The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-05
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES,

~ STISt OF items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Big Sandy Mountsineer: The high
ways around Big Sandy will receive
much attention during the coming Sea.
ION according to G. G. Ihmsen, our
new county commissioners. Roads
will be str aightened according to sec.
tion lines, the biggest hills cut down,
low places brought up the pulling in
the fall, when the grain is ready for
market will be made much easier for
our farmer friends.
bingham Review: A. G. Strobe OF
Chester was in bingham yesterday
interviewing III business men and
Others concerning the matter Of bond.
ing Hill county for goo, 900, to be
used In the following manner $780,.
600 to build . court house q Hsvrs;
and 100000 to build two bridges
across the Milk river and buy road
grader and for general road improve.
ment.
Glasgow Independent: Since the fall
election there have been registered In
the territory Of the proposed new coun-
ty OF Sherids On, l,248 additional voters
which now makes the total number OF
registered voters for she special cleo.
ton to be held on March II to deter
mine the creation of the new county
2,764. In this number Plentywood
takes the lead with the largest number.
Culbertson comes second and Red.
stone third.
Chinook Democrat: 81. B. johnson.
one of the employees at the Chinook
steam laundry, had a narrow escape
from death last Monday. He was
putting the belt on q pulley when the
jumper which he was wearing caught
In the belt and he was whirled around
the shaft six or eight times before the
machinery could be stopped. When
he was picked up by the other en-
ployes he was unconscious and q doc
tor was hastily summoned.
Conrad Independent: The people
OF Solid are strsnuously objectine TO
the action taken by the postal suthori.
ties the fret of January, when the
mail service between Conrad and Sol.
lid WAS discontinued. Az . result all
mail to Solid now has to 20 BY way
OF Fowler, and It takes almost . week
TO get mail from Conrad to Solid.
There are nearly two hundred people
served by the Solid route as 1t wss
conducted and the discontinuanee of
1t has caused q big Inconvenience to
the people living In that country.
Choteau Acsnths: A petition for an
election to vote on the creation of
Pondera county from portions of
Teton and Hill was fled with County
Clerk Garrett Monday. Action on the
petition will be taken by the county
commissioners at their meeting, next
week. The territory to be included
within the new county comprises
the northern portion OF Teton, the
southern boundary passing south of
Brady and ard, north OF Bynum.
The line joys north leaving Waller
and Dupuyer in Teton, but takes in
the Blsckfeet reservation and the
town of Cut Bank.
Conrad Observer: Miss Edith
Thompson has . unique method Of
catching rabbits. Miss Edith has a
homestead in the Brady country and
on it she has q residence. She q y
the rabbits dig under her house and
camp there and recently she conceived
the novel plan OF putting o quantity
OF snuff on a cabbage leaf which the
rabbits will sniff. She says thst they
are so busy sneezing and the water
running Out of their eyes, that all you
have to do is to walk right up and
catch them. Miss Thompson tells of
c atchipg six by this method on a
recent visit to her homestead.