The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A orist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Chinook Opiuion: Considerable
complaint has been made by the
homesteaders recently arriving here
over the treatment they have received
from the train crews on the Great
Northern 10 Montana and Dakota.
The Commercial club has taken the
matter up with the general Office Of the
COMPANY to endeavor to have some
action taken.
Bavre P~laindealer: Saratin Bros.
are reported to have lost sixteen head
OF horses out of their bunch near the
city. The horse of ZONE dry land
farmer got among them and in his ei.
fort to cut the horse out Of the bunch
he run them until they took what
h%orsemen know as the jiRgers and six.
teen of the animals died. Among
them we're some very fine horses.
Glasgow Independents: AZ the close
/ " Vu~ u1CSOsOk "a VIC OOOGO VI COuOty
commissioners Mcbride and Vein.
rich. both of whom reside within the
new county OF Sherida 40, resigned,
handing their resign tions to Judge
Utter who Immediately appointed h.
M. Mcintyre Of this city and Prof. j.
h. Atwood, of Strater, to fill the
vacancies caused by the resign atoms.
Malta Enterprises: John A. Ebaugh
Of this city, has struck it rich at Fort.
man. He has received word from the
Little Rockies that parties who are
working his mine have found q vein Of
gold ore that tested at the mill for $40
q ton, and it is q good quality of eva.
hide ore aud will average about s3.5 so
q ton. This strike was found in the
Pearl mine of the group Of mining
claims.
Chinook Opinion: G. B. Griffin, i'm
migration commissioners for the Great
Northern Railway, has been person.
ally experimenting the routing OF the
Mennonite colonists to Chinook during |
the past week. he says tina. the land
seekers already coming or ready to
come will more than take up the ~ all
able land here. The desire for Mon.
tsns homesteads 10 so great that the
people are taxing the capacity of the
immigration service to handle them.
Havre Plaindealer: This has been
perhaps the busiest week, and the
largest number of people have de-
clared their intention;of swearing al
legiance to Uucle Sam in the Office of
Clerk of the Court Glass, since Hill
county was organized. Forty-four
persons this week, took out their fret
citizenship papers and four hundred
ftty-eight persons have declared their
intention Of becoming citizens since
the county was organized.
Conrad Independent: There Is q
marked difference lin the sales OF
power outfits in this community this
year and last. 10 the first place there
are not nearly so many being sold,
many Of the farmers realizing th a.
after all, the horse is the best motive
on the farm and those who are buying
this year are purchasing the smaller
outfits. Only a few purchasers of the
big rigs were able to make them
pay last year and it seems to be the
disposition this season among the
ranchers to buy just such machinery
as they need for their own use.
Shelby News: Cut Bank has q resi-
dent who, in the number Of years
spent within what is now Montana,
may we'll lay claim to being among
it, oldest inhabitants. He is 81. A.
Kennerly, and he has resided in the
state almost continuously since 1855,
when he came from St. Louis with
Alfred Cummings, superintendent OF
Indian affsirs, sent out by the gov.
eminent TO confer with Gov. Stevens
on certain matters. The parties met
1t the mouth of the Judith river and
held . conference with the Blackfeet
Indians whioh roa,1tod II TIM G~a<