The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-08-20
AMONG OUR NEIcHB0RS,

HjVuOJVO Jun VcIO00UnSs
A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook D mocrst: The electrical
storm that p'sssd over Chinook
Thursday left marks of violence on
the front 1T the O'Haolou store
building, q bolt Vi lightning having
struck the cornice tearing GU, q few
brick.
Conrad Observer: Harvesting 10
now 10 full ewing and crop, that were
looked upon ~ no good are turning
out half . crop. G. E. West, who 10
cutting wheat . couple OF miles south.
west OF town, ssid that it was sur.
pricing how good come Of the grain 10
turning out.
Havre P~iatndesler: John Lanhsm,
. homesteader nea Fresno, had the
misfortune to lose his home and
household goods BY 6re Tuesday
morning, according to sdvices 70.
ceivod here. Mr.. Lsnhsm carried no
insurance, and HE loss will spproxi.
mate . thousand dollars.
Malta Enterprise: A part Of the
material for the new depot 10 on the
grounds and more 10 expected every
day. The work will commence shortly
snd We understand that Malta will
have . due depot when completed. The
present depot will then be used % q
freight depot.
Mountaineer: J. B. Pierce threshed
eighty acres Of winter wheat Frida y
that made an average Of % bushels to
the acre. Fifty acres Of this was this
years breaking which was not 90 good,
but the average was raised by the re.
naming 80 acres which yielded some
thing over 80 bushels per acre.
Malta Enterprise: Hsying around
Malta is practically finished and the
crop 10 far short OF that OF . year ago.
From oil sections comes the report
that the hay crop this year Ia short
compared with other years. The
weather has been anything but favor.
able to the hay crop this year.
Galata Journal: A ten year:old lad
named Lawrence, ~ brought to town
last night from Gold Butte, suffering
from . bullet wound from . q rife.
The rife was IN . wagon in the hay.
field where be and others we're work.
ing, and was accidentally discharged,
the bullet entering tho upper arm,
causing q severe flesh wound.
ssco Independent: The Great North
ern will build q new depot here as
once, part OF the materia al 10 already
on hand. Nearly one hundred cars
OF dirt have been unloaded and used
for preparing grounds suitable for the
new building which will be forty by
eighty, about three times as large al
the present one. .
Poplar Stand srd:0J. Scott .Rar.
rison, supervisor OF surveys, was il
Poplar last Saturday, It was Mr..
Harrison's opinion that Messrs.
Johnston and Sweeney would be here
with their crews in lessfthan ten days
to complete the survey on Redwater.
This is the survey which Senator
Boardman applied for q short time
ago, and the residents along Red
water will be glad to learn that the
department has gotten action in such
q short time.
Chinook Opinion: Word has been
received here that . man that went
under the name OF Saunders here ia
under arrest In North Carolina.
While here the man posed % . travel
Ing salesman, cashed several checks
around town which came back protest.
ed. 1t wss found afterwards that he
has been working this game in several
states in the west. He went under 4
multitude OF different names. II Il
thought that requisition papers will
be requested from the governor 70.
him.