The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-15
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.
A Crist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

Northern Montana exchanges
Conrad Observer: The Conrad
creamery is now shipping 600 pounds
of butter each week to Spokane mar
kets. Aside from supplying the local
demand this is not a small turnout
and represents a nice little payroll to
our farmers who have a dairy herd. ,
Chinook Opinion: w. R. Cothern,
one of the h0mesteaders out on the
south bench, brought in a fine lot of
dry land strawberries for sale the
first of the week. They were large,
we'll favored fruit and he has a large
Latch of them we'll established on his
place now. ,
Glasgow News: David Kilstrom,
aged % years, was drowned in the
Milk river near Glasgow, about half
a mile above the dam, on last Sunday
afternoon. He is supposed to have
+ met his death as a result of entering
| the cold water while In a heated con
| dition physically and with stomach
filled with undigested food, all tend.
ing to p~recipitate cramps.
Havre Democrat: Bruce Clyde re-
turned from a trip yer to Alberta
where he took some horsemen. He
| reports that from Maple creek over
to the line there was a strip of land
about 20 miles wide that looks as if
it had no rain this year. The rest of
the country south, however, is look
ing fine. Nearly all the crops are in
good condition in the country over
| which he Travelled.
Conrad Observer: Geo. r. Pearson,
OF the Tlax Fibre mill, brought in sew
eral samples of fiber flax from several
last evening, and they were all fine
| specimens. ranging in height from
three feet up. Mr.. Pearson seems
we'll satisfied with the flax fiber pros
poets this fall and talks very encour-
ageingly OF the outlook, and says he
expects tile dry land will produce a
lurge amount of fiber this year..
Choteau Montana: Through the
untiring efforts of Sheriff Mckenzie
and deputies the mysterious murder
committed on the first of October,
1919, at Priest Butte lake, south Of
Cl,oteau, is being rapidly cleared up,
and it is probable the murderer will
be in custody of the Teton county Of
icials in a short time. Already one
person, J. E. Wilbur, an e%x-convict.
and who was present at the time of
the killing, is in custody. having been
brought tc Choteau last evening by
Sheriff Mckenzie.
Chinook Opinion: The sheriff's of.
fee was visited yesterday by a man
from north of Colberg who had what
lie thought were a number of coyote
pelts and he was looking for the
bounty ON them. On examination
they proved to be swifts and the Of
ficers could not receive the bounty
claim. The officers state that it is
not an infrequent occurance for peo-
PIE who are not familiar with the wild
the pelts of the swlfts for bounty
thinking that they have killed young
coyotes.
Big Sandy Sentinel: The voters in
the Big Sandy school district will be
} given another opportunity to declare
; by their vote whether or not they
want to bond this district for $4,000
to build and equip a suitable educa
tional building to replace the old one
which has been Outgrown and neces
STATED the renting Of another build
ing for the primary grades. The cleo
ton will be held on Wednesday, July
70 between the hours of 2 and 6 p. m
Through a ~technicality in the former
:. ! bonds, the law requires that another
election be held.
!, Conrad Independent: Dan Ledger
t wood, who is one of the most success
full dry land farmers in this part o.
the state, came in from his place
!, northeast of Conrad yesterday, ant
reports everything looking good in hi
] Leighborhood. Mr.. LedgerwoOd ha.
;, in a big crop and it is nearly all OF
). ummer faI.ow land, and is in excel
lent condition. He has in about sixt!
( acres of Germ, and just finished pillow
D ing it the fourth and last time. HI
] says he has an excellent stand. ant
expects to get a large quantity o
;. good feed from this crop, besides tn
:. added advantage of getting the grount
i where the crop is raised in the yer!
/ best Of condition for text years grain
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