The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-08
AMONG OUR NEIGHB0RS,
A orist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanuos

VIII uVeUOb uOOuvO
A orist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Harlem News: The sheepmen here
are clamoring for cars. Over a hum
dred cars r needed but the Great
Northern is unable to supply them
just now and do not know how soon
they car furnish the cars. 1t is put
ting the sheepmen to a great deal of
Inconvenience.
Malta Enterprise: FROM all reports
there has been considerable horse
stealing going on this fall as we learn
there are several who are short on
horses, and among them some that
were never known to stray away.
Deputy Sheriff Casady has cards out
describing a number which were TAX
en- from up near the boundary.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: 1t is 40
tfceable at the present time that a
number of the farmers are following
the instructions of Prot. Shaw and ].
J. Hill, and are entering the stock
raising business on q small scale. 1t
may not bring immediate results, but
when once established the results
will be pronounced and the farmers
around Big Sandy will be independ.
ent.
Glasgow News: Edwin s. Ross, q
farmer near Nashua, was struck by
No. 3 Wednesday evening and instant
ly killed. Mr.. Ross was driving
across the track with a team and
wagon and either did not notice the
approaching train or endeavored to
cross ahead of 1t rather than wait
for 1t to pass, but the train struck
the ear of his wagon throwing It
some distance and killing him in the
mixup. 1t is claimed the team escap-
ed serious injury.
Galata Journal: R. w. Mcknight,
who has had charge of Archie Hamil-
toms threshing rig this fall, reports
that they finished threshing last Fri
day after a 33-day run. Mr.. McNaught
figures that the general average per
acre for all the crops they threshed
this fall vas II bushels. This low
average is accounted for by the sick
ly showing that fax made, in many
instances being as low Is 3 or 4 bush
els per acre Wheat and oats aver.
aged very we'll; in many instances
there were extra good yields.
Shelby Promoter: Chairman Marsh
of the Teton county commissioners
has conceived the idea and has con.
+ vinced the members of the board that
the best road work" plan for next
spring and summer is to hire a good
road and bridge superintendent and
crew of men to start at a given point
work the roads, and repair the bridg'
es as they go along. The plan seems
to be a good one and will, If put into
| operation, be a W of both time
and money, besides being a systemat
ic way of building roads.
Conrad Observer: B. R. Fowler
was in this week and said that he had
threshed Al bushels of wheat from
one and one-eighth acres of ground
The wheat is called Marcus whea,
and was secured by Mr.. Fowler from
a local dealer who had it shipped in
from Canada, where it is said to have
been passed upon and approved by
the Canadian experiment farm. Mr.
Fowler said it was a good hard mil
ing wheat and while the rest of the
crop suffered from the hot winds in
the growing season, this grain was
we'll filled.
Chinook Opinion: Blaine county
was much in evidence at the Montana
state fair that just closed Saturday
last. The county won more prizes
than ave before and the Blaine coun
ty exhibitors returned home much
pleased with the results obtained. In
alfalfa seed in the irrigated division
Blaine county took all three prizes
Roberts and Brown won first, John
| Clark secured second and w. R. Leet
third. The Judge of this division
pronounced the Blaine county seed
especially that of Roberts and Brown
the best lot Of alfalfa seed he had
ever seen. He urged that the seed
be sent to the national corn exposi'
! ton at Omaha to compete for nation.