The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-21
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS,

HlWUVO UUn VCIO10UnS. +;
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Dodson Idea: Forty dollars an acre
is not a big price to ask fol. land when
n good crop will bring the price.
j. w. Carlson, three miles east of
Dodson, cut three tons, of alfalfa to
the acre this year which he market
ed at $13 per ton, or $39 per acre.
bingham Review: About $50 thor
oughbred Berkshire sows have been
distributed among the farmers ad-
jacent to bingham by the Rogers
Templeton Co., which should be a
strong incentive to corn culture. Pat
Murphy purchased % of these sows
and will start a Berkshire farm south
Of town.
Box Elder Press: A. B. Livermore
was placed under arrest Sunday on q
charge of slaughtering a beef belong.
ing to Cowan & Son which he dis
posed Of at Kremlin. He was taken
in charge by Stock Inspector Heron
and lodged in the county jail at Havre
where he will be held pending an in
| vestigation.
Havre Plaindealer: County Attor-
ney Griggs was at Chester Thursday,
appearing in the court of Justice
Spangler to prosecute the cases of
the State VS.. John Dietrich and Frank
Ohme, charged with stealing hay be-
longing to l.. D. Pugsley. Both men
were found guilty, and each was fined
fifty dollars.
Glasgow Courier: Runard lager q
homesteader, living north of Baylor.
a found dead in his shack on Fri
day, January 9th. lager had been
afflicted with heart trouble and it is
thought that he succumbed to an at.
tack. JAEGER was living with his son
and had come to this country about
a year ago from Germany.
Havre Promoter: The marriage OF
Ademond Bessette and Mildred Lock
hart, of Kenilworth, Mont, was sol
emnized at the Catholic church last
Wednesday morning, Rev. Father
Grant officiating. A wedding break
fast was had at the residence Of Mr.
and Mrs. c. C. Roper, after which the
happy couple left for a short trip tt
Helena. They will make their home
on their ranch near K%enilworth.
Lewistown Argus: Russell county
is in the making. It's limits are not
decided on definitely, but it is PRO
posed to take parts Of the five coun
ties bordering on the Musselshell
with Milestone as the county seat. The
plan is to take a big slice of Mussel
shell county, about half as much
from Rosebud, a small slice from Vel
lowstone, a slightly smaller one from
Fergus and a W nippe' from Daw
son. The name of the proposed coun
ty was chosen to do honor to Charlie:
M. Russell, the cowboy artist.
Box Elder Press: Petty thieve.
have been plying their trade quite
frequently of late in this vicinity al
hardly a week goes by that there il
not reported a loss of some persona
property by farmers and residents O
town. Such things as groceries, jew
elry, chickens, household utensils, etc
have been reported as missing b.
different one who have been TEN
porarily absent from their domiciles
Some steps should be taken towards
experimenting the guilty one ant
putting a stop to these nightly plum
dering excursions and Kidding thi'
community of such undesirables.
Valerian: E. e. Leech gives al
interesting report on a hog feeding
test. In a pen of so hogs, weighing
} at the time of beginning the test Is
lbs, and for 30 days each game,
2.6 lbs. per day, or $500 lbs. as
whole. Eight lbs. of ground whea
and barley were consumed per da,
by each hog. Thus, a gain of 800
lbs. from 10000 lbs. of feed mean
Mr.. Leech gains, figuring the fee
!, costing 81 per cwt. or 1920 and tn
market price OF hogs which is sevel
: cents, the amount of 1918. And II
. other words he sold his wheat an,
I har1ov at annrOximafo1v Il RR no