The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-06-18
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

a Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Big Sandy Mount aineer: Longing
90 much for rain for more than q week
past the farmers on the west bench
were %g'"riou,ly blessed last Tuesday
With a b'uutitul d%o.npour OF rain
that soaked the cod tnres inches deep.
A fcw CT :hcse showers wi!l sure make
the crop.
Dodson Idea: j. W.nStahlip, who
was 10 from his ranch near Wagner,
says be has tour acres of .islfalfs on
the bench that stands more than a foot
high and will eoon be ready =. cut.
When our farmers get to raising a.
fs'fa successfully the problem OF sue.
oessful farming 10 solved.
Glssgow News: The shooting af.
fair at Tampioo q few days ago is
only another in~etsnce that proves
shss . msn who ''packs . gun" 10
usually looking for trouble, aud II he
csrries It very long he always finds it.
There 10 = heavy penalty IN this ria'e
attached to carrying concealed wea.
pons, but many disregard the law and
continue to do 90.
Glasgow Independent: Glen Kelly,
. Great Northern brskema Al and for
the past three years q resident of
Glasgow, wss u down BY . car at
Wtlliston and died two hours later.
He was doing some ~switching and
caught his foot In . frog. A .
struck him, severinR = leg and On arm.
Though medical aid waa promptly
summoned II was apparent from the
fret that the young man could not
survive.
Culbertson Searchlight: The hot
dry winds Of the past week have seri.
ously interfered with tho sprouting OF
late seeded crops, and unless . rain
comes soon the crops will be consider.
ably damaged. Crops that were
seeded early, however, are still doing
nicely % there seems to b~ei!plenty ol
moisture in the ground two or three
inches below the surface, but II 10 moi
sufficient to sprout the seed put IL
since the last rain.
Havre Plaindesler: Mrs. Gus Del
Celles, while 10 New O.laaus last win.
YER, secured some cotton seed that she
planted in her garden q Havre thil
, spring. The seeds all sprouted ani
Abe plants are doing fine. While thi'
> section has received some fame for thu
' the production OF fruits presumably
only congenial to the far southland
. yet 90 far % the Plaindealer know
: this Is the fret attempt to grow cottor
. 10 Montana.
Shelby News: A lightning chang
.rttst burglarised the Meade store |
record time on Thursday night OF lat
week. The man kicked a g,a 90 out {
the front door, took long chance O
r q ferocious bulldog that cost $lO3 an
' which was doing his full3 duty in dc
g ~livering the big noise, aud steppe
through the hole and grabbed two re
o volvers and several watches, all of
v total value OF probably $50, and wa
out before either John or Tom coul
tell the bull dog to eat him up.
Lewistown Argus:lThe first spec
men OF the fan weed seen In lewiston
d was brought to the Argus Office ye'
terdsy by Louis Lehman. The plar
was q Of macy growing on his M,
Donald creek ranch. Mr.. Lehma
set . number OF people At work pull
!. ing every weed Ia eight and hopes I
eradicate it completely from his acr,
age. He will not let It get . Start 90
exprssses the hope that farmers get
orally will keep . sharp watch for th
pest and pull 1t up as fsstiss it show
itself.
y Chinook Opinion: The wool grow
Z ers of this section will hold . meetin
At the Opera house on Friday afteI
noon, Juno 20, to discuss the qusstio
Of taking concerted action to sell the
Is wool At q fair price. President Hall
day of the Montana Wool Grove,
y association and a director OF the N,
tiona al wool warehouse, will be he,
for tie meeting. He was here Tue
day to discuss the stu alton and prt
, missed TO return. He says that tn
" buyers will make every effort to hol
a the price down on the tariff situate
plea and that unless the growers a.
united they will get less than mark
n conditions justify.
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