The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-27
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

| A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Choteau Montanan: Word was re-
ceived in Choteau this afternoon that
Judges Ewing and Leslie, of the
Eighth Judicial district, of which this
county is a part, have named Hon. !
w. D. Jones, of Spring Hill, as coun- !
i ty commissioner, vice l.. c.. Marsh,
resigned, because Of the creation of
| Toole county.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: Eagleton
is the name OF the new pOstoffice On
Eagle creek recently established by
the government with Miss Hawkins
as postmistress. This locality has
been settled up by one of the livest
set Of hon,esteaders yet to enter Mon
tana and they are not going to idle
and let grass grow under their feet.
Besides getting a postal headquarters
they are building a new schoolhouse
and expect to begin a term of school
by the first of June.
Chouteau Acantha: What appears
to be a strong intimation that the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
will shortly ommence the laying of
! track on it's Choteau line out of this
city lies in the fact that within tire
past ten days the company has award
ed a contract for the erection of all
the timber bridges on that line. The
contract was secured by d. ]. Burke,
of L.ewistown, a contractor who has
:, been doing considerable work on the
various Milwaukee lines out of that
} city.
Chinook Opinion: The plans for
the Zig court house dedication and
Fourth Of July celebration are pro-
>, crossing in good shape. The COM
l r,ittee On program is making progress
5 or their plans. They have tentative
t ~ outlined the plans with a list of
=, street sports for the forenoon, with a
speech by some prominent orator of
tire state, such as Governor Stewart
5 OF Charley Pray or ex-governor Nor.
!, ris. In the evening a big fireworks
: display and a big ball is the sugges.
l.. ton under consideration.
ACWloIO"u TI6uSs AJCIOlC IN Civ
of the month there will be bout 1000
filings in Fergus county north of Lew
> istown, on account of the enlarged
homestead act. These filings will
J. cover about $50 1000 acres, many Of
y them being for 800 acres but more
t than half being for an additional 100
;, The filings began last Friday morn
ing, $40 being received during the day
+ Belated entrymen still are coming in
q by the score, it being estimated thai
,. about 400, 900 acres will be filed or
by 1900 homesteaders before the va
can't land is taken.
Glasgow News: Ira A. Nelson, o.
r the Fort Peck Land Co., was arrested
Tuesday upon complaint sworn to b!
v Harrison Horton, who alleges he wa:
a d%efrauded of 500 by Nelson in a con
II fidence game on May 4th of this year
:. The complaint alleges that Nelson
represented to Horton that he coult
u secure for Horton a filing on a trac
of land in the north country, TO,
which Horton was to pay him 500
, When the filing papers were made
~ out in Nelson's Office, Horton pait
:, him 500 and the papers were N tt
= the land office. Shortly afterwards
= Horton received notice from the re
y ceiver at the land Office to the effec
y that his filing papers had been reject
d ed.
u" Havre Plaindealer: That gas il
commercial quantities exists in til,
l. Havre field, is demonstrated conclu
T sively by the drilling operations tina
r. have been carried on here for the pas
s. several months by the Havre Natura
3 Gas company ulpler the direction 0
IS the Stoner-Lockwood company of Med
Il wells in the Canadian city. At
depth of 1900 feet, reached on Wed
e. nesday, the drillers were rewarded b,
e. striking a vein that even now fur
k nishes ample flow for domestic pu1
le poses, though perhaps not in stuff
cient volume 70 be used in manufaC
Is lures.
e Conrad Observer: Mrs. Aron Vos
n who lives northwest of town. has 81,
d en- us her experience in killing gopl
ers, in which she a y that over 30
were killed at their ranch in on
ID night. He receipt is to get carbo1
bisulphide at the drug store and sa,
urate a small piece of cotton battin
s. and after lighting drop it in the hol
is and then cover up the hole. She say
"a the work should be done after su,
Ia down after the gophers have retired
In the morning. she says, one shoul
go around and look at the holes, an
40 if they are not open, you can be sur
~ that you have killed the gophers.
To- Governor Opposes Consolidation