The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-03
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS,
A Crist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Chester Signal: Corn Day in Ches-
ter proved to be one Of the best at
fractions that has been billed for
many a month. The Opera House was
crowded to the limit and the close
attention given all the speakers show
ed the great interest taken in the mat
ter by our citizens. The silver cup
Harlem News: The customs off,
GERS were at Malta last week inves-
tigating the umo that Canadian
grain was being brought in there to
market. They failed to find any Ga
madam grain W there either. The
report was that there has been some.
thing like $4,000 bushels of FAX re-
ceived at Malta and Harlem.
Havre Plaindealer: The biggest
single deposit Of money ever made
in Havre was that given to County
Treasurer Roy H. Cutler by the Great
Northern Railway company last Sat-
urday in the form of a check for
$88,4S0.29, this amount representing
the company's taxes on state, county
and school tax levies in Hill county.
Shelby News: c. F. johnson was q
pleasant caller at our sanctum Satur-
day while in town on business. Mr.
Johnson stated that he made rather
well on his hogs this year and that
by feeding his grain to them that he
realized better than $1.40 per bushel
for it and then sold his hogs at 12h
cents per pound. He is a firm be-
lever that there is money to be made
in hogs in Montana.
Box Elder Press: Quite a stir was
caused in town this week by certain
parties being accused OF misappropri-
ating funds for their own use which
had supposedly been raised for the
benefit of the Catholic church build
ing fund. The amount was something
over 5000 and after several meetings
of those interested the accused par
ties returned some Of the funds and
a satisfactory settlement was made
regarding the balance.
Chinook Opinion: The long chase
by the Canadian and Blaine county Of
f1cials after the horse thief, who stole
a sorrel mare at Maple Greek, culmi-
mated Friday in the mans capture
by Deputy Sheriff Kicker at the mouth
of the Musselshell, on the south side
of the Missouri river, over in Dawson
county. It was a long chase and the
final capture was made by Deputy
Kicker in a big, wild section Of coun.
try far from any assistance.
was awarded to Miss Beredina Steck
and a number of medals were distrib-
uted to our school children.
Conrad Independent: A most pecu-
liar thing happened this week, when
one of the lilac bushes in the Hirsh-
berg yard burst into bloom. 1t was
noticed several days ago that the bush
seemed to be budding, and on Sunday
several blossoms opened up. This is
the first time such a thing has ever
happened here, and is the subject of
much comment.
Carter Chronotype: Chas. Charlson
is the second victim during the past
month to have his house pillaged by
petit thieves. During his absence
while assisting w. F. Holiday last
week, his house was broken into, &C.
cess being made through a window
which was stolen together with a gun
and other effects. This practice is
not uncommon in new countries like
this and we would advise every home
steader to watch fol- these misecrants
and administer the keenest observa-
tons in guarding their neighbours
property as well as their own.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: Hans Lex
as, the we'll digger, who has been oper-
ating in this section the past four
years, came to town last Saturday
from the Lundeen claim where he has
been digging for the past two weeks
and said that he was down 80 feet;
that he had passed through about so
feet of blue slate and struck solid
rock. He said he bored with a drill
through the rock and water came
gushing up with about $50 bounds
pressure and Hans says it promises
to be of the artesian formation.
Chinook Democrat: John Pierce
and Angus Handsome are undoubted-
ly convinced that it would have been
more profitable to buy wood than to
have attempted stealing it, for they
were caught in the act, arrested and
brought to Chinook and in justice
court the former was fined SIS and
costs. The two men have homesteads
across the line and were returning
home after doing some trading in
Chinook. They spent the night at a
school house about six miles north of
town and used the school districts
wood freely during the night.