The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-09-16
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

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Northern Montana Exchanges
Chinook Democrat: Hubert Wiley.
| arrested last week on a charge OF
! running an automobile without the
| permission of the owner, was found
| guilty in justice court and sentenced
| to pay a fine of $50. He is serving
| rs days in Jail in default of the fine.
| Wiley took Dick Rusch's automobile
while the latter vas absent from
town and went joy riding with his
best girl.
Chinook Opinion: A suit was filed
in the district court this week by r..
E. O'Keefe against Herman STREET
is alleged to have made a remark
that they had O'Keefe for forgery.
! The remark was in regard to some
proceedings in the STREET. damage
case against the city officials. The
complaint asks that the defendant be
awarded damages for the alleged
slanderous and untrue statement.
Havre Promoter: N. Rodding, a
rancher residing two miles east of
| Havre, has shocked a five.acre field
of winter wheat that will go fully so
bushels to the acre. This patch of
| grain was located in a coulee and he
attributes the remarkable yield to
the protection the field had as snow
drifted owe it, and it was practi-
cally covered all winter. He ex-
poets to exhibit some of it at the
county fair.
Harlem News: At a special meet
ing held last evening the council
agreed to give r. J. Moore of Glas-
gov, a 20-year electric light fran
cllise. The question will be put to a
vote of the people at a special cleo
ton to be held on Saturday, October
:. If the people express their appro-
val at the polls, Mr.. Moore states
that he will get busy at once and
push the plant to completion as
quickly as possible. and hopes to have
things running in a short time.
Glasgow News: H. c. Dobbs start
ed on Tuesday for the north part Of
Valley county under instructions to
transport 10000 sheep out Of the
herds of j. D. Watson across the Ca
madam line. These animals were
said to have recently been sold to Ca
madam buyers for an average price
of $3.50 per head, the deal altogether
| a~ggregating $4O,500. The batch in
cluded old and young stock, it is
said, and the price obtained by Wat
| son was considered satisfactory. be-
ing considerably above prevailing
prices a year age
Havre Democrat: The Great Nor
thern Railway company is building
a structure north of the railroad
yards near the county road that is
Nnown as the water treatment tank.
This tank will have a capacity of
120, 900 gallons. Thirty-three of these
tanks will be erected between here
and Cut BANK at all places where
there are water tanks at a cost of
$500. 900 appropriated for this pur-
pose by the company. A new meth
nj has been discovered whereby wa
ter can be treated in these tanks
which will take out all impurities
| Sucll DIS dltdll, SOud Vi OIlleI llllpuII-
ties which are detrimental and in
furious to locomotive boilers and
flues.
Conrad Observer: Adolph Dyrud,
a farmer of the Solid country, is at
the Conrad hospital in a critical o
dition as the result Of being thrown
from his wagon which was struck
by the incoming local freight train
at noon today. Mr.. Dyrud was driv-
ing from the west side across the
track south of the depot when the
local freight came in running at
about thirty miles an hour, and his
team and wagon were about across
when the engine hit the rear wheels
of the wagon. smashing the wheels
and throwing the wagon box and the
unfortunate man into the air. Mr..
Dyrud lit on the hard ground OF his
side. and when picked up he was
unconscious and bleeding about the
head.