The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-09
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.

AMUNG lux NtIGHbUkS.
A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchange.
Big Sandy Mouutatneer: This week
We are Witnessing the arrival of more
settlers than any week previous this
spring. There we're some fifteen or
twenty land seekers in town Sunday.
Chester Signal: W. learn that it il
the intention Of the Grsa: Northern to
erect stocky ards at Chester for the &C.
commod alton Of increasing business.
1t is likely these yards will be built
close to town but not within the linn
its. This will certainly be appre-
cisted by those having livestock to
load or unload.
Conrad Independent: A car Of
larry cove we're shipped In this week
by S%herburne Morse from Belt, where
they recently had been shipped from
the dairy district OF Wisconsin. There
10 . big demand for dairy oet'le in
this section, and IL 10 probable that
several more ehipmeuts will be N .de.
Box Elder P.ess: Arrangements
have beeen made to have Prof. shaw,
the noted exponent OF dry land farm
ing give . lecture here on Tuesday Of.
ternoon, April Is, In the assembly
hall OF the school house. Each far.
mer should attend this lecture as he
may hear something that may be help
full to him this coming season.
Chinook Opinion: Some confusion
is arising in the tract recently thrown
open to entry north OF here owing to
the fact that some land was proved up
on q few years ago under the desert
act vile the land was still u~nsurveyed.
mo patents were Issued Of course for
, that land and some Of the homestead
6lings now being made overlap some
of these old desert claims.
Chinook Democrat: IA train OF %
carloads Of immigrant goods arrived
} in Chinook Tuesday night. These
goods belonged the Mennonite colony
which has been expected from Noun
tain Lake. MINI. A number of the
: party arrived on this train. while the
balance came in on No. l Wednesds ~
I and the entire colony, scomposed o.
j.. $50 membsrs, has now arrived.
r Glasgow News: The sherif's Office
has been requested to notify oil stock
4 men 10 this county who live along the
Canadian border. to look after theil
cattle and horses and II any have
Q wandered scross into the Canadian
range, they must be brought back, OF
the N. W. mounted police will seiz'
oil such stock and held them for dis
. position according to the ICanadial
d laws.
p Belt Times: A Cascade woma
elaine the turkey raising champion
ship Of Montana. She cold a two
year-old gobbler to Il Great Fall
meat company recently. the bird, "
will call him that. bringing q net @
So. 25 after having his feet, head, Gro
and gobblc subtr acted. The cham
# pion gobbler weighed 81 pounds an
10 sold for Is cents per pound weight
n Havre Prom oter:1 Charles Griffin
e emigration agent for the Great Nor
- thern Railway Co., wires friends her
d that 800 tickets were sold in the Ores
Northern Office at St. Paul Wednee
day for points In Montana along th
2 line of the Great Northern. All c
!. whom are homeseekers who wish I
.. better their conditions In life by tah
d ing ad vantage of the great offers /
'e the land proposition that is now of
r fered BY the government.
q Culbertson Republican,: Word .,
1t rives just q We 60 to press to the 81
re- feet that the Missouri river 10 on
E rampage west of US and that big
water 10 coming with . vengeance.
It is reported to DO up over the t rack
k between here and Poplar and tn,
the water 10 still rising fast. JAG
Mall, who conducts . ferry near Poi
ID lar, is reported to have lost Nv
Is horses, being unable to get them ou
sd before the high water struck.
Havre P%laindealer: Prof. Shaw
~ the Great Northern. was in the cit
the latter part of last week aud mad
r a trip to Kremlin, the thriving tow
I 20 miles west of here, to make 81
u engagements for the establishment {
40 experiment station. There will
l60 acres 10 the tract, and a comps
tent man will be placed in charge
run it. 1t is the intention TO NAL
this one of the most important station