The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
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Local Grain Quotations
AMONG OUR NEICKBORS.

AMONG OUR NEIGKBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Chinook Democrat: Martin Mich
was this week released from the
county Jail, the charge of rape against
him being dismissed, with the under.
standing that he leave town and coun.
ty. The authorities did not believe
they had sufficient evidence to con-.
vict him.
Conrad Independent: A number of,
the wool growers in this community
nave signed contracts for the sale of
their 1914 clip. The prices ranged
from IA to Is cents per pound, and
1t Is understood that the higher figure
was obtained by most of the growers
in this vicinity.
Havre Democrat: Five suits were
filed in the district court against the
Great Northern railway company this
week. The actions are all for delay
In the shipment of livestock. William
Williamson wants $4,000. 90; Ed. Law
Ter wants $4,000; Ella benson wants
$2,SOo.00; and John Thompson wants
100000.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: ]. j. Com
er shipped two cars of wheat to the
Spokane market the first of the week.
The two cars contained 1400 bushels
of grain which was raised by Mr..
Conner last season. He has in about
100 acres of winter wheat this year
and says it is his intention to put in
more than twice that much next year.
Carter Chronotype: The Antelope
Telephone Co., held a meeting in the
Freeze school house Friday and cleo
ted the following officers: Geo. M.
Howell, president and manager; I. A.
Crisp, vice president, and M. E. How
Ell, secretary-treasurer. The company
will have about 16 members when
the line is completed; the supplies
already have been ordered.
Glasgow News: Glasgow has a new
flour mill, and it is turning out a fine
grade of flour from Valley county
grown hard wheat. The new mill was
started up the fore part of the week
under the direction of Mr.. w. w.
Clark, of Billings, the state represen-
tative of the Anglo-American Milling
Co., of Greensboro, KY, who put out
the Marvel" mill machinery.
Havre Plaindealer: The office OF
| Clerk of the Court Geo. w. Glass, in
this city, beat the Offices of the entire
country in the number of applicants
for citizenship and the new citizens
made, during the year 1913. The
Havre Office had pa petitions for ma
t~uralization, COS declarations of inten'
ton to become citizens of the United
! States, and at the close of the year
had 400 applications pending.
Conrad Observer: The farmers of
lied and are preparing to take con-
certed action in killing off the gophers
this spring. The organization for the
killing of these pests was completed
last week and every farmer in the dis
trict was taxed a small amount to
purchase ~strychnine, which will be
used together with wheat, and is said
to be sure death to the gophers.
Galata Journal: In one district in
North Dakota, farmers are feeding
Russian thistles to their stock. The
thistles yer gathered while green
and stacked. The stock it is said, are
thriving on the food 1t would not
be hard to try the experiment in this
vicinity and if there is any virtue in
the thistles the problem of food sup
ply for stock would be In a large de-
gree solved. We ure have, or will
have, the thistles.
Chinook Opinion: w. S. Jacobs
has been here this past week from
Calgary buying alfalfa seed for the
Canadian Pacific railroad company for
distribution to farmers along their
line. Mr.. Jacobs expects to buy a
car load of seed here at Chinook If
he IAN get it and has been busy Sc
curing prices and samples. The com.
pany is DESTROYS of securing their
seed supply from this section II pos
sible although it costs them more than
more southern seed.