The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS,
A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanoes

A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Carter Herald: The Teton Bench
telephone company is operating its
line across the river. Twelve farm
homes have so far been connected
and more will follow as soon as it is
possible to line them up.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: The many
friends of Alex Christie will be very
sorry to learn that he is seriously i'll
at Missoula, and the physicians in
charge are very uncertain as to his
recovery. Mr.. Christie is a real old.
timer here and has legions of warm
friends who feel greatly concerned
about his sickness.
Harlem News: Stock Inspector Nc
Coy was here last week looking into
the matter of the horses that were
stolen from the Putnam ranch, south
of here, and run into Canada. The
authorities are now hot on the trail
of the horse thief. They have a good
description Of him and hope to be
able to land him or the horses pretty
soon.
Dodson Idea: Land that will pro-
duce from forty to fifty bushels Of
wheat to the acre and from ninety to
one hundred bushels of oats, four to
five tons Of alfalfa, and other grains
and vegetables in comparison, is
worth something. Every acre of the
irrigated land in the Milk river val.
ley will do this when properly handled
and is worth three to four times as
much as land that will produce only
a third or fuorth rs much but is sell
ing at twice the price our land is.
Lewistown Argus: That the future
growth of Fergus county is in dairy.
ing and hog raising, seems not to be
a debatable question. All are agreed
and the Argus is glad to say that
more than 200, possibly 500, Fergus
county farmers will this year, for the
first time, put in livestock, running
largely to COWS and hogs. A large
share of the credit for this change IL
due the CHAMBER of Commerce and
the work of County Agriculturist Pc
terson.
Malta Enterprise: The rabbit hun,
between the farmers north Of Stratol
and those south last Friday proved
very disastrous for the south bunch
as they were beaten in the final count
by 129 rabbits. The north side aggre
cation succeeded in bagging 204 while
the south bunch of hunters were con
tent with rs. The losers are giving
an oyster supper at the home of Johr
Suter tomorrow evening with a bis
dance in the school house after thu
supper and to the latter the public II
invited.
Harlem News: Just now while the
creamery question is still hot, it would
be a good plan for every person in
terested in the proposition, and in but
ter making for themselves, to writ,
to the experiment station at the Agri
cultural college at Bozeman for Cir
cular No. 80 which is issued in No
vember, entitled Farm Butter Max
ing and Creamery Industry in Nor
tana." This little phamphlet will be
of interest to every farmer and it will
only cost you the price of a stamI
and your effort in writing a letter t.
get it..
Glasgow News: The homesteaders
"squatting" on land in Valley and Shel
idan counts are certainly being "triet
to the limit" by the wholesale appro
priation of the government land IL
these two counties by the state lane
department. Settlers who have LIVED
on the public domain for years, max
ing improvements on tracts of lant
under the usual squatters right, ant
in some instances subduing the virgin
soil and getting it under a fine state
of cultivation. are now required t.
stand meekly by and wait until tn,
state land department makes it's Sc
lection, before making their filing.