The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-11
AMONG CUR NE|GHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGE

Northern Montana Exchanges
Havre Promoter: The Promoter
understands that Henry J. He'll is a
candidate for United States marshal,
hoping to break the deadlock between
Kirschwing and Johnson, and thereby
making things easy for our two Unit
ed States senators. Nuff said.
Bear Paw M~ountaineer: About ten
cars of Immigrants have arrived here
already this spring, according to De-
pot Agent Porter, and all have
brought with them sufficient horses,
machinery, ETC., to start farming and
make good, substantial citizens.
Glasgow News: A mass meeting of
the farmers who live on the state land
west of Scobey was held last week
and it was decided to take action with
the department of the interior to pre-
vent the state from securing a patent
to some of the land recently select
ed.
Havre Democrat: Nels Hansen has
sold out his homestead at Rudyard
and will leave in a few days for Prov
idence, Rhode Island. He received
five thousand cash for the claim
which is not yet patented and it con-
sists of 800 acres of land. This shows
| what the homesteader a do by filing
on land in north Montana.
Chinook Democrat: Information
from Contractor Lease is to the effect
that work on the Blain county court
house will be resumed before April
1, probably about March 20. Opera.
tions will be vigorously pushed and
the contract completed early in July.
This will be good news to the county
officials and people generally.
Havre Promoter: E. ]. Ronjue, for
merly road overseer in the district
west of Havre, was found dead Tues
Tuesday morning on his homestead
six miles up the river. The body was
brought into Havre and placed in the
undertaking parlors of Holland &
Son. Mr.. Ronjue was an old resident
of this country having lived in this
vicinity fourteen years.
Harlem News: A number of In
dams, who were in town Tuesday,
managed to make connections with
some fire water and drove home that
night %gloriously drunk. The Indians
have no scruples about divulging all
they know when they get into trouble
and the federal authorities have their
dragnet out for the parties who fur
nished the booze.
Havre Democrat: An important
real estate transfer was announced
this past week when it was learned
that the upper section of land in the
Empire Cattle Co.'s big ranch west of
town had been sold to two Bozeman
parties, who are to farm it this sea-
son. The new of that portion
of the ranch are Messrs. H. B. Bone
bright and C. X. Resh, who arrived
here the first of the week with their
livestock and a carload Of machinery
to take immediate possession.
Havre P%laindealer: The large
slice that is proposed to be cut off
from Hill county on the west for the
formation of Toole county, amounts
to Is townships. From what can be
learned the people of that section are
considerably wrought up over the mat
ter, and from all indications the vot-
ers in these townships will reject the
petition to be taken away from Hill
county. An abstract from the county
clerks office shows the legal voters
in these Is townships are over 600.
The boundary line through Toole and
Hill county will run a few miles west
Of Chester, putting the towns of Gal
alta, Beatrice, Whitlash and Devon in
to Toole county.
Chester Signal: A suit begun in
| the district court early this week cit
ing John A. Arthurs, mayor of Ches-
ter, to appear before the court on the
18th, inst, and show cause why he
should not be removed from the office.
The complaint alleges that the mayor
! took an oath when elected to the Of
flee that he would enforce the laws
of the state of Montana and the ordi.
nances of the city of Chester. and es.
pecially the state statute relating to
gambling. and further that during his
administration he has not only per-
mitted games of chance to be played
in divers places within the corporate
limits but has himself played. All Of
which is contrary to the peace and
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