo Jun NtI6hbUkS.
A"orist Of Items oathered..Fr rom Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Lewistown Argus: Dyusmiting fish
IL becoming . sport too expensive for
the average man. Last week Judge
Ayers fined William McDousld. =
railroad grader, s4OO for using dyna.
mite instead Ut u pole and iiue.
Big Sadly Moun:a!neel: Accord.
ing to n. e. Lehfeldt aud President
P. H. Schwartz OF h Macktoo Coal
company, the mine will be opened up
for business about the fret OF October.
Some lei equipment is being pur.
chased aud the 100 feet OF water nov
Ia the mine will be pumped out aud
the work OF taking out the coal will be
renewed in earnest.
Hsvre Plaindesler: Attorney L. v.
Desulisu received notice yesterday Of
his election to the head professorship
Of the law department Of the Univer.
city OF Nebraska, and with bis family
will leave for Lincoln in the near fu.
ture. The notice wss . complete sur.
prise 70 Mr.. Beaulisu, ~ he had made
no application for the position.
Havre Democrat: Attorney F. A.
Carnsl was arrested Thursday and
brought before the police magistrste.
w. B. Pyper, charged with violating
the speed ordinance of the city OF
Havre. o. motion Of the city sttor-
ney the ease was Dismissed % the city
ordinance involving that subject 10
void and all csses of this kind must
be prosecuted under the::ssate law.
Chinook Opinion: A big new seven.
passenger touring car vac smashed q
Yantic by train No. 1 Saturday after.
noon. The car, . new Studebaker,
was driven by . nan named Brown.
At the Yantic crossing the car was
stalled right across the track and the
, driver was unable to bulge it. he
endesvored to halt the train but ~.
! too late. and the engine struck the car
and carried It quite a distance, dam.
aging It badly.
Lewistown Argus: The southeast
Z ern part Of FerRus county hes again
proved iss claim THAT it 10 from twc
to four weeks ahead Of the restiof thu
country. Practically oil of the whes'
hes been cut, much OF 1t having beer
put In the shock two weeks sgo. IL
, the Grsss Range countryl harvesting
began several days ago. It will be
week or nor before cutting can be.
gin around Lewistown and at some O,
the higher elevations the grain IL stilI
green and no harvesting will he dom
for two or three weeks.
Conrad Observer: There 10 no us,
denying the fact that this is q dry sea
son and that the dry land crops vii
not be up to the a~veraee::of past yesrs
In fact it is freely predicted that hal
e . crop on dry land" willlbe harvest
{ ed. In q great majorityiot instances
fall wheat and oats have headed GU
y 1t a growth OF from four to six 40,
: eight inches. There are exception
u farther out in the countrylwhere NOR
rainfall was had, but within q radiu
of elk miles in all directions from
Conrad the crop prospect does no
t look bright.
Glasgow News: The report 10 bein|
. circulated in the "north country
= among the squatters tolthe effect thu
. . new ruling Is in force whereby tn
interior department., through the Uni,
o ed States land Offices, will grant lesv
of absence to settlers who are holdin,
z claims by ''squatters right" Til
. report 10 wholly in error,iso We sre in
formed, and the only right . squatte
9 has, Is his right BY possession in pei
d son. Anyone who leaves . squsttsr
claim releases bis right to the clair
% soon ~ the land 10 left alone 70
. any considerable length of time, othe
than to go to town for supplies o
some similar absence.
To Open Assinniboine Reserve.