The river press., 1914-11-25
his ranch near Roman valued at more
than 5000. 900.

his ranch near Roman valued at more
than 100000.
Miles City. Nov. 21.-Montana ap
pears to possess at Miles City the
only horse market in the world which,
handles sufficient horses to supply
the needs of the European cavalry
service. Buyers for the French gov
ernment who have secured the coun.
try and who have tried every market,
including Chicago. st. Louis and On
aha, finally gave up the job in despair
till they came here, and the last car
Of a $25O,000 purchase, or 1,500 horses
left here yesterday for the east, defin-
ite destination not made public.
Hamilton, Nov. 21.-A car is being
loaded here with Canadian field peas
to be used for the soldiers in Europe.
Yesterday buyers were paying 81 per
hundred-weight, but today the price
jumped to $2.65. There was a good
crop Of Canadian field peas in the Bit
ter Root valley the past summer and
growers are disposing of their crop
to the buyers here now. One car is
nearly loaded and will be shipped as
soon as it is ready. A large amount
of seed peas was raised here last sum.
mer under contract with a New York
seed firm. the crop selling for So per
hundred-weight.
Billings. Nov. PIE. Chapple, a
farmer living near Joliet. and w. u.
Parsons, a blacksmith. were so badly.
injured in an automobile accident at
Canyon creek bridge, west of Billings.
late this afternoon that the farmer
died within a short time after being
brought to the hospital in Billings
and the latter is not expected to live
until morning. Chapple had purchas-
ed the car today, and was learning
to drive it. The machine went over
the side of the bridge. falling about
II feet, turned turtle and crushed the
men beneath.
Missoula. Nov. pa searching par
ty, headed by Under Sheriff Marian
and Deputy Sheriff Coffey. returned
tonight unsuccessful in finding trace
of Henry Carstens of 115 Cooper
street, who started out for a days
hunting early Friday morning and who
has not been heard from since that
time. 1t is feared that the hunter has
met with an accident and that he may
never be found alive.
Billings, Nov. 23-Because of the !
general expectation that wheat will
go to $1.25 bushel next year as a
result of the European war, the acre
age planted to winter wheat in the !,
vicinity of Billings is fully 30 per !
cent greater than last year. according :
to reports from nearby farming dis !
tricts. The total is said to be greater
than ever before in the history of
eastern Montana and the season has
been unusually favorable, both for
planting and termination.
Forsyth, Nov. 23.-From a ten-acre !
field of alfalfa. Guy and Lloyd Brad |
brook, the Hysham lumbermen. thresh-
ed 63 bushels and As pounds of seed.
The gross return in cash amounted
to s55463 or $55.46 per acre. The land
was sold to the Bradbrooks by the
McHargue estate for $40 per acre. The
land lies between Hysham and San
ders in the Sarpy valley.
Dillon, Nov. 23.-Frank Hazelbaker
has hit upon novel way to advertise
Montana soil at the Panama-P acific
exposition. He viii assemble 100
pounds of agricultural soil from each
county in the state and ship the same
to San Francisco as a part of the Mon
tana exhibit. A portion of the soil
from each county will be displayed,
while the rest will be used in making
a model Montana farm, where grain
will be sown and shown actually grow
ing. An endeavOr will be made to ir-
rigate the small farm and conduct it
exactly as Montana grain farm is
conducted