The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-10-29
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS,

HIUUNO Jun VCI0n6UnS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
bingham Review: Alfred Mock of
Gold Stone was in town Monday, hav.
ing hauled In a wagon load of onions.
Mr.. Mock planted one acre of onions
from which he got 1875 bushels, and he
is selling them for 1925 per bushel.
Chinook Opinion: Bernard Allen,
who lives west Of town near Yantic,
went crazy yesterday and tried to mu-
tilate himself with a razor. He was
found badly injured by A. S. Lehman
who took him to Havre where he was
placed in the hospital.
Big Sandy M%ountaineer: 1t is the
intention Of the electric company to
turn on the juice this evening and
start Big Sandy with the best lighting
and power service on earth. The town
will be we'll lighted as several of the
business men have already made ar.
rangements to place lights in front
of their places of business.
Chinook Opinion: Word was re.
ceived here this morning that a man
had been found dead in n of the Co
burn cabins near Brookside. No fur
ther particulars have been learned.
Coroner Ring and DR.. Foss started out
for the place yesterday morning from
Harlem and Deputy sheriff Kicker
started from Zortman.
Havre Plaindealer: Deputy Stock
Inspector Heron returned the first of
the week from a roundup in the noun.
tains south of town, and brought with
him a number Of cattle on which the
brands had been doctored. One of
those facing a serious charge as a re-
suit is Edward Redwing. 1t is under
stood the latter is now bound over to
the district court on a similar charge.
Conrad Observer: Chris Nelson
and Charles Martin, a couple of home
steaders of the Deep Creek country
were taken to Chouteau a few days
ago to answer to the charge of having
killed a steer belonging to the Trucl,ot
estate. Sheriff Mckenzie, who made
the arrest, found the beef and the bur.
led hide and it is said the men made
full confession.
Box Elder Press: jeff D. Cox, clerk
of the school board, has finished TAX.
ing the school census and reports that
there are now $50 children in this
district. Last veal there were only
81 pupils in the district and this is an
increase of nearly 300 per cent. The
assessed valuation OF this district is
$439, 275.0O which makes 1t the third
wealthiest in the county only being
exceeded by Havre and Chester.
Glasgow Courier: Charles M. Rus.
sell, the cowboy artist, Frank B. Lin
derman. DR.. E. D. Nash and Mr.. Lin
derman ST., of Helena, passed through
Glasgow Saturday evening on the com
pletion of a four hundred mile triI
down the Missouri river from Fort
Benton to Lismas, % miles south Of
here. The party left Fort Benton al
noon on September goth and were II
the wilds until they reached Glasgow
Conrad Independent: If by SOM
unprecedented stroke of fortune boil
Toole and Pondera counties should be
created, Cut Bank will find herself ir
the very awkward position of having
to travel thru two counties a distance
of something like a hundred miles tt
reach her county seat, and having tt
change cars in the bargain. But ther
the creation of Piegan county only
awaits the settlement of the reserva
ton.
, Havre P~laindealer: On Tuesday
Broadwater & Pepin sold to Waechtel
Bros. of North Yakima, WASH, "a
head of beef cattle for shipment t.
Alaska. This bunch Of cattle were
undoubtedly the finest lot aver got to
gether in northern Montana, and solo
for 500 per head. They were shipped
Wednesday for Yakima valley, where
they will be fed through the winter
and forwarded to their far northerr
, destination in the spring.
Lewistown Argus: l.. M. Hobensacl
has harvested and sold 1880 bushel.
of Turkey red wheat from 427 acre.
of land; an average of 39H bushels
' per acre. The land is Mr.. Hoben
sacks home ranch, midway between
Benchland and Utica. The averag.
yield has been exceeded repeatedly OF
smaller acreage but 81 far as the Ar
!, = gus is informed, the yield is a RECORD
, for the year on anything more thar
, 800 acres.