The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-29
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges

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Northern Montana Exchanges
Harlem News: Haying is now in
full blast. All along the Milk river
on the irrigated lands the moving ma
chine is cutting down big fields of
Blue Joint hay the natural product
for which this valley is noted. Thous.
ands OF ton of it will be harvested
in addition to many tons of alfalfa.
This warm weather the past two
weeks has made ideal haying weather
and the work is being carried on rap
idly.
Chinook Democrat: The severe
warm weather of the past two weeks
has injured crops around Chinook, es-
pecially up north around the Canadian
line. 1t is reported many acres will
not even be cut for hay, as it is SIM
ply dried up, and there is no substance
left in the stalks. Conditions south
are somewhat better, although many
reports that fax conditions have been |
made very unfavorable on account of
the hot wave.
Lewistown Argus: Local credit to,
farmers is more and more dependent
or the ownership of live stock. With
sufficient pasturage and grain, and
live stock to eat it, the Fergus
ty farmer receives bank and general
credit to the extent of his real needs.
The small farmer who depends alone
on grain is finding his credit lessened.
Even If there is no moral hazard the
would-be borrower must have at least
a beginning in livestock.
Havre Plairdealer: More than one
hundred thousand dollars will be ex-
! pended by the city of Havre during
til, current year in civic improve
llents. Already contracts have been
awarded involving about sixty thous-
and or more. and with the sidewalk,
boulevard and other construction
work that will be let in the next few
weeks, the amount that will be ex-
pended by the city during the sum.
ner of 1914 will be far in excess of
enc hundred thousand.
Geraldine Review: The heavy
rains a couple of weeks ago delayed
the ballasting work so that, it is now
announced the daily service will be
put on about the list of September.
Two standard trains will run between
Great Falls and Harlowtown to make
connections with the tran%scontinental
trains on the main line. The run on
this line will be made by an all-steel
electric-fighted standard train. Among
other changes contemplated is that
the Through trains on the main line
will be routed through Spokane.
Glasgow News: Ray Bignall, about
80 years of age, is held at the county
Jail, pending possible prosecution on
charges of taking food from neighbour
ing farm houses. He resided upon a
homestead northwest of Saco, is said
to have encountered misfortune in
one way or another, and is alleged to
have explained that he took prOvi.
sions he was accused of appropriate
ing unlawfully to keep his wife and
children from suffering the pangs of
hunger, and when he was desperate.
Chinook Opinion: The county com
missioners held a special session
Monday and Tuesday to consider Jail
bids. After considerable discussion
the bids were all rejected as unsatis'
l factory and Tuesday the board bought
an equipment of Jail cages and sup
lilies from the Jail manufacturing firm
of the Fauly Jail Co. The price in
; stalled is S6,27O. Installation is guar
, anteeG in 80 days. The equipment is
, to he placed in the basement of the
, courthouse on the east side, north OF
, the boiler and engine room.
- Big Sandy Woun,aineer: The DO ~
election for the Big Sandy school dis,
trict held Wednesday to decide in thu
+ affirmative or Leg, &c whether or cot
: the district should re bonded for the
) erection OF a $4,000 school house )n
the site cluscn at a recent election Oh
a block of property In the Riney AL
I dition, carried by a vote of LAT for the
I bond and Is votes ;.:,sinst it. This in
sures a school '.hilding for the city
!, ard construction Af the same viii
I probably commence as soon as salts
y factory arrangements are made as t.
5 floating the .'onds.
Big Sandy Sentinel: The fencing
of public highways and blowing up Of
+ the same. constituted the complaint
!. of a hearing last Thursday in Justice
}. Ragan's court and Van Glaza who
t was the defendant in that action,
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
assessed a fire vi $25 and costs, which
brought the amount of the fine up te
$4,000. Mr.. C:a=a pl0wed up about
l c"0 yards Of county road that was moi
on the section line and in another ii
stance he had fenced up about 800
yards OF the an road. The Ia y
reads that any road which has beer
travelled for a period of even years
is a public road end is the property
of the state. 1t las been rumored thai
there are more cases like this "a:
that will ne treated il a similar maa