The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-25
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.

AMONG OUR NeICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Conrad Observer: There is talk of
removing the town of Fowler from
its present location to a site three
miles further south. This will place
the town an a level location where
it will be easy of access.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: The To-
Gators about town report this week
that the influx of settlers has already
started and that they are receiving
inquiries daily about parties wanting
to come west and take UP a free home
stead.
Carter Chronotype: The Teton
river rural telephone was connected
with the line extending from Carter
IN Wednesday and the residents of
the benefited neighborhood are most
jubilant over the convenience afforded
by this modern necessity to farm liv-
ing.
Il Vol 44OA0ANs 0OAlO uX10VI O00S
broke into Miss Sadie Cars cottage
during her absence in Dakota and
helped themselves to some valuable
bed clothing and other things. This
is becoming too common during the
past winter and an example should be
made of the parties when caught.
Choteau Montanian: It is reported
that Hon. s. F. Ralston, former state
senator from Teton county. now Il
resident of the Flathead country, has
been recommended by the entire Mon
tana delegation in congress for the
position of superintendent of Glacier
National Park, and it is expected that
his appointment will be made at an
early date.
Box Elder Press: County Commits.
sioner Ever Nelson shipped ten hogs
to Havre. on Tuesday Of this week
each n weighing over 200 pounds
dressed. He has ninety more which
he will butcher and dispose of al
short intervals. A large percentage
of the feed of these hogs was alfalfa
and they were fattened for the mar
ket at a minimum cost.
Shelby News: A plan to open the
eastern portion of Blackfoot reserva
ton, ranges z and 8, is approved by
the council. This would include all Of
the Two Medicine irrigation project
and the choice agricultural land, leav
ing for the present the western por
ton for the stock industry. Delegates
to Washington are Jas. A. Perrine, c
Buck, Malcolm Clarke, Levi Burd.
Havre Democrat: A. M. Keith, q
well known farmer of Alma, has filed
suit in the district court against Lad
inner F. Chadek to Gov the sum Of
one thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars for maliciously shooting five
horses on or about July 20, 1912
Chadek has served a sentence of one
year in the p%enitentiary for killing
these horses. The plaintiff sues fol
$S5O.OO actual damages and $4,000
exemplary damages.
Havre Plaindealer: Hill county
oats recently secured a high rating Al
the hands of the state agricultural
college at BOzeman. Ed. McCandlish
who has a ranch Is miles northwest
of Havre, sent a sample of seed oats
grown on his ranch to the college fol
a test. The grain was of the Swedish
variety and ran 1914 per cent, the
finding of one fax seed alone pre-
venting a perfect score. In the ger
mination test, the sample SEN by Mr.
McCandlish ran 100 per cent.
Chinook Opinion: A flowing artes
promising result of the efforts of L
H. Boyer o. his homestead Is mile:
north of Chinook, in section 81, O.
1918. After digging a forty foot foul
foot hole into the hard clay, he de
termined to drill and set to work will
a drilling outfit at the bottom of thu
forty foot hole. After drilling IS fee
he struck a flow of water that cam
up the eight inch pipe in a sole
stream SO rapidly that he and his as
sistant had hard work reaching thu
surface before the water covered
them.
Geraldine Review: O.. A. Bergesor
of Leet & Bergeson is preaching al
falfa to the farmers of this sector
and has received so much encourage
ment that it is evident his missionary
work will bear fruit upon a large
scale. Mr.. Bergeson halls from Chi
nook, a section where the finest al
falfa in the state is grown and be
lieves the record made there can bt
duplicated in the Geraldine country
And what is more to the point, ant
nearer to u hearts and po%cketbooks
he has noticed that the Chinooker.
who go in for alfalfa have become thu
most Independent citizens of the re
gion in a worldly sense.