The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-13
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

AMONG OUR NE|GHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Glasgow News: DR.. Layton and
wife returned Wednesday from Devils
Lake, N. D., where he went after his
automobile. He drove the car as far
as Stanley, N. D., where he was caught
in a blizzard, making it necessary for
him to leave the car there and return
on the train. He reports nearly a foot
of snow in North Dakota.
Conrad Observer: Through his at
torney, D. ]. Ryan, Kale Langbell, liv-
ing north of town has this week
brought suit abainst the city of Con-
rad for $13,0 damages as the alleged
result of injuries received through the
sewage of Conrad in communicating
his land and also poluting and poi
soning the entire atmosphere to the
injury of the health Of himself and
family.
Malta Enterprise: The Fort Peck
land drawing at Glasgow is not COM
ing up to the expectations of the peo-
pie Of that city and there is not near
the business that was planned for
being done. Out of the first 100 names
drawn at the opening only about one
half of them have responded to file
on their number. There is no doubt
but that the land will be taken up,
but it will be done by a different lot
of people than those who drew the
lucky numbers.
Hinsdale Tribune: Albert p. Will
lard, a homesteader living twenty.four
miles north of Hinsdale, committed
suicide yesterday afternoon by drink
ing strychnine. He had been making
his neighbors feel rather uneasy for
some time by threats to kill Miss So
phie Olson and John Johnsrud, and
came in on Wednesday and had a war
rant issued for his arrest, he having
already drawn a knife on the woman
and threatened to kill her because she
would not consent to marry him.
Havre Plaindealer: James M. Cof-
fin, who had a homestead near Cotton
wood, about rs miles north Of Havre,
was found in his cabin Saturday, with
a bullet wound in his head. Neighbors
had not e Mr.. Coffin since Thurs
day previous to the finding of his
body, and every indication pointed to
the fact that the deceased had taken
his own life, but for what reason
could not be determined. The body
was prepared for burial by Undertake
er Holland and was shipped to the
former home of the deceased at La
Grange, Georgia, for burial.
Lewistown Argus: County Attor-
ney Marshall and the county commits
sioners have ceased to slide down the
same cellar door. They disagree rad
ically on the definition of Jeffersonian
simplicity. There is a further disa-
greement as to what constitutes mis-
S of public funds. The disagree
ment has reached a point where the
public is interested by the commits
s~ioners' demand for the return of
$S91.67 at least from Mr.. Marshall.
After an acrimonious session a month
ago, the county attorney agreed to
pay this amount back into the public
treasury.
Chinook Opinion: The citizens of
the town at a mass meeting on Tues
day evening at the Opera house took
up the proposition of celebrating the
completion of the new Blaine county
court house by a big Fourth of July
celebration and dedication ceremon-
les. The meeting agreed that the
Fourth would be on appropriate time
for the court house dedication and it
was decided to go ahead with plans
for such a celebration. It has not been
customary for Chinook to hold a
Fourth of July celebration for several
years, leaving that date to the other
towns and concentrating our ener
gies on the county fair, but as the
courthouse is to be finished about the
first of July and as it seems fitting
that the event should be observed in
some appropriate manner, it was the
general feeling that a departure from
the usual rule was justifiable this
year. .