The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges

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Big Sandy Sentinel: A. w. Merri.
field of Fort Benton, arrived Tuesday
morning to begin surveying operations
on the townsite of Verona, which will
be situated six miles west, and placed
on sale by Frank Worstell in the near
future.
Geraldine Review: Lightning struck
the barn at the Dell Moore ranch, near
Haystack Butte, last evening and
burned it to the ground. Mr.. Moore
had a lot of furniture stored in the
building, and this was destroyed with
the other contents.
Chouteau Acantha: After being
closed for a year the Choteau cream
cry will open under new management,
Mr.. w. T. Smith, an experienced
creamery operator lately of Illinois,
has become associated with McGlenn
Bros, and will open the plant as soon
as necessary repairs a be made and
the place put in sanitary condition.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: Another
proof that Montana farmers are diver.
styling their farming operations was
evidenced last week when Mr.. Bert
Baker brought into the city two hogs
which weighed over 1000 pounds. They
were strictly Montana products, hav.
ing been raised on the farm here and
fattened for the market on Montana
grains and grasses.
Glasgow News: While a stranger
who said his name was j. G. Sullivan
was attempting to dispose of jewelry
on Front street on Friday night, he
fell into the hands of the peace Of
ficers. Inquiries resulted in the dis
covery that the property had been
stolen from homes Of citizens in Blaine
county. He was taken there under
the care of a deputy.
Chinook Opinion: Visitors from
the east end report that w. B. Stro-
Tiers, a storekeeper at Coburg, com
mitted suicide Tuesday. Strothers
was the manager of the r. M. Trafton
store of Coburg. He had recently
been notified that he was to be dis.
charged and Wednesday a the day
fixed for the final settlement of his
accounts. The day before he killed
himself. The rumor is that he was
short in his accounts.
Lewistown Argus: Montana grass
alone, with no other feed, is respon'
sible for the record butter-fat cream
of Mrs. Theodore Lindsay. AS noted
in the last Argus the ten-gallon car
! Of cream contained fifty-six per cen
butter fat and brought $12.O9 at thu
Fergus county creamery. 1t was the
richest can of ream in the experience
of Manager Katsberg and brought
$1.21 per gallon to the producer.
Galata Journal: Shack robbers
are abroad in this region. About the
middle of last week a couple of des
picable thieves entered the house o,
Miss Rachel Hockel, living a mile
north of town, carrying away various
articles and giving the interior of the
building the appearance of having
been torn up considerably. These
same men have been operating in The
, vicinity of Shelby, entering four o.
five shacks there within the past weel
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be harshly dealt with If caught.
Conrad Observer: John Mueller
living four miles east of town has
struck natural gas in drilling for wa
ter. The first indication of gas was
found last Friday, when at a depth o.
! sos feet the gas when lighted would
burn for a few seconds. On Tuesda!
afternoon the hole was down abou
400 feet and there was a good stronl
flow of gas which burned all of Mon
day night. An experienced gas ant
oil man from Spokane visited the wei
on Tuesday and after examining thu
formation in which the drill was work
ing expressed himself that there wa'
oil in the near vicinity and advises
keeping right on with the drilling.
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