The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS,

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A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Malta Enterprise: Dan Mckay has
purchased q couple of bushels of wild
fax grown at Scobey aud intends to
cry It out this summer. It is claimed
that it 10 far better ia yield than the
tame fax and contains moreo oil.
Galata Journal: A homesteader
living south of Devon had q horse
stolen one day last week. Dillieent
pursuit enabled the owner to 20
the horse but the thief ESCAPED.
While horse thieves are bad enough,
they are not 90 low down % q shack
thief.
Chester Signal: 1t's one big cinch
that with the defeat OF Toole county
there will be no time lost Ia placing
Marias county on the map. 1t makes
ne difference what town might become
the county seat, It 10 q fact that the
proposed county contains more boost.
ers TO the square inch than INV like
section In the state.
Shelby News: Rumors are current
that within . day or two proceedings
will be instituted to restrain the cleo.
tions for the counties Of Toole and
Pondera. It 10 the opinion of compe.
tent attorneys that there is no flaw in
the procedure for this organization
and that such % attempt could result
Ia nothing more serious than q posi-.
BILE slight delay.
Ravre Plsindealer: Rose Harden
who resides ten miles north OF Havre,
and who wac the victim of some con.
idence men several weeks ago in St.
Paul, when he lost about o., 900, re-
turned home Wednesday. The police
succeeded in recovering Q u, 100 draft
Of the money lost and shts was turned
back to Harden, who 10 now hopsful
Of getting the balance of his money.
Conrad Observer: The people of
the proposed e county of Pondera
will have On ample field from which
to select their candidates for county
officers, % . brand new party has
jumped into the arena, and oil kinds
OF hats will be In the ring. A call has
been issued by the Independent party
for . primary to be held in Conrad
next Monday to select delegates to q
convention to be held atBrady.
Chinook Opinion: Prizes to the
amount of 1000 will b offered At the
Blaine county fair this year. The
directors At their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday checked up the
premium list and found that 1t amount
ed to that sum without the race
money. The specials alone amount to
over $500. given by business arms
and individuals to encourage some
particular line Of agricultural in
dustry.
Glasgow Independents: G. O.. San
ford, project engineer Of the govern
ment irrigation work of this valley,
was in the city from Malta yesterday.
When asked what effect Secretary
Lanes proposition for abandoning
the Milk river project would have on
the Vandalia distribution unit, he
said that the contracts for the distri.
button system had been let and that
In his opinion nothing could be done
to stop progress of the construction
work on this unit.
Valerian: Thousands of trees are
being set out in the Waller country
these days. Some are exercising care
10 the planting OF the young trees
while others pursue the hsphazsrd
methods too frequently resorted to by
careless people. Ground In which
trees are planted should be cultiv ated
thoroughly II satisfactory results
would follow, and planting In sod IL
only successful when attended by .
large measure of luck. Don't bother
planting trees unless you can plant
them properly.
Culberteon Republican: That the
gopher population has been thinned
out to . remarkable extent from
freezing, there 10 little doubt. It is
found that the frost went down last
winter to = depth OF more than six
feet. 1t appears that the little in
hRbitants of the ground failed tn take
the freaks of mother nature into calcu-
latton and In consequence caught In
their winters slumber by the frost,
which penetrated beyond their dsns,
thus destroying ninety per cent. of the
little pests. With judicious use of
gopher poison, guns and destructive
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