The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-01
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Shelby News: Conrad is talking
flour mill and it IS un ie--stood that the
arrangements have been
about closed WHEREBY Mr.. &. F. Lax
sour Of North Dakota will 5000 e:tab-
lish a -four mill there.
Glasgow News: The city schools
were closed this week BY the county
health officer on account of an epidem-
ic of measles and a light form of small
pox. The buildings have been thor
oughly fumigated and notice is pub
lished that schools will open again
Monday.
Cutbank Press: There are quite a
number of young and frisky bachelor
boys on dry land farms hereabouts
who have not yet turned forty, who
should take great comfort and cour-
age in the announcement that the
youngest daughter of the president is
to marry a man fifty summers young.
Chinook Opinion: James Olson. the
blacksmith had a bad run of luck last
week. He had a horse fall with him
and break his leg to start with. Mr.
Olson was taken to the Havre hos.
pital to receive treatment for that
accident and after being in the hos
pital for a short time he developed a
case Of small pox.
Havre Promoter: Two hundred cars
of ~homeseekers with their household
effects came into Montana owe the
| Great Northern within the last three
days. Quite a number of cars went
| down toward Big Sandy and Fort Ben
! ton where their homesteads are locat-
ed. Most of them, however, are locat-
| ed north of Harlem and Malta.
Conrad Observer: Four carloads Of
baled fax arrived from Cascade last
Monday for the fax fibre mill. Mr..
Pearson, manager of the Flax Fibre
company who was in Conrad last week
gave out that the machinery would
soon be installed in the plant and
that enough fax had been contracted
for to keep the plant going continually.
Havre Plaindealer: The mysterious
disappearance of Andrew Anderson
was solved Monday night, when his
decomposed body vas found in an old
reservoir at Fort A~ssinniboine, seven
miles southwest Of the city. Mr.. An
derson was last heard of in Great
Falls on January %, when he started
to Havre to work for c. M. c. Taylor,
the concrete contractor, of this city.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: Work was
started the first of the week to tear
out and remove from view m of the
most historic buildings in this sec.
ton of the state. The Log Cabin sa.
loon building which had served its
purpose for many years past will have
to go and will be replaced by a new
and up-to-date structure. R. S. Ting
ley has the work of moving the old
, house in charge.
Carter Chronotype: According to
E. T. Catterlin who vas in town Thurs
day, the Northwestern Telephone COM
pany, which is being built by farmers
in his neighborhood, will be in opera
ton some time mex week and If the
wire arrives in time, the % members
on that new line will be able to talk
to their Carter friends. The line will
also be connected with the long dis
|. lance line.
Chinook Opinion: ] Patterson, 6
Boston wool buyer, has been inter
viewing the local growers the pas
week and endeavoring to make con
tracts. He is said to have secured
the Veseth clip at Malta at a price
better than II cents. He has offered
it is said, Is cents for some Of the
local clips and his offers have in SOM
, instances been refused. Some Of the
growers are hoping to e trading or
an Is cent basis or higher yet this
season.
Conrad Independent: The Toolt
county scheme has again come in con
, tact with strenuous opposition, and Z
, writ of mandate has been issued by
= the supreme court directed to the
, board of county commissioners of this
. county giving them the option of eth
er reconvening and granting a with
, drawal petition for the exclusion o.
certain territory within the boundor
: les of Hill county, or staying all pro
ceeding until the supreme court has
passed upon them.